Q. How do I change Banks?
1. Press and hold the Home/Enter button.
2. Turn the Data Entry Control.

Q. How do I play a Beat in Beats Mode?
1. Press the Master and Edit buttons at the same time to enter Beats Mode.
2. Use the Cursor buttons to move to the Beat number. (B:)
3. Turn the Data Entry Control to scroll through the different beats.
4. Press the Home/Enter button to start playback of the beat.
5. Use the Cursor buttons to move to the Tempo or to the Drum Kit number. (T:) (bts)
6. Turn the Data Entry Control to select a different Drum Kit or a new Tempo.
7. Press the Home/Enter button to stop playback of the beat.

Q. What is the X-Factor?
The X-Factor parameter is found in the Beats Mode. The X-Factor works like transposition, but rather than change the pitch of the instruments the X-Factor changes what instrument plays on each beat. This allows you multiply the number of possible beat combinations. To change the X-Factor follow this procedure:
1. Press the Master and Edit buttons at the same time to enter Beats Mode.
2. Use the Cursor buttons to move to X-Factor. (X:)
3. Press the Home/Enter button to start playback of the beat.
4. Use the Data Entry Control to change the X-Factor
5. Press the Home/Enter button to stop playback of the beat.

Q. How do I create a Layer by Linking Presets?
1. Select the Preset you would like to use first.
2. Press the Edit button.
3. Turn the Data Entry Control to move through the screens until you see LINK 1.
4. Press the cursor buttons to move to the second line in the display.
5. Use the Data Entry Control to select the program you would like to layer.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 for Link 2 and 3.
7. Make sure you save your program when you are finished.

Q. How do I create a Split by Linking Presets?
1. Select the Preset you would like to use first.
2. Press the Edit button.
3. Turn the Data Entry Control to move through the screens until you see KEY RANGE.
4. Press the cursor buttons to move to the Low Key Range.
5. Use the Data Entry Control to select the lowest key you would like the program to play at.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to set the High Key Range.
7. Turn the Data Entry Control to move through the screens until you see LINK 1.
8. Use the cursor buttons to move to the second line in the display.
9. Use the Data Entry Control to select the program you would like.
10. Press the cursor buttons to move to the Low Key Range.
11. Use the Data Entry Control to select the lowest key you would like this program to play at.
12. Repeat steps 10 and 11 to set the High Key Range.
13. Make sure you save your program when you are finished.
Q. There are no empty Presets, so where can I save the Presets I create or customize?
The Orbit, Planet Phatt and Carnaval all come fully loaded with sounds from the factory. This means that in order to customize or change a Preset you will need to have a location to save it to. Note: Banks 0 and 1 are RAM banks which are capable of being written to. If you write over a particular Preset that you didn't want to loose, you can always reinitialize your unit to restore the Factory Presets!

Q. How do I Reset my unit back to the Factory Default settings?
1. Turn on the unit while holding both Cursor buttons down
2. Once booted up in Diagnostics, turn the Data Entry Control until you see Initialize.
3. Press the Enter button.
4. Press the Enter button again to verify that you want to initialize you unit.
5. Now, turn the unit off. Wait a few seconds and then re-power the unit normally.

Q. How do I send the Beats from Beats Mode to my Sequencer?
1. Make sure you have a MIDI cable connected from the Out of your MIDI sequencer to the In of your module and from the Out of your module to the In of the sequencer. Note: In order to avoid a MIDI feedback loop set MIDI Thru to Off on your sequencer.
2. Press the Master button.
3. Turn the Data Entry Control until you see BEATS MIDI OUT.
4. Use the cursor buttons to move to the second line in the display and set this to "Transmit." This will transmit the Beats out on MIDI channel 16.
5. Press the Master and Edit buttons at the same time to enter Beats Mode.
6. Use the Cursor buttons to move to the beat number. (B:)
7. Turn the Data Entry Control to scroll through the different beats.
8. Set the sequencer BPM to the BPM of the beat selected and make sure that the sequencer is enabled to record on MIDI Channel 16.
9. Press the Home/Enter button to start play back of the beat. Once recorded you can exit out of Beats Mode and begin playing your drum pattern back from your sequencer.

Q. How do I Start and Stop Beats with a Sequencer?
1. Your sequencer needs to be able to send Song Start and Song Stop messages.
2. Press the Master button.
3. Turn the Data Entry Control until you see SONG START/STOP.
4. Use the cursor buttons to move to the second line in the display and set this to ENABLE.
5. Press the Master and Edit buttons at the same time to enter Beats Mode. The unit must be in Beats Mode to respond to song start and stop messages from the sequencer.

Q. How do I Change Beats via MIDI?
To change beats via MIDI you need to send a MIDI Song Select message. MIDI Song Select has a value from 1 to 127. Song#1 - 99 are Beats and Song#100 - 127 are Songs. MIDI Song Select is used since MIDI Preset Change commands are already in use for all 16 MIDI Channels.

Q. When the Beats are playing, can I play other Voices (like a synth line) along with the beat?
Yes, make sure the MIDI MODE in MASTER is set to Multi. Then go into Beats Mode, start the beat and then press the MASTER and EDIT button (while the beat is still playing). This returns you to Play Mode where you can change Presets while playing along with the beat. Of course you must have a MIDI keyboard hooked up to your module. Note: Verify that the MIDI Channel that the keyboard is sending out is the one that you are attempting to change Presets on (the upper left hand corner of your module's display will indicate the module's MIDI Channel number, ie. C01).