I’ve built a cheat sheet for the Elektron Analog Rytm MKII, written from the OS 1.74 user manual. The sequencer is the heart of the Rytm, just as it is on the Octatrack, so the sheet gives it five sections of its own: sequencer basics, trigger settings with retriggers and Euclidean rhythms, pattern length and scale, sequencer features, and chains and songs. A short “Start Here” section explains how tracks, voices, machines, samples, kits, patterns and songs fit together.
There are two versions:
- Desktop: two-column layout for printing or reading on a computer or tablet.
- Mobile: the same content sized for reading on a mobile device.
Both have a clickable table of contents, so you can jump straight to any section. The English version is shown below. The cheat sheet can be downloaded in English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Português (Brasil) and 日本語.
What’s in it
- A short “Read when…” line at the top of every section, so you know straight away whether it is the one you need.
- Everything added from OS 1.70 to OS 1.74, tagged with the version it arrived in, so you can see which features are new on your unit. That includes the new machines, Euclidean mode, pad scales, the Warmup calibration and the Outbox 8 support.
- Plain-language definitions of the terms and abbreviations the manual assumes you know. The sheet says “trigger” and “parameter lock” in full throughout. The manual and the Rytm’s screen shorten them to “trig” and “P-Lock,” and the sheet only uses the short forms for button and menu names such as the [TRIG] key and TRIGS SETUP.
- Sections on parameter locks, Sound locks, conditional locks, fills, swing, accent, parameter slide, retriggers, Euclidean sequencing, scenes, performance macros, sampling, global settings and audio routing.
- A table of every machine with its SRC page parameters, and a table of every front panel key with its [FUNC] function.
- A MIDI reference with the note map, program change and the control change and NRPN numbers.
- Colour-coded sections, with pad and trigger colours shown in their actual colours.
One note on the translations: I used the official Japanese manual as the reference for Japanese terms, and I haven’t had a native speaker check any of the translations yet.
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If you spot a mistake or something missing, let me know.