How can I transpose a pattern and save it to another pattern?

Elektron Gear Octatrack
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On Octatrack, how can I transpose a pattern and save it to another pattern?
Searched, Cant find it on here. (Few months in now, coming along)

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with the arranger
just add the transpose +X value for each track in the arranger row setting

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Thanks Chancia, will give it a shot. Haven’t used the Arranger yet…

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The arranger won’t save it to a new pattern, though.

You can copy/paste your pattern and then use the transpose parameter in the arp section.
Open part menu and link the pattern to another part (just highlight another part and press enter). Don’t forget to save the part.

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Ur welcome dear :slight_smile:

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Thanks Schnork. Will try.

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Still have no idea how to copy and transpose a pattern… I am not using MIDI, only audio within the Octa. Is it possible? I have not used Arrangement mode or Arp yet. Can I get a step by step instruct? thanks

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No arp transpose then.

Not easy. You can use lfos on pitch to transpose (square, Trig, speed 0), plock depth to scenes, use Arranger to change scenes. Arranger chapter has only 2 pages!

Instead of Arranger, you can use lfos on pitch and several parts.

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thanks sez. Seems like a lot involved, Octa probably not the best or smoothest instrument for doing transpose or full compositions. More of a jam machine, like eurorack…I am finding, limited. I think a DAW is better served for the type of composing I am trying to attempt on Octa. Walking 3 miles to get to a house a mile away. That said, its a great instrument for what it CAN do, and I won’t be selling mine, even with my difficulty.

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Oh, you’re talking about audio tracks…
It’s actually easy with a square wave LFO on pitch, speed 0 with trig mode like @sezare56 mentioned.
Just use a different part, so only patterns in that part are transposed and not the pattern you copied from as well.

If you need more than the four parts on OT per bank use scenes (16 scenes per bank = potentially 16 x transposition to select from).

Scene selection can be automated with arranger.

Another way would be to resample the audio with pitch changed.

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Thanks, having trouble understanding the lingo. to be honest. Im not that advanced yet. Haven’t worked with Parts or Scenes or Arrange etc. Dont have my wings yet, just a nest full of questions. But I’ve learned how to make funny sounds like everybody else.

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I think I’m getting it a bit Schnork.
Does the entire new ‘Part’ get transposed? I am only hearing the single track that was lit in red recorded, as transposed, not the entire pattern…

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When you change a parameter (*)on a track in one pattern, all other pattern, that use the same part will also have that parameter changed on this track.

*All parameters on machines and effects, all midi parameters including midi channel, program change, cc assignments.

Parts can be compared to kits on other Elektrons, but OT only has 4 parts per bank of 16 patterns, on other Elektrons you can assign a kit to every single pattern, if you’d want that.

Maybe we could help you better if you gave more details what exactly you want to do?

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On Analog 4, when I hit transpose, it transposes the entire pattern of all tracks. Why couldn’t they do the same thing with octatrack, that seems so basic. To make an actual full song is my goal.

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I understand that parts are like Kits, just trying to figure out how to shift/transpose/modulate the entire Part, not just a single track. Just need to study the OT manual on PARTS I guess.

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A4 and Rytm came after OT, Elektron introduced new features, refined old ones and will continue to do so.

You can do that with scenes. Use square wave lfo like @sezare56 described and copy the lfo settings to all tracks, that you want to transpose.
Use scene to control lfos on all tracks simultaneously.
The crossfader becomes your transposition control.

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Will try Scenes… I think that working with Scenes and Parts may be the missing piece for me to fully understanding the OT. Ok, How do I copy the LFO settings to all tracks, without changing other settings, and sounds on the tracks?

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Hold lfo button and press rec to copy. Go to the next track, hold lfo button and press stop to paste.

You can also copy playback page, amp page, fx, scenes, lfo designer waves etc.

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awesome. will try this.

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Btw, in the part menu, you can press [Function] + [Bank] to open the parts edit menu where you can save parts, but also rename and while this menu is open [Function] + [Rec] copies the highlighted part, [Function] + [Stop] pastes to a new location.

Here’s a list of button combinations as pdf download

Here’s the polished versions of Merlins guide. Great guide for OT starters.

This is the original version.

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