Hold HOME + White Keys 1–5: Select active Track T1, T2, T3, T4, or DRUM (D).

Hold HOME + White Keys 6–10: Mute or unmute Track T1, T2, T3, T4, or DRUM (D).

White Keys 11–16: Unassigned / spare for future live performance triggers.

Hold HOME + Turn K1–K4 / ALGO: Quick volume fader adjustment for Tracks 1–4 (K1–K4) and Drum track (ALGO).

Hold HOME Alone (~0.6s): Opens and closes the hardware Settings Menu (Display, Audio, MIDI, System).

Hold FX + White Keys 1–4: Punch-in momentary performance FX (Repeat, Stutter, Tape Stop, Half-Speed).

Hold FX + Turn K1–K4: Quick send adjustments for DUCK, CHOR, DLY, and RVB.

Hold SEQ + White Keys 1–16: Direct step inspection, step parameter-locking, or toggle drum hits on the active lane.

Tap EDIT (on STEP page): Clears notes and motion locks on the active sequencer step.

Hold EDIT + Turn Knob: Parameter-locks (motion locks) that knob value onto the current step.

Hold REC (~0.6s): Toggles the Metronome click on/off.

Hold SAVE (~0.6s): Instant quick-save into current project slot (S01–S16).

Shift + Click (Web Emulator): Latches (holds down) buttons to execute multi-button combos with a mouse.

TRIG (Trigger Source): Selects drum trigger filtering — KICK (default, standard 4-on-the-floor pumping), K+SNR (kick + snare), K+TOM (kick + tom), or ALL (responds to every drum part).

PUMP (Compression Depth): Sets threshold and compression ratio depth, determining how aggressively synth tracks duck below drum hits.

RELS (Release Time): Controls recovery speed (10 ms to 800 ms), dialling in the rhythmic bounce and breathing feel of your groove.

ATK (Attack Time): Fast transient response (0.5 ms to 25 ms) that squashes volume smoothly without audible audio clicks.

FXDK (Master FX Duck): Directly ducks the global Chorus, Delay, and Reverb return buses (0% to 100%), keeping reverb tails and delay repeats punchy and mud-free.

TIME (Delay Time): Continuous delay time from 5 ms to 720 ms with physical inertia; sweeping the knob glides pitch naturally like a tape reel.

FDBK (Feedback): Echo regeneration from 0% to 120%, supporting single rhythmic slapbacks up to endless self-oscillating dub feedback.

TAPE (Wow, Flutter & Saturation): Simulates vintage tape transport aging. Increases both Wow (slow capstan motor drift) and Flutter (rapid tape transport vibrations) scaled in an authentic 3:1 ratio with tape-head saturation.

CROSS (Cross-Feedback Ping-Pong): Routes left channel delay echoes into the right delay line and vice versa, creating wide, spatial bouncing stereo movement across the stereo field instead of rigid mono repeats.

MIX (Wet Return): Blends the global delay echo return into the master mix bus.

🎨 Screen Visualization Guide: The display visualizes the analog tape loop as a vibrant, bouncy amber trampoline line with glowing dots bouncing along it:

• TIME: Controls the vertical bounce cadence of the dots. Shorter delay times bounce rapidly, while longer delay times bounce at a slower tempo.
• FDBK (Feedback): Multiplies the number of bouncing dots (from 1 dot at very low feedback up to 16 dots at full feedback) oscillating across the trampoline line in staggered phase offsets.
• TAPE (Wobble): Warps the trampoline surface with undulating sine waviness and increases stroke thickness (1 to 4 px) to reflect capstan motor drift and heavier tape saturation.
• CROSS: Splits and rotates the trampoline into two counter-angled planes up to ±45° (lower-left to upper-right and lower-right to upper-left), with dots bouncing diagonally between channels to illustrate stereo ping-pong cross-coupling.

CRT (Rate): Modulation speed / LFO frequency. Controls the cycle speed of the quadrature delay modulation, ranging from slow, gentle undulating spatial motion to fast, shimmering vibrato flutter.

CDP (Depth): Modulation depth / pitch detune width. Widens the delay sweep amplitude, increasing pitch detuning between voices for a thicker, richer, and more massive ensemble chorus sound.

TONE / DAMP (Filter Tone): High-frequency rolloff / damping filter. Negative/lower values roll off high frequencies for dark, warm analog bucket-brigade (BBD) warmth, while positive/higher values let crisp high-frequency chime and glassy stereo shimmer shine through.

VOIC (Voice Count): Selects 1, 2, 3, or 4 independent detuned quadrature chorus voices for lush multi-voice spatial width.

🎨 Screen Visualization Guide: The display features an expressive singing emoji character paired with an animated modulation sine wave:

• VOIC (Voicing): 1 voice shows a single open-mouthed singing face. Selecting 2, 3, or 4 voices renders stacked wireframe edge silhouettes behind and to the left of the main face, visually stacking the chorus ensemble.
• CRT (Rate): Regulates modulation speed, visualized by the sine wave becoming denser across the screen (scaling up to 10 tightly packed waves) at the same amplitude, while maintaining a smooth, slow drift.
• CDP (Depth): Scales the vertical amplitude (height) of the sine wave, reflecting the pitch detune excursion.
• TONE: Dynamically shifts the face and waveform across a vivid color spectrum from warm red (vintage analog warmth) to cool electric blue (crisp shimmer) for high screen visibility.

TYPE: Selects the physical chamber model: ROOM (tight acoustic reflections), SPRING (metallic vintage tank), HALL (massive spacious concert hall), or SPACE (cosmic modulated reverb with multi-rate LFO detuning and celestial ambient wash).

SIZE: Reverberant room size and decay tail duration.

DAMP: High-frequency damping absorbing reflections over time.

TONE: Master spectral tilt shaping the reverb tank from dark/warm (negative) to bright/hard (positive).

🎨 Screen Visualization Guide: The display renders an underground acoustic cavern that models your space in real time:

• SIZE: Dynamically expands or shrinks the cavern arch diameter, ceiling height, and floor span to depict room volume and decay tail length.
• DAMP (Damping): Multiplies the number and density of rocky stalactites hanging from the cavern roof (from 2 up to 14 stalactites), illustrating high frequencies being absorbed by uneven cave surfaces.
• TONE: Adjusts the overall illumination and brightness of the cavern walls and floor from deep shadowy dark tones to luminous, reflective highlights.
• TYPE (Chamber Model): Transforms the cave's atmospheric color palette: ROOM (warm amber limestone), SPRING (surf teal tank), HALL (cathedral crimson red), or SPACE (deep cosmic purple illuminated by animated twinkling cyan and white starlight crystals).

SOFT (Soft Clip Drive): Smooth hyperbolic analog overdrive. DRIVE sets input saturation pre-gain (1x–13x); TONE rolls off harsh highs with dual low-pass filters; LEVEL trims output volume (0 dB at 112).

HARD (Hard Clip Distortion): Aggressive brickwall wave clipping. DRIVE pushes the signal into flat hard clipping; TONE tames high-frequency buzz; LEVEL manages output gain.

FOLD (Wavefolder): West-Coast triangular wavefolder that inverts waveform peaks back inward. DRIVE controls folding depth and harmonic multiplication; TONE shapes brightness; LEVEL balances output gain.

FUZZ (Asymmetric Vintage Fuzz): Transistor fuzz with a hard-clipped positive peak and soft-saturated negative half. DRIVE sets fuzz intensity; TONE shapes harmonic balance; LEVEL controls volume.

CRUSH (Bitcrush & Decimator): Retro digital lo-fi degrader. BITS reduces bit depth (1–16 bits) for gritty quantizing noise; RATE decimates sample rate (689 Hz to 44.1 kHz) for retro sampler aliasing; LPF smooths harsh high-frequency aliasing hash.

PHASR (4-Stage Phaser): Classic sweeping phase shifter. RATE sets LFO sweep speed (0.1–20 Hz); DEPTH controls frequency range (150 Hz to 4.8 kHz); FDBK sets all-pass resonance for vocal sweeps.

FLANG (Comb Flanger): Modulated short delay comb-filtering. RATE controls sweep speed; DEPTH sets delay range (0.25 ms to 5.0 ms); FDBK sets resonant feedback (0% to 85%) for jet-plane swooshes.

CHOR (Micro Chorus): Dedicated per-track stereo doubling chorus. RATE controls modulation speed; DEPTH controls detune depth; FDBK adds subtle recirculation resonance.

WOBBL (Tape Wobble): Analog tape transport wow and flutter with saturation. RATE sets modulation speed; DEPTH sets flutter depth; SAT injects warm magnetic tape saturation.

OCTAV (Octaver / Harmonizer): Granular dual-window pitch shifter. MODE selects harmony interval (+1OCT, +2OCT, -1OCT, -2OCT, DUAL, MAJOR, DOM7, MAJ7, MIN7, DIM); UNIS controls detune; TONE filters harmony voices.

OVDRI (Loom Overdrive): Multi-stage custom overdrive with bass tightening. DRIVE pushes clipping gain; TONE controls filter cutoff; GRIT injects non-linear sine wavefolding grit into loud peaks.

PANNR (AutoPanner / Tremolo): Modulated stereo panning and amplitude modulation. RATE sets pan speed; DEPTH sets stereo sweep width; SHAPE selects modulation shape (SINE, TRI, SQR).

MIX (Insert Page 2): Linear dry/wet blend (0% to 100%) available for all insert effect types.

POS (Tape Position): Absolute playhead position (0%–100%) across the sample buffer. Turn directly to scratch forward or backward.

MOTOR (Motor Speed): Continuous motorized drive speed from -3.0x reverse, through 0.0x (stopped), to +3.0x forward.

INERT (Platter Inertia): Rotational momentum of the virtual 12" platter. High values produce smooth spin-up and gradual coasting to a stop; low values provide instant punchy scratching.

FRIC (Braking Friction): Surface drag and motor braking resistance. Controls how quickly the platter decelerates when released.

SRC (Audio Source): Selects built-in break/piano material or custom user sample slots (USR1–USR3).

LOOP (Loop Mode): Sets tape transport looping bounds (OFF plays once; FWD forward loop; REV reverse loop; PING bi-directional ping-pong platter bounce).

DRV (Tape Saturation): Preamp saturation drive adding warm magnetic tape harmonics and soft-clipping.

WOW (Wow & Flutter): Subtle mechanical pitch drift and transport flutter for authentic vintage tape warmth.

SET (Sample Source): Built-in multi-sample sets (PIANO, EP, FLUTE, SAX) or user sample slots (USR1–USR3).

MODE (Trigger & Direction): Playback mode and direction — ONE (forward one-shot), SUS (forward sustain), LOOP (forward loop), REV (reverse playback), or PING (bi-directional ping-pong bounce between trim markers).

PTCH (Fine Pitch): Chromatic transposition (-24 to +24 semitones) without altering stretch length.

SPEED (Playback Speed): Varispeed motor rate (10% to 400%), shifting tape speed and playback pitch naturally.

STRCH (Time Stretch): Granular time-stretch length factor (25% to 400%). Automatically calculated when using SYNC.

START / END: Non-destructive sample start and end trim boundaries (0% to 100%).

SYNC (Tempo Sync Trigger): Snaps sample playback length to current song tempo across 1 STEP, 2 STEPS, 1 BEAT, 2 BEATS, 1 BAR, 2 BARS, or 4 BARS. Automatically recalculates STRCH to lock duration while preserving chosen SPEED textures.

SLCS (Slice Count): Number of active slices (1–16). Dynamically recalibrates slice markers to snap directly to the strongest transients.

SRC (Source Sample): Selects source material from built-in breakbeats, acoustic piano, or user sample slots (USR1–USR3).

PTCH (Slice Pitch): Chromatic transposition (-24 to +24 semitones) without altering playback duration.

SPEED (Playback Speed): Playback time-stretch speed (10% to 400%) for extreme slow-motion chops or tempo matching.

STRCH (Time Stretch Length): Granular time-stretch length factor (25% to 400%) preserving transient punch.

MODE (Trigger Gate): Gate mode (SHOT plays slice to completion; GATE sounds only while held; LOOP continuously loops the slice).

DIR (Playback Direction): Playback direction across slice markers (FWD forward; REV reverse; PING bi-directional ping-pong slice bounce).

SYNC (Tempo Sync Trigger): Snaps total loop playback duration to song tempo across 1 STEP, 2 STEPS, 1 BEAT, 2 BEATS, 1 BAR, 2 BARS, or 4 BARS. Automatically recalculates STRCH so the overall loop matches the selected bar/beat length at the current BPM, while individual slice points preserve natural transient placement (averaging 1 step per slice across a 1-bar 16-slice break).

Selecting a Slice (Knob 1 or White Keys): Turn K1 (SLICE) to cycle through markers 1/N to N/N, or select the END tail marker. Alternatively, strike any white key on the keyboard to instantly jump to that slice—the key LEDs light up to confirm which keys play the active slice.

Fine Tuning Slice Points (Knob 2 POS): Turn K2 (POS) to nudge the selected boundary marker earlier or later in time (displayed with millisecond precision, e.g. 1.240 S). The display features adaptive dynamic zoom: the viewport automatically spans only the region between the preceding and succeeding markers, providing smooth, column-by-column fine-step resolution. Moving marker 1 trims sample attack; moving the END marker trims the tail. For user slots (USR1–USR3), moving any marker automatically enters custom manual slicing (DIV = MAN).

Splitting a Slice (Knob 3 SPLIT + OCT+): Select the slice you wish to divide, turn K3 (SPLIT) clockwise to arm the action in the footer, then press the OCT+ button to execute. The slice is cleanly cut in half at its midpoint into two separate slices (supporting up to 32 slices). SPLIT remains armed so you can tap OCT+ repeatedly to rapidly subdivide breaks. Tap OCT- to disarm.

Merging / Joining Slices (Knob 4 JOIN + OCT+): Select any slice from slice 2 onward, turn K4 (JOIN) clockwise to arm the action in the footer, then press the OCT+ button. The selected slice's start boundary is deleted, seamlessly joining it into the preceding slice. Tap OCT+ again for sequential merges, or tap OCT- to disarm.

Adaptive Dynamic Zoom: The viewport automatically scales to show only the region between adjacent markers, giving fine column resolution to lock slice points right on zero-crossings and transient attacks.

Auto-Save to Flash: All manual slice adjustments, splits, and joins are kept live in audio playback and automatically committed to flash memory with the sample when navigating away from the page.

SRC (Wavetable Bank): Selects wavetable source (BASIC synthetic morph, PIANO, FLUTE, SAX, BREAK, or USR1–USR3).

POS (Table Position): Continuous position sweep across the 8 frames (0% to 100%) with band-limited crossfade interpolation.

WARP (Phase Warp): Asymmetric non-linear phase distortion (-64 to +63) compressing or bending the waveform for aggressive formant shifts.

DETN (Unison Detune): Micro-pitch unison detuning spread across voices for wide stereo chorus thickness.

BITS (Bit Reduction): Digital quantizer reduction (16 bits down to 2 bits) for crunchy retro PPG and vintage wavetable character.

SRAT (Sample Decimation): Downsamples the playback rate (down to 689 Hz) for retro aliasing harmonics.

DRV (Analog Drive): Progressive saturation gain (1.0x to 5.0x) with analog soft-clipping warmth.

GLID (Portamento): Pitch glide rate between notes for smooth legato synth sweeps.

SRC (Sample Source): Source sample buffer (PIANO, FLUTE, SAX, BREAK, or custom user slots USR1–USR3).

POS (Scan Position): Base playback position (0% to 100%) within the sample audio buffer where grains are extracted.

SIZE (Grain Duration): Duration of each grain window (5 ms to 250 ms), shifting from smooth ambient washes to rhythmic stutter clicks.

DENS (Cloud Density): Stream density and overlap (1 to 32 concurrent grain streams) producing thick harmonic clouds.

PTCH (Grain Pitch): Transposes individual grains across a 4-octave range (-24 to +24 semitones).

SPRY (Position Spray): Random time jitter scattering grain start points across the sample buffer for wide diffuse textures.

REV (Reverse Probability): Probability (0% to 100%) that individual grains play in reverse for eerie swelling textures.

TONE (Damping Filter): 1-pole low-pass filter smoothing grain transitions and taming harsh high frequencies.

3 Destination Slots per Knob (P1, P2, P3): Each macro knob (1–4) controls up to three simultaneous parameter targets with a single twist.

Cross-Track Routing (Any Track): Target assignments are freely assignable across Track 1 through 4 (T1–T4) or the Drum track (DRM). For example, a single macro turn can open the synth cutoff on T1, duck pad volume on T2, and pitch up the kick drum on DRM simultaneously.

Bipolar Attenuation (-100% to +100%): Each of the three destinations features its own independent bipolar depth from -100% to +100%. Positive values increase the parameter as the macro turns up; negative values invert the modulation (attenuating or closing down the parameter as the macro knob advances).

Rich Parameter Destinations: Common parameters include PITCH, CUT (filter cutoff), AMP (amplitude gain), PAN (stereo panning), DLY (delay send), and REV (reverb send). Target assignments also include all 8 engine-specific macro parameters (E1–E8) or individual drum instrument levels (KICK, SNAR, CLAP, HATS, CYMB, TOM, PERC, BELL).

Matrix Setup Knobs: K1 (PARAM): Selects destination slot 1, 2, or 3 (1/3, 2/3, 3/3); K2 (TRK): Selects target track (T1..T4, DRM); K3 (DEST): Selects the destination parameter; K4 (AMT): Dials bipolar modulation strength (-100% to +100%).

Live Visual Feedback: The header shows the real-time macro level (VAL: 0..127) and progress bar. Each parameter row displays an intuitive routing diagram (e.g. P1 T1 → CUT +76%) with a color-coded bipolar meter: glowing green for positive modulation and red for inverted negative attenuation.

STEP (Step Cursor): Active step selection (1–64). Turn K1 to scrub across the pattern with live pitch preview.

BANK (16-Step Banks 1–4): Jumps between Bank 1 (steps 1–16), Bank 2 (17–32), Bank 3 (33–48), and Bank 4 (49–64) on 4x4 view.

SLICE / INST / NOTE (Step Target): Directly puts or edits a specific sound target on the step: selects SLICE (SLC 1..16) when on the SLICE engine, drum voice (KICK, SNARE, CLAP...) when on the DRUM engine, or chromatic pitch (C-1 to G9) on synths and samplers. Available on Knob 3 in 4x4 STEP and Knob 2 in 8x8 STEP.

OPT (Trigger Behavior): Selects trigger behavior: OFF (silent rest), PLAY (standard note strike), TIE (legato tie sustaining previous note without re-triggering envelopes), PUNCH (hard accented strike with maximum velocity), RATCH 2 (2-hit sub-step burst), RATCH 3 (3-hit triplet sub-step roll), RATCH 4 (4-hit rapid burst), and P+RATCH (accented burst).

VEL (Step Velocity): Dynamic strike velocity (1–127). Hold any step and adjust velocity.

P-LOCKS (Parameter Locks): Hold any active sequencer step and turn any knob to lock specific cutoff, resonance, pitch, or effect values to that individual step.

LEN (Pattern Length / P_SLEN): Sets total loop length from 1 to 64 steps, allowing polyrhythms and odd meters (e.g. 5, 7, 11, 15).

DIV (Clock Divider / P_SDIV): Sequence clock speed (1/1 whole, 1/2 half, 1/4 quarter, 1/8 eighth, 1/16 sixteenth, 1/32 thirty-second, plus triplets).

SWING (Groove Shuffle / P_SSWING): Bipolar groove swing timing (-50% to +50%, 0% straight).

HUMAN (Humanize / P_SHUMAN): Micro-timing and velocity humanization (0% to 100%) adding natural live-feel variation.

CLEAR (Quick Erase): One-twist step or pattern clearing to instantly erase notes or reset automation.

1/5 PROJECT: Full song memory (slots A–D). Turn K1 to choose slot, K3 to Load, K4 to Save. Turn K2 (INIT+) to save your current layout as the custom boot template.

2/5 TOOLS: Quick-reset tools. TRACK resets active track; SEQ clears step pattern; SOUND resets synth patch; LOCKS removes automation.

3/5 USER: 32 flash user patch slots (U01–U32). Save custom sounds on the active track or load them into any track.

4/5 PRESETS: The preset browser for the track's engine: turn the PRESETS knob or K1 to scroll, and load the one shown.

5/5 PHRASES: 16-step sequence bank (P01–P16). Save or load sequence riffs and motion locks independently of the song.