Patterns & Scenes

Patterns

Each track has 8 independent patterns, each acting like a fresh instance of the track—with its own unique sequence, settings, and behavior.

Scenes

Every song contains 32 scenes, organized into 4 banks. A scene captures the following:

Which pattern each track is playing
Mute states at both the track and individual drum pad level
Velocity offsets for each track and drum pad

Together, patterns and scenes give you the flexibility to explore, evolve, and eventually shape your ideas into a full song structure.

1. Selecting Patterns & Scenes

Go to Track 1 -> SEQ
Press the top keypad tab to access the Scene / Pattern keypad

2. Creating Patterns

Let's create a second drum pattern

Press P.2 to set pattern 2 as active.

2. Go back to the drum pad keypad and lay down a new kick pattern

Next we'll switch up our chords in track 2

TRACK SELECT -> Track 2 -> Pattern | Scene Keypad

Instead of starting P.2 from scratch let's copy over what we had in P.1

To Copy a Pattern:
Hold the Copy button, then tap the pattern you want to copy.

To Paste a Pattern:
Hold the Paste button, then tap the pattern you want to paste to.

To create a simple loop, we’ll shorten Pattern 2 (P.2) to 1 bar:

Go to SEQ Setup
Set Bars = 1
Tap SEQ twice to return to the main sequence view (SEQ with note keypad)

Press play to hear the changes. Notice how track 3 and 4 now follow our new pattern in track 2

3. Capturing & Playing Scenes

Scenes Overview

When you select an empty scene, all data from the currently active scene is copied into the new one. Playback continues uninterrupted, so you can make changes without affecting the flow of your music. To differentiate the new scene, adjust any relevant settings within each track.

Notes:

No Manual Saving Needed: Scenes automatically update as you make changes—no need to manually save or update them.
Pattern Data Is Shared: Scenes only reference patterns; they don’t contain actual pattern data. For example, if Scene 1 and Scene 2 both use Pattern 1, and you edit Pattern 1 while in Scene 2, those changes will also apply to Scene 1.
Scene-Specific Controls: Mute states and velocity settings are stored per scene. This means the same pattern can sound different across scenes thanks to unique mute and velocity configurations.

Capture a New Scene

Press the scene pad
Select S.2

With scene 2 loaded we'll go back to our full chord progression and drum pattern.

A) Set S.2 to play our full drum pattern (P.1)

TRACK SELECT -> Track 1 -> Pattern | Scene Keypad -> P.1

B) Set S.2 to play our full chord pattern (P.1)

Track 2 -> P.1

Switch between S.1 & S.2 to hear the differences

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