Hapax offers four different interfaces, called modes, for playing and editing your compositions :
live Turn the pads into a MIDI keyboard.
step Program your melodies and rhythms and view them on the piano roll.
automation Draw some automation lanes, to control CC messages, effect parameters or CV outputs.
pattern Select, arrange and play your patterns.
Live recording
Press REC O while playing to capture your live performance, coming either from:
the live mode 128 keypads
an external MIDI instrument or controller
a modular system sending CV/Gate
a computer
You can only record on the currently selected track.
Hold 2ND + Press settings to enter the Rec Settings:
Step mode basics
Press any matrix pad to enter a note.
Press it again to delete the note.
Left screen parameters contains the default values for a note. Any newly added note will inherit those values:
The upper-left parameter is the note displayed on the pad matrix's bottom row. By rotating the corresponding encoder, you can scroll up and down in the piano roll view.
Selection: Hold a Step already filled with a note to finetune any parameter. You can also select multiple notes at the same time.
Upper & lower bars
Setting the length of a pattern
Hold a track to enter its settings:
Change the length of the active track Pattern with the corresponding encoder.
Tip When in Live or Step mode, Hold 2ND + + or - to quickly double or halve the track length.
Tip When in Live or Step mode, Hold 2ND + or to quickly double or halve the Track length and duplicate the events of the page.
Play/stop
From stop state, pressing will start the project playback. If you are in a playing state, pressing will restart all tracks from the beginning.
One press on stops and resets the playback, and disable the recording. It will also send default automation midi values.
A second press will send a midi "All Note Off" message to your instruments.
A third press will send a midi "All Sound Off" message to instantly silence midi synthesizers.
A fourth press will send all patterns midi Program Changes, if configured.
Tip From play state, when you are in step or automation mode, pressing will restart all tracks to the current page position. From stop state, pressing 2ND + will restart all tracks to the current page position.
Mute tracks
Hold mute and Press one or more track buttons. Selected Tracks start to flash: they form a mute group.
Release mute to apply the mute state on selected tracks.
Track status on leds :
Tip Hold 2ND mute and Press a track to instantly mute/unmute it. You can also disable the mute group feature in settings MISC.
Mute projects
Hold mute and Press proA and/or proB : the projects will be muted/unmuted at the same time, in sync, at the end of the bar.
A popup will appear, displaying the projects waiting to be muted.
It's the easiest way for mixing projects and perform transitions with perfect timing. Please read the manual page PROJECTS for more info about projects/songs mixing.
Tip Hold 2ND mute and Press proA or proB to instantly mute/unmute it.
Track types
By default, the 16 tracks are set to track type POLY.
Hold step + Rotate the main encoder to choose the type of the active track, which can either be a Poly track, a Drum track, or an MPE track.
Poly tracks
Best suited to polyphonic or monophonic synthesizers.
live mode can either be an isomorphic keyboard, to play notes directly on the pad matrix , or a chord generator.
step mode is a fully featured step sequencer.
Drum tracks
Designed for grooveboxes and samplers, drum tracks are made of 8 drum lanes, each having their own note values and channels.
live mode is a grid of eight zones, one for each lane, divided into 16th velocity levels. Use it to record and add nuances to your beats.
step mode is a drum-oriented step sequencer, in which you can edit your drum lanes.
MPE tracks
MPE tracks are used to record and playback MPE performances.
live mode is similar to the Poly tracks live mode.
step mode offers the same functions as in Poly tracks, but gives you the possibility to edit each expression parameter of any recorded MPE note.
Quantize
Hold 2ND + track to enter the secondary settings of a track.
Configure the real-time quantization amount/strength of the track with encoders ① and ②, in order to soften the timing imperfections your recording, from "--" (quantize disabled) to 1/16.
You can also configure a global Quantize for all tracks by holding proA or proB and enabling Project Quantize :
Project scale
One major feature of Hapax is the ability to set a global scale for each project, which will constrain all notes to the selected pScale. It provides a simpler interface without “wrong” notes.
Hold proA or proB , enable pScale with encoder ① and select your favorite scale and key with encoder ②, ⑤ and ⑥ :
You can set a new scale anytime and in real-time, itʼs a great studio tool to color your song.
Undo/redo
To undo your last actions, such as parameter changes, new notes, or a recent recording, simply Press the undo button.
Hold 2ND + Press undo to redo changes.
You can use undo/redo multiple times until you are back in the desired state.
Snapshot
Snapshot is both a performance and a studio tool.Hold snapshot to capture the current version of your pattern : notes, automation, parameters...
Then play around with your pattern : change notes, parameters, add automation — you always have the safety net that is your captured pattern. Press snapshot to toggle between your captured version and your working version.
Assign
Hold 2ND + Press fill to display assignments on the left screen.
This submode allows you to remap the 8 encoders to any MIDI message, CV output or FX parameter of your choosing :Press one of the 8 encoders and select the destination.
Each track has its own set of 8x assignments. Perfect for using Hapax as a midi controller, or doing automation knob-recording with midi messages.
Tip If you assign to a MIDI message, it will be interpreted as though it came from an external controller, meaning you can do knob-recording!
Project tempo
BPM
Press bpm to open the BPM popup and:
Rotate the menu encoder to change the BPM value.
Press the menu encoder to select the after-decimal digits, then Rotate to fine-tune the BPM.
Tap BPM
Press 2ND + regularly tap bpm button to set the tempo:
Time elasticity (phasing)
While BPM changes the global playback speed of both projects, you can use the time elasticity feature to change the playback speed of each track individually.
Press bpm to enter BPM popup. Toggle menu encoder until elasticity % is highlighted. Then Rotate menu encoder to change elasticity value (you can also fine-tune the last digits).
For example, if the global BPM is set to 120.00, and you are working on track 01:
set elasticity to 50%: track 01 playback is two times slower = 60 BPM
set elasticity to 200%: track 01 is two times faster = 240 BPM
set elasticicity to 100.50%: track 01 is slightly faster and will slowly drift out of phase with the other tracks. Phasing is the main concept used in "Steve Reich - Piano Phase".
In Hapax, time elasticity is a way to achieve polyrhythms (two rhythms being played concurrently).
Connectivity: MIDI/Cv inputs
Hapax can simultaneously receive MIDI from all 16 channels of each of its 4 inputs : in A, in B, usb host (usually a controller), usb device (usually a computer).
It represents a total of 64 MIDI in channels, plus the two Cv in that can be used as a CV/Gate input.
To link an external midi controller (sending midi events like notes, cc, pitch, ...) to one Hapax track, Hold a track and select the input/channel.
To sync Hapax with an external source (make Hapax follow the BPM and play/stop), press settings, enter sync in and set the clock source.
Connectivity: MIDI/Cv outputs
Hapax can simultaneously send MIDI to all 16 channels of each of its 6 outputs : A, B, C, D, usb host (usually a controller), usb device (usually a computer). This allows for a total of 96 MIDI out channels, plus the 4 pairs of CV/Gate outputs.
To link one Hapax track to a synthesizer, a drum machine, a Eurorack system, another sequencer... : Hold a track pad and select the output/channel. To send sync messages to midi (or gates) outputs : press settings and enter sync output.
to enter a note.
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will start the project playback. If you are in a playing state, pressing 
stops and resets the playback, and disable the recording. It will also send default automation midi values. 
