Optimist

• Three synth tracks each play one engine, from ANALOG 2, DIGITAL, JUNO, SID, PLAITS and FM6 to Clipper's wavetable and vector voices.
• The drum track holds ten lanes plus an ACCENT lane, with kits from 808 and 909 to acoustic, KAWA and PLAITS.
• Turning a knob while recording writes motion, and GEN fills a pattern with Euclidean, random, pulse or Grids rhythms.
• You play the 16 white keys, pick drum lanes on the black keys, edit with four knobs and hold buttons for performance layers.
• USB and TRS MIDI, Bluetooth MIDI and audio, four-channel USB audio and the web editor all connect to it.

Its modes

Mixer

The first screen, where you walk the rows MASTER, T1, T2, T3, DR, the drum lanes and ACCENT to set volume, pan, inserts and sends.

Tempo page

Held PLAY opens BPM, swing, nudge, clock sync, tap tempo and the recording settings.

STEP

Write and edit steps on the 16 white keys, with the PATTERN, TOOLS, GEN and GEN OUT pages.

PROJECT

Load, save and delete projects, snapshots and user presets on the 16 slot keys, and read memory use.

GLOBAL

Set tempo, master tuning, recording, MIDI clock and output, and each track's channel.

SYSTEM

Set the screen, audio, key and button lights, USB, Bluetooth, calibration and USB audio routing.

INFO

Read CPU load, underruns and the battery, and clear the counters.

SONG

Launch, store and chain the scenes into a song, and record the sections as you play them.