10.7 PAGE SETUP MENU

You can set the length and timing of the pattern and the tracks in this menu. The sequencer has up to 128 steps spread over 8 pages with 16 steps each. The PAGE SETUP menu has two modes. In PER PATTERN mode all tracks share the same length. In PER TRACK mode, each track can have different lengths. Press [FUNC] + [PAGE] to access the PAGE SETUP menu. Press [FUNC] + [YES] to toggle between the two modes. Use the DATA ENTRY knobs to adjust the settings.

10.7.1 PER PATTERN MODE

In this mode, all tracks of the pattern share the same length and time signature.

LENGTH sets the amount of steps on the current pattern page. The leftmost number displays the number of steps selected. If you use 17 steps or more in a pattern, the [PAGE] key is (while in GRID RECORDING mode) used to toggle between the different pattern pages.

SPEED controls the speed of pattern playback in multiples of the current tempo. It offers seven possible settings, 1/8X, 1/4X, 1/2X, 3/4X, 1X, 3/2X and 2X. A setting of 1/8X plays back the pattern at one-eighth of the set tempo. 3/4X plays the pattern back at three-quarters of the tempo; 3/2X plays back the pattern twice as fast as the 3/4X setting. 2X makes the pattern play at twice the BPM.

When you extend the length of a pattern, its trigs copies automatically over to the new steps. If a pattern consists of for example two pages and the pattern length is increased to four pages, the two additional pattern pages are then copies of the first two pattern pages.

Press the [PAGE] key repeatedly to change the total length of the pattern quickly. Press the [TRIG] keys to change the number of steps of the pattern quickly.

A 2X speed setting is useful for increasing the base resolution of the step sequencer to 32nd notes. A 3/4X setting is useful when Digitakt II is playing alongside other instruments set to the same BPM, and you want Digitakt II to play triplets.

10.7.2 PER TRACK MODE

In this mode, you can assign individual length and speed to the tracks of the pattern. Press [FUNC] + [YES] to switch between the two modes. In PER TRACK mode, two columns exist, TRACK and PATTERN.

The TRACK column sets the step length and speed of the track. The settings only affects the active track. The PATTERN column sets the master change length and the master length of the pattern.

LENGTH sets the amount of steps on the current pattern page. The leftmost number displays the number of steps selected. If you use 17 steps or more in a pattern, the [PAGE] key is (while in GRID RECORDING mode) used to toggle between the different pattern pages.

SPEED controls the speed of track playback in multiples of the current tempo. It offers seven possible settings, 1/8X, 1/4X, 1/2X, 3/4X, 1X, 3/2X and 2X. A setting of 1/8X plays back the track at one-eighth of the set tempo. 3/4X plays the track back at three-quarters of the tempo; 3/2X plays back the track twice as fast as the 3/4X setting. 2X makes the track play at twice the BPM.

CHANGE (Pattern Change) controls for how long the active pattern plays before it changes to a cued or chained pattern. This setting is important when, for example, you set RESET to INF. Then, if you do not make any CHANGE setting, the pattern plays infinitely and the next cued pattern will never play. By default a cued pattern change happens at the end of the pattern (CHANGE set to OFF).

RESET (Pattern Reset) controls the number of steps the pattern plays before all tracks resets and restarts from the first step on the first page. An INF setting makes the tracks of the pattern loop infinitely, without ever being restarted. Note that this setting also affects for how long the active pattern plays before a chained pattern starts playing. The CHANGE parameter overrides this if its parameter value is less than the RESET value.

In the PAGE SETUP menu, you can press [FUNC] + [UP]/[DOWN] to set the TRACK LENGTH in increments from 2/16 to 128/128.