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10. THE SEQUENCER
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10. THE SEQUENCER
The sequencer of the Digitakt stores information in patterns. A pattern controls the playback of the audio
tracks, the MIDI tracks and various pattern-specific aspects of the tracks. Each of the eight banks, A to H,
contains 16 patterns, which means 128 patterns are available for each project. For more information, please
see “10.5 PATTERN MENU” on page 31.
A pattern contains:
• General trig settings on the TRIG page (default note pitch, velocity et cetera).
• The parameter settings on the SCR, FLTR, AMP, and LFO pages.
• The settings on the DELAY, REVERB, and MASTER pages.
• Quantization settings.
• Note trigs for all tracks.
• Lock trigs for all tracks.
• Parameter locks.
• Sample locks
• Sound locks.
• Length and time signature for the tracks.
10.1 BASIC PATTERN OPERATIONS
Digitakt can seamlessly switch between patterns. This, together with the ability to chain patterns, is a handy
feature when improvising live. For more information, please see “10.12 CHAINS” on page 37.
10.1.1 SELECTING BANK AND PATTERN
Press [BANK] and then press [TRIG 9–16] to select a bank. Then press [TRIG 1–16] to select a pattern.
Press [PTN] and then press [TRIG 1–16] to select a new pattern in the current bank. When you press
[BANK] or [PTN] you must choose a bank or pattern within four seconds for the change to take eect.
A message on the screen indicates the four second timeout. Press [TRK] to exit pattern or bank select.
White [TRIG] keys indicate pattern positions that contain data. A red [TRIG] key indicates the current
active pattern. Empty patterns are unlit.
When a pattern is playing, and a new pattern is selected, the new pattern position will be shown flashing
in the upper left corner of the screen. Once the last step of the pattern has played, the new pattern will
start, and the pattern position will cease to flash.
• Patterns can be changed while the sequencer is running.
• Patterns can be changed and queued by sending program change messages.
• It is possible to copy, clear and paste one or several patterns at the same time without
leaving the active pattern. To copy, press and hold [PTN] + [TRIG] key to select the pat-
tern you wish to copy. Then press [RECORD]. Let go of the [TRIG] key and then press
and hold the [TRIG] key(s) to where you want to paste the pattern. Finally, press and hold
[STOP] to paste the pattern(s). To clear, press and hold [PTN] + [TRIG] key(s) to select
the pattern(s) you wish to clear. Then press and hold [PLAY] to clear the pattern(s).
10.1.2 PATTERN CONTROL
Press [PLAY] to start the playback of a pattern. Press [STOP] to stop the playback of all tracks. The
sound will be cut o, but eects like Delay will continue to be audible until the delay repeats have faded
out. When the sequencer has stopped, quickly press [STOP] + [STOP] to stop playback of all tracks and
get just a short fade out the send eects.
When a pattern is playing and [PLAY] is pressed, playback will pause. Press [PLAY] again to resume the
playback.
If a pattern contains more than 16 sequencer steps, the <PATTERN PAGE> LEDs will indicate this. When
a pattern is playing, the currently active pattern page is shown with a flashing, <PATTERN PAGE> LED.
10.1.3 PATTERN TEMPO
The tempo is set in the TEMPO menu. Press [TEMPO] to open this menu. For more information, please
see “7.1.3 TEMPO” on page 19.
10.2 EDITING A PATTERN
Digitakt oers two main modes of input when editing or creating a pattern, GRID RECORDING mode and
LIVE RECORDING mode. In these modes, two types of trigs can be entered: note trigs and lock trigs.