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8.3 EDITING A SOUND

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# 8.3 EDITING A SOUND

8. PATTERNS AND SOUNDS
8. PATTERNS AND SOUNDS
The patterns are the primary data container for the Syntakt. Sixteen patterns are available for each of the
eight banks, which means that 128 patterns are available for each project. A pattern contains up to twelve
sounds (one for each audio track), sequencer data like trigs and parameter locks. It also contains the de­
fault settings on the TRIG page and BPM, length, swing and time signature settings.
Each of the audio tracks contains one sound. A sound that has been imported from the +Drive to a pat­
tern becomes part of the active pattern. Any changes made to a sound will therefore not affect the stored
sound. It will only affect the sound in the active pattern. You can save a sound from the active pattern to the
+Drive. For more information, please see “8.6.3 SOUND MANAGER” on page 33.
When a sound is loaded to a pattern, it becomes a copy of the sound on the +Drive and is
not linked to the original sound stored on the +Drive. Instead, it fully becomes a part of the
pattern.
A Pattern contains:
•	 Up to twelve audio track sounds.
•	 LEVEL settings for the audio tracks.
•	 All parameter settings for the MIDI tracks.
•	 Sequencer data such as trigs and parameter locks.
•	 The settings on the TRIG PARAMETERS page, BPM, length, swing and time signature settings.

A sound contains:
•	 The selected machine and the SYN, FLTR, AMP, and LFO pages settings for the audio track.
8.1 THE +DRIVE SOUND LIBRARY AND THE SOUND POOL
The +Drive sound library can hold up to 2048 sounds (256 sounds in each bank A-H) that are available to
all projects.
Sounds can be loaded to a pattern from either the +Drive sound library or the Sound pool of the active
project. The difference between the two is that the +Drive sound library has the capacity of 2048 sounds,
available to all projects, while the Sound pool is a part of a project and limited to 128 sounds. The primary
benefit of sounds loaded to the Sound pool is the possibility for them to be sound locked. This feature is
not available for the sounds in the +Drive sound library. For more information, please see “9.10.2 SOUND
LOCKS” on page 44.
8.1.1 ADDING SOUNDS TO THE SOUND POOL
You must first add sounds to the Sound pool to be able to perform sound locks.
1.	 Press [FUNC] + [SONG MODE] to open the SOUND menu.
2.	 Select SOUND MANAGER, and then press [YES].
3.	 Select the sounds you want to add to the Sound pool by highlighting them and pressing [YES].
4.	 Press [RIGHT] to open the SOUND OPERATIONS menu.
5.	 Select COPY TO ... and then press [YES].
6.	 Select SOUND POOL, and then press [YES].
8.2 PLAYING A SOUND
Press the [TRIG 1–12] keys to play the sounds of the twelve tracks. The [TRIG] keys will briefly light up
when pressed.
8.2.1 PLAYING A SOUND USING AN EXTERNAL MIDI DEVICE
The sounds can also be played using an external MIDI device connected to Syntakt. The MIDI channels
for of each of the audio tracks can be assigned in the MIDI CHANNELS menu, covered in the section
“14.4.3 CHANNELS” on page 77. You can also use an external MIDI unit to play a sound chromatically
when you are in KEYBOARD mode. For more information, please see “7.9 KEYBOARD MODE” on page
24.
8.3 EDITING A SOUND
Activate one of the audio tracks for editing by pressing [TRK] + one of the [TRIG] keys 1–12. When editing
the settings of the track, any changes made will be stored as part of the active pattern.

8. PATTERNS AND SOUNDS
Adjust the overall volume level of the active audio track with the LEVEL/DATA knob.
Edit a sound by adjusting the parameters found on the PARAMETER pages. Access these pages by
pressing a [PARAMETER] page key. Use the DATA ENTRY knobs A-H to change the parameters. For more
information, please see “10. AUDIO TRACK PARAMETERS” on page 50.
The complete sound, with all its parameter settings may be copied to another track. Press [TRK] + [RE­
CORD], and then press [TRK] + one of the [TRIG] keys to select the track you want to copy the sound to,
and finally press [TRK] + [STOP] to paste the sound to the selected track.
8.4 LOADING A SOUND
To load a sound, use the SOUND BROWSER or the SOUND MANAGER. For more information, please see
“8.6.2 SOUND BROWSER” on page 33 and “8.6.3 SOUND MANAGER” on page 33.
8.5 SAVING A SOUND
After you edited the parameters of a sound, you can save it to the +Drive.
1.	 Press [FUNC] + [SONG MODE] to open the MANAGE menu.
2.	 Select SAVE SOUND, and then press [YES].
3.	 Turn the LEVEL/DATA knob or use the [UP]/[DOWN] keys to select an empty slot to where you want
to save your sound, and then press [YES]. If you want to save your sound to another bank, press
[BANK] + [TRIG 9–16] to select a bank.
4.	 On the NAMING screen, name your sound and then press [YES]. For more information, please see
“7.8 THE NAMING SCREEN” on page 24.
5.	 On the TAGS screen, use the [ARROW] keys and [YES] key to select the appropriate tags for your
sound, and then select <SAVE> and press [YES].
8.6 THE SOUND MENU
Press [FUNC] + [SONG MODE] to open the SOUND menu. Here you can set a number of Sound related
parameters. Use the [UP] and [DOWN] arrow keys to move between the options. Press [YES] to confirm
your selection. Press [NO] to exit the menu.
8.6.1 SETUP
Here you can set a number of Sound related parameters. Use the [UP] and [DOWN] arrow keys to move
between the options. Press [YES] to confirm your selection. Press [NO] to exit the menu.
FILTER KEYTRACK
Sets how much the filter opens and closes in relation to what note is played.
VELOCITY TO VOL
Selects how MIDI velocity affects volume when playing the sound from a MIDI keyboard.

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