Question about preparing for my first live set with the Analog Rytm

Elektron Gear Analog Rytm
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I have played live before, but this is my first time using the RYTM, so I just want to make sure i do things right. I appreciate everything!

So before I got the rytm, I was only using the Arturia Beatstep Pro and modular rack, so my master clock was coming from the BeatStep Pro.

Now that I have the RYTM, I still have the master clock coming from the BSP, so when I press play, both the rytm and BSP link together. wonderful!

However, I have a question about the length settings on the RYTM. (when you press function page)
I usually have my project/pattern length at 1024. It works for me, but I am wondering if this is OK for an hour long set before it resets? I don’t want to put the length at infinity, because I noticed I cant switch through kits/patterns smoothly that way for some reason.

Please let me know what are some proper settings to put on my RYTM for a live set to prevent the RYTM from resetting and starting back at 1 in the middle of a set, hope that makes sense!

Any other tips on properly setting up my RYTM for live success are very appreciated!

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1024 will reset eventually and if you have different scales they will jump, you can put it in infinity and use DIRECT START/JUMP instead of SEQUENTIAL to switch patterns

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Is there a way I can measure how long 1024 would be?

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well, depends on the bpm and page scale, for standard 16 steps and scale x1 that would be:

1024/16 steps = 64 bars, so for 120bpm that would be

  • 1 bar = 2sec
  • 64 bars: 2*64 = 128 sec or ~2 minutes

you can use a calc to see length of bar in seconds and just multiply it by bars that fit in 1024 steps:

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I just hit stop and start to reset my clock if things are drifting.

Practice this before doing it live, obviously

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