gnomad-firmware

• Turn ALGORITHM to choose one of ten pictures, from the Gnome to organ, bells, whale and drums, holding 57 sounds.
• Turn PRESETS to pick a sound inside a picture, and MASTER sets the volume.
• Four coloured knobs, blue, green, yellow and vermilion, shape each sound, with the screen naming every knob's job.
• Press REC then PLAY for a 4-3-2-1 count-in and record a loop that goes round and round.
• Four tracks let four sounds play at once, chosen with FX, SCL, ENV and LFO.
• Press SEQ twice for STEPS, where white keys place hits and holding a key with the knobs edits one hit.
• Hold PLAY to restart on the bar, GLO + PLAY to stop at the bar end, hold GLO for fills and hold FX to audition.
• Tap SAVE or stop and wait four seconds to save, hold SAVE to undo, and connect over USB and TRS MIDI.

Its modes

EASY

Pick sounds from ten pictures, shape them with four coloured knobs and play the keys.

Advanced

Reach four tracks, the step sequencer, effects, MIDI and every page of the synth.

STEPS

See one bar up close and tap the white keys to place or remove sixteen hits.

GROOVES

Launch five ready-made loops on white keys 1 to 5 and your four saved songs on keys 6 to 9.