My interpretation is the same as yours. I tried yesterday but it doesn’t work. So, I’ll ask the question to Elektron and report back.
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I was expecting it to behave this way also. Shame it is not
Is it possible the manual is describing the behavior only on a midi machine?
Don’t have mine yet, but it would be good to understand if it works in that scenario
Is this a bug? When I change one of the analog machines to oscillator one it stays and holds on one note instantly.
Indeed, you can reach jump values only when tweaking parameters, not while holding a trig… So no jump values for p-locking for now :-/
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You may be starting with a fully open AHD envelope, so changing to a machine without its own decay (syn page, or fully open) would possibly do this … I’d expect a trig would need to be involved though
Hey all,
Update: after speaking to customer support they have explained what was happening and I now understand I was doing it wrong. Leaving the info here for those who might try to do the same:
A program change will not be repeated unless there are any changes (and this is the intended behavior to avoid quirks when an external synth won’t instantly load patches). If there is no difference to any of BANK/SBNK/PROG compared to what was last sent, a new message will not be sent when the step is triggered.
If you for example set it up like this (sending on the correct program change channel), pattern A01 should change to A02 and pattern A02 should change to pattern A01 when pressing play:
- Pattern A01 track 1 (MIDI track): PROG 2 locked to step 13.
- Pattern A02 track 1 (MIDI track): PROG 1 locked to step 13.
Issue I reported, for reference (not a real issue but a misunderstanding):
I just found a problem when trying to send PC from my Syntakt to itself. So, I’ve connected the unit’s midi OUT to its midi IN and I hace a midi track in one pattern that’s set to send program changes.
The config is:
CHAN: 16
BANK: 1 (if this is inactive, it never works)
PROG: 19 (I want it to jump to pattern B3)I’ve set a trig in the middle of the pattern to prevent delay problems, but it never works.
However, if I turn any of the BANK or PROG encoders while the pattern is playing, then at the end of the pattern it jumps correctly to the B3 pattern as intended.
What’s even stranger, if the unit is not playing anything and I turn any of those encoders, it also jumps to B3 immediately, which makes it impossible to configure the midi channel anymore unless the pattern is playing.
So that’s it 
Thanks to the customer support team for their quick response!
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Anyone not have any sounds on the +drive? I have the preset patterns and all that, but what strange is the preset sounds are in the pool when I’m in the preset project, but if I load my own project I have no preset sounds in either the pool or the drive.
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You might want to do a factory reset.
Backup your material first 
Mine arrived like that, Factory Reset did the trick for me.
I have experienced no bugs so far. This thread makes it look worse than it is.
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Yes indeed, this thread is a collection.
And not all that was spotted got corrected for the launch: some bugs were found after the firmware 1.00 was released.
But seriously, I do believe it was a very successful launch, with a solid firmware overall.
SY SHUTTR sound at bank E is muted by default. As in the volume is set to 0 at the AMP section.
Not really a bug but I guess it was missed.
I’d say the heat is a nonissue. Mine’s been on for a week straight now. No bugs here yet either.
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Anyone having issues with Step Record? Sequencer doesn’t advance to the next step (in either mode) like it does on the DT or DN.
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Yeah doesn’t work for me either. It also created some weird problems like bright green steps in the sequencer that don’t go away and the sequencer not reacting to my changes.
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I think this has been noticed already, but please report to Elektron support with as many details you can.
You have to engage the Keyboard by short tapping Fn+Keyb
It will light on (red led)
The Function key then temporarily toggles visibility of the keys, so that you are still basically in step entry mode
It’s a way to be in step entry mode (and monitor progress) and have ‘simultaneous’ access to the keys
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Yeah, for me neither, the sequencer doesn’t step forward after enter the note.
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The steps laid out in the manual do work (except one little issue)
STANDARD mode
- Press [RECORD] + [STOP] to enter STEP RECORDING mode. The [RECORD] key starts to double-blink red. (Press [STOP] twice while keeping the [RECORD] key pressed to toggle between STANDARD and JUMP mode).
- Press a [TRIG] key to select the active step to where you want to start to add note trigs. The active step is shown with a green [TRIG] key that double-blinks. (If positioned on an earlier placed trig, it inherits the light pattern of that trig). You can also use [LEFT]/[RIGHT] to select the active step or skip steps.
- Press and hold [FUNC] and then press [
TRIG 1–16] key to add a note trig on the corresponding track to the active step. The active step then automatically advances to the next step.
This should be 1-12 or if 1-16 the modifier input keys are meant to work in some cases (e.g. velocity) then there’s a bug there as 13-16 do nothing
Pinging @eangman as the manual needs a tweak here imho
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