Digitone 2 got samples before Syntakt.
Haha, that’s sort of funny.
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Something I just realized is if you turn any of the global settings off, they will revert to the default values immediately, rather than retain those global values. So I use GLOBAL MIX to mix all patterns consistently, but if I want to turn that off to mix a single pattern differently, I lose my mix settings entirely.
More specifically to my issue, I use one project per song, and almost always use global settings. I’m trying to build a live set by copying patterns from multiple songs, so obviously I can’t use GLOBAL MIX because each song is mixed differently. So when I paste a pattern from another song, all tracks are set to 100, seemingly because if you have GLOBAL MIX turned on, patterns don’t store those values individually. This is the same for all global settings.
What would be great is for patterns to retain those values when I turn global settings off. Right now I have to take photos of those pages in the original project and set them manually in the new one, even though I can copy everything else in the pattern. It would save a lot of tedium if patterns retained those global values.
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compressor in the update?
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Seems like you should use amps for volume settings 
If I create a project and fill it with patterns with individual mix settings, then I go in the menu and turn global mixer on, it will not erase or change any of the saved mixer levels for the individual patterns. It simply overtakes the mixer settings that are saved with those patterns for the time that it’s turned on. If I turn global mixer back off, my patterns go back to their original individual mixer settings. I imagine this is the desired behavior / design. Otherwise you could overwrite the mixer settings for every pattern in a project by a simple key press. That may be desirable for your use case, but I think generally the idea of the global settings is to allow temporary global control without destructively altering the individual pattern settings.
Global settings are there so you don’t have to set common settings on each pattern after you’ve made a bunch of patterns. So you can continue to mix and adjust FX settings on all patterns at once while you’re producing. Otherwise you have to mix every pattern individually every time you want to make an adjustment. Do you use it as a temporary feature? Because I don’t understand how it would be useful like that.
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I don’t understand how that would solve the issue… I want to be able to mix globally when I’m producing a song. Track amp can’t be controlled globally. Using amp to mix would be no different from using the mixer with the global setting off, and it would be far more tedious than my current workaround.
Sure, that’s what it’s there for. But that still doesn’t change that global mix is not meant to overwrite the previously-saved mix settings on a pattern. I don’t use a project for a single song or a single set all the time- sometimes a project file will contain 10 or more separate things I’m working on. I might set the initial levels on a pattern, copy it across multiple patterns to flesh it out, but when I go to perform / record it, I can change to global mix so that I can perform without the levels jumping when I change patterns. I don’t expect my changes to be saved, and I certainly don’t want those levels to overwrite the levels in another bank on tracks that have nothing to do with what I’m currently working on…
Okay let me rephrase my feature request then; I would like the option for global settings values to be prioritized when I toggle them.
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To me they serve as would faders on a mixer, I set the amp volume as the “max” level of a track, and use global settings to transition or bring an element in the mix progessively, knowing it will never go over the “max” level set by amp. It can be a pain in the ass to reproduce the amp volume settings on all pattern, & I’m not against your proposition, but in the meantime I feel you should give it a try, as it helps quite a lot for what you’re looking for and will avoid further frustration 
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Yeah I mean that does really sound like a smart workflow, but it’s just not really related to the specific thing I’m talking about.
I personally don’t like to mix with the amp since it’s a parameter that can be LFO’d, so I generally leave it alone in case I want to modulate it.
It sounds like you want an option in the global menu for global mix settings to be written to all of the patterns in a project. If implemented correctly, it wouldn’t hurt to have the option, but I don’t suppose it’s likely to be implemented because it’s quite a specific action to take. It’s understandable for your situation, but I can’t think of many other situations where it might be needed. If I’m wrong, I hope the people for whom this would be useful can chime in and request the feature as well.
Not sure if this would save you time or not compared with taking pictures of settings, but unless I’m mistaken, whenever you turn off global mix settings the global mix settings are still applied to whichever pattern is currently active / selected. It’s been a while and I’m not near the ST to double check, but if that’s the case, you could turn off global mix and then turn it back on, and those mix settings would stay with the pattern you are copying only. It’s maybe not as quick and tidy as what you’re asking for, but if it works the way I’m remembering, then you might be able to save some time by switching global mix off before copying the pattern.
Wait, if I’m reading this right is this all a question of trying to balance the master volume of patterns? If so, sign me up. It’s one of the additional reasons I’ve been advocating for a master compressor…
Mod tracks 13-16 for midi has been said many times…
It’s time for it!
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That would be good but don’t see it happening. I’d like to see them as arps but again don’t think that would/could happen.
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Yes, essentially. So within all of the information stored in a pattern, as in everything that is transferred with a copy and paste, it seems when you turn on global settings it does not store those global values within the patterns, but stores them separately and only overrides the values in the pattern. I just want to be able to copy a pattern along with those global settings.
No that would be great but it doesn’t do that. The mixer reverts to default values because I turn on global mix when I start a new project.
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Wow thank you for this
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It’s been more than 2 years and still no octave tracking for the filter 
it’s tragic because it’s so close and yet it is not very useful as is. This would enable easily pitched claves, for example. We already know the Syntakt is capable of filter key tracking, it’s just missing a lil bit.
Does the Elektron team actually monitor those threads?
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yes cause they feature dumped elektronauts into DN2
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