Audio In Routing for Elektron Analog Rytm

Two knobs on the FX track's DISTORTION page send the AUDIO IN jacks into the master distortion and compressor, and into the delay and the reverb.

Module version 0.1.0-experimental. Base firmware: 1.74.

About this module

On stock the AUDIO IN jacks reach the sampler, its monitor and USB, and EXT IN joins after the distortion. Audio In Routing plays AUDIO IN through the Rytm's own effects: D (STE) puts it in the analog mix before DIST and COMP, and E (IFX) feeds the delay and the reverb at once. Both at 0, with nothing locked, leave the Rytm as stock.

• Run a synth or a guitar pedal through the master distortion and compressor.
• Send AUDIO IN to the delay and the reverb on their own levels.
• Two knobs on the stock DISTORTION page: D into the mix before DIST, E (IFX) into the delay and reverb. Real stock parameters, saved with the kit, with FUNC + turn stops at 0, 110 and 127.
• Stock's parameter, scene and performance locks on both.
• Tap encoder D to sum the input to mono on both paths.
• At 0 nothing changes: every audio word stays as stock wrote it.

How to use it

1. Plug a source into AUDIO IN L and R. Press FX, then FLTR.
2. Turn D (STE) up: the source plays through COMP and DIST.
3. Raise AMT to drive it. AMT distorts the drums too: DIST is one stage.
4. Turn E (IFX) up to send the source to the delay and the reverb.

Controls

STE / MNO

Knob D, DISTORTION page. AUDIO IN into the analog mix before DIST and COMP. 0 is off, 110 passes the converter's level unchanged, 127 is about 1.33x, +2.5 dB. FUNC + turn jumps 0, 110, 127. A stock parameter: kit-saved, parameter, scene and performance locks.

IFX

Knob E, DISTORTION page. AUDIO IN to both the delay and the reverb input, on the same scale. FUNC + turn jumps 0, 110, 127. A stock parameter: kit-saved, parameter, scene and performance locks.

Tap of encoder D

DISTORTION page. A short press with no turn adds L and R to mono on both paths, and the knob reads MNO; another tap goes back to stereo. Not saved: it starts stereo. Not with a trig, FUNC or NO held, a pad held in scene or performance mode, nor in running live recording.

Compatibility notes

• AUDIO IN jacks only. EXT IN is an analog sum after DIST and cannot be rerouted.
• DIST is one stage: AMT distorts the input and the drums alike.
• Both knobs save with the kit and their locks with the pattern, as stock's own. Mono is not saved.
• E feeds the delay and the reverb at one level: the FX track has no third saved word for a separate reverb level.
• Mono is L + R: one cable keeps its level, and a loud stereo source can clip digitally. It is not saved.
• Level, noise and latency not measured on a unit.
• Built for OS 1.74 only, with core-ar2 0.7.

Test evidence

On the author's Analog Rytm MKII: AC20 and AC21 (this module beside the RC12 and RC14 sets) passed levels, locks, page copy and clear, kit and pattern saves, scene and performance locks and the mono tap; AC21 fixed a tap blocked by a pad that stock's key table read as held. rytm-emu: both knobs at 0 give digital silence and each reaches the output. Level, noise and latency are not measured.