Reference

The OSE Manual.

A control-by-control reference for everything the app exposes. Pick a module to read its full page, or scroll for the cross-cutting concepts that show up in every module.

Modules


Cross-cutting concepts

A few ideas show up in every module. Once you understand them, the whole app feels smaller.

The home grid

OSE always opens on the same 8-tile grid. The Play tile is emphasised; the rest sit at uniform weight, two to a row. This is the only navigation level you ever need.

Modules & Hubs

A module is what you reach from a home tile. A Hub is a draggable dialog that opens over a module - the Play Hub, MetronomeHub, InstrumentHub, MidiHub, Piano Roll Editor, Audio Editor and DSP Hub.

Settings sheets

Every module's gear icon opens a sheet with the same structure: SYSTEM (foldable, default expanded; holds Auto-Rotate and Always-On Screen) → AUDIO (input device picker, USB channel chooser) → module-specific.

MIDI Learn

Long-press any knob, slider or toggle to enter MIDI Learn - the system-wide gesture for binding hardware controllers. Bindings are global and channel-aware. The Settings sheet shows everything currently bound.

Centred playhead, scrolling timeline

The Audio Editor, Piano Roll and MIDI Hub mini-visualisers all use the same model: the playhead stays at horizontal centre and the timeline slides under it. Zoom anchors on the playhead, not the screen edge.

Non-destructive edits

Audio clip handles, virtual edits in the Audio Editor and clip handles on the Piano Roll all preserve material instead of deleting it. Bake when you're sure; revert when you change your mind.

Input device picker

Tuner, Audio and Meters share one input picker via the Settings sheet. Built-in microphones collapse to a single 'Internal device' row; USB interfaces expose every channel for explicit selection.

Card spec

Every surface in OSE follows the same card chrome (12 dp outer padding, 16 dp gap, thin accent border, 14 dp corner radius), so the whole app feels like one object instead of eight.


Common gestures

Tap
Activate, toggle, open. Standard.
Long-press
Reserved for MIDI Learn. Hold any control to bind it to a hardware controller.
Drag (knob)
Adjust value. Distance-scaled fine mode kicks in past a threshold for precise tweaks.
Tap label
Open the unified numpad & MIDI strip sheet for direct numeric entry.
Pinch (canvas)
Zoom on the playhead in editors that have one. Two-finger zoom at canvas centre otherwise.
Swipe (lens)
Some modules with lenses (e.g. Audio) accept a swipe between RECORD and LIBRARY, in addition to tapping the chip.

Need a step-by-step?

The Tutorials section walks through the most common tasks in 2-5 minutes each.

Read the tutorials