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TAKT comes pre-installed with 4 simple patterns on Scene 1 in order to simplify you star-
ting off with your modular, making sure everything is connected correctly and so that
something happens right away. These patterns are also perfect for exploring the various
functions of TAKT. Clocks and Resets are also set up to work straight out of the box.
A possible patch to start with would be:
Gate 1 > kick drum
Gate 2 > snare or clap
Gate 3 > envelope (e.g. to modulate the cutoff of a filter)
Gate 4 > hihats
Gate 5 > toms or percussion
Let us show you a classic example!
Save scene 1 as scene 2 by pressing SCENE / SAVE (centre right). Select 2 with
the dial (in the middle of the module) and press SAVE again. Behind the 2 you'll see
a dot appearing. When the dot stops flashing resp. goes out, the scene is saved.
Now delete the 5 patterns by holding down CLEAR (bottom left) and pressing pat-
tern 1, then 2, and so on - once. These patterns are now empty and you can start
off fresh. At this point you could also setup TAKT so it always loads an empty scene when
it powers up. Save the scene and then press SETUP eight times until the display shows
”aLd” (autoload) - select the scene you want and exit the menu by pressing TEMPO or
NOTE / CLEAR. Btw, that way you exit all menus in TAKT.
Important: Deleting patterns only works while TAKT is not running, deleting notes or
tracks works always.
Let's start with a simple 4/4 kick on track 1. When restarting, TAKT is always in sin-
gle mode (the button to the right of the display). This means: when pressed, it will
record. However, we first want to make sure that the kick actually lands on track 1, and
this is how it works:
- Set the BEAT pot to 4, VELOCITY pot to 127, GATETIME pot to 1.
- Press the SHOTS button (it lights up and TAKT is now in shots mode).
While TAKT is running hold down the first track button for the whole bar. Now 4 exact
quarter notes resp. kick drums have been recorded.
We go over to the next parts, let's assume it's the hihats on track 4. Set the BEAT
pot to 16th notes and press track key 4 continuously as in the previous example.
By the way, you can of course also use the sensors instead. Important: it must be
attached to the right slot and the pairs have to match (SEN-SET button!) as well.
Let's assume you want to delete one or more notes within a track: hold CLEAR
(left) and use one (or more) of the lowest eight keys to delete – as long as you
press it! If you hold them continuously, all note values will be deleted, but just the not
values – not the settings (mute, velocity, etc). If you want to delete the whole track
(including mutes etc.) hold CLEAR and use the 8 keys in the second row from the bot-
tom, this re-initialises the track. This also works while the sequencer is running, only
in order to delete patterns the sequencer must be stopped.
Now let's record a snare or clap on track 2, but this time in single shot mode. To
do this press SHOTS once (now it's unlit) then press track button 2 whenever you
want a snare being played. You could do the same on track 5 too and add a short roll
with some percussion towards the end of the bar. If you're not sure anymore where
your 1 is just restart TAKT and off you go.
Et voila! Don't forget to save the scene!
HINT
When you record a track with SHOTS (when a track button is held down), you can
simultaneously turn the BEAT knob and play rhythm patterns on the fly.
Just give it a try!
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