Elektron Music Machines
September 28, 2022
To send the OS syx file, use our free Elektron Transfer software. Transfer can be downloaded from the Elektron website.
Connect the Elektron device to the computer via USB and switch it on.
Open the Transfer application on your computer.
On the Transfer CONNECTION page, set the MIDI IN and MIDI OUT ports to your Elektron device.
On the Transfer DROP page, drag and drop the OS file. The OS file is then automatically transferred to the Elektron device and the OS update initiates. A progress bar is visible on device screen when receiving the OS.
On your device. Press [YES] to confirm the OS update.
If your current device OS does not fully support Transfer, you will be automatically directed to Transfer's LEGACY OS UPGRADE page after you drag and drop the OS file on the Transfer DROP page. Follow the instructions on the LEGACY OS UPGRADE page to proceed with the OS upgrade.
When the update is done the unit will restart by itself.
Connect the Elektron device to the computer via the device's MIDI port. (You cannot use the USB port).
Hold down the [FUNC] button while powering on the Elektron device. This takes you to the STARTUP menu.
Press the [TRIG 4] key to enter OS UPGRADE mode.
Open the Transfer application on your computer.
On the Transfer CONNECTION page, click "LEGACY OS UPGRADE mode"
On the Transfer LEGACY OS UPGRADE mode page browse to, and select, the downloaded OS syx file.
Select your MIDI interface.
In Transfer, press "UPGRADE".
A progress bar is visible on device screen when receiving the OS.
When the update is done the unit will restart by itself.
After some upgrades the bootstrap is also upgraded. This upgrade is performed right after the first restart of the device. Do not turn the power off during the upgrade.
Downgrading the device OS is not supported, and is performed at your own risk. User content may be lost.
Should you experience any problems or find any bugs, please report this to
Elektron support: http://www.elektron.se/support
Enjoy!
The Elektron development team
Implemented Song mode. The [···] key has been re-purposed and is now the [SONG MODE] key. The PATTERN menu has been moved to the SETTINGS menu.
Implemented portamento functionality. The portamento parameters are on the TRIG page, and the portamento settings are found in the SOUND menu > SETUP menu.
Added PITCH BEND DEPTH setting.
Added the possibility to select note priority when playing a sound (LAST, LOW, HIGH).
Added a legato on/off setting.
Added a the possibility to select how velocity data will affect the amp volume when playing the sound using the VELOCITY TO VOL parameter.
Implemented a FILTER ENV RESET parameter to set the filter envelope reset behavior.
Added a GLOBAL FX/MIX menu item in the SETTINGS menu. In the GLOBAL FX/MIX menu, you have the option to set the parameters on the INTERNAL MIXER, EXTERNAL MIXER, and the FX TRACK's SYN, FILTER, AMP, DELAY, REVERB, LFO pages to be global (making any change to these parameters affect all patterns in the project and not only the active pattern).
It is now possible to toggle MUTE mode while the SOUND BROWSER is open.
It is now possible to set the digital tracks (T1-T8) to USB out in the AUDIO ROUTING menu.
The MIDI tracks' CC VAL parameters were not controllable as specified.
Using Trig preview or manually trigging a note on a MIDI track only sent the root note.
Randomizing the SYN page on the analog tracks erroneously randomized the TUNE parameter.
The AMP reset parameter (AENR) did not affect the sound/envelope on the FX track.
The delay effect could, under some circumstances, produce clicks on the analog voices.
Changing the FILTER KEYTRACK parameter while playing could sometimes result in a faulty sound behavior.
Support for updated production process.
It is now possible to preview sounds in the Sound Browser and the Sound Manager using the chromatic keyboard. It is now also possible to use an external MIDI controller, sending MIDI on the Syntakt's Auto channel.
The Reverb and Delay parameters on the FX track's AMP page now have updated screen graphics when routed through the FX block (Pre-FX); to show that the parameters then have no effect. This behavior is also implemented for the REVERB SEND parameter on the DELAY setup page when the delay is set Post-FX and the reverb set to Pre-FX.
Options in the Sound operations menu in Sound Manager are renamed for clarity. Import to TRK -> Load to TRK, Export to here -> Save to here.
The Mod A and Mod B destinations are now shown as a list.
A track routed to the analog FX block is now indicated in the screen UI with adjusted TRACK LEVEL graphics.
The FX track is now included in the ROUTE TO MAIN setting.
Pressing [FX] while in the routing menu now always selects the FX track.
It is now possible to use the A-H DATA ENTRY knobs to scroll through the Machine selection list.
The device could sometimes produce unwanted sound artifacts such as crackles and pops when the FILTER RESONANCE parameter was set to max and at the same time was modulated.
The parameters on the SYN page had incorrect MIDI mapping.
The FX track's AMP envelope had multiple erroneous behaviors.
It was impossible to copy and paste the AMP page parameters from a page with an AHD envelope to a page with an ADSR envelope and vice versa.
External audio from INPUT L/R was always heard on physical outputs even when INT TO MAIN was set to OFF (or AUTO with Overbridge enabled).
When [TRK] was pressed and held, the trig keys did not always flash white when a trig on the corresponding track played.
In the FX routing menu, Pressing [TRIG 13] let the M1 modifier play the active track sound.
Notes recorded in LIVE RECORDING mode could sometimes get the wrong length.
A track with an Analog drum or an Analog cymbal voice type would always be heard on the main outputs regardless if it was set to be routed to Main or not.
Retrigs placed on the FX track did not work.
A trig modifier could, under some circumstances, be latched on after using KEYBOARD mode to add trigs in STEP RECORDING mode.
Sounds whose voice type is incompatible with the active track's voice type were not filtered out in the Sound Browser when changing track while the Sound Browser was open.
The KEYBOARD mode's set octave could not be changed in STEP RECORDING mode.
Steps 13-16 could, under some circumstances, be edited when the device was in MUTE mode.
Tracks routed to the FX block could go silent after performing a pattern reload from a temporary save.