Notes into the step (F3 up); CH6: KIK SNR HHC HHO TM1-3 CRS RDE CLP PC1-3 RIMNotes; on CH6 the same 14 drums again
Getting around
- turn SELECT
- Pick the lane: CH1-CH5 synths, CH6 drums.
- turn KNOB 1
- Move up and down the steps (rows).
- turn KNOB 2
- Move across the columns: NOTE, INST, CHD (chord), FX.
- turn KNOB 3
- Change the value in the highlighted cell.
- tap SEQ
- Back to the tracker from any screen.
- tap HOME
- Projects menu: SAVE, SAVE AS, LOAD, NEW, HELP.
- hold HOME
- After 1.5 s: scale guide (root, scale, key lock).
- tap GLO
- Mixer: volume, pan, mute, solo, swing per lane.
Playing
- tap PLAY
- Start or stop. With SONG on, plays the song.
- any note key
- Write that note into the step, then move one row down.
- tap OCT-
- Keyboard an octave down (OCT+ up). Saved notes stay.
- hold SEQ+tap OCT+
- Stopped: this step's saved note an octave up (OCT- down).
- turn KNOB 4
- Tempo, 30-300 BPM (starts at 120).
- ARP twice
- With SONG on: live mixer. Black keys 1-6 mute lanes.
Sound
- tap EDIT
- The lane's instrument; keys play it. KNOB 1 row, KNOB 3 value.
- tap EDIT+turn KNOB 2
- Next page: oscillator A, oscillator B, mix.
- tap EDIT+turn KNOB 3
- On TYPE: 12 sounds, incl. SID and NES styles.
- hold OCT-+tap OCT+
- On EDIT: switch mono / poly.
- hold SEQ+tap EDIT
- On EDIT: instrument library with 8 patch slots.
- EDIT twice
- Drum editor: SELECT picks a drum, KNOB 3 changes it.
Sequencer / patterns
- turn ALGORITHM
- Pick pattern 1-48 (while stopped).
- turn PRESETS
- This step's note: note, empty (---), stop [STP].
- tap ENV
- Write a stop [STP]: ends the note still sounding.
- tap SEL
- Clear the whole step.
- hold SEQ+turn KNOB 4
- Stopped: pattern length, 1-16 steps.
- hold SEQ+black key 1
- Copy this lane. Black key 2 pastes it.
- hold SEQ+black key 3
- Copy the whole pattern. Black key 4 pastes it.
- hold SEQ+black key 5
- Stopped: undo (6 levels). Black key 6 redoes.
- tap ARP
- Song: a chain of patterns with repeats. SEL turns SONG on.
- tap ARP+tap OCT+
- Song: add a row (OCT- deletes). KNOB 3 sets it.
Effects
- tap FX
- Step FX: KNOB 1 type or amount, KNOB 3 changes it.
- FX twice
- Punch-In page: white keys 1-8 are live effects.
- hold white key 1-8
- Punch-In: REPEAT, RING MOD, FILTER, TAPE, STUTTER, OCT UP/DOWN, MUTE.
- hold white key 1-5+turn KNOB 1
- That Punch-In effect's amount (kept after release).
- tap REC+tap PLAY
- Record Punch-In: hold white keys 1-8 while it plays.
- tap LFO
- Master: EQ, compressor, reverb. SELECT picks, SEL on/off.
- tap LFO+turn KNOB 1-4
- The chosen master effect's four values.
Saving & loading
- power on+turn KNOB 1+tap SEL
- Start screen: NEW PROJECT or LOAD PROJECT.
- tap SAVE
- Save. First time: name it (KNOB 2 letter, KNOB 4 slot), SAVE again.
- hold SEL+hold SAVE
- First save on blank storage: hold 5 s. Erases old data!
- tap HOME+turn KNOB 1+tap SEL
- Projects: SAVE AS, LOAD (12 slots), NEW, HELP.
Recovery
- hold OCT-+power on
- Update mode, for installing firmware.
- hold REC+power on
- Safe mode: silent and read-only.
- hold OCT-+hold OCT+
- In safe mode or after an audio stop: 5 s to update mode.
- hold HOME+hold PLAY
- After an audio stop: hold 1 s to restart the sound.
Good to know
- Tracker basics: each row is one step, played top to bottom; each lane is one part.
- Quick beat: SELECT to CH6, KNOB 1 to row 00, press F3 (kick), turn KNOB 1 three rows down, repeat, then PLAY.
- Each key press writes a note and steps down, so you can type a melody row by row.
- INST picks one of four shared synth instruments; CH1-CH4 start on 1-4, CH5 on 1.
- The very first save formats the storage and wipes old ETCH/Felucca data: back up first.
- Hold SEQ and tap ENV (stopped) for groove: microtiming, ratchets and chance per step.
- On-device help: HOME, KNOB 1 down to HELP, SEL.
A community cheat sheet by the hub, not by the firmware's makers: when in doubt, their manual is right.