Just a beginner’s question how to do a polyrhythm.
In order to have a polyrhythmic structure one goes to [SCALE Menu], then [ADVANCED] and then sets a different length (7/16; 9/16; 14/16 etc.) for each track. Additionally you put Master Length to INF. And that’s that? Is that how you do a polyrhythm on the Analog Rytm?
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yes. In addition to this, the master LEN parameter can be used for coming up with 7/15 etc, inf is only one way to use it.
You can do poly rhythms by using the retrig functionaly. E.g triplets, tuplets.
How to make a poly metric patterns is however exactly how you are describing it above.
The master length is useful for Meshuggah-like resets.
But INF is really where the fun is at. 
Make sure to set the CHNG parameter to something like 16 so that the Pattern will change properly when cued.
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Ah I see, thank you. And thanks to a google search I got the difference between poly rhythms and poly metrics now 
just another noob question: How do I set triplets with th retrig functionality? It is the rate setting, right? And then just set th rate to 1/3? 
1/3 6 12 24 48 
I just started playing with polyrhythms and while super fun I keep having a strange issue where my patterns won’t change while set to INF. I’ve had the Change setting set to 16, 32, 48 and 64 and it still won’t change until I put the master down to a regular number, like one would do on an Octatrack. I’m not home right now to check my firmware but I thought I was up to date… anyone else experience this?
Take a look at Elektronauts own Karl Mikel cabinet of curiosities on YouTube for an in depth discussion.
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what’s the difference between 1/3 and 1/24 when both settings are triplets?
Resolution.
so higher resolutions just means more hits per beat?
Yes: 3 beats to a bar, 6 beats to a bar, 12 beats to a bar etc.
Bar = 16 steps