A quick taste before the deep dive. If you are reading at the unit, follow along — these seven steps work on a fresh-from-the-box TŒRN.
Flip the side switch. After the boot animation you land in draw mode — a mostly dark grid where each voice row shows a low-lit band in that lane's colour (rows 2–15; see The matrix → voice lanes).
Turn encoder 1 (leftmost) until the cursor sits on a row whose colour you like — red is voice 1, blue is voice 6, etc.
Turn encoder 4 (rightmost) to move along time, then short-press it to drop a note at the cursor. Place four notes on every fourth step — that's a kick on the floor.
Short-press encoder 3. A red vertical line runs left to right across the grid — that's the playhead. You should hear your kicks.
Turn encoder 1 to a new row, drop notes off-beat (steps 5, 9, 13). Watch how each row prints in its own colour.
Choose a voice with encoder 1, then tap touch 1 (left pad) to enter single mode — the whole grid tints in that voice's colour. Turn encoder 1 to select the pitch and place a few notes; they should sound different from row to row. Tap touch 1 again to return to draw mode.
Stop with encoder 3 again — pausing autosaves the current pattern to the last-used FILE slot (see Files → Autosave). Then read Hardware → Matrix → Controls in order. Forty minutes from here you'll know every screen.