Scene Mutes for Elektron Analog Rytm

Each scene can carry its own track mutes: engage the scene and the mutes change with it.

Module version 0.1.0-experimental. Base firmware: 1.74.

About this module

Scene Mutes lets a scene set the track mutes. In scene edit (hold SCENE until it opens), FUNC + a trig key toggles that track in the edited scene's mute mask, T1 to T12 for the sound tracks and T13 for FX; the first toggle marks the scene as one that sets mutes. While FUNC is held there, the trig keys light for the tracks the scene mutes. Engaging a marked scene replaces the mutes with its mask; engaging an unmarked scene, or none, puts back the mutes from before the first scene. A mute changed by hand or by MIDI while a scene is engaged goes into that saved state too. CLEAR drops the edited scene's mask and mark, CLEAR ALL every scene's. Masks are kept with each kit in the project and saved at once. It is a port of MrScruff's rytm-mods 0018-scene-mutes, with his code unchanged.

• FUNC + trig in scene edit builds a scene's mute mask.
• Engaging the scene sets the mutes; leaving it puts the earlier mutes back.
• Scenes engaged from the pads set the mutes (run on a unit); CC 92, NRPN and Overbridge go through the same routine and should work, not tested.
• Masks are kept per kit in the project.

How to use it

1. Hold SCENE until scene edit opens (FUNC pressed straight after SCENE does not open it).
2. Hold FUNC and press T1 and T2: the scene now mutes BD and SD, and those keys light while FUNC is held.
3. Release SCENE, start the pattern and engage the scene (SCENE + its pad): BD and SD mute.
4. Disengage it: the mutes come back as they were before.

Controls

SCENE (held) + FUNC + T1..T13

Toggles that track in the edited scene's mute mask and marks the scene as one that sets mutes; T13 is the FX track.

SCENE edit <CLEAR> / <CLEAR ALL>

Also drops the edited scene's mask and mark, or every scene's.

Compatibility notes

• Built for OS 1.74 only, with core-ar2 0.7.
• SCENE has to be held until scene edit opens before FUNC goes down.
• While SCENE is held the module takes FUNC + trig in every mode, so grid record's trigless lock and step record's track preview are hidden until SCENE is released.
• Kit copy and paste, SysEx kit transfer, COPY/PASTE SCENE and clearing a kit do not carry or clear the masks.
• A kit change while a scene is engaged keeps the old saved mutes.
• Overbridge's silent mute path is not followed into the saved mutes.

Test evidence

Hardware (run T210, OS 1.74, core-ar2 0.7): a scene with T1 and T2 in its mask silenced BD and SD when engaged and brought them back when disengaged, a hand mute while engaged was kept, the mask survived a power cycle and <CLEAR> dropped it. Emulator: the same in rytm-emu, where the base alone does nothing.