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Autobahn

The Boomerang’s forward half three times over, travelling: a forward slice with the fader open (a push and a pull back to where the set began, through an open-fader turn, two sounds), then a forward dice over the same ground from closed fader to open to closed (one sound). Sets two and three start where the previous one ended, and the third dice is a single reverse zip all the way back to the start. Nine sounds; the fader starts closed and the audio is otherwise almost always present. Each set spans one division and a third of the cell, so every stroke plays at natural pitch and only the return zips at double speed. Default division 1/8, Pattern Autobahn, Rate 8th, Gate Straight, Swing 0, Humanize 10%. Use it for the busiest transition fills: at the 1/8 default a set lands on every 8th note and the phrase repeats every three 8ths as a cross rhythm against the bar. Lineage: The A9 autobahn is associated with DJ Rafik; its sets are travelling-boomerang movements.

Preview presets

1 — Autobahn

Effective controls: Pattern Autobahn · Motion Forward · Division 1/8 · Rate 8th · Gate Straight · Swing 0% · Humanize 10% This is the catalog default preview.

2 — 1/4 Cycle

Effective controls: Pattern Autobahn · Motion Forward · Division 1/4 · Rate 8th · Gate Straight · Swing 0% · Humanize 10% Overrides: Division → 1/4

3 — 1/2 Cycle

Effective controls: Pattern Autobahn · Motion Forward · Division 1/2 · Rate 8th · Gate Straight · Swing 0% · Humanize 10% Overrides: Division → 1/2

4 — 1/16 Cycle

Effective controls: Pattern Autobahn · Motion Forward · Division 1/16 · Rate 8th · Gate Straight · Swing 0% · Humanize 10% Overrides: Division → 1/16