So here’s a how my workflow on the AR goes generally, and where I feel like I’ve hit a wall:
Once I get a track with a melody going and I tweak the knobs as it continues to record trigless locks for different parameter changes/locks… it seems to, by default, record a note of “0” pitch for every trigless lock while I record!! This is very annoying, because the only way I’ve found to solve it, is to change the pitch of every step which has added a trigless lock (with a pitch of 0).
What am I doing wrong?
So basically, if I play a melody in chromatic mode on any page, and I record over it to change parameters, such as the filter cutoff or reverb amount, etc., every trigless lock added in this way will change the pitch to 0 on the trig page.
Do the parameter locked notes read 0 when you press the corresponding trig after they change? Could it be the chromatic setting for that sound is somehow being turned off?
The parameter locked notes will read things like +12, -5, etc.
The “note parameter” on the trig page for the notes I played have inverted colors (white on black), the trigless parameter locks (light orange on the step sequencer) have regular white on black “0” listed and all of the 4 switches on the bottom of the trig page are automatically turned off. So, why is it changing the pitch for everyone of these steps?
I apologize for not explaining this better, let me try again…
When I’m in Live Record mode (with the chromatic setting enabled for synth and sample) here’s what happens:
I play a melody in chromatic mode. Everything works fine. I get a nice loop repeating with every not I played parameter locked with a trig.
I want to keep the loop going, while still in Live Record mode, and twist knobs to add “trigless locks”, which is what all Elektron machines do I think in this situation (twisting knobs in Live Record mode, but not hitting any trig buttons, or the pads on the AR).
Here’s the problem, when I do step 2 on the AR after recording a melody (step 1), every parameter lock that is added (trigless locks), change the pitch back to “0” on the trig page.
The only way I’ve found to workaround this is very annoying and tedious… to manually hold down every trigless lock, and change it’s pitch to the same as the previous non-trigless lock with a different pitch that I played (different from 0)
OR
Manually change every pitch on the trig parameter patch to 0, and convert the pitch to the pitch parameter on the synth and/or sample page (Live Record only messes up the pitch on the trig patch with “trigless locks” for me, not the Synth or Sample or any other parameter on any page)
PLEASE HELP!!!
I love this machine, but this really is a very annoying and tedious obstacle to my workflow with it.
I’m assuming there’s no way Elektron didn’t expect people would want to do live parameter changes after recording a melody on the AR without having to deal with trigless locks messing up the melody! Right?
I just experimented a bit more and discovered I get the same problem in Grid Recording Mode. If I manually place any trigless lock, it changes the pitch (via the note param on the trig page) for that all following steps
I’m more concerned about getting this to work for Live Recording mode, because I like to record a melody, and then change parameters without it altering my melody.
this is the closest I have found to this being addressed in the manual:
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[li]In CHROMATIC mode, a note pitch parameter lock will be shown with a red color pad when you press and hold the [TRIG] key containing such a lock.
In LIVE RECORDING mode, turning a DATA ENTRY knob, or playing the [PADS] in CHROMATIC mode, will input parameter locks to the active track. Note trigs will be locked accordingly and trigless locks containing the locks will be placed on the sequencer steps not containing note trigs.[/li]
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Not containing note trigs… but the note still changes on these trigless locks back to zero for me (unless I manually change every trigless lock’s “note” to match the previous Note Trig’s value).
Is my AR broken? Or this a flaw with this and other machines which has been mention before?
I can’t imagine I’m the only person who would have noticed this problem up to now…
Thanks for any help! I also sent a msg to Elektron’s customer support, but it says they have an extended wait time due to volume right now.
I don’t have an AR yet, but the A4 works similarly, are you saying the initial round of notes you recorded were altered after you applied subsequent parameter locks, or are you saying the trig less locks have a note value of zero, the latter sounds normal and the former sounds odd. Despite reading your posts I’m not exactly sure what it is you’re experiencing, it sounds contradictory or confusing. Fwiw, the process you describe works fine on the A4, so I’d expect it to work fine on the AR, what exactly sounds wrong ?
I’m in Chromatic mode, ready to record a melody on an 8 step track.
Here is what I record:
D - - - - - - -
I record one note, a D note. This is 2 semitones above the default note of C, so on the Trig page, when I hold down the trig for the note I recorded it shows “Note: +2”
So I’ll write it like this:
2 - - - - - - -
Now, let’s say I want to do some filter automation for this note which is sustaining throughout the 8 step loop (it could be a sustained synth tone or sample, doesn’t matter). OK. I enter Live Recording mode again, and as it goes through the loop, I sweep the filter. This creates 7 trigless locks, one for each step where I did not play a note in the loop.
Here’s the problem
When the loop plays back, it does not only just playback the filter automation I recorded, but it also changes the sustaining note I recorded in Chromatic mode back to “zero” for the other 7 steps, so now the melody is totally changed to:
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
it’s now an 8th note at the pitch I want, followed by 7/8ths of a whole note at the “default pitch” of zero. I can only change this in the ways I have mentioned which halts my ability to continue working on the song, to fix this problem.
"the latter sounds normal "
If this is “Normal”, that is very disappointing to me, because it means I can not easily add ANY trigless locks once I’ve recorded a melody. This applies to both Live Recording and Grid Recording modes.
This almost defeats the point of the Chromatic mode entirely for me. It implies that you should only record a live melody once you have already done the parameter locks you want, which is the opposite of how I like to record (and I assume applies to most or many other people’s workflow as well).
It will take me less time to convert every note I play back to zero, and replace the pitch on the Synth and/or Sample patch for each trig, than it would for me to change the “Note” parameter on the Trig page for EVERY Trigless Lock, but either way is quite a hassle. Especially if I’ve got, let’s say, 4-8 notes I recorded and 56-60 trigless locks playing “zero”!
Or am I overlooking something?
I am really surprised no one has mentioned this, I’m still hoping there is something really silly I am just overlooking here…
Thanks for any help or ideas!! I apologize for my frustration! This is my only real qualm with the Rytm, which I think is incredible, and I’m still hoping I can find a solution from someone more knowledgeable than me…
The A4 does not do as you experience, i’m surprised the AR does this, the a4 will create a trigless lock with a note value, it has to, it isn’t always a C though, it is whatever you last left the default note at. However, it does not affect the sustaining previous note. You can do that of course, by explicitly plocking pitch (white on black) it sounds to me like that is a bug, but the AR has different sustain and trig mechanisms(for lfo env) etc so i don’t know if there are subtle differences or even settings which could change your outcome. Sounds very odd, it’d drive me nuts too
This is what i am getting too, by comparing with the A4 it is different, the issue is clear cut in terms of what the user can see on screen, it’s not consistent, looking fwd to a fix or response. I tested with a synth model on OS 1.02F, yes 1.02F, new machine
not too sure if it’s already been mentioned but you don’t have it live record made when you tweak knobs do you as it will record the knob movements, or you don’t have any stay lofts set do you?
Got the same issue with, Digitakt.
Is the problem solved on AR now?
Please let me know, it’s a major problem for me. Trigless created should have by default a nonpitched value, nonvelocited and infinite lengh by default or the the sames as the previous trig
I don’t believe this has been resolved or perhaps I am clueless as to how to continuously record a knob movement.
I just got an MK2 and updated to 1.50.
When I record a sequence in live recording mode, then I sweep the filter, it changes or adds notes to the trigs where there previously was no note and the trigs become yellow.
Is there something I’m doing wrong or a way to correct this?
Correct what though ? What is it you believe is wrong about it at present
A Lock Trig (yellow) will have a Note value of zero (unlocked), it will have locks to disable Synth/Samp/Envelope/LFO retriggering and a lock for the parameter you modulated, e.g. Filt Freq
What is it about this which is not right, are you just surprised by the audible & sudden filter opening and confusing this with Trigging
what happens if you set the p-lock value of filter to be exactly the same as the current track sound value ? does it effectively vanish ?
Please excuse me because my knowledge of elektron terminology is novice.
The new lock trig is changing the pitch of my sound where there was no pitch change (or any trigs) prior to live recording of the filter cut-off.
When I go to live record cut-off, why does it add or change the pitch of notes on steps where there is no trigs.
Adding additional pitch change trigs when I’m only trying to record the cut-off sweep doesn’t seem “correct”
If on a word processor you intended to write the word Elektron and instead it read E.l.e.k.t.r.o.n inputting or changing the characters in between to something unintentional?
I’m not trying to be argumentitive, i just don’t understand the purpose of the lock trig also entering a note value on a trig that previously had no note value.
I have no idea, it doesn’t do that for me on my tests - how do you replicate your issue from a clear kit clear pattern using the fewest steps possible ?
The Lock Trigs can appear to have a different value (i.e. it’s the track default, relative to other normal trigs in pattern) and as long as they are not highlighted as locked (which you’d have done somehow) then I don’t quite know what you are seeing/expecting
You need to demonstrate using a very simple easily repeatable test
Also be sure to test this whilst connected to NOTHING else, not usb, nor MIDI … keep it simple