Handbook — pattern pages, the song arranger, and seeding new patterns.
Turning loops into a set list: how the 16 pattern pages relate, what PMODE does, how the SONG arranger chains pages together, and how to seed a fresh pattern with NEW.
One pattern holds 16 pages × 16 steps = 256 steps per song. The page strip on row 16 (see Matrix) shows which pages have content. How playback walks pages is set by PLAY → PMD (PMODE):
| Mode | What playback does | Best for |
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| OFF | Stays on one page forever | DJ-style locked loops; live tweaking. |
| ON | Marches forward to the next used page | A→B→C song form without the arranger. |
| SONG | Follows the SONG arranger | Non-linear set lists, repeats, bridges. |
| NEXT | Waits for a cued target then jumps once | Live transitions on a queue. |
The PLAY → LOOP setting caps how many steps in a page actually sound (or OFF for the natural 16). Short loops feel groovebox-like; longer loops feel more linear.
Open SONG from the root menu. The screen shows a chain of up to 64 slots, each pointing at one of the pattern's 16 pages. With PMODE = SONG, playback steps through the chain and wraps back to the start.
Example: page 07 written into song slot 23.
| Short | Back to grid | Returns to the last grid view without losing the chain. |
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| Turn | Pattern page (1–16) | Picks which page goes into the currently selected song slot. The page number is shown in that page's voice colour. |
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| Short | Clear slot | Removes the selected slot from the chain; later slots shift up. |
| Short | Transport (play/pause) | Starts and stops the chain. Same role as on the grid. |
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| Turn | Song slot (1–64) | Moves the edit cursor along the chain. The currently sounding slot is shown as a bright dot moving along row 1 while playback runs. |
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| Short | Insert empty slot | Pushes later slots down by one. |
Workflow: set PMODE to SONG, open the SONG screen, choose a slot with encoder 4, dial the pattern page with encoder 2, repeat. Empty slots are skipped. During playback you see two strips at once: the page strip on row 16 (which pattern page is currently sounding) and a moving green dot on row 1 (which song slot you are on).
The NEW screen seeds a fresh pattern from a genre prototype plus a length, or starts blank. It does not load a stored pattern — it generates notes for you using the same scale-aware algorithm that powers single-mode randomize, then loads the result into RAM as the current pattern.
NEW dialog with a genre selected on the upper rows.
| Short | Cancel | Leaves NEW without touching the current pattern. |
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| Turn | Pick a genre | HOUSE, TECHNO, DRUM&BASS, AMBIENT, HIPHOP, BREAKS, BLANK — each carries its own template of which voices fire on which steps. |
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| Turn | Length in pages | 1–16. Picks how many of the 16 pages the generator will fill. Pages beyond the chosen length stay empty. |
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| Short | Generate & load | Confirms the choice, runs the generator, and drops you back on the grid with the new pattern live. |
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Re-running NEW with the same genre and length will produce a different roll each time — it is not deterministic. Save anything you like to FILE immediately, because the next NEW will overwrite what's in RAM.