— Cheat sheet

Quick keys

All 142 button, key and knob combinations in the guide, gathered from every chapter. In SLOOP the first key of a combination is held while you press or turn the next. Pick keys to see only the combos that use them — select SEQ to see everything the step layer does — or type what you want to do.

142 of 142 combinations

Before you flash

Hold OCT- while switching on: Starts USB rescue (SLOOP USB RESCUE), so you can install again from the browser.; USB rescue and power-on combinations
Hold OCT- + OCT+ while switching on: Starts hardware calibration: press each button and turn each knob as the screen asks.; USB rescue and power-on combinations
Hold OCT- + OCT+ for 5 s: Enters update mode (UBOOT) after a countdown; let go to cancel. Your work is saved first.While stopped; USB rescue and power-on combinations

Panel & big ideas

Any layer button + HOME: Locks that layer open, so you can let go of its button.; Locking a layer open
Tap HOME or the layer’s button: Releases the lock and does nothing else.While a layer is locked; Locking a layer open
Tap PLAY: Starts or stops all four tracks; in song mode, plays the song. Works inside every layer.; Every button on its own
Tap REC: Arms recording while stopped, records at once while playing, and closes a free take.; Every button on its own
Tap SAVE: Opens the SONG screen from TRACKS or DRUMS, saves the song on the SONG screen, and opens the SAVE pages anywhere else.; Every button on its own
Tap HOME: Goes to the TRACKS screen.; Every button on its own
Hold HOME: Opens the menu after 0.7 s; hold it again to leave.; Every button on its own
Tap ENV: Opens the envelope pages.; Every button on its own
Tap LFO: Opens the LFO pages.; Every button on its own
Tap FX: Opens the effect pages: sends, filter, slicer, insert, delay, reverb and chorus.; Every button on its own
Tap SEL: Opens the key, scale and chord pages.; Every button on its own
Tap EDIT: Opens the engine pages of the selected synth track, then its voice pages.; Every button on its own
Tap ARP: Opens the arpeggiator pages.; Every button on its own
Tap SEQ: Opens the NOTES page and then PATTERN on a synth track.; Every button on its own
Tap GLO: Opens the global pages: tempo, master, system, drums, texture and MIDI.; Every button on its own
Turn ALGORITHM: Selects track 1–4, on every screen.; Every button on its own
Turn PRESETS: Picks the selected track’s sound, or the kit on the drum track.; Every button on its own
Turn SELECT: Sets the tempo.On the TRACKS screen or inside a layer; Every button on its own
Turn KNOB 1–4: Changes whatever the four dials at the bottom of the screen show.; Every button on its own
Turn MASTER: Sets the output volume for headphones and line out.; Every button on its own
Turn SELECT: Steps to the previous or next page of the same button, stopping at the ends.On a page; Pages, the SELECT knob and GO values
Turn KNOB 1–4 one click, then one more: Arms a GO value with the first click, showing AGAIN: …, and carries it out with the second within about 1.5 s.On a GO value; Pages, the SELECT knob and GO values
Tap HOME: Opens the visualiser.On the TRACKS screen; The visualiser
Turn SELECT: Shows the next or previous style; its name appears for a second.In the visualiser; The visualiser
GLO + SELECT: Sets the tempo.In the visualiser; The visualiser
Tap HOME: Closes the visualiser; any page button does too.In the visualiser; The visualiser
Turn SELECT: Moves to the previous or next section.In the HOME menu; The HOME menu
Turn PRESETS: Moves the cursor between rows.In the HOME menu; The HOME menu
Tap OCT+: Steps the setting under the cursor, or opens it.In the HOME menu; The HOME menu
Tap OCT-: Closes; from ABOUT, goes back to the section.In the HOME menu; The HOME menu
Hold HOME: Leaves the menu.In the HOME menu; The HOME menu

First beat & playing the keys

Tap OCT-: Moves the keys down an octave, as far as −3.On a synth track; Playing the synth tracks
Tap OCT+: Moves the keys up an octave, as far as +3.On a synth track; Playing the synth tracks
OCT- + OCT+: Puts the keys back to octave 0.On a synth track; Playing the synth tracks
SEL + KEY: Sets the key of the song for all three synth tracks.; Key and scale
SEL + KNOB 2: Picks the scale for all three synth tracks.; Key and scale
SEL + KNOB 3: Sets KEYS — how the keys follow the scale: OFF, SNAP or WHITE.; Key and scale
SEL + KNOB 4: Transposes the selected track by up to 24 semitones either way.; Key and scale
SEL + KNOB 1: Picks the chord type for the selected synth track: OFF, TRIAD, 7TH, 9TH, SUS4 or POWER.; Chord mode: a chord under every finger
F# + WHITE KEY: Flips the chord between major and minor.With a chord mode on; CHORD+: the black keys change the chord
G# + WHITE KEY: Adds the 7th.With a chord mode on; CHORD+: the black keys change the chord
A# + WHITE KEY: Turns the chord into a sus4.With a chord mode on; CHORD+: the black keys change the chord
C# + WHITE KEY: Adds the 9th.With a chord mode on; CHORD+: the black keys change the chord
D# + WHITE KEY: Plays an inversion of the chord.With a chord mode on; CHORD+: the black keys change the chord

The drum track

Tap BLACK KEY: Plays the same sound as the white key just to its left, so two fingers can alternate on one sound.On the drum track; The 16 drum sounds
OCT- + KEY: Plays and records the hit as a GHOST note.On the drum track; Ghost notes, hard hits and ratchets
OCT+ + KEY: Plays and records the hit as a HARD hit.On the drum track; Ghost notes, hard hits and ratchets
Turn PRESETS: Changes the drum kit; the pattern stays as it is.On the drum track; The 37 drum kits, and yours
Tap SEQ: Opens the DRUMS screen; tap again for the next page.On the TRACKS screen, drum track selected; The DRUMS screen
Tap EDIT: Opens the DRUMS screen; tap again for the next page.On the TRACKS screen, drum track selected; The DRUMS screen
Tap WHITE KEY: Sets that step for the chosen sound, or clears it if it is set.On the DRUMS grid; The DRUMS screen
Tap BLACK KEY: Chooses the sound to program, silently; the same key again picks the other sound of its pair.On the DRUMS grid; The DRUMS screen
Tap OCT-: Shows the previous 16 steps.On the DRUMS grid; The DRUMS screen
Tap OCT+: Shows the next 16 steps.On the DRUMS grid; The DRUMS screen

Engines & sounds

Turn PRESETS: Changes the selected synth track’s sound: favourites, then factory sounds by kind, then user presets.On a synth track; The sound bank

Recording

Turn ALGORITHM: Moves the take on to the next track without stopping the recording.While recording; How recording works
Tap REC: Starts recording the selected track; tap again to stop.While playing; What REC does
Tap REC: Arms recording and opens the REC screen.While stopped; What REC does
Tap REC: Disarms recording; the screen says REC OFF.While armed; What REC does
Tap PLAY: Starts a one-bar count-in, then recording.Armed, with START on count; The REC screen
Tap REC: Cancels the count-in.During the count-in; The REC screen
Tap PLAY: Goes back to rec ready.During the count-in; The REC screen
Turn SELECT: Sets the tempo.On the REC screen; The REC screen
Tap REC: Closes the loop, sets the tempo and plays it.During a free take; Free take: the loop follows you
Tap PLAY: Throws the take away.During a free take; Free take: the loop follows you

Step sequencer

SEQ + STEP: Sets an empty step at once, or clears a set step with its nudge, locks and fill condition.; The SEQ layer: steps under your fingers
SEQ + STEP + STEP: Holds several steps so the knobs edit them together.; The SEQ layer: steps under your fingers
SEQ + OCT- / OCT+: Turns to the previous or next page of steps.; The SEQ layer: steps under your fingers
SEQ + F#3 / G#3 / A#3 / C#4: Jumps to steps 1–16, 17–32, 33–48 or 49–64.On a synth track; The SEQ layer: steps under your fingers
SEQ + BLACK KEY: Picks the sound the steps are for, without playing it.On the drum track; The SEQ layer: steps under your fingers
SEQ + KNOB 1: Chooses the drum sound or the synth note a new step gets.; The SEQ layer: steps under your fingers
SEQ + KNOB 2: Sets the track’s step division, DIV.; The SEQ layer: steps under your fingers
SEQ + KNOB 3: Sets the track’s own swing.; The SEQ layer: steps under your fingers
SEQ + KNOB 4: Sets the track’s length, 1–64 steps.; The SEQ layer: steps under your fingers
SEQ + STEP + KNOB 1: Picks which sound of a drum step to edit, or moves a synth step’s note.; The SEQ layer: steps under your fingers
SEQ + STEP + KNOB 2: Sets a drum hit’s LEVEL or a synth step’s VEL.; The SEQ layer: steps under your fingers
SEQ + STEP + KNOB 3: Sets the step’s ratchet, ×1–×4.; The SEQ layer: steps under your fingers
SEQ + STEP + OCT-: Resets the step’s nudge, locks and fill condition.; The SEQ layer: steps under your fingers
Tap SEQ: Opens the NOTES page, the pattern as a piano roll.On a synth track; The NOTES page: a piano roll for synth tracks
Turn PRESETS: Zooms between 8, 16, 32 and 64 steps.On the NOTES page; The NOTES page: a piano roll for synth tracks
Tap EDIT: Deletes the note under edit.On the NOTES page; The NOTES page: a piano roll for synth tracks
Hold OCT+: Opens the sheet for the note under edit.On the NOTES page; The step sheet: slide, nudge, fill, move, copy, delete
Hold OCT+: Opens the sheet for the hit picked with KNOB 1 and KNOB 2.On the DRUMS grid; The step sheet: slide, nudge, fill, move, copy, delete
Turn KNOB 1: Picks a row of the sheet.With the step sheet open; The step sheet: slide, nudge, fill, move, copy, delete
Turn KNOB 2: Sets the row’s value, or moves the note on the MOVE row.With the step sheet open; The step sheet: slide, nudge, fill, move, copy, delete
Tap OCT+: Carries out the row: flips SLIDE, makes a COPY or DELETEs.With the step sheet open; The step sheet: slide, nudge, fill, move, copy, delete
Tap OCT-: Closes the sheet.With the step sheet open; The step sheet: slide, nudge, fill, move, copy, delete
Tap SEQ: Opens the PATTERN page.On the NOTES page; The PATTERN page: length, division, swing and gate
SEQ + STEP + KNOB 4: Nudges the step early or late, −32 to +31 in 1/64 of a step.; Nudge: micro timing
SEQ + STEP + PRESETS: Creates a parameter lock on the step, then changes its value.; Parameter locks
SEQ + STEP + ALGORITHM: Chooses which parameter the lock is on.; Parameter locks
SEQ + STEP + OCT+: Cycles the step’s fill condition: normal, FILL ONLY, NO FILL.; Fill conditions

Performance layers

FX + WHITE KEY: Plays that key’s punch-in effect on the whole mix while held.; Punch-in effects
FX + BLACK KEY: Plays one of the eleven extra punch-in effects while held.; Punch-in effects
FX + KNOB 1: Sweeps the master FILTER: low-pass to the left, high-pass to the right, off in the centre.; Punch-in effects
FX + KNOB 2: Adds master DUST, the old-sampler-and-vinyl treatment.; Punch-in effects
FX + KNOB 3: Sets master DUCK, the sidechain pump from the kick.; Punch-in effects
FX + KNOB 4: Sweeps TRK FILT, the filter of the selected track only.; Punch-in effects
FX + SELECT: Sets the punch-in fade, from 0 (instant) to 15 (about 0.37 s).; Punch-in effects
FX + OCT-: Throws every track into the reverb while held.; Reverb and echo throws
FX + OCT+: Throws every track into the echo, feedback up, while held.; Reverb and echo throws
FX + OCT- + OCT+: Throws into the reverb and the echo together.; Reverb and echo throws
EDIT + KEY: Erases that sound or note from each step the playhead crosses while you hold it.While playing; Erase as it plays
EDIT + KEY: Erases that sound or note from the whole pattern.While stopped; Erase as it plays
EDIT + KNOB 1: Shifts every step one later (right) or one earlier (left).; Erase as it plays
EDIT + KNOB 2: Doubles the pattern by copying it after itself (right), up to 64 steps, or halves it (left).; Erase as it plays
EDIT + KNOB 3: Transposes every note a semitone up or down.On a synth track; Erase as it plays
EDIT + BLACK KEY: Switches the EDIT layer between MUTE mode and erasing.On the drum track; Drum mutes
EDIT + WHITE KEY: Mutes or unmutes that sound in the sequencer.On the drum track, in MUTE mode; Drum mutes
ARP + KEY: Repeats the key on the grid at the RATE until you let go.; Note repeat
ARP + KNOB 1: Sets the RATE: 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 32T or 1/64.; Note repeat
ARP + KEY + OCT-: Turns the roll into ghost hits.On the drum track; Note repeat
ARP + KEY + OCT+: Turns the roll into hard hits.On the drum track; Note repeat
GLO + KEY 1–4: Mutes or unmutes track 1–4.; Mutes, solos, fills and tap tempo
GLO + KEY 5–8: Solos track 1–4; several solos add up.; Mutes, solos, fills and tap tempo
GLO + KEY 9: Plays a fill for as long as you hold the key.; Mutes, solos, fills and tap tempo
GLO + KEY 10: Makes the whole next bar a fill; press again before the bar to cancel.; Mutes, solos, fills and tap tempo
GLO + KEY 16: Taps the tempo, two taps or more.; Mutes, solos, fills and tap tempo
GLO + KNOB 1–4: Sets the levels of tracks 1–4.; Mutes, solos, fills and tap tempo
GLO + SELECT: Sets the tempo, inside the visualiser too.; Mutes, solos, fills and tap tempo

Song mode, undo & saving

SAVE + KEY 5–8: Stores the working loop as section A–D; over a used section, press the same key again within 3 s.; Saving and playing sections
SAVE + KEY 1–4: Starts section A–D on the next bar, every track from its first step.While playing; Saving and playing sections
SAVE + KEY 1–4: Makes section A–D the loop straight away.While stopped; Saving and playing sections
SAVE + KEY 13: Switches between loop mode and song mode.; Saving and playing sections
PLAY: Plays the whole song once and stops at the end, then your loop is back.In song mode; Saving and playing sections
Hold SAVE, tap two or more of KEY 1–4: Plays the tapped sections one after another as a looping chain.; Quick chains
SAVE + KEY 14: Starts SONG REC from the next bar, or ends it.; Recording a song as you play
SAVE + KEY 16: Opens the SONG screen.; The SONG screen
Tap REC: Stores the working loop into the selected step’s section; over a used section, tap REC again within 3 s.On the SONG screen; The SONG screen
Tap SAVE: Saves the song.On the SONG screen; The SONG screen
Tap OCT-: Switches between loop mode and song mode.On the SONG screen; The SONG screen
Tap OCT+ twice: Loads the selected step’s section into the working loop, replacing unsaved work; the second tap must come within 3 s.On the SONG screen; The SONG screen
Tap PLAY: Plays or stops the song.On the SONG screen; The SONG screen
Tap SEQ: Opens the SEQ pages.On the SONG screen; The SONG screen
Tap HOME: Goes back to the TRACKS screen.On the SONG screen; The SONG screen
EDIT + OCT-: Undoes the last change.; Undo, clear and start again
EDIT + OCT+: Redoes what you just undid.; Undo, clear and start again
Hold REC for 2 s: Clears the selected track.; Undo, clear and start again

MIDI, clock & USB audio

GLO + F#3: Starts or finishes MIDI LEARN.; MIDI LEARN