The reference
Every key, every parameter
The complete map. Not a read, a lookup: the keymap, the fn layer, the settings tree, every range and default, and where your sounds actually live.
The same list lives on the device
tab opens settings; How to play is the very first row. Hold fn and the bottom line of the screen spells out the whole fn layer while you hold it.
Plain text, for printing
string 3 (hi) | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 | - oct- = oct+ bksp PANIC string 2 | q w e r t y u i o p | [ bend- ] bend+ \ tap tempo string 1 | a s d f g h j k l ; | enter tilt string 0 (lo) | z x c v b n m , . / | space sustain ` restart (hold ~0.7 s) fn (hold) quick-edit layer tab settings shift (hold) momentary chromatic ctrl / opt volume - / + alt loop pedal BTN RST (left trigger) restart to Launcher G0 (right trigger) trigger macro, muffle by default
| rows | Each row is a string, one voice at a time, gliding between whatever you press on it. Left to right walks up the scale. Rows sit a fourth apart by default (Row interval). |
| bottom row | The jam row when Jam rows is on (the default): tap to latch a drone or spell a chord progression. Hold shift while tapping for a chromatic power-chord voicing. |
| shift | Chromatic semitones for as long as it's held. Momentary on purpose. |
| space | Sustain pedal. |
| - / = | Octave down / up. Octave keys chooses whether held notes sweep or re-strike. |
| [ / ] | Pitch bend down / up over the Bend range. With fn held and a knob grabbed, they turn it fine. |
| \ | Tap tempo. Two taps make a beat; a single tap only reports the current tempo. |
| enter | Tilt: tap cycles, hold locks. |
| alt | Loop pedal: tap to record, tap to close, tap to overdub. Hold to clear. |
| bksp | Panic: all notes off. Also clears drones, the progression, and the solo/backing split. Held during the boot splash: factory reset. |
| ctrl / opt | Volume down / up. Hold to ramp. |
| tab | Settings, and the help screen. |
| ` (hold) | Save and restart GLIDE. It lands on GLIDE's splash again, not Launcher. Also skips the tour. |
What those keys do together — the slide, the chord slide, backing yourself — is the playing guide.
Everything below is a chord: hold fn, then press the key. Add shift where it says so.
| fn + q..p | Load that sound slot, live. Unsaved edits on the live sound drop. |
| fn + shift + q..p | Save the live sound over that slot. |
| fn + 1..0 | Grab a quick knob: glide, attack, decay, sustain, release, waveform, cutoff, voices, bend range, volume. Keep fn held, then -/= turns it coarse and [/] fine. |
| fn + k | Key up a semitone. fn+shift+k goes down. |
| fn + k (hold) | LISTEN: the mic hears the room, works out key, mode and tempo, and retunes. ADV only. |
| fn + s | Next scale. fn+shift+s goes back. |
| fn + a | Arpeggiate the backing chords: up, down, up/down, off. fn+shift+a steps back. Always off after a restart. |
| fn + z | Arp rate: 1/8, 1/8 triplet, 1/16, 1/4. |
| fn + x | Arp span: one octave or two. |
| fn + \ | Metronome on / off. |
| fn + ctrl / opt | Metronome volume. |
| fn + alt | Peel the last overdub off the loop. Repeat to walk the stack; it bounces at the ends. |
Settings is an accordion. Only CREATE is unfolded when it opens, so the whole map fits on the screen. How to play sits above everything.
Create
- Randomize a new sound, new character
- Mutate · Mutate amt
- Undo · Redo
- Init sound a blank canvas
Library
- Save to SD · Load from SD
- Sound reset this slot to factory
- Reset all sounds whole bank, same seed
- Re-roll bank presets back, fresh o and p
Tone
- Filter mode low · high · band · notch
- Resonance · Fat detune
- Drift per-voice pitch wander
- Filter env attack / decay / depth
- Sub · noise · drive · auto-vibrato
Effects
- Chorus
- Delay send · Delay time
- Delay sync free or a division
- Delay feedback
- Reverb send · Reverb size
Modulation
- LFO 1 · LFO 2 shape · rate or sync
- Mod env attack · decay
- Six slots source · destination · amount
Layout
- Root key · Scale · Row interval
- Glide mode legato only · always
- Allocation strings · free poly
- Octave keys sweep · re-strike
- Bend time · Morph time
Jam / backing
- Jam rows off · bottom · bottom 2
- Drone voicing · Jam octave
- Jam motion sustained · pulse · arp · progression
- Jam tempo · Tap tempo · Metronome vol
- Chord length · Loop snap
Tilt
- Tilt map global · per sound
- Tilt f/b route · depth
- Tilt l/r route · depth
- Tilt center hold flat, set
Trigger
- Trigger action muffle · brighten · pitch dive · drive grit · synth morph · wah · gate
- Trigger depth
- Trigger mode momentary · latch
System
- Demo mode · Display · Theme
- Screen idle · Boot sound
- Intro card · Tutorial
- Odometer · Storage
- Reset defaults settings only
Anything marked per sound saves with the slot on fn+shift+letter. Everything else is a setting and persists on its own. What each one is for is the sound design guide.
| parameter | range | default | where |
|---|---|---|---|
| glide time | 0 – 2000 ms | 120 | fn+1 · per sound |
| attack / decay / sustain / release | 0–2 s / 0–2 s / 0–100% / 0–3 s | 5 ms / 120 ms / 70% / 250 ms | fn+2..5 · per sound |
| waveform | sine, tri, saw, square, fat, pwm | saw | fn+6 · per sound |
| cutoff / resonance | 80 Hz – 12 kHz / 0–95% | 4 kHz / 30% | fn+7 / settings · per sound |
| filter mode | lowpass, highpass, bandpass, notch | lowpass | Tone · per sound |
| filter env atk / dec / depth | 1 ms–2 s / 10 ms–2 s / 0–3+ oct | per sound | Tone · per sound |
| sub / noise / drive / auto-vib | 0–1 / 0–1 / 1–8 / cents | per sound | Tone · per sound |
| drift | off – 12 cents | on, subtle | Tone |
| voices | 1 – 8 | 6 | fn+8 |
| bend range / bend time | 1–12 st / 50–1000 ms | 2 st / 250 ms | fn+9 / Layout |
| volume | 0 – 100% | 70% | ctrl / opt, or fn+0 |
| root / scale / row interval | C–B / 13 scales / 1–12 st | A / minor pentatonic / 4th | fn+k, fn+s live · Layout |
| glide mode | legato only / always | legato only | Layout · per sound |
| allocation | strings (mono rows) / free poly | strings | Layout |
| octave keys | sweep (glide) / re-strike | sweep | Layout |
| jam rows | off / bottom / bottom 2 | bottom | Jam |
| jam motion | sustained / pulse / arp / progression | progression | Jam |
| jam octave | two under – two over | one over | Jam |
| jam tempo / chord length | 40–240 bpm / 1–8 beats | 100 / 4 | Jam · \ tap tempo |
| loop snap | off / beat / bar | bar | Jam |
| arpeggiator | up / down / up-down / off · 1/8, 1/8T, 1/16, 1/4 · 1 or 2 oct | off on every boot | fn+a · fn+z · fn+x |
| metronome | on / off · 0–100% | off / 60% | fn+\ · fn+ctrl/opt · Jam |
| chorus / delay / reverb send | 0 – 100% each | per sound | Effects · per sound |
| delay time / sync / feedback | 10–600 ms / free, 1/4, 1/8., 1/8, 1/8T, 1/16 / 0–90% | per sound | Effects · per sound |
| reverb size | 0 – 100% | per sound | Effects · per sound |
| LFO 1 / LFO 2 | sine, tri, saw, square, S&H · Hz or a tempo division | off | Modulation · per sound |
| mod envelope | attack / decay | off | Modulation · per sound |
| mod slots ×6 | LFO1, LFO2, mod env, key track, bend → pitch, cutoff, resonance, amp, filter-env depth · ± amount | off | Modulation · per sound |
| tilt map | global / per sound | global | Tilt |
| tilt routes (f/b, l/r) | off / cutoff / vibrato / volume / morph | morph f/b · vibrato l/r | Tilt · enter toggles |
| tilt depth | 0 – 100% | 90% morph · 60% vibrato | Tilt |
| tilt center | calibrated flat | 0 | Tilt · hold and set |
| trigger action / depth / mode | muffle, brighten, pitch dive, drive grit, synth morph, wah, gate / 0–100% / momentary, latch | muffle / 70% / momentary | Trigger · right trigger G0 |
| sound slots | 10 · q GLIDE, w ACID, e..i curated, o and p rolled per device | curated + 2 rolled | fn+q..p · fn+shift+q..p |
| display | waveform scope / pitch trail | pitch trail | System |
| theme | 10 palettes + custom | cassette | System |
| custom palette | hue / accent / vividness / ground / contrast · Roll look | copy of the palette you left | System · only while theme = custom |
| screen idle | off / dim / dim + screensaver | dim + screensaver | System |
| solo / backing split | automatic | when you change sound or octave over a jam | live · bksp drops it |
| top left | The sound's name. A * beside it means unsaved edits on the live sound. |
| top middle | Key and scale. |
| OCT n | Which octave you're in. An amber LK beside it means the backing is holding its own octave or sound while the solo moved. |
| vox | Lead voices sounding, against the cap. Drones, the loop and the progression never count. |
| big trace | The waveform scope: real output, phosphor afterglow. Or the pitch trail: pitch over about seven seconds, root gridlines, bends drawn amber. |
| readout | The lead voice in cents, tracked through a glide. |
| REC / LOOP / OVR | Loop pedal state: recording (red, elapsed), playing (green, progress bar), overdubbing (amber). x3 is the layer count; FULL means the take hit its event ceiling. |
| PROG / ARP | The chord strip over the scope. The sounding chord is boxed with its Roman numeral. ARP^, ARPv, ARP^v name the arp direction. |
| SOLO | Flashes on a sound switch when the backing kept the old sound. |
| grid map | Held leads in green, latched drones in amber with a +n count; jam motion blinks each struck key on the beat. |
| hint line | Alternates the classic hints with the fn-layer headliners. Goes loop-aware while a take exists. |
| battery | A warning below 25%, blinking red at 10%. Settings shows the exact percentage. |
On the card
Your saved slots. Saving over a slot writes a file in /glide/slots/, the same .gpat format as the library. No card in? The instrument plays the same; only saving asks for one, and it says so in plain words. Pop the card back in and your slots return mid-session.
Your library. Save to SD files live in /glide/. Nothing on the device ever touches them, the factory reset included.
On the device
Settings and the live sound. A sliver of flash shared with Launcher and every other app. GLIDE keeps its footprint tiny, mirrors settings and the live sound to the card, and if another app ever fills the shared space, the next boot cleans it out and restores everything. You'd see a green STORAGE FIXED for two seconds; that's the whole event.
The odometer. Notes struck and hands-on hours. A record, not a setting: it survives every reset, the factory one included.
Three ways back
| Sound reset | The current slot back to factory. Settings → LIBRARY. |
| Reset defaults | All settings back to factory. Saved sounds kept. Settings → SYSTEM. |
| hold bksp at the splash | Full factory reset: settings and the ten slots, card files for those slots included. Your /glide library is never touched. It has to be a press made during the splash and held through the red confirm bar, about a second and a half; release at any point cancels. Your two generative slots keep their identity and the odometer rides across. |
Something looks wrong?
Symptom by symptom, with one answer each: the troubleshooting page. Installing a new build is the updating guide.