Every gesture you can make on the device. Read this once and you will recognise every encoder card later in the book.
Each rotary encoder has three primitive actions: turn, short press, and long press. A few destructive actions also need two encoders held together (see below). Their function changes per screen, but their position on the panel never moves, so it is worth memorising:
"Where" — the row / voice / lane selector in most contexts. Short press erases the note under the cursor in L+R draw; long press pairs with encoder 4 for clear-page.
"Layer" — secondary navigation. Page flips, per-row volume rides, mute overlay, value entry on menu pages.
"Sound" — the fast-filter macro from the grid; transport (play/pause) on short press; alternate values on menu pages.
"When" — the column / time selector and the primary menu navigator. Short press toggles notes on the grid or enters a menu page; long press opens the per-step note editor.
Each encoder has a full-colour RGB ring — it isn't tied to a fixed colour. Instead the ring re-tints itself to mirror what is currently under your finger: the voice colour when you are on a voice lane, the page tint inside filters, white for binary toggles, off when the encoder isn't used by the current screen. The row 1 hint strip on the matrix mirrors the same colour above each encoder, so you can glance between panel and grid without losing your place.
Three capacitive pads are wired to the firmware. Touch 1 (L) and touch 2 (R) sit in the thin strip between the matrix and the encoders, one under each half of the grid. Touch 3 lives on the right bottom edge of the chassis and is dedicated to recording:
| Gesture | Action | Where it applies |
|---|---|---|
| Hold L from the grid | Toggles single mode | Anywhere in draw / single. |
| Hold R from the grid | Opens the menu | Anywhere in draw, single, paint, unpaint. |
| Tap left-first, both pads together | Opens the sample browser on sample voices 1–8 | Sample channels only. |
| Tap right-first, both pads together | Opens filters on FX-capable channels | Both sample and synth voices. |
| Touch 2 tap inside filters | Flips to the next filter page | Inside any filter page. |
| Touch 3 (hold / press) | Recording — hold in the sample browser to enter record mode; press/hold on the grid for live/fast-rec (see Record → Live recording) | Sample browser and grid. |
There is no dedicated play button. The sequencer transport lives on encoder 3 short press from the grid. Inside filter mode, use encoder 3 long press instead so you can audition without leaving the editor. Pressing again stops; the matrix stops moving and the playhead disappears.
Transport state is global: when you open the menu while playing, your loop keeps running underneath the menu overlay so you can adjust BPM, send/receive MIDI, or load a new pattern on the fly.
Most grid actions are a single encoder press. A couple of destructive or jump-out actions need two encoders held at once so they are harder to fire by accident. Everything below is from draw / single on the grid:
y==16). The "Where" column below spells this out. If a gesture seems to do nothing, check first whether your cursor is on a voice row or on the page row — delete page, copy/paste, randomize, single-mode clear, and note-shift are locked to the page strip.| Gesture | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Encoder 1 press (cursor on page row, L+R draw) | Delete page under the cursor (unpaint → clear that page’s notes) | Draw mode, page row, DRAW = L+R. |
| Encoder 1 short (cursor on page row, single mode) | Clear current edit page on the focused voice | Single mode, page row (y==16) only. |
| Encoder 1 long (cursor on page row, single mode) | Randomize / scale-aware fill for the focused voice | Single mode, page row (y==16) only. |
| Encoder 2 short (cursor on page row, single mode) | Enter note-shift | Single mode, page row (y==16) only. |
| Encoder 2 long | Transient mute overlay (release to return) | Any grid mode. |
| Encoder 3 long | Open filters for the focused voice | Draw / single (FX-capable channels). |
| Encoder 4 short | Toggle note at the cursor | Draw / single grid. |
| Encoder 4 long | Open the per-step note editor | On top of an existing note. |
| Encoder 1 + Encoder 4 both long | Clear page — every voice in draw, just the focused voice in single | Anywhere on the grid. |
| Encoder 2 + Encoder 3 both long | Jump to the volume / BPM screen | Draw / single. |