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Mode maps

One map for each mode. The key that takes you there is blue; the controls that matter there are ringed in orange. Each screen is Tack’s own, in that mode. The cheat sheet has every key on one page, and the manual the details.

Steps and the overview

Get there: HOME, from anywhere

Where a pattern is made. Most of the panel does the same on every page: this is the map to learn first.

MASTER SELECT PRESETS ALGORITHM K1 K2 K3 K4 OCT- OCT+ FX SEL ENV LFO EDIT GLO HOME SAVE ARP SEQ PLAYSTOP REC D1 D2 D3 SN CY CH OH ROLL MONO POLY COPY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 K1–K4 the voice's pitch, filter, decay, volume a step held: lock the value on that step SELECT tempo · SEL held: shuffle ALGORITHM morph · SEL held: mutate voice a step held: nudge it PRESETS a kit from the bank SEL held: mutate the kit a step held: its chance OCT− OCT+ the bar shown SEL held: a bar less, more VOICE KEYS select and play the voice ARP held: mute SEQ held: select silently a step held: its passes, 1–8 WHITE KEYS · STEPS 1–16 tap: a step on or off hold: edit that step SEL held: the lane's last step ROLL held: roll the voice MONO Franken POLY held: the morph target COPY + a white key: copy the pattern SEL held 1 s: help + EDIT 1 s: clear the lane HOME this overview, from anywhere + SEL 1 s: reload saved kit

One voice: the bars view and the note view

Get there: SEQ; again for the note view

One voice at a larger size. The bars view edits each step's details; the note view plays and writes notes from all the keys.

MASTER SELECT PRESETS ALGORITHM K1 K2 K3 K4 OCT- OCT+ FX SEL ENV LFO EDIT GLO HOME SAVE ARP SEQ PLAYSTOP REC D1 D2 D3 SN CY CH OH ROLL MONO POLY COPY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 K1–K4 bars view: velocity · nudge · flam · chance note view: note · velocity · key strength · on SELECT walk the steps SEL held: a bar a turn ALGORITHM nudge the selected step OCT− OCT+ bars view: the bar note view: the keys' octave VOICE KEYS another voice note view: notes, as the rest WHITE KEYS bars view: select a step note view: all 27 keys play the voice, F3–G5 a key sets the selected step · SEL held: only listen SEL tap: the next step REC note view: the keys write, stopped step by step, running live SEQ the bars view, again the note view HOME leaves

The lane: Lane, Euclid and Vel shape

Get there: ARP; again for each screen

The selected lane's own settings, on three screens. The steps stay on the white keys.

MASTER SELECT PRESETS ALGORITHM K1 K2 K3 K4 OCT- OCT+ FX SEL ENV LFO EDIT GLO HOME SAVE ARP SEQ PLAYSTOP REC D1 D2 D3 SN CY CH OH ROLL MONO POLY COPY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 K1–K4 ON EACH SCREEN Lane: length · direction · speed · start Euclid: length · hits · rotation · put back Vel shape: rhythm · centre · amount · shift ALGORITHM Lane: nudge the whole lane OCT− OCT+ the bar shown VOICE KEYS another lane WHITE KEYS the lane's steps, as on HOME ARP Lane → Euclid → Vel shape held + a voice key: mute

Patterns, chains and song mode

Get there: SEQ held with a white key for a pattern, with ARP for the song

Patterns are picked with SEQ held. A chain loops until you pick a single pattern; the song plays its rows in order.

MASTER SELECT PRESETS ALGORITHM K1 K2 K3 K4 OCT- OCT+ FX SEL ENV LFO EDIT GLO HOME SAVE ARP SEQ PLAYSTOP REC D1 D2 D3 SN CY CH OH ROLL MONO POLY COPY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 K1–K4 ON SONG row · pattern or end repeat ×1–16, or stop / loop on the end row song on or off WHITE KEYS SEQ held: pattern 1–16, several: a chain on Song: fill the row, then the next COPY + a white key: copy the pattern tapped on Song: the chain into the rows SEL + K1 on Song: right copies the row, left removes it PLAY the pattern, chain or song SEQ HELD + a white key: a pattern + ARP: the song SAVE patterns, song, kit (stopped) SEL + SAVE: at once

The mixer and the settings

Get there: GLO; again for the settings, again for the mixer

Every lane's level at a glance, with mute and solo. The settings are the second screen.

MASTER SELECT PRESETS ALGORITHM K1 K2 K3 K4 OCT- OCT+ FX SEL ENV LFO EDIT GLO HOME SAVE ARP SEQ PLAYSTOP REC D1 D2 D3 SN CY CH OH ROLL MONO POLY COPY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 K1–K4 mixer: level · pan · FX send · drive settings: tempo · shuffle · rate · bits SCREEN Mixer: a strip a lane, with level, meter, pan, FX, M muted, S soloed SELECT settings: the row below, USB audio, MIDI clock, preview, roll OCT− HELD settings: the row below, while held VOICE KEYS mixer: pick the strip SEL held: solo ARP held: mute ROLL its rate: K4, the settings' row below GLO the mixer, again the settings, again the mixer

The voice's sound and the FX

Get there: EDIT, ENV, LFO or FX

The selected voice's parameters, three rows of four, and the FX bus.

MASTER SELECT PRESETS ALGORITHM K1 K2 K3 K4 OCT- OCT+ FX SEL ENV LFO EDIT GLO HOME SAVE ARP SEQ PLAYSTOP REC D1 D2 D3 SN CY CH OH ROLL MONO POLY COPY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 K1–K4 the row SELECT picked a step held: lock the value on it SCREEN three rows of four, the one on the dials underlined SELECT picks the row on K1–K4, the middle one on a new page OCT+ OCT− HELD the top or bottom row, while held VOICE KEYS another voice, same page on FX: send it to the FX FX type · mix · two settings the row below: the rest EDIT ENV LFO the voice's sound EDIT: two screens

Kits, morph and Frankensound

Get there: MONO for Franken; POLY held for the morph target

Frankensound (Franken on the screen) makes the pattern's kit from up to four kits, a section of each voice from each: edit and save it as any other. Kits left on random are drawn from the bank for each combo, and a voice key held makes a combo of that voice alone. Morph blends the kit towards the pattern's own target.

MASTER SELECT PRESETS ALGORITHM K1 K2 K3 K4 OCT- OCT+ FX SEL ENV LFO EDIT GLO HOME SAVE ARP SEQ PLAYSTOP REC D1 D2 D3 SN CY CH OH ROLL MONO POLY COPY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 K1–K4 Franken: the parent kits, random till set POLY held: the morph target's values ALGORITHM morph, kit to target SEL held: mutate the voice PRESETS a kit from the bank; back onto an edited one: its edits SEL held: mutate the kit Franken: a new combo · left: back VOICE KEYS Franken, held + PRESETS: a combo of that voice MONO Franken: a kit made from up to four POLY HELD + K1–K4: target values + PRESETS: a bank kit as the target SAVE K4: pattern, blend or kit blend keeps the morph as a kit SEL + HOME, 1 s reload the kit as last saved