Mute overlay: muted lanes dim, active lanes bright.
Mutes, note-shift, copy & paste, and random / auto-fill. Page-row layout and hint colours live in Pages+More; core draw modes in Sequencing.
These gestures need the cursor on the page row (row 16, y==16) — usually in single mode — or a voice row for mutes. If the cursor is not on row 16, page-row edits do not run. Hint colours on row 1 tell you which encoder is armed — see Pages+More for the colour key.
From a voice row (not the page row), long-press encoder 2 opens a transient mute / solo overlay: other lanes mute so the current voice solos; release to restore. Short-press encoder 2 on a voice row toggles that lane’s mute and the flag sticks.
Mute overlay: muted lanes dim, active lanes bright.
While you hold encoder 2, the other knobs stay useful:
?> / ?<); short press loads the last preview onto that voiceOn the page row, encoder 2 short is note-shift (single mode) — not mute. Step onto a voice row first if you want the overlay.
R-mode’s temporary full mute (encoder 1 on a voice row) is a different path — see Sequencing → R mode and SETT → MUTE for the custom unmute set.
Note-shift moves real step data in time and across rows — it edits the pattern. There is no separate global “transpose” page: sliding pitch/row here is the in-grid transpose. To change pitch without rewriting steps, use detune and octave in Sound design instead.
Enter from single mode + page row with a short press on the white encoder 2. The firmware snapshots every other voice, then lets you slide only the focused voice. Hints switch to bright green (enc 1) and bright blue (enc 4). A grey marquee crawls on row 1 while you work.
| Turn | Shift pitch / row | Moves the focused voice’s notes up and down across the whole pattern (wraps at the edges). |
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| Turn | Shift pitch on this page only | Same up/down idea, but only inside the current edit page. |
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| Short | Play / pause | Transport still works while shifting. |
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| Turn | Shift in time | Slides the focused voice left/right across the whole pattern (wraps). |
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| Short | Exit | Commits the shift and returns to single mode. |
From a voice row, encoder 2 short does not enter note-shift — the white cue on the page row is the reminder that this tool is page-row only.
On the page row, encoder 4 short is copy / paste. Draw copies the whole edit page (all voices); single copies only the focused voice (you can paste onto a different voice after changing focus).
After the first encoder 4 tap, the page strip goes dark and the hints jump to large blue (enc 1) and large yellow (enc 4). That means the buffer is full — navigate to the destination page, then tap encoder 4 again to paste. Another tap while armed without pasting toggles the armed state off.
Copy armed: page strip cleared, blue + yellow large cues.
| Short | Copy / paste | First tap fills the buffer. Second tap pastes onto the page (and voice, in single) you are on now. |
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That long press regenerates only the focused voice on the current edit page. The companion reads the other voices across the active pattern, weighting this page and its neighbours most strongly. It follows their accents, velocities and tonal centre while using the focused voice’s role:
Rhythm uses a hybrid: kick/snare retain musical anchors, but snare backbeats can move one step early or late and react to kick, clap and ensemble density. Sparse Euclidean candidates give hats, claps and toms varied pulse counts and full 16-step rotations; claps may reinforce a snare or carry an empty backbeat. On a 32-step page, the second half receives a related rotation instead of copying the first half. Every role can land on different pitch rows. Bass reacts to kick, existing bass and harmonic activity while favouring root and fifth. Bass, keys and pads share a page-level key, scale and four-slot chord progression (e.g. minor i–VI–III–VII); sample keys and pads stay monophonic; synth lanes 13+14 form a two-note chord with one tone on each lane. Channels 1–8 never receive stacked chords. Channel 11 is capped at three voices, though its bass role normally generates a single-note line. Note picks weight ~60% current chord tones, ~30% other scale tones and ~10% chromatic passing tones. Tempo still thins embellishments. If every other voice is empty, the companion invents a varied 4/4 starting point rather than replaying one fixed template. Repeat the long press for a fresh interpretation.
For multi-page generative fill, use MODE → AUTO. AUTO uses the same companion engine, learns from its orange base-page range, and writes coordinated variations into the following green pages. An empty base now creates a complete starter ensemble.