Key combinations

Every gesture on one page; each row links to where it’s explained. SHIFT is holding CHOMPI.

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On the play page

Gesture	Does	See
LOOP	Record; stop and play; erase	Looper
PLAY	Play / pause, when you let go	Looper
Hold PLAY, press LOOP	No loop: a quantized recording. A loop playing: erase at its end	Looper
PLAY while an erase waits	Takes the erase back	Looper
SHIFT + LOOP	Tap tempo	Tap tempo
SHIFT + PLAY	As PLAY	Looper
Turn the transport knob	Speed in semitones; paused, a scrub	Transport knob
SHIFT + turn the transport knob	Speed in 5ths and octaves	Transport knob
Press the transport knob	Back to 1× forward	Transport knob
Turn VOLUME	Page 1 output gain, page 2 input gain, page 3 the headphone feed	VOLUME knob
Press VOLUME	The next page	VOLUME knob
SHIFT + turn VOLUME	Input/loop mix	VOLUME knob
SHIFT + press VOLUME	The input/loop mix back to the loop alone, or the input alone without a loop	VOLUME knob
Hold an FX key	The effect on while held	Playing an effect
Hold FX keys, then SHIFT	Latch them on, or off	Playing an effect
SHIFT, then an FX key	Select it for the knobs, without hearing it	Playing an effect
SHIFT + key 7, then key 7 again	The phaser’s other mode: the frequency shifter, and back	Frequency shifter
An FX key on a latched effect	Unlatch it; on until you let go	Playing an effect
White key 15	The finalizer on the knobs	Finalizer
SHIFT + key 15, then key 15 again	The finalizer’s next module: Level, EQ, Comp, Width	Finalizer
Hold key 15, then SHIFT	The finalizer bypassed, or on again	Finalizer presets and bypass
Hold key 15 + a key of scenes 1-4	Recall a finalizer preset	Finalizer presets and bypass
Hold key 15 + upper F#, G# or A#	Save, copy or delete a finalizer preset	Finalizer presets and bypass
Press knob 1-3 on the finalizer’s EQ, Comp or Width	Mute that band, or unmute it	Band mutes
Turn knobs 1-4	The selected effect’s parameters	Keys and knobs
SHIFT + turn knobs 1-4	Coarse, to the next point of the grid	Coarse steps
SHIFT + press knobs 1-4	That parameter back to its default	Playing an effect
Press knobs 1-4	The effect’s page 2, and back to page 1	Page 2
A scene key	Recall the scene	FX scenes
The active scene’s key	Back to the scene as saved	FX scenes
The blank scene’s key (lower F#)	Every effect off, every knob on its default	FX scenes
SHIFT + a scene key, let go	Morph to it on the bar line; tap it again for each bar more, up to 8	Morphing to a scene
SHIFT + a scene key, press the transport knob	Drop to it on the bar line	Dropping to a scene
SHIFT + a scene key, turn the transport knob	The crossfader	Crossfading by hand
SHIFT + scene key A, then scene key B	Build-up to A, B dropping at its end	Dropping to a scene
SHIFT + a blinking scene key	Stop the morph, drop or build-up where it is	Timed scene changes
SHIFT + another scene key, while one runs	Stop it there and start the new one from there	Timed scene changes
Upper F#, G# or A#, the slot (copy: the source, then the destination), then CHOMPI	Save, copy or delete a scene	Save, copy and delete
The function’s key again, or the mode switch up	Out of save, copy or delete, doing nothing	Save, copy and delete
SHIFT + lower C#	The Loops page	The Loops page
SHIFT + lower D#	The Cubbi page	The Cubbi page

On the Loops page

Gesture	Does	See
SHIFT + lower C#, or two quick taps of SHIFT	Back to the play page	The Loops page
SHIFT + lower D#	The Cubbi page	The Cubbi page
Lower C#, lower D#	The bank before, after (each lit in the colour of that bank)	The Loops page
A white key	Its loop at once, in time	Switching loops
SHIFT + a white key, N times	Its loop at the end of the N-th pass	Switching loops
SHIFT + a scene key, N times (and the transport or a second scene key), then a white key	The loop with the morph or the drop, N bars on	A loop with a scene change
SHIFT + a white key, N times, then a scene key (and the transport or a second scene key)	The scene and the loop together at the end of the N-th pass	A loop with a scene change
SHIFT + a scene key, turn the transport knob, a white key	Both loops on the crossfader; letting go, the nearer side	Two loops on the crossfader
SHIFT + a blinking key, in a new hold	Cancel the planned switch, and a scene change running	Switching loops
Scene keys, the transport knob, PLAY, LOOP, VOLUME	As on the play page	On the play page

On the Cubbi page

The same keys as on the Loops page, with TAPE’s recordings on the white keys. Only the way out differs:

Gesture	Does	See
SHIFT + lower D#, or two quick taps of SHIFT	Back to the play page	The Cubbi page
SHIFT + lower C#	The Loops page	The Loops page

On the settings page

Gesture	Does	See
White keys 1-15	The global MIDI channel; white key 15 again for 16	Channels
Lower C#	MIDI on every channel	Channels
Lower D#	Effect channels over TRS	Channels
Lower F#	MIDI transport following	Start and Stop
Lower G#	Clock factor: as sent, double, half	Clock factor
Lower A#	Clock source: Auto, TRS, USB, internal	Clock source
Upper C#	MIDI out: off, TRS, TRS and USB	MIDI out
Upper D#	MIDI feedback	MIDI feedback
Upper F#	The input’s source: AUX, the mic, USB	Input: AUX, the mic or USB
SHIFT + upper F#	AUX mono; with USB the source, USB audio on / off	Mono input, USB audio
Upper G#	The source’s monitoring, on the outputs	Input: AUX, the mic or USB
Upper A#	The source through the effects, or past them	Input: AUX, the mic or USB
Turn knob 1; SHIFT + turn; SHIFT + press	LED brightness; in steps of 25%; back to 100%	LED brightness
Turn VOLUME; press	Output gain, input gain	Settings page
SHIFT + VOLUME held 2 s	A bug report	Bug reports
SHIFT + LOOP held 2 s	The card lent to the computer as a USB drive, or taken back	The card as a USB drive

At power-on

Gesture	Does	See
Hold CHOMPI, PLAY and LOOP while switching on	Shipping mode	Power and battery