Autodrop

Purpose

A comprehensive, modifier-free manual autodrop surface complementing the LC bottom row: toggle which sequencers are eligible for automatic autodrop cycles, and directly cue mute / CC / note autodrops per sequencer or per TR-8 voice. Autodrops temporarily flip a sequencer/voice’s state and revert automatically at the next timing point.

Interaction

Both LPs of both players show the same layout. Sequencer-cue cells show slate grey when ready, flash the flavour colour when cued (mute = tan, CC = burnt orange, note = yellow), and go solid while the drop is in flight. Eligibility cells (row 8) show the sequencer’s own colour when on.

Note and CC cues on a synth sequencer do not silence anything yet. The cue arms, the LEDs move, and the sequencer keeps playing as though unmuted. TR-8 voices and the master bus do fire real note/CC drops. Automatic cycles only ever mute a synth. See Autodrops.

Shortcuts

LHS: sequencers 1–7

Gesture	Where	Action	Modifiers
Press row 8, cols 1–7	LP LHS	Toggle autodrop eligibility for seqs 1–7	none
Press row 7, cols 1–7	LP LHS	Cue mute autodrop for seqs 1–7 (re-press cancels)	none
Press row 6, cols 1–7	LP LHS	Cue CC autodrop for seqs 1–7	none
Press row 5, cols 1–7	LP LHS	Cue note autodrop for seqs 1–7	none

RHS: sequencers 9–12 + TR-8

Gesture	Where	Action	Modifiers
Press row 8, cols 1–4	LP RHS	Toggle eligibility for seqs 9–12	none
Press rows 5–7, cols 1–4	LP RHS	Cue mute/CC/note autodrop for seqs 9–12	none
Press row 8, cols 5–6	LP RHS	Toggle TR-8 bus eligibility	none
Press col 5, rows 1–7	LP RHS	Cue TR-8 main voices (BD/SD/LT/MT/HT); re-press toggles back	none
Press col 6, rows 1–7	LP RHS	Cue TR-8 alt voices (RS/HC/CH/OH/CY)	none

Shared behaviour

Gesture	Where	Action	Modifiers
Re-press a cued cell (same flavour)	LP grid	Cancel the cue	none
Press a different-flavour row while cued	LP grid	Replace the cue if the new drop length ≥ existing	none

A drop already in flight cannot be cancelled: the engine rejects the press. Rows 1–4 on the LHS, col 8/9 cells, and the boom-tsk/ghost-RS voices are no-ops by design.