Auditioning

Where applicable, pressing the 1-16 buttons will sound the instrument of the current (or last) selected track. For example, if the current (or last) selected track was the lead (Ld) track, pressing 1-16 will allow you to play the lead sound. You can audition tracks like this in track editing mode, as well as in Song mode.

However, note that there is a subtle, but important difference in the way the sound is triggered, depending on what you are editing in the interface. The difference is the following;

• If you are on the Sequencer page ("Seq") of a track, notes will sound immediately as soon as you press 1-16. As soon as you release the pressed 1-16 key, the note will stop sounding. This behavior is much like pressing the key on a piano, and is the best way to jam along with your song or come up with riffs, melodies and motifs. This behavior is also identical to playing in Live mode.
  
• Everywhere else, notes will only sound once you release (let go) of 1-16, and will play for the duration of the programming note length (set by holding write and turning the value knob). This behavior may feel "laggy" when trying to jam along with your composition, but is useful when combined with changing parameters when, for example, sound designing a patch. Note also, that if you have the programming note length set to "0.St" (zero length), then any patch that has an attack and decay level of 0 will not sound anything at all (as the step/note length is applied to the sustain component only).
  

TIP: While editing a track, you can quickly switch between the Sequencer page ("Seq") and another page by pressing the value knob.