User Manual

5. OVERVIEW OF THE ANALOG RYTM MKII DATA STRUCTURE

The image below outlines the data structure of the Analog Rytm MKII.

MASTER/SEND FX 12 DRUM SOUNDS

16 SONGS 128 PATTERNS 128 KITS 128 SOUNDS 127 SAMPLES

4 GLOBALS

PROJECT +DRIVE

128 PROJECTS

SOUND LIBRARY

SAMPLEBANK

5.1 +DRIVE

The +Drive is a non-volatile storage. It keeps up to 128 projects (thousands of patterns, kits and songs)

stored internally. The +Drive also contains the +Drive Sound library, capable of storing 4096 drum Sounds,

and the Sample bank. All projects have access to these Sounds and samples.

5.2 DATA STRUCTURE

5.2.1 PROJECT

A project contains 128 patterns, 128 kits, 16 songs, 4 global slots, 127 sample slots and a project Sound

pool consisting of up to 128 Sounds. General settings and states are stored in the project. When a

project is loaded it becomes the active working state of the Analog Rytm MKII. From here it is possible

to edit the patterns, kits, songs, and globals of the project. Every time the Analog Rytm MKII is switched

on, it boots to the active working state, the active project. Projects are saved, loaded and managed in the

GLOBAL SETTINGS menu. Read more about projects in the section “9. PROJECTS” on page 24.

5.2.2 KITS

A kit is a collection of twelve drum track Sounds and the FX track parameter settings. When editing a

track, changes made to the parameter settings is stored in the active kit. Each project of the Analog

Rytm MKII contains 128 individual kits. A pattern always links to one of the kits. Read more in the section

“10. KITS AND SOUNDS” on page 26.

5.2.3 SOUNDS

A Sound consists of the parameter settings found in the PARAMETER pages SRC, SMPL, FLTR, AMP,

and LFO. Sounds are stored in the Sound pool of the active project or the +Drive Sound library. The

Sound pool has 128 Sound slots and the +Drive Sound library holds up to 4096 sounds. Read more in the

section “10. KITS AND SOUNDS” on page 26.

5.2.4 SAMPLES

You can load up to 64 MB (about 11 minutes) of samples in a project, using a maximum of 127 sample

slots. There are many preset samples to choose from in the +Drive Sample bank. Additional samples can

be transferred to the Analog Rytm MKII from a computer with the Elektron Transfer software. You can

also sample straight into the Analog Rytm MKII. See section “14. GLOBAL SETTINGS MENU” on page

54, and “13. SAMPLING” on page 52.

5.2.5 PATTERNS

For each of the 8 banks, 16 patterns are available, which means 128 patterns are always readily available

for each project. A pattern contains sequencer data like drum trigs, trig mutes and parameter locks for

the drum tracks and the FX track, as well as default settings on the TRIG page and length, swing, and

time signature settings. Read more in the section “11. THE SEQUENCER” on page 37.