Tonverk: technical Q&A

Perform only works within one pattern

so if the long sample is clean before perform and glitched in perform mode in pattern A it will instead sound clean in pattern B if the sample is preloaded there too

it will only glitch again if you return back to pattern A where it is still actively performing the glitch

If you activate perform within B it will forget about A

It doesn’t offer continuity across patterns

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yeah, plus there’s added nuance if the sample is instead looping as there’s a polyphony saving mode whereby it can be less ‘sustaining’ if Loop Mode is set to sustain, whereas it is old style just keeps going if set to continuous

an easy trap to fall into if previous devices set expectation for behaviour

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Woo-hoo! Thanks very much for pointing me here and to @avantronica for the explanation. This will really make a difference to me if/when I take the tonverk plunge.

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Same here, this makes a big difference for me and I’m glad it just doesn’t cut off when switching patterns. Thanks for the explanation, @avantronica, and for further testing, @LyingDalai.

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I think PERFORM mode is meant to be used when you have a “finished” pattern, which you want to perform with by messing around with its parameters during performance. It effectively ignores all these changes and reverts back to the “init” state of said pattern when you either exit perform mode or change to another pattern. Anything you do while PERFORMANCE mode is on is only temporary, and will be lost, like tears in rain…

This prevents you from accidentally ruining your perfect pattern if you happen to perform wild tricks with it and some sort of save occurs, which would render those unwanted alterations to the pattern permanently.

Does that make sense?

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If I want 6 mono outputs by panning hard, at what level should I set this, track, subtrack, buss?

the internal signalpath is 32bit, I doubt it will make any difference what levels you use as long as you wont clip the outputs

Oops. Not ‘level’ as sound, but rather where to set the panning when feeding a mixer. ‘Level’ as in level in a tower, up, down

you need to hard pan everything to 100% left / right. This will get problematic with reverbs and delays though, which are stereophonic on the TV most likely…

Obviously. Thx.

Is it also possible to exchange the sound on the subtrack for another multi-sampled sound (e.g. with multiple round robins)? Or can I only load a multi-sampled instrument and then replace individual sounds with single samples?

Sorry, I don’t understand what it is you’re trying to achieve, exactly.

1. How can I copy-paste patterns from one project to another?

On the digi’s you can just copy a pattern, open another project and paste the pattern in there. This doesn’t seem to work for Tonverk.

2. How can I create and save a new drumkit?

Related to the first question: It would be great if we can save the sounds on a subtrack as a drumkit, that can easily loaded in a new project.

EDIT: Apparently saving a subtrack only works when all samples are filled - see bug reports

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https://www.elektronauts.com/t/elektron-we-have-a-problem-tonverk-midi-sync/238303

Any suggestions? Images and Sound: See original thread

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It’s called showstopper, it depends on the minimum needs. For me a Synth is an instrument. If i say that because my new violine cant hold the tune everybody understand that. So no difference.

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Is the Digitone audio out via USB could be used on the usb-c port?
It has certainly answered before in this thread sorry

No.

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Sorry if I’m being dense here, but what is the meaning of the “NOTE” parameter on Bus and FX tracks?

Is it correct, or am I missing something, that FUNC+PAGE always has to be set for each track? Is there a way to set all 8 tracks to, for example, 128 steps at once?

Yes - you’re thinking of all that backwards. You have to tell the box to do per track steps. By default, all tracks conform to a master step length.