Scale notes; sequencer (hold SEQ): steps 1-16; SEL: patterns 1-6; FX: repeats, mutes, filtersScale notes; FX: gates, throw, crush, fill, solos
Getting around
- turn SELECT
- Walk through all the pages in order.
- turn KNOB 1-4
- Change the four values at the bottom of the screen.
- tap HOME
- Tempo page: tempo, Evolve, Motion, Drift.
- tap ENV
- Pad. Tap again: Pad env, Pad LFO, Chords.
- tap LFO
- Drone. Tap again: Drone env, Drone LFO.
- tap ARP
- Acid. Tap again: Acid env, Acid line.
- tap SEQ
- Drums. Tap again: Links, Kit, Drum drift.
- tap GLO
- Global: root, theme, tune, MIDI out.
Playing
- tap PLAY
- Start or stop. It already plays after power-on.
- hold HOME+turn SELECT
- Set the tempo (70-190) from any page.
- tap SAVE
- Breakdown on the next bar. Again: four-bar build, then the drop.
- hold SAVE
- During a breakdown or build: drop on the next bar.
- tap EDIT
- Next chord, on the next bar.
- tap REC
- Freeze: the chord holds until you tap REC again.
- white key 1-16
- Add or remove that note from the scale (the root stays).
- turn ALGORITHM
- Pick the mode: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian and more.
- tap OCT+
- The page's voice an octave up; elsewhere the whole song. OCT- down.
- hold SEL+tap ENV
- On a voice's pages: play it by hand on the keys. Again: back.
Sound
- hold SEL+turn ALGORITHM
- Next sound of the voice on screen; on drum pages, the whole kit.
- tap HOME+turn KNOB 2
- Evolve: more restless acid and chords. KNOB 3: Motion.
- tap LFO+turn KNOB 3
- Drone filter cutoff (KNOB 4 sets resonance).
- tap ARP+turn KNOB 2
- Acid cutoff (KNOB 3 resonance, KNOB 4 env mod).
- tap ENV+turn KNOB 2
- Pad brightness (KNOB 3 picks one of 16 sounds).
- hold SEL+tap SEQ
- Links on/off: kicks open the drone, snares flash the pad.
- SEQ twice
- Links page: how hard each drum drives a voice.
Sequencer / patterns
- hold SEQ
- Open the step sequencer: six drums, sixteen steps.
- white key 1-16
- In the sequencer: turn that step of the drum on or off.
- tap OCT+
- In the sequencer: next drum (kick, snare, clap, hats, perc). OCT- back.
- turn KNOB 1-3
- In the sequencer: the drum's level, tune and decay.
- hold SEL+white key 1-6
- Play pattern 1-6, from the next bar.
- hold SEL+black key 1-6
- In the sequencer: copy this pattern to pattern 1-6.
- hold SEL+tap OCT-
- In the sequencer: clear this drum. SEL + OCT+ restores it.
- tap SEQ+turn KNOB 3
- Swing (KNOB 2: drive, KNOB 4: pattern).
- tap SEQ
- In the sequencer: back to the Drums page.
Effects
- tap FX
- Effects menu on/off: each key is an effect while held.
- hold white key 1-6
- FX: beat repeat 1/2, 1/4, 1/6, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32.
- hold white key 7-8
- FX: reverse, tape stop.
- hold white key 9-14
- FX: mute kick, hats, snare, drone, acid, pad.
- hold white key 15-16
- FX: low-pass, high-pass, closing in.
- hold black key 1-5
- FX: gate 1/16, gate 1/8, echo throw, crush, drum fill.
- hold black key 6-11
- FX: solo kick, hats, snare, drone, acid, pad.
- tap FX+hold SAVE+white key 1-16
- Lock that effect on (black keys too); it outlasts the menu.
Saving & loading
- turn PRESETS
- Switch to piece 01-10 now.
- hold SEL+turn PRESETS
- While playing: switch piece on the next bar.
- tap GLO+tap SAVE
- Store this piece: settings, scale, sounds and patterns.
- tap GLO+hold SAVE
- After 1.5 seconds: this piece back to factory.
Recovery
- hold OCT-+hold OCT+
- After 5 seconds: update mode. Let go early to cancel.
- hold OCT-+hold OCT++power on
- Calibrate the buttons and knobs.
- tap PLAY
- In SAFE MODE: try starting HYP-1 normally again.
Good to know
- Quick beat of your own: hold SEQ, tap white keys to edit the kick, OCT+ for the next drum.
- Noise and Space (echo, reverb) have no button: reach them with SELECT.
- Changes stay while it's on, but only GLO then SAVE keeps them past power-off.
- Power-on starts a random piece. No sound? Check MASTER and KNOB 1 (each voice's level).
- Hold a button for a second on its own: a card explains it (not PLAY, SEL, SAVE, SEQ, FX).
- MIDI out: pad ch 1, drone ch 3, acid ch 4, drums ch 10, plus clock. MIDI clock in drives the tempo.
A community cheat sheet by the hub, not by the firmware's makers: when in doubt, their manual is right.