Learning paths
Guided lessons that string manual sections, playable panel demos, and parameters into one ordered path. Tick each step off as you do it — progress is kept in this browser only.
From a powered-off box to a looping pattern you programmed yourself — the QUICK START chapter, in order.
1.Hook it up and power on
Connect power, your monitors or headphones, and (optionally) a MIDI or USB host before you switch on. The manual's setup section lists the exact connection order so nothing pops on the outputs.
2.Choose the track you will work on
Almost every edit applies to the active track, so picking one is the first move of any session. Tracks 1–8 are the audio tracks — start there.
3.Load a preset onto that track
A preset gives the track a machine and a full set of parameter values, so you get sound immediately instead of building a voice from scratch. The preset is copied into the pattern, so editing it never touches the stored original.
4.Play, pause, and stop
Get the transport into your fingers before you record anything. Note that a single STOP lets the send effects ring out while a quick double press cuts them short.
5.Enter GRID RECORDING mode
GRID RECORDING is the step-sequencer view: the sixteen [TRIG] keys become the sixteen steps of the current pattern page. The [RECORD] key lights red while the mode is active.
6.Place your first trigs
Tap [TRIG] keys to put note trigs on the steps you want, and tap a lit step again to remove it. Press [PLAY] while you edit — the sequence updates as you go.
7.Set the tempo
Tap the tempo in rather than dialing a number when you are matching a track you already have in your head. Tempo is one of the few things that is fastest by feel.
8.Save the project
Pattern and preset edits live in volatile memory until the project is saved. Make this the reflex that ends every session.
Turn a static 16-step loop into something that changes: parameter locks, trig conditions, micro timing, and retrigs.
Follow one track's signal path: which machine plays it, how the filter and amp envelope shape it, and how an LFO keeps it moving.