ADEPT

The four encoders

On the Piano Roll, they normally work like this:

Buttons and touch

Make your first pattern

1. A track is ready when you begin. Touch empty steps to add notes or hits.
2. To add another track, short-press White on the Piano Roll. In TRACK MENU, first turn the Orange, Yellow, and Blue target boxes on or off.
3. Choose KEYS, DRUM, or MODU to create the track for those playheads.
4. Press Orange, Yellow, or Blue to start a playhead.
5. Navigate to the PROJECTS page and save when you want to keep the result.

The same popup also contains CLEAR, DELETE, and COPY:

• CLEAR empties the current track but keeps the track.
• DELETE removes the current track.
• COPY copies material using the choices shown in the next screen.

ADEPT asks for confirmation before clearing or deleting.

Set the tempo

Touch the BPM value in the top bar, turn EncB, then touch the page name to leave tempo editing.

The Piano Roll and its work areas

The Piano Roll is the main editing surface.

Push the joystick left or right to move through these work areas. The current name is shown at the top of the screen:

TRACK → GENERATOR → MODIFIER → GROUPS → XPLAY → PROJECTS → MIDI ROUTER → SYSTEM

In MIDI ROUTER, short-press White to cycle between TRACKS, WIRING, and the step-routing grid. If the MIDI Filter is open, White closes it.

Use EncA to select a track. The TRACK page edits the selected track, and its functions change to match KEYS, DRUM, or MODU.

Zoom the Piano Roll

Zoom changes only what you can see. It does not change the notes, hits, track length, or playhead length. While a zoomed pattern is playing, the visible step area follows the active playhead.

What it is

KEYS stores pitched notes. Use it for melodies, chords, bass lines, and any other part that needs musical pitch.

Create and edit notes

1. To add another KEYS track, short-press White and choose KEYS.
2. Touch an empty position to add a note.
3. Touch an existing note to remove it.
4. Use EncC for pitch and EncD for step movement when using the cursor.

Orange, Yellow, and Blue can read the same notes with different lengths, directions, speeds, and outputs. For example, Orange can play a 16-step bass phrase while Yellow reads the same notes backwards over 12 steps.

Name a KEYS track

1. Select the KEYS track with EncA.
2. Hold White for about half a second.
3. Enter a name in TRACK NAME and choose SAVE.

KEYS TRACK controls

Select the KEYS track with EncA and move to TRACK. Use the joystick up/down to highlight a row. Turn EncB to change a row that has one value. Press EncB on DYNAMICS, LFO MOD, CROSS MOD, or CONDITION to open its settings. Inside that screen, use the joystick up/down to choose a setting and turn EncB to change it. Choose BACK when finished.

DYNAMICS contains:

These are step settings. Move to the note with EncD, open DYNAMICS, choose the setting with the joystick, and turn EncB. Move to another step with EncD when you want to edit a different note.

Track LFO

Track LFO repeatedly changes one setting on the selected coloured playhead. It does not add or remove notes.

Use Track LFO for a regular rise and fall in loudness, gate, chance, MIDI CC, or program value. DRUM has the same Track LFO choices.

Cross Mod

Cross Mod uses the changing values on the current KEYS track to change another track while both play.

For example, use the source track's velocity to raise another track's probability, or invert a gate movement to make two parts trade space.

Conditions

A condition tells a step when it is allowed to play. The condition is checked first; PROB is checked afterwards.

To set one, move to the required step with EncD, open CONDITION, and turn EncB until the required name is shown. Repeat this for any other steps that need their own condition.

The exact on-screen order is:

---, 1:2, 2:2, 1:3, 2:3, 3:3, 1:4, 2:4, 3:4, 4:4, 1:8, 2:8, 3:8, 4:8, 5:8, 6:8, 7:8, 8:8, 1ST, !1ST, FILL, !FIL, PRE, !PRE, NEI, !NEI, MOD, !MOD.

When MOD or !MOD is selected, open its detail page to choose:

• MOD SOURCE: THIS or another track.
• SOURCE MOD: Modifier slot A, B, or C on that source.
• MOD TARGET: optionally fire slot A, B, or C on this track when the condition passes; use OFF if the condition should only decide whether the step plays.

Conditions belong to KEYS and DRUM. MODU uses STATES instead.

Record a KEYS part

Set INPUT, CHANNEL, REC MODE, and REC Q in the coloured playhead menu when you first prepare it for recording. ADEPT remembers this setup after power off. Change it only when you want to record from a different source or in a different way.

1. Hold White and press the coloured playhead button.
2. Play the external keyboard or sequencer.
3. Press the coloured button again to stop recording.

Good uses

• Run a 16-step bass line on Orange and a 7-step counter melody on Yellow.
• Put a chord on the first loop only with 1ST.
• Use FILL on a turnaround note that Conductor or a live fill can reveal.
• Use POLY in Generator for ready-made harmony, then edit individual notes by touch.

What it is

DRUM stores up to 16 drum parts in one track. Eight rows are visible at a time. A row can be a kick, snare, hat, percussion sound, or any other sound triggered by a MIDI note.

Create and edit hits

1. To add another DRUM track, short-press White and choose DRUM.
2. Touch steps to add or remove hits.
3. Turn EncC to scroll through the drum parts when using the cursor.

DRUM TRACK controls

Select the DRUM track with EncA and move to TRACK. Use the joystick up/down to highlight a row. Turn EncB to change a row that has one value. Press EncB on DYNAMICS, DRUM MAP, LFO MOD, or CONDITION to open its settings. Inside that screen, use the joystick up/down to choose a setting and turn EncB to change it.

DYNAMICS and CONDITION apply to the step under the cursor. Move through the pattern with EncD, then edit the selected step in the same way as on a KEYS track.

Name a DRUM track

1. Select the DRUM track with EncA.
2. Hold White for about half a second.
3. Enter a name in TRACK NAME and choose SAVE.

Drum Map

Open DRUM MAP to edit:

Mute, solo, move, and rename drum parts

To move a row:

1. Put the cursor on the required drum row.
2. Turn EncD left past the first step to focus the drum label.
3. Press EncD to pick up the row and open its sidebar.
4. Turn EncC to move the row.
5. Press EncD again when it is in the required position.

The picked row's sidebar contains MIDI NOTE and RENAME. Move between them with the joystick. Press EncB on MIDI NOTE, then turn EncB to choose the outgoing note. Press EncB on RENAME to open the naming keyboard.

Record drums

The playhead recording settings are remembered after power off. To make a take, hold White and press the coloured playhead button, play the drum part, then press that coloured button again to stop.

If the drum input has not been prepared yet, hold that coloured button and set its INPUT, CHANNEL, REC MODE, and REC Q once. Chapter 6 explains those choices.

Good uses

• Give the kick a 16-step Orange loop and percussion a 15-step Yellow loop.
• Put a snare fill on 4:4 so it appears only on the fourth pass.
• Use Drum Generator variations to move between a main beat, breakdown, and fill.

What it is

MODU stores changing control values instead of notes or drum hits. You can draw a curve by touch, record one from CV IN, or create one with Generator. Orange, Yellow, and Blue each have their own row, and each row can be 1–32 steps long.

Use MODU to create reusable modulation shapes and to trigger actions with STATES.

MODU TRACK controls

Select the MODU track with EncA and move to TRACK. Use the joystick up/down to highlight a row. Turn EncB to change PLAYHEAD, LENGTH, or MODE. Press EncB on LFO MOD or STATES to open its settings. Inside that screen, use the joystick up/down to choose a setting and turn EncB to change it.

Draw a curve

Touch drawing writes values into the coloured MODU row. Recording must be active on that colour before the row accepts drawing.

1. Select the MODU track and coloured row.
2. Hold White and press that coloured playhead button to start recording.
3. Touch anywhere inside that coloured row. The height of your finger sets the value at that step.
4. Drag left or right to draw across more steps. ADEPT joins the touched points so the movement is continuous.
5. Release, then stop recording when the pass is complete.

Only the steps touched or crossed by the drag are changed. The rest of the curve remains in place.

Record an external CV curve

1. Patch the modulation source to CV IN.
2. Set the row length from LENGTH on the MODU TRACK page.
3. Open the coloured playhead menu, set INPUT to CV, then choose REC MODE.
4. Hold White and press the coloured playhead button.
5. Let the playhead complete the pass while the external voltage moves.
6. Stop recording.

The playhead recording setup is remembered after power off, so you only need to change it when the next recording needs a different setup.

Add MODU LFO movement

Use LFO MOD when the stored curve needs an extra repeating movement. The curve remains stored; the LFO changes the result while it plays.

POL set to INV inverts the polarity.

RUN and FREEZE

RUN moves the curve picture with the playhead. FREEZE holds the picture still so it is easier to inspect.

FREEZE does not stop the MODU row. Its output, LFO, Modifiers, and STATES continue working.

STATES

STATES divides the curve into three easy areas:

• BOTTOM: the low part of the curve.
• MIDDLE: the middle part.
• TOP: the high part.

An action runs when the moving curve enters an area. It does not run continuously while the curve stays there.

Open STATES, turn it on, select a STATE, then choose its ACTION:

Set BOTTOM, MIDDLE, and TOP separately.

Mute and focus MODU rows

MODU Generator

Generator can write these shapes:

RAMP UP, RAMP DOWN, TRIANGLE, SINE, RANDOM WALK, EXP RISE, EXP FALL, STAIRCASE, CV BURST, STEP RNDM, ENVELOPE, and S&H.

ENV appears in ENVELOPE mode. Open it to set ATTACK, DECAY, SUSTAIN, and RELEASE.

If ADEPT shows STOP TO GEN, stop playback and press GENERATE again.

MODU Modifiers

MODU has five curve-focused Modifier types:

Good uses

• Record an external LFO once, then reuse it without the external module.
• Draw a curve, then add LFO MOD to animate it.
• Use BOTTOM for one MIDI route, MIDDLE for another, and TOP to fire a Modifier.

Three playheads, one timeline

Orange, Yellow, and Blue are independent playheads. Each can have its own length, direction, speed, input, output, and recording choices.

This is one of ADEPT's main performance ideas: the same notes can be read in three different ways at the same time.

Open a playhead menu

Hold Orange, Yellow, or Blue. Push the joystick up/down to choose a row and turn EncB to change its value. Press EncB on BACK to close the menu, or on CLEAR to open its confirmation.

Viewing patterns longer than 16 steps

Open a coloured playhead menu and set SCROLL/SPLIT:

For a pattern of 16 steps or fewer, both choices show the same part of the pattern. This setting changes only how the pattern is shown; it does not change its length or timing.

NOTE DIM and FADE

These two playhead settings make it easier to see which notes or drum hits have just played. They affect only the display.

Set them separately for Orange, Yellow, and Blue if you want the three playheads to leave different visual trails. Neither setting changes MIDI, CV, velocity, gate, or note length.

Recording modes

REC Q moves recorded notes onto the chosen timing grid. Choose NO Q when you want to keep the timing you played.

Record several channels from one input

Set all three playheads to the same INPUT, then give them different CHANNEL values. For example, Orange can record DIN1 channel 1, Yellow DIN1 channel 2, and Blue DIN1 channel 3.

PASS THRU

When PASS THRU is on, notes matching the selected INPUT and CHANNEL go straight to the selected OUTPUT. This is for monitoring and live playing. It does not write notes until recording is armed.

What it is

Generator creates a pattern from a small set of musical choices. It is useful for starting quickly, making variations, or creating material that you then edit by hand.

Open GENERATOR and select the track with EncA. Use the joystick up/down to choose a row and turn EncB to change it. Highlight GENERATE and press EncB when the setup is ready.

KEYS Generator

MONO is the normal single-note result. POLY keeps the generated main note and adds harmony where it suits the selected ROLE: MOTIF tends to support the tune from below, FOUNDATION builds upward, COUNTER moves around it, and BASSLINE adds harmony more sparingly.

DRUM Generator

Variation chains

KEYS and DRUM each have variation slots V1–V8. Give a slot a VARI LOOP value to use it. After that many loops, ADEPT moves to the next available slot and creates its variation. This can build a repeating verse/fill pattern without writing separate projects.

MODU Generator

See the MODU chapter for its shape modes and controls.

What it is

A Modifier changes the pattern while it plays. The stored notes can stay simple while the result gains chords, repeats, movement, scale changes, accents, delays, or CV shaping.

There are three visible Modifier slots. Use one slot for a simple effect, or combine slots for a larger change.

Open and use it

1. Open MODIFIER.
2. Select the track with EncA.
3. Turn EncB, or move the joystick up and down, to choose one of the three Modifier cards.
4. Press EncB to open that card.
5. Move the joystick up and down to choose a setting. Turn EncB to change it.
6. Press EncB again to return to the three cards.

Touch a Modifier card to turn that whole slot on or off. A coloured card is on; a grey card is off.

For KEYS and DRUM, touch a step in the lower Modifier row to add the selected Modifier there. Touch the same step again to remove it. Up to three Modifiers can be placed on one step.

MODU Modifiers change the whole curve instead of being placed on individual steps. Touch their card to turn them on or off.

If Modifiers are new to you, start with one of these:

Choose one card, set its TYPE, choose its coloured PLAYHEAD, then place it on one step. Once that works, add loop timing or turn GLOBAL on for a wider effect.

Shared rows

Current KEYS Modifier types

Current DRUM Modifier types

DRUM offers the types that make sense for trigger parts:

RATCHET, SHIFT, MUTE, LFO, TIME WARP, PHASE, LOOP WINDOW, JUMP QUANTIZE, SCRUB, STUTTER, RHYTHM MASK, VEL SPREAD, DEGRADE, FRAGMENT, REORDER, SKIP, ACCENT, SIDECHAIN, INFLUENCE, PHASE DRIFT, ENV SHIFT, ENV RATCHET, ENVELOPE CV1, ENVELOPE CV2, GLITCH SLICE, PLAY CONTROL, DELAY, and RESET.

Current MODU Modifier types

MODU offers CV OFFSET, CV SCALE, CV INVERT, CV QUANTIZE, and CV WAVEFOLD. See the MODU chapter for their plain-language uses.

Practical examples

• Add RATCHET only to the last snare of a four-bar phrase.
• Set HARMONIZE to GLOBAL on Yellow while Orange keeps the original melody.
• Use PLAY LOOPS 3 and REST LOOPS 1 to create a change that disappears every fourth loop.
• Use VEL SHAPE to make harder-played notes open a filter through MIDI CC.
• Use RESET at the end of a phrase for a controlled repeat before playback continues.

What it is

GROUPS puts several tracks under one performance switch. There are eight groups, G1 to G8, and a track can belong to more than one group.

A group has two separate ideas:

• Membership decides which tracks belong together.
• MODE decides what happens when the group is activated.

Build a group

1. Open GROUPS.
2. Push the joystick down to highlight the group block, then turn EncB to choose G1–G8.
3. Push the joystick up to return to the track list, then turn EncB to choose a track.
4. Press EncB to add or remove that track from the selected group.
5. Press White to open the group settings.

Touching a track card mutes or unmutes the track. It does not change group membership.

Group settings

Use the joystick up/down to choose a row. Press EncB to edit it, turn EncB to change the value, then press EncB again to finish editing.

Back on the main GROUPS screen, touch the group block to apply or release its MUTE/SOLO action.

Where groups are used

• In Live Play, touching a track that belongs to a group brings the other available members of that group with it.
• In Crossfade, XFADE can treat a group as one performance choice.
• In Transition, TRANSITION can include all group members in a handoff.

Groups are designed as a live setup. Save the important track and performance state in the project, but be prepared to rebuild G1–G8 membership after loading.

XPLAY contains six live-performance tools:

Open XPLAY, turn EncB to select a card, then press White to open it. On Conductor, Crossfade, Transition, and Live Mix, hold White to open setup. Short-press White to close setup first, then press it again to leave the performance surface.

What it is

Conductor changes the way a performance develops without rewriting the stored pattern. On KEYS tracks it can move notes to fit changing chords. On DRUM tracks it can change density and create fills or breaks without changing the drum notes. MODU tracks pass through unchanged.

Firmware 1.40 has CALL/RESPONSE, COMPOSER, and OFF.

Opening Conductor does not switch the engine on. It remains OFF until you choose a mode. If an engine was already running, opening the screen shows that current mode.

Turn it on

1. Open XPLAY and choose CONDUCTOR.
2. Turn EncA to choose CALL/RESPONSE, COMPOSER, or OFF.
3. Hold White to open setup.
4. Choose which tracks and coloured playheads Conductor may change, then hold White again to return to the performance screen.

Closing the Conductor screen does not turn an active engine off. Choose OFF when you want Conductor to stop changing playback.

CALL/RESPONSE

CALL/RESPONSE plays the original phrase as the call, then changes selected KEYS tracks for the response. Its main screen has four answer blocks, A1 to A4.

Each answer block stores three things:

Push the joystick left/right to select A1–A4. Push it up/down to choose the loop count, answer shape, or drum action inside that block, then turn EncB to change the highlighted value. Touching a block selects it; touching the selected block again moves to its next setting.

Touch a numbered track box to add or remove that track from the selected answer block. Press EncB to trigger that block's drum fill or break manually.

Use the CALL and RESP cells in setup to choose how many times each half repeats.

COMPOSER

COMPOSER develops the selected tracks through a set of performance stages. Its main screen has four cards:

Push the joystick left/right to select a card and turn EncB to change it. When the shared live card is selected, push the joystick up/down to choose TENSION, ANCHOR, or VARY.

Turn EncC, or touch one of the I to vii boxes, to choose the chord that Composer treats as home. Touch the large status line to move up one stage. Touch the selected STAGE card to enter RELEASE; touch it again to return.

Press EncB while a Composer card other than KEY/SCALE is selected to hold the current chord passage as a repeating loop. Press it again to release the loop. Long-press EncB to pause Conductor at its current point; long-press it again to continue.

Touch a numbered track box to add or remove that track from Composer.

The six stages are:

When QNT is on, a stage shown with > is waiting for the current loop to finish.

Conductor setup

Hold White to open the setup grid. Push the joystick up/down to change rows, left/right to change cells, and turn EncB to edit the selected cell.

To set the tracks and playheads, touch a track once to select it. Touch the selected track again to add or remove it. The three coloured boxes at the left control which playheads are used for that selected track.

Touch can also select a row or cell. Touch the selected cell again to move to its next value.

Conductor setup is saved with the project. The live Composer stage returns to GROUND after loading so a project does not reopen halfway through a rise or release.

Crossfade

Crossfade uses the joystick to move between four corners. Each corner can hold a track and a Modifier. In MIDI MIX, each corner holds a MIDI or CC destination instead.

Hold White inside Crossfade to open setup. Use the joystick up/down to choose a row and turn EncB to change it. Start with QUAD to choose Q1–Q4, then set the track and Modifier for that corner. Choose BACK when finished.

For normal Crossfade use:

• QUAD chooses the corner you are editing.
• TYPE chooses how the centre and corners behave.
• TRACK assigns a track to that corner. Use -- when no track is needed.
• MOD chooses a Modifier for that corner.
• MOD ON turns that Modifier contribution on or off.
• MOD PH chooses the Orange, Yellow, or Blue playhead affected by the Modifier.
• The rows below MOD PH are the selected Modifier's own settings.

In MIDI MIX, choose one SOURCE, then edit Q1–Q4 and give each one a DEST. DEST CH changes or passes through the MIDI channel. DEST CC chooses the controller number for a CC destination. Sources are DIN1–3 IN, USB1–3 IN, CV IN, and DIN1–3 OUT. Destinations are DIN1–3 OUT and CC on DIN1–3.

Use Crossfade for a breakdown, a four-way arrangement blend, a live Modifier change, CV-to-CC control, or blending one MIDI source between several destinations.

Live Play

Live Play shows the 12 tracks in a performance grid.

Touch the LIVE/LOOP badge to change mode. Touch a track cell to bring that track in or out. If the track belongs to a group, all available members of that group change with it.

When Arrange is currently running, Live Play edits the active Arrange scene. The screen reports ARRANGE LIVE; if a group was changed, it reports GROUP LIVE.

Use LIVE for immediate improvisation and LOOP for changes that land cleanly at the next loop.

Transition moves from one live setup to another over a chosen number of bars.

Hold White to open the Transition type chooser. Turn EncB to choose one of the two types, then press EncB to open it:

• PROJECTS: move from the current setup to a saved project slot in the same bank.
• TRACKS: fade one set of tracks out while another set fades in.

Project transition

1. Turn EncA to choose a used target slot.
2. Turn EncB to set 1–64 bars.
3. Press EncA or touch START.
4. Press EncA again to cancel. EncC moves progress in larger steps and EncD moves it in smaller steps when you want to control the transition by hand.

Project mode can gradually move the internal tempo toward the target project's saved BPM. When both keys are known, the screen also shows their relationship.

Track transition

The left grid is FROM; the right grid is TO.

• A track only in FROM fades out.
• A track only in TO fades in.
• A track in both keeps playing.
• A track in neither is left alone.

Use the joystick to move around the FROM and TO grids. EncB selects a track and pressing EncB adds or removes it from the active grid. EncA sets 1–64 bars; press EncA or touch START to start or cancel. EncC and EncD move the progress by hand. Track mode does not load a project or change tempo and key.

Use it to hand over from an intro to a full arrangement, swap a live band of tracks, or move between songs without an abrupt cut.

Live Mix provides 12 performance sliders. A slider can scale note velocity or send MIDI CC, and its movement can be recorded.

Hold White to open setup. Use the joystick up/down to choose a row and turn EncB to change it. Hold White again to return to the sliders.

Main controls

Setup rows

Use Live Mix for a velocity fade, filter sweep, send level, or repeatable live automation move.

Arrange plays up to 12 scenes in order. Each scene stores which of the 12 tracks are active and how many times the scene repeats.

Build an arrangement

1. Open XPLAY and choose ARRANGE.
2. Select a scene column.
3. Select track rows and turn their scene dots on or off.
4. Set the repeat count at the top of the scene.
5. Turn Arrange on.

Controls

Use scenes for intro, verse, chorus, break, and outro, or for any ordered set of track combinations.

Project cards

Projects are organised into banks and lettered slots. EncA selects the bank and EncB selects the slot.

Save safely

1. Open PROJECTS.
2. Select the bank and slot.
3. Touch SAVE.
4. If the slot is already used, read OVERWRITE SLOT? and choose YES only when you mean to replace it.

Other confirmations are CLEAR SLOT?, LOAD PROJECT?, and NEW PROJECT?.

Name a project

1. Select the project slot in PROJECTS.
2. Press White to open PROJECT NAME.
3. Enter up to 11 characters and choose SAVE.

The project keyboard contains letters, numbers, SPACE, -, _, BACK, CLEAR, RANDOM, CANCEL, and SAVE. RANDOM creates a built-in name. A blank name cannot be saved.

What a project keeps

A project keeps the musical patterns and their important performance setup, including track/playhead settings, Swing, Track LFO, Cross Mod, Modifiers, MODU STATES, Router setup, Crossfade, Arrange, and Conductor choices.

G1–G8 group membership is a live setup and is not restored with the project.

What it is

MIDI Router connects physical and USB MIDI sources to MIDI or CV destinations. It can filter a link, split note ranges, merge sources, and change a track's route on selected steps.

Short-press White to move through its three views:

1. TRACKS
2. WIRING
3. Router Arrange, the step-routing grid

Hold White in WIRING to open MIDI FILTER for the selected link.

TRACKS view

TRACKS shows where each created track is currently being sent. Select a track with EncA, then read the P1/P2/P3 wires and channel numbers shown for it.

WIRING view

Sources on the left are DIN1–3 IN, USB1–3 IN, and CV IN. Destinations on the right are DIN1–3 OUT, USB1–3 OUT, and CV1/CV2 OUT.

A DIN socket set to DIN SYNC on SYSTEM is marked DINSYNC and cannot be used as a MIDI link until it is returned to MIDI mode.

MIDI FILTER

Use joystick up/down or EncA for rows and EncB for values. White closes the filter.

Router Arrange

This view adds step-based output or channel changes to a track and playhead. Rows are CHN, DIN1–3, USB1–3, CV1, and CV2.

Use this for a phrase that moves to a different MIDI output, a single step that changes channel, or a pattern that alternates between MIDI and CV destinations.

Router wiring, filters, splits, merges, and step routing are saved with the project.

Main settings

Open SYSTEM, move through the rows with the joystick up/down, and turn EncB to change the selected row. Press EncB on STORAGE or CV CAL to open it.

Erasing storage is destructive. Use it only when you intend to erase saved data. It also clears CV calibration.

CV calibration menu

Use the joystick up/down to choose an entry and press EncB to open it. White goes back without accepting the current step.

Track a CV output

1. Patch CV1 or CV2 OUT to the receiving synth and monitor it with a tuner.
2. Choose CV1 TRACK or CV2 TRACK.
3. For A0 through A7, use EncA for a large adjustment and EncB for a fine adjustment.
4. Press EncB to capture each tuned point.
5. After A7, check that the summary shows TRACKED.

Calibrate CV input by loopback

1. Patch CV1 OUT to CV IN.
2. Choose CV IN LOOPBACK.
3. Press EncB to start and wait for completion.
4. Check that CV IN shows CAL'D.

For manual input calibration, choose CV IN MANUAL and follow the displayed low and high voltage prompts. If INPUT UNSTABLE appears, check the source and cable, then try again.

Connect ADEPT to the browser by USB MIDI and choose Connect ADEPT. Allow MIDI and SysEx access when the browser asks.

The web editor can read and change:

• the project name and all 12 track names;
• the selected playhead, CASCADE, and SEQUENTIAL;
• PLAY MODE, DIRECTION, CLOCK DIV, CLOCK SRC, OUTPUT, CHANNEL, REC MODE, REC Q, INPUT, PASS THRU, HUMAN, MASTER, LOOP Q, and S/S FILTER for each playhead;
• the CV pitch, gate, and DIN settings shown in its System panel.

The browser editor currently offers NORMAL, METRICAL, STOCHASTIC, and RANDOM in PLAY MODE. Choose CALL&RESP or COMPOSE on ADEPT itself.

Choose Save Metadata To ADEPT after sending changes; sending a field alone does not make it permanent. Exported project JSON contains the names, playhead settings, and System-panel settings. Importing a JSON file fills the editor first so you can review it before sending it to ADEPT.

For a firmware update:

1. Open the editor in Chrome or Edge and allow MIDI access when asked.
2. Keep ADEPT connected directly by USB.
3. Choose the ADEPT firmware .bin file in the updater.
4. Let the updater check the file and put ADEPT into update mode.
5. Leave the browser open and do not disconnect USB until ADEPT has restarted and the updater reports completion.

A pattern that changes every four loops

1. Make a normal KEYS or DRUM pattern.
2. Set one extra step to 4:4.
3. Lower its PROB if it should happen only sometimes on that fourth pass.
4. Add RATCHET or ACCENT to the same step for a stronger turnaround.

Three parts from one track

1. Put the main notes on one KEYS track.
2. Give Orange 16 steps, Yellow 12, and Blue 7.
3. Change their DIRECTION or CLOCK DIV values.
4. Route them to different outputs or channels where required.

Intro to full arrangement

1. Open Transition in TRACKS mode.
2. Put the intro tracks in FROM.
3. Put the full arrangement tracks in TO; include any parts that should continue in both.
4. Choose the number of bars and start.

Call and answer performance

1. Open Conductor and choose CALL/RESPONSE with EncA.
2. Hold White. Choose which answer shapes are available, set CALL and RESP repeats, and allow the required tracks and coloured playheads.
3. Leave setup and select answer block A1, A2, A3, or A4 with the joystick.
4. Set that block's loop count, answer shape, and drum action. Touch track boxes to add or remove them from that block.
5. Press EncB when you want the selected block's fill or break immediately.

Arrange a short song

1. Scene 1: drums and bass, repeat 4.
2. Scene 2: add the main KEYS track, repeat 8.
3. Scene 3: remove the bass and add a fill track, repeat 2.
4. Scene 4: turn on the full set of tracks, repeat 8.
5. Turn Arrange ON.

This section is for quick checking after you already know the feature.

TRACK rows by type

Playhead menu order

BACK, PLAYHEAD, PLAY MODE, DIRECTION, CLOCK DIV, CLOCK SRC, OUTPUT, CHANNEL, REC MODE, REC Q, INPUT, REC LOOPS, PASS THRU, HUMAN, NOTE DIM, FADE, MASTER, LOOP Q, CASCADE, SEQUENTIAL, S/S FILTER, SCROLL/SPLIT, STEP NUMS, CLEAR.

Generator rows

• KEYS: GENERATE, ROLE, VOICES, SCALE, DENSITY, VARIANT, NEXT VARI, VARI LOOP, HIGH NOTE, LOW NOTE, PLAY LOOPS, REST LOOPS, LOOP OFFSET, NOTE SHIFT.
• DRUM: GENERATE, STYLE, DENSITY, VARIANT, NEXT VARI, VARI LOOP.
• MODU: GENERATE, MODE, optional ENV, AMPLITUDE, OFFSET, SMOOTH, CURVE, CYCLE, PHASE, VARIANT.

GROUPS settings

BACK, GROUP, MODE, XFADE, TRANSITION.

XPLAY card order

CONDUCTOR, TRANSITION, CROSSFADE, LIVE PLAY, ARRANGE, MIX.

Conductor setup rows

MODE, RESPONSE, REPEAT, ENGINE, FEEL.

Live Mix setup rows

SLIDER, ASSIGN, VEL, CC, ENC RATIO, REC SLIDER, REC LOOPS, LOCK, CLEAR.

MIDI FILTER rows

CHANNEL, MESSAGE, NOTES, VELOCITY, CC, SYSTEM, MIDI SPLIT, SPLIT 1, SPLIT 2, SPLIT 3, MERGE FILTER.

Crossfade setup rows

• Normal: BACK, QUAD, TYPE, TRACK, MOD, MOD ON, MOD PH, followed by the selected Modifier's settings.
• MIDI MIX: BACK, QUAD, TYPE, SOURCE, DEST, DEST CH, DEST CC.

SYSTEM rows

CV1, CV2, GATE1, GATE2, DIN1, DIN2, DIN3, BACKLIGHT, STORAGE, CV CAL.

Piano Roll zoom

• Hold EncD and turn: change the number of visible steps.
• Hold EncC and turn: change the number of visible note or drum rows.
• Press EncC and EncD together: fit the roll around the material or return to the normal view.
• For patterns longer than 16 steps, SCROLL follows the playhead and SPLIT switches between fixed pages 1–16 and 17–32.

When troubleshooting, start with the simplest path: one unmuted track, one running playhead, condition ---, probability full, one known output, and no active group or XPLAY performance layer. Add the other features back one at a time.