Tips & Tricks

Adjust velocity, pan, chance, glide, gate, length, waveform, and play every for individual notes.

To view higher or lower frequencies on the grid, use the scroll bar to the right of the grid or hold Shift and scroll.

Hold Shift and drag to select multiple notes, then drag to move them or right click to adjust their properties.

Drag a page thumbnail to reorder or move it to another track.

Shift + drag a page to duplicate it. Works within a track or across tracks.

Reorder tracks by clicking and dragging on a track's buttons.

In a page thumbnail's options, select a "Jump To" number to have that page jump to a different page when it finishes playing.

Right-click a note and set "Play Every" to make it play only every 2nd, 3rd, or 4th pass.

In a page thumbnail's options, select a "Loop At" column number to shorten a page.

Drag the flag markers above the page thumbnails to loop just part of your song. Drag one flag past the other to redraw the window, or double-click it to reset.

Press T or the "TAP" button repeatedly to set the BPM by feel.

Click any effect section header to toggle it on or off. Your settings are preserved.

Toggle FM Mode in the Synth panel to enable the 6-operator FM synth. Pick from 32 algorithms in a 4×8 grid, edit each operator's ratio / envelope / level, or hit the dice for a fresh randomized patch.

In the Modulation panel, "Add Modulation Target" opens a dropdown of 30+ parameters.

Press A to toggle Automation mode, then draw curves on the grid to move any parameter across the page: volume swells, filter sweeps, pan moves, and more.

Press E to toggle EQ mode and shape each track with an 8-band parametric EQ. Drag the bands right on the curve, or start from a preset.

Turn on Anchor on any LFO lane and the LFO resets to phase 0 each time you press play. Combined with Sync, every loop sounds identical instead of drifting in phase.

Open a track's options and set Speed to 1/2, 2x, or 4x. Each track can have its own speed.

Choose visualizations that respond to the audio in the Options -> Theme menu or press V / Shift+V to cycle through them.

Connect a MIDI keyboard to play live, or send notes to external synths. Use MIDI Learn in the MIDI panel to map any slider to a MIDI CC.

Load or save a .mid file from the MIDI tab in Options.

Hover the undo or redo button (long-press on mobile) and a list pops out showing every action on the stack.

Shift+drag to select notes, then Ctrl/Cmd+C, X, or V. Paste lands at whichever cell your pointer is hovering. Delete or Backspace clears the selection.

Press ? to see all of the available keyboard shortcuts.