Live Rec Retrig Fix for Elektron Analog Rytm

LIVE RECORDING records every pad retrig hit as a real trig, with the velocity and timing you played. While the sequencer plays, every pad retrig falls on its swung grid (Retrig Grid).

Module version 0.2.1-experimental. Base firmware: 1.74.

About this module

Stock records a retrig hold as one trig and a few locks that its held-note erase mostly removes, so what plays back is not what you played. With Live Rec Retrig Fix every hit of a roll, from RTRG + pad or a pad set to ALWAYS ON, records a real trig at the velocity it sounded and the time it sounded, quantize live rec on or off. Rates faster than a step record a trig with a step retrig, because a step holds one trig. Retrig Grid by stigmagit is folded in: while the sequencer plays, pad retrigs fall on its swung grid, and the row QUANT RTRG TO SEQ in SEQUENCER CONFIG turns that off.

• One real trig for each hit at 1/16 and slower, velocity following pressure.
• ALWAYS ON pads record the same way.
• Quantize live rec applies to retrig hits as to any note.
• Faster rates record a step retrig, and the RETRIG menu's VEL.CUR goes with it.
• Pad retrigs fall on the sequencer's swung grid while it plays (Retrig Grid, by stigmagit), and a recorded roll starts on that grid.
• The RTRG key glows dim red while the selected track is ALWAYS ON.

How to use it

1. Hold RTRG and press YES: ALWAYS ON turns on for the selected track. Let go of RTRG: its key glows dim red.
2. Hold RECORD and press PLAY, then play that track's pad, varying the pressure.
3. Leave LIVE RECORDING: the roll plays back hit for hit, on the sequencer's grid.
4. To keep rolls where you play them, uncheck QUANT RTRG TO SEQ in GLOBAL > CONTROL > SEQUENCER CONFIG.

Controls

QUANT RTRG TO SEQ

Checkbox in GLOBAL > CONTROL > SEQUENCER CONFIG, after SAMPLE POS RES. Checked puts pad retrigs on the swung grid while the sequencer plays and records a roll's first trig on it. YES turns it over, RIGHT checks, LEFT unchecks. Kept with the project.

Compatibility notes

• Rates faster than a step record one velocity for each trig's hits, or VEL.CUR's fade.
• Micro timing has 24 units a step.
• A roll started before LIVE RECORDING can miss hits.
• This merged build has run on one unit, on the builds TESTING.md names.
• rytm-emu's pad pressure was scripted; the unit results are the author's own, from playing.
• External MIDI clock not tested.
• The press sounds where it was played; only its recorded trig moves to the grid, and not when the grid point is more than a step away.

Test evidence

rytm-emu c5732f0, scripted pressure: every rate, ALWAYS ON, a press during a roll, rate changes, swing 50 to 66, quantize on and off, the RTRG key's light. On the author's Analog Rytm MKII (OS 1.74), as reported: 0.1.0 RR09 to RR16 pass; 0.2.0 RC07 to RC11 (rates, quantize, short rolls, re-press, the row, a project save and reload) and LD01 (the key's light); 0.2.1 in LP01, a 16-module set (a roll with pad pressure, Retrig Grid, RTRG + YES), its idle handlers 2.5 µs a block against 3.4 µs. Not run alone on a unit. See TESTING.md.