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What is saved where, how to make sure it is saved, and what is lost when you switch off.

What a pattern holds and how to make sure it is saved

Every track has 8 patterns per project. What is in a pattern travels with it (Duplicate, chains, scenes) and reaches the card when you save the project.

What each pattern carries

What	Tracks	How it gets there
Notes, velocity, gate, micro steps and probability of every step	all	As on the original
Knob automation: the macros of Synth 1 / 2, the MIDI template knobs, the drums' stock knobs, Mixer level and pan, reverb / delay sends	all	As on the original: Record and turn, or hold a step and turn
Sample flips	drums	As on the original
First and last step, sync rate and direction	all	Pattern Settings, as on the original
Random-mutate, frequency and dynamics of every step (since RC2)	all	Probability view
Fractal / deconstructed order and chain rule (n passes, jump to B / C) (since RC2)	all	Pattern Settings, Patterns
Step that releases the automation (since RC4)	Synth 1 / 2, MIDI 1 / 2	Velocity view, Shift + step pad (track view)
Own-synth lanes (the 8 sequenceable knobs) (since RC2); (since RC4) the snapshot of Record + step	MIDI 1 / 2	Record and turn (knob pages)
Step-drummer notes: in automation lanes (MIDI 1 / 2: the pitch one and, for its page 2, the Release one; Synth 1 / 2: its macro's)	Synth, MIDI	Step-drummer
FX sequencer values	MIDI 1 / 2	Step-drummer
Sample-mode sample flips (in the track's level lane) (since RC2)	MIDI 1 / 2	Sample picker
Drum chromatic steps (in the drum's pitch lane) (since RC2)	drums	Chromatic view with Record
(Beta 5.0 only) The drums' extra lane (the chromatic pitch or the assigned knob; in each step's spare bits; code 126 = the automation view's mark)	drums	Drum track view with Record; the automation view
(Beta 5.0 only) The drums' states and ramps (state locks: in the same bits, the state's number or «ramp»; the states, in the project)	drums	Drum track view with Record; the automation view
Hits of the rollers and of the drum arpeggio	drums	With Record, as normal hits
(since RC4) The copy of the own synth of MIDI 1 / 2 (in the settings of patterns 1-5, without changing what they play)	MIDI 1 / 2	On its own, when the project is saved

• Not in the pattern, although chosen with it on screen: the arpeggiator (on, order and resolution; (since RC4) its modifiers) and the gate by holding are saved in the project per track (the arpeggiator per track and pattern number: duplicating the pattern does not copy it).
• Duplicating a pattern copies everything in the table. Clear + pattern in the Patterns view (outside chain mode) deletes it with its rule and its order.

How to make sure it is saved

1. A knob turned without Record changes the sound of the whole project (the patch, the drum knobs, the Mixer…), not the pattern. To make it change at a step or along the pattern, record it: Record with the sequencer running, or hold a step and turn (as on the original).
2. Save the project: Save twice (the first press flashes white; the second, fast green). It goes to the last slot used; for another slot, in the Projects view: Save + the slot's pad (as on the original). Everything marked «project» or «pattern» in this guide only reaches the card this way.
3. Loading another project or switching off without saving loses the changes since the last Save (as on the original). At power-up the last project used is loaded, as it was saved.
4. Save always off = Save Lock is on (Shift + Save at power-up, an original feature): repeat the gesture to remove it.
5. The MIDI 1 / 2 own synth keeps its values in the device settings (the same for every project): (since RC4) also with the project when it is saved. To keep a sound across projects or packs, save it as a patch (MIDI 1 / 2 Preset view, Clear + pad twice). To make it change inside the pattern, use page 4 (the lanes) or the step-drummer.
6. A Synth 1 / 2 patch as it sounds (knobs, edited macro destinations, MIDI received) goes with the project; to have it in the pack and use it in other projects, save it in the Preset view (Clear + pad twice) (since RC2).
7. Before switching off: stop the sequencer and wait 2 s without touching the MIDI 1 / 2 engine (its settings are written to the card only with the transport stopped, so as not to break up the audio), and switch off with the power button.
8. Without a card (the internal memory's pack) and with the S versions, the mod writes nothing of its own: patches, samples and copies are not saved (the Save LED turns red). Projects are, as on the original.
9. (since RC4.02) Saving while it plays: Save twice with the sequencer running leaves the save pending (Save blinks yellow) and writes it when you stop, so the clock does not stumble; if you ask the project for something else first (loading one, saving into another slot), it is saved first. If you change pack before stopping, that save is dropped. Stop the transport before switching off.

What comes back after a restart and where it is saved

Five places: the pattern, the project (both when the project is saved), the pack (at once, on the card), the device settings (on their own, for every project) and none (lost at power-off).

The project (Save twice)

What	Where it is used
As on the original: the Synth 1 / 2 patches as they sound, the drums' chosen samples and knobs, Mixer, sends and reverb / delay parameters, side-chain, scenes and chains, tempo, swing, scale and root	—
New drum knobs: envelope, ring mod, LFO, filter and its mode, start, cut, attack, bitcrush, distortion type; the chromatic view's semitone	Drums
Noise source of Synth 1 / 2 (audio inputs)	Source view
Master FX: the 20 knobs, the effects assigned to the slots, compressor attack / release	Master FX, Side-chain
Side-chain: Synth 1 / 2 and MIDI 1 / 2 as a source; K1-K4 of the drum pages	Side-chain
Chain mode (and in each scene), scene repeats, the cue mode sends	Patterns, Mixer
Count-in (the click, as on the original, is not saved)	Buttons
Arpeggiator of notes and of drums (per track and pattern; (since RC4) with its modifiers), gate by holding, fixed length	Pattern Settings, Micro Step
Custom scale and (since RC4) Jankó	Scales
MIDI 1 / 2 own synth: gate retrigger, LFO shape, the step-drummer's pitch-vel toggle and page 2 destination	Knob pages, Step-drummer
(since RC4) Stereo drum pairs: on, distance, width and deviations	Drums
(Beta 5.0 only) What each drum's extra lane carries (lane or state locks)	Drums
(Beta 5.0 only) The drums' states (up to 80, with their 14 values; saved with the project and its scenes)	Drums
(since RC4) The whole own synth of MIDI 1 / 2: engine, values, matrix, destinations of the sequenceable and (since RC4) non-sequenceable knobs, FM, voice mode, stereo (loading a project that carries it, the project's wins; an older one leaves the sound as it was)	MIDI Preset view

The pack (written to the card when you do the gesture)

What	Where it is used
Saved Synth 1 / 2 patches (since RC2) (Clear + pad twice); swaps and copies between packs	Synth Preset view
Own-synth patches of MIDI 1 / 2 (64 per pack, (since RC4) 128; shared by both tracks: engine, values, step-drummer, (since RC2.02) matrix, (since RC4) FM, destinations of the sequenceable and (since RC4) non-sequenceable knobs, voice mode)	MIDI Preset view
Samples: swaps, copies between packs and the capture replacing a drum (this one when the project is saved, if it fits)	Drum Preset view
Projects copied to another slot or pack; deleted packs	Projects, Packs

The device settings (on their own, for every project)

What	Where it is used
As on the original: channels, CC / note / Program Change filters, clock, master compressor on, brightness, Save Lock	Setup, Advanced Setup
MIDI 1 / 2 engine: the engine chosen, all its values, oscillators and order (pads 28 / 29), step-drummer on and its destination, FX sequencer, patch flip	MIDI Preset view
MIDI Thru jack mode (Thru, Out 2, Merge, Filter), the project's Program Change channels, cue mode	Advanced Setup, Setup, Mixer
(since RC4) The drums' General MIDI mode and its notes; USB merge; external keyboard to the arpeggiator; the pads' velocity curve	Setup, Advanced Setup

What is lost at a restart

Whatever is in none of the tables above lives only in memory and is gone at power-off (or when another version is installed).

What	At power-up
Everything changed since the project's last Save (as on the original)	The project comes back as it was saved
Master filter and its resonance (as on the original); (since RC4) the master filter switched off with Shift + pad 25	At their initial values; the filter, on
Click on / off and View Lock (as on the original)	Off
Latched effects, song pointer and latched sample of Master FX	Off; the song pointer at 0
Record in the Setup view (record the internal routings)	Off
In the Side-chain view, the triggers of a drum by another drum or by a pattern (pads of the drum pages)	Those of the drum's preset
Pending mutes on the next bar (Mixer, Shift + pad)	—
Latched notes and chords (Shift + key, Shift + root), the chord screen (type and modifiers) and the half-step of Octave with Jankó (since RC4)	No latch; the defaults; Octave at 0
Split keyboard and open views (step-drummer, macro editor, picker)	Closed
A sample or patch waiting to be copied into another pack (Duplicate + A)	Nothing waiting
The Master FX capture unused, or used in a drum without saving the project	Empty; the drum with its pack sample
The own synth's mod matrix not saved in a patch (since RC2.02) ((since RC4): also saved with the project)	Off
The pass counters of frequency and of the fractal order (they restart when stopped)	From the first pass

• Installing another version restarts the device: what was not saved is lost; the project, the pack and the settings stay.
• Going back to the official firmware: projects and packs saved with the mod open on the original; the mod's own data sits in parts of the files the original does not use, and the original does not read it.