Is there a pain-free way of changing track order?

Elektron Gear Analog Keys/Four
#1

Hello geeks :slight_smile:

Merry Christmas! I wish you all of your analogue dreams come true :slight_smile:

so I’ve created a number of patterns that I want to jam with live. However, I haven’t bothered so far of ordering the different parts in particular order - say “bass will be always Track 1, and pads will be always Track 2, etc” Obviously for actually doing stuff live this is very helpful to have consistency accross all your patterns.
So, I was wondering if there is a straightforward way to re-order tracks?
Many thanks
Val

#2

Good question !
i’d like to know as well…

#3

+1

#4

+1

#5

in programming, when you want to swap two things, you need a temporary third thing to help you out:


void swapTwoThings(thing a, thing b)
{
    thing tmp = a;
    a = b;
    b = tmp;
}

so on the AF you’ll need another track as that third thing.
say, you want to swap track 1 and 2:

  • save the pattern
  • copy track 1 to track 3
  • copy track 2 to track 1
  • copy track 3 to track 2
  • reload track 3

for swapping the sounds:

  • save the kit
  • copy trk sound 1 to trk sound 3
  • copy trk sound 2 to trk sound 1
  • copy trk sound 3 to trk sound 2
  • reload trk sound 3
  • save the kit.

couldn’t be more straightfoward :slight_smile:

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#6

:joy: or hack the sysex file

#7

Thanks, void! “Pain free” is a key word here :wink:
Moreover, what do I do if all 4 tracks are already used?

#8

This def should be an option.

Just straight forward copy/paste of tracks with everything on them.

Void - you can always make a “pointer” and just skip the “real” tracks swap.

#9

@valyo
this is what the “reload track 3 / reload sound 3” is for! the track/sound that was used as the temporary storage will be restored to its previous state after the swapping is done…

(keep in mind that this method may or may not work correctly when polyphony is used… order of tracks can influence the way voices are allocated)

#10

claro, but try explaining this in terms of A4 :wink:

#11

void that is super straight forward and saved me probably an hour trial and error and reading the manual… big thanks!

#12

cheers void