01

Power & connect

On, off, and the input monitor

Wake it up

1.5s
hold FN ~1.5s

Turns it on.

Power off

2.5s
stop playbackthenhold FN ~2.5s

Shuts down. It will not power off while the tape rolls.

Mute the live input3.1

PLAY+VOL−+VOL+

Silences incoming USB audio without stopping the recorder.

02

Record & play

The everyday four buttons

Arm a track

press empty TN until it blinks

Release and it is armed. Recording starts on the first sound.

Close the loop

tap the recording TN

Ends the take. That length becomes the loop.

Play / stop

tap PLAY

Starts and stops the tape.

Restart from the top

0.4s
hold PLAY ~0.4sthenrelease

Jumps every track to the start of the loop.

Mix the four tracks

F1–F4

Each fader is one track level. VOL sets the master.

Mute a track

tap a loaded TN

Tap again to restore. Several buttons toggle together.

Replace a take

0.18s
hold a loaded TN ~0.18s

Records over that track. Tap again to finish.

Delete a take

0.4s
tap TNthenpress again within 0.6s and hold ~0.4s

Wipes the track. Deliberately awkward.

03

Songs & settings

Sixteen songs, and how loops relate

Change song

hold FN+tap T1–T4

Picks a bank. Tap again to step through its four songs.

Read the song lights

hold FN

Solid is the bank. Blinking is the song.

Fixed or variable loop length

0.5s
hold FN+PLAY ~0.5sthenrelease both

Fixed is multiples of the first loop. Variable keeps each length.

Change LED brightness

hold FN+PLAY through 5s

Keep holding past the loop-mode point. Length mode is untouched.

04

Speed & pitch

The rocker moves the whole tape

Nudge the tape speed

click ROCKER

One speed step per click. Pitch follows. 0.25× to 1.5×.

Move by a semitone

double-click ROCKER

Jumps a semitone instead of a raw step.

Sweep the speed

hold ROCKER

A continuous glide. The tape stop.

Back to 1×

hold FN+double-tap PLAY

Back to normal speed and pitch.

Jump an octave

hold FN+PLAY+click ROCKER

Back is down, forward is up. Outside the range does nothing.

05

Chop & window

Play less of the loop

Halve or double the loop

hold FN+click ROCKER

Up halves the window, down doubles it. Hold to keep stepping.

Slide the window

hold FN+VOL−orVOL+

Moves the window through the loop. With a page open it steps pages.

One window, four faders3.1

hold FN+F1–F4

F1 start, F2 end, F3 position, F4 size. They continue from what you hear.

Play the window backwards

hold FN+slide F1 past F2

Cross the start over the end and the window runs backwards.

Back to the whole loop

FN+PLAY+VOL−

Whole loop, forwards, no chop.

Send the window home

FN+PLAY+VOL+

Back to the start of the loop, size kept.

06

Beat repeat

Catch the beat that just passed

Catch a beat3.1

hold PLAY+click ROCKER up

Stutters the beat that just passed. Down starts with two.

Resize the stutter3.1

keep PLAY held+click ROCKER

Up halves, down doubles. Hold to keep stepping.

Move the repeat window3.1

keep PLAY held+VOL−orVOL+

Shifts what is stuttered by one window.

Octave inside a repeat3.1

keep PLAY held+FN+click ROCKER

Drops or lifts the stutter an octave.

Shape the repeat with faders3.1

keep PLAY held+FN+F1–F4

The same window handles, applied to the stutter.

Let the repeat go3.1

release PLAY

Ends in time. Each track holds where it left off, on the bar.

Print a repeat3.1

hold PLAYthenmake the repeatthentap a spare TN

Records the stutter into a free track.

07

Effects

Eight pages on the four faders

Open an effect page

0.4s
hold FN+T1–T4 ~0.4s

The faders become that page. Let go and it stays open.

Close the page

tap FN

Back to the mixer. Settings stay.

Step through the pages

hold FN+click VOL+orVOL−

Walks forward or back through all eight.

The second control on a lane

hold TN+move its own fader

Wah resonance, echo feedback, tremolo shape and spread, reverb damping.

Tap a rate by hand

hold FN+tap that lane’s TN 2+ times

The effect follows your taps instead of the grid.

Clear a tapped rate

on its page: hold FN+PLAY+tap TN

Back to the grid rate.

Cycle a lane’s options

tap that lane’s TN

Steps that lane through its options, then off.

Effects on the input

PLAY+VOL−

What you record is printed with effects. One flash.

Effects on the tracks

PLAY+VOL+

Input stays dry, loops get the effects. Two flashes.

Effects on the whole mix

PLAY+double-click VOL−orVOL+

Everything you hear is effected. Takes still record dry. Three flashes.

Reset every effect

on any page: FN+T1+T4

Defaults restored, EQ flat, routing back to both.

08

Pages 5–8

EQ, placement, timing, take format

Reach pages 5 to 8

0.4s
hold FN+T4 ~0.4sthenkeep FN held+click VOL+ ×1..4

One click for page 5, up to four for page 8.

Page 5, the EQ

F1–F4

100 Hz, 350 Hz, 1.6 kHz, 4 kHz. Centre is flat.

Page 6, stereo placement

F1–F4

Down is left, up is right. Centre keeps the take balance.

Re-centre one track

tap TN

Returns that track to the middle.

Page 7, move the downbeat

F1

Slides where the “1” falls, up to half a beat.

Page 7, preset take length

F2

OFF / 1 / 2 / 4 / 8. The next take stops itself.

Page 7, nudge one track in time

hold TN+move its own fader

Up is later, down is earlier. Slides one track against the rest.

Page 8, mono or stereo

tap TN

Solid is mono, blinking is stereo. Existing audio is untouched.

09

Bounce

Print what you hear to a free track

Tape copy

hold PLAYthentap a spare TN briefly

Records what you hear at the speed you hear it. Tap again to stop.

Sampler print

hold PLAYthenhold a spare TN

Records while held, then bakes it to play at 1×.

Perform inside a held print3.1

keep TN held: PLAY up = ROCKER is speed, PLAY down = ROCKER is repeat

Sweep the tape or stutter while a print records.

Stop a bounce from a page

PLAY+TN

Ends a bounce when a page is open.

10

Heads & reverse

Direction, focus, four playheads

Reverse one track

hold FN+TNthentap PLAY

That track plays backwards. Repeat to flip it forward.

Momentary solo

hold FN+PLAYthenpress TN

Hear that track alone while held.

Enter heads mode

hold FN+triple-tap PLAY

One loop, four heads at different points in it.

11

Beat grid

Give it a tempo

Tap a tempo

close pagesthentap FN 4+ times

Sets the grid. Recording then starts and stops on the beat.

Round to a whole BPM

1s
finish a tempo runthenhold FN ~1s

Snaps the tapped tempo to a whole number.

Clear the grid

1s
tap FNthenpress again quickly and hold ~1s

Back to free timing.

12

Resets & rescue

Undo, and the escape hatch

Reset the open page

hold FN+tap T1+T4

Resets placement, grid offset, take length and every nudge.

Back to firmware-loading mode

hold T1+T4 for 3s

Four solid lights, ready to re-flash. The escape hatch.

Buttons in your hand

64 moves