Getting around
- tap HOME
- HOME: all six tracks at a glance; again: the scope.
- hold HOME
- SHIFT: map of what every control does here; let go: MENU.
- turn ALGORITHM
- Select track 1-6, on every page.
- turn SELECT
- Previous / next page of the open family.
- hold GLO
- Quick layer: keys and knobs become shortcuts (also FX, SEL, EDIT, ARP, SEQ).
- hold HOME+tap GLO
- Lock a layer open; tap its button to close it.
- hold SAVE
- Undo (8 levels); then OCT- further back, OCT+ redo.
- tap OCT-
- Octave down (OCT+ up); both together: back to 0.
Playing
- turn PRESETS
- Next sound, across all engines; the track's steps stay.
- tap SAVE+turn SELECT+turn KNOB 4
- SAVE > PRESETS: LIST one type (BASS, PAD ...) for PRESETS.
- hold EDIT+white key 1-14
- Switch the track to engine 1-14.
- tap SEL
- SCALE: ROOT, SCALE, QNT (WHITE: scale on white keys), TRN.
- hold SEL+white key 1-16
- That key's note becomes the scale's ROOT.
- tap ARP+turn KNOB 1
- Arpeggiator mode (14 modes); ARP 2 page: HOLD.
- hold LFO+turn KNOB 1
- Momentary tweak: springs back on release (OCT+ keeps it).
Sound
- turn KNOB 1
- On HOME: KNOB 1-4 are the engine's four main controls.
- tap EDIT
- Engine pages EDIT 1 / 2, VOICE; FM6 OPERATOR, DRUM LANES.
- tap ENV
- ENV, then ENV DEST, ENV 2; tap for next.
- tap LFO
- LFO, LFO 2, LFO DEST, MOD (4-slot matrix).
- hold EDIT+white key 15
- INIT: start the sound from scratch (OCT+ confirms).
Sequencer / patterns
- tap PLAY
- Start / stop.
- hold GLO+tap PLAY
- Restart from the top without stopping.
- tap REC
- Arm / disarm this track; stopped, it starts recording.
- tap SEQ
- STEP tiles; tap for ROLL, CHANCE, PLAY, PATTERN, AUTOMATION, SONG.
- tap SEQ+white key 1-16
- Drum track: hit on / off; black keys 1-8 pick the lane.
- tap SEQ+hold white key 1-16+turn KNOB 1
- Drum grid: lock a parameter on that step.
- hold SEQ+white key 1-16
- Tools: 1 CLEAR, 2 REVERSE, 5 RANDOM, 6 COOK, 8 EUCLID.
- hold HOME+tap SAVE
- TAKE: keep the last loop you played, after the fact.
- hold ARP+white key 1-16
- PERFORM: launch entry A-P; black keys 1-6 stage mutes.
- hold GLO+black key 1-6
- Mute track 1-6 (white keys 1-6: solo while held).
Effects
- tap FX
- Track sends; tap for DRIVE, INSERT, SLICER, DUCK.
- hold FX+white key 1-14
- Effect while held: REPEAT, REVERSE, filters, TAPE STOP, FREEZE ...
- hold FX+black key 1-6
- Cut track 1-6 while held.
- hold FX+turn KNOB 1
- Macros: FILTER (KNOB 2 CRUSH, 3 THROW, 4 DEPTH).
- hold ARP+turn KNOB 1
- Throws: CUTOFF (2 REVERB, 3 DELAY, 4 DIST), glide back.
- GLO twice
- The buses: DELAY, then REVERB, CHORUS, GLOBAL.
Saving & loading
- tap SAVE+turn KNOB 1+tap OCT++tap OCT+
- Save the sound to a USER slot (stopped; keys type a name).
- tap SAVE+turn SELECT+turn KNOB 4+tap OCT+
- PROJECT page: SAVE to the slot on KNOB 1 (4 projects).
- tap SAVE+turn SELECT+turn KNOB 3+tap OCT+
- PROJECT page: LOAD the project on KNOB 1.
- tap SAVE+turn SELECT+turn KNOB 3
- PRESETS page: right marks a favourite, left unmarks.
Settings
- hold GLO+turn SELECT
- Tempo (white key 9 in the GLO layer: tap tempo).
- tap GLO
- MIXER: LEVEL, PAN, REVERB, MUTE of the selected track.
- hold HOME+tap REC
- REC layer: white key 1 held clears; CLICK, COUNT-IN, FEEL.
- hold GLO+white key 8
- FILL while held (plays the FILL steps).
Good to know
- Nothing to save for the notes: patterns keep themselves, and RESTORE LAST brings the music back at power-on.
- A sound loaded by PRESETS or the EDIT layer can be taken back with SAVE held; the track's steps never change.
- Pages act on the selected track: watch the track number, ALGORITHM changes it everywhere.
- On SAVE > PRESETS: KNOB 2 jumps to the next engine's first sound.
- MENU (hold HOME, let go): ALGORITHM picks the tab, PRESETS the row, any KNOB the value; HOME closes it.
- MENU > MIDI: CLOCK (INT, USB, TRS), a channel per track (1-6 by default), MIDI LEARN for any knob.
- MENU > SYSTEM > CPU 2 CORES (BETA): 12 voices instead of 8, after a restart.
- Hold OCT- and OCT+ for 5 seconds: UPDATE MODE for reinstalling (letting go earlier cancels). Held at power-on instead: HARDWARE CALIBRATION of the buttons and encoders.
A community cheat sheet by the hub, not by the firmware's makers: when in doubt, their manual is right.