{"id":534,"date":"2024-09-04T11:16:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T11:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.julien-nevo.com\/arkostracker\/?page_id=534"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:24:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:24:39","slug":"the-linker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.julien-nevo.com\/arkostracker\/index.php\/the-linker\/","title":{"rendered":"The linker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the top of the screen lies the Linker (LK<\/strong>). It is basically a sequencer of patterns, which contains tracks, which you must have heard about if you have read this tutorial<\/a>. If the linker of a new song is rather empty and unexciting, here is a more extensive example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read this from left to right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Positions and patterns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each “box” is assigned a number at the top: 0, 1, 2, 3, up to A (hex) in this example. This is the position number<\/strong>, which is actually only an increasing number. So, to a position is assigned a “box”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inside each box is a big number: this is the pattern number<\/strong>. As you can see, patterns can appear several times, which is useful to repeat the same part of the songs without having to duplicate its content manually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The selection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On position 3, you can see the box being highlighted: this is a selection, which you can define by clicking on a position with the mouse, or with the following keys:<\/p>\n\n\n\n