Every sound here is made by the code on screen, running live in your browser. Each knob is a slider() from the
song, each channel is one of its labelled patterns, and the code is yours to change.
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Keys
While you are typing in the code, the single-key shortcuts are off.
Space Play or stop the deck in focus
X Switch focus between deck A and deck B
M Mix: start the other deck in time and fade across
← → Previous or next beat
1 –9 0 - = Mute channels 1 to 12
Q W E A S D Hold a pad: echo, drop, wash, half, stutter, no drums. With Shift it stays on.
T Y U I H J K L Snapshot pads 1 to 8: bring one in on the next bar, or stop it. With Shift it plays once. Capture one with ● on a channel in the Mixer (Esc lets a capture go).
[ ] Jump back or forward four bars
F G Follow the music with the code; gallery (full-screen) view
R B ? Record the mix to a WAV file; open the beats list; this help
V Make a video clip of the code and the music (Esc cancels one being recorded)
Ctrl +. Stop the deck in focus (works while typing in the code, too)
Ctrl +Enter Ctrl +S Run your changes without stopping the music; save
Where things are
First steps A short tour of the loop (play, bend, change, keep, share), one step at a time. Learn more Editing Click in the code (or press Edit ) to change it, Update runs it, and Esc leaves the code. Learn more In the code Click a track label to mute it, click a highlighted number to find its knob, drag an inline slider. Learn more Try Try , top left, makes one of the song's suggested changes; tap it again to put it back. Learn more Song map The sections of the code, beside it (or behind Map when the window is narrow); click one to glide there. Learn more Views Follow glides the code to whichever track comes in, Split shows both decks' code, Gallery is full screen. Learn more Knobs and switches Arrows adjust a knob, Shift for fine, Enter or double-click resets it, and Reset puts every knob back to what the code says. Learn more Channels Each labelled pattern is a channel with a level, a meter, M to mute and S to solo. Learn more Pads Hold one, or Shift -click (or switch Latch on) to keep it on. Learn more Snapshots Press ● on a channel in the Mixer to capture it from the next bar, then tap its pad to bring it in. Learn more Two decks With Sync on, a deck started while the other plays comes in on the bar, and Mix fades across over eight bars. Learn more Arrangement Which tracks play in each of 32 bars: click a bar to jump there, or drag across bars to pick them and cut, keep, move, copy or paste them. Learn more Your songs In the beats list: New , Import and Export , and each song's ⋯ menu to rename, duplicate, share or delete it. Learn more Sharing The link icon shares a song by link, which always plays its latest saved version; Make a video clip there (or V ) records the code lighting up with the music. Learn more
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With Learn on, click any knob, fader, pad or button on the deck, then move a control on your hardware. Learn more
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