Quick reference
- 1Scenes · back
- 2Tracks
- 3FN menu · second functions
- 4Pages
- 5Play the current track
- 6Screen cells
- 7Increase / decrease
- 8Confirm · record
- 9Play / stop
Every key at a glance
Edge keys
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| ESC tap | walk the scenes 1 INSTR → 2 SEQ → 3 TAPE (in SETUP: back to where you came from; in a pop-up: cancel; in SEQ with steps selected: clear the selection) |
| HOLDESC + GRID | scene map: the columns are 0 SETUP, 1 INSTR, 2 SEQ, 3 TAPE; column 1 is the way into SETUP |
| TAB tap | next track |
| HOLDTAB + GRID | track map, laid out like MIX: rows select / mute / solo / sequencer on-off, one column per track |
| TAB + ↑← / ↓SUB | next / previous track |
| CTRL tap | next page |
| HOLDCTRL + GRID | page map: every page of the scene, press one to go there |
| CTRL + ↑← / ↓SUB | next / previous page |
| FN tap | open / close the menu of this screen (it stays open; a GRID key runs an item and closes it) |
| HOLDFN | the same menu while held; the letters and edge keys below are its second functions |
| ↑← ↓SUB | increase / decrease, move in a list; held they repeat and speed up |
| ↵OK | confirm, open, switch; on the SEQ note page a tap switches ROLL / STEP, a hold opens RECORD, with steps selected it walks NOTE → LEN → VEL → TIME |
| ▶PLAY | play / stop |
| HOME side key | not used by the groovebox (stop all is FN+ESC) |
| hold a parameter cell on the GRID | the pads become its values: press one to set it |
FN + a key
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| FN+GRID | run that item of the menu |
| FN + 6 / Y | BPM + / − (any screen, held it repeats) |
| FN + 7 / U | master volume + / − |
| FN + 8 / I | octave + / − |
| FN+ESC | stop all: the sequencer, every ARP and every sounding note |
| FN+TAB | previous track |
| FN+CTRL | previous page |
| FN+↑← / FN+↓SUB | big steps (BPM ±10, settings ×5); on the SEQ note page: next / previous page of a long pattern; in lists: a page at a time |
| FN+↵OK | the screen's second OK: RESET (default value), SCOPE (SEQ), ADD TO SONG (SESSION), SONG / LOOP (SONG); in the sample list: rename / delete |
| FN+▶PLAY | record on / off (REC) |
| FN+C FN+V | copy / paste (steps, pattern or song row) |
| FN+X | clear (a whole pattern asks first) / delete a song row |
| FN+Q | quantize |
| FN+D | duplicate the pattern / the song row |
| FN+T | tap tempo |
| FN+S | save the project (a new one gets the name SONG 01, SONG 02 …) |
FN in input screens (lists, text fields, confirmations)
| Keys | Does |
|---|---|
| FN + ; . , / | up / down / left / right (in a text field: cursor to the start / end, left / right) |
| FN+F | search in the preset / sample list |
| FN+↑← / FN+↓SUB | a page at a time |
| del← / FN + del← | in a text field (the top-right key): delete before / after the cursor |
| ↵OK / ESC | yes / no, keep / cancel |
Every page
| INSTR | DRUMS: VOICE KIT FX · JUNO: VOICE CHORD ARP DCO VCF ENV LFO FX · DX7: VOICE CHORD ARP ALGO LEVELS OP1 OP2 OP3 OP4 OP5 OP6 LFO FX · SAMPLER: VOICE CHORD ARP SAMPLE TONE FX |
|---|---|
| SEQ | DRUMS · PATTERN · TRACK |
| TAPE | SESSION · SONG · MIX · SENDS · FX |
| SETUP | PROJECT · FILES · KEYS · SYSTEM |
Option lists
| Scales | MAJOR · MINOR · DORIAN · MIXOLYD · MIN PENT · MAJ PENT · BLUES · HARM MIN · PHRYGIAN · LYDIAN · LOCRIAN · MEL MIN · WHOLE · IN SEN |
|---|---|
| Chords | OFF · TRIAD · 7TH · MAJ · MIN · SUS4 · MAJ7 · MIN7 · DOM7 · POWER · OCTAVE |
| Voicings | ROOT · INV1 · INV2 · SPREAD |
| Keyboard layouts | PIANO · SCALE · CHROMA |
| Scale lock | OFF · MUTE · SNAP |
| Arp modes | OFF · UP · DOWN · UP-DN · RANDOM · ORDER |
| Arp rates | 1/4 · 1/8 · 1/8T · 1/16 · 1/16T · 1/32 |
Glossary
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Track | one of four, each with one engine, its own patterns, chord and ARP; you start on T2 |
| Engine | the synth that makes the sound: DRUMS, JUNO, DX7, SAMPLER |
| Preset / sound | a set of an engine's parameters |
| Step | the sequencer's smallest cell, a 1/16 note |
| Microstep | 6 subdivisions of a step, to record timing that is not exactly on the grid |
| Pattern | a sequence of 1 to 256 steps, shown 16 at a time; up to 16 per track |
| Song row | a part of the SONG: which pattern each track plays, for how many bars (a column on the SONG page, ROW n in the FN menu) |
| Scene | one of the four parts of the UI: 0 SETUP, 1 INSTR, 2 SEQ, 3 TAPE |
| SETUP | scene 0: project, files and the settings for every track; hold ESC + GRID column 1 |
| FN menu | what the current screen can do, on the GRID while FN is held (or kept open with a tap) |
| Take | a phrase you played, kept by capture |
| Autosave | the working state, kept in the device's own memory, so the power can go at any time |
| GRID | the 4×4 on the right, matching the 4×4 in the middle of the screen |
| PADS | the 4×8 in the middle, always playing the current track |
| Send | how much goes to the master delay / reverb |
| Master bus | the effects after the four tracks are mixed |