Known-good operations

Practical procedures for sitting down and playing. Facts below are grounded in reconciled HUMAN answers and CURRENT state as of Stage 24. Items still marked INTENDED or UNKNOWN are called out explicitly.

Related Questions: Q-011, Q-014, Q-015, Q-016, Q-018, Q-020.

Startup (everything off → ready to make sound)

Target: ~5 minutes. Baseline session only (not every owned device).

1. Power TASCAM US-16x08, then Alesis mixer, then pedalboard PSU(s), then KAOSS Replay, then computer.
2. Connect headphones / monitors at a low level. Confirm TASCAM is the Mac audio device.
3. Launch Ableton Live and open the PFL JAM set.
4. Confirm active Live tracks match the HUMAN list (Q-018): 1 Zoned Kit, 2 miniKORG, 3 KAOSS, 6 MIXER, 7 mix, 8 clean (guitars).
5. Confirm MIDI clock master is Ableton (Q-014 — VERIFIED in CURRENT).
6. Confirm FCB1010 is awake on bank 00 (Q-016: arms tracks 1–10 / group control). Banks 01/02 still unobserved.
7. Play a known source (miniKORG or a clean guitar) and confirm it returns in Ableton / monitors.
8. Optional wet check: send a little AUX SEND → RC-1 path (boards match docs per Q-011).
9. Optional KAOSS check: feed from TASCAM OUT 3/4, return on IN 15/16.

You are ready when you hear a dry source and the transport is under Ableton clock.

Recording is optional. For Scratch / Multitrack without breaking flow, see Capture now. Uncaptured play still counts as success.

Shutdown

1. Stop recording / clips; clear or stop RC-1 if looping.
2. Mute or lower monitor / headphone level before powering speakers down.
3. Save the Ableton set if you changed anything you want to keep.
4. Power down: KAOSS → pedal PSU → mixer → TASCAM → computer (or leave Mac on).
5. Do not invent manufacturer-critical power order beyond “level down before cutting speaker amps.”

Smoke test (~3–5 minutes) — HUMAN observation

Bot documents the procedure; PASS is HUMAN-only.

Step	Domain	Action	Pass if
A	Monitoring	Headphones/monitors on, low level	You hear Ableton / interface safely
B	Synth	Play miniKORG into Ableton track 2	Signal present
C	Clean instrument	Play into clean path (track 8)	Signal present
D	AUX wet	Small AUX SEND into RC-1 / JOYO path	Wet return heard (boards OK per Q-011)
E	KAOSS	OUT 3/4 → KAOSS → IN 15/16	KAOSS returns on tracks as expected
F	Clock	Ableton is master	No competing master (Q-014)
G	Foot control	FCB bank 00 switch arms a track 1–10	Track arm / group reacts (Q-016)
H	Recovery	Stop RC-1 / mute wet / panic path if mapped	Bad loop or wet runaway can be stopped

Result log (fill when performed):

• Date: 2026-09-12
• Result: PASS (HUMAN Stage 25 live validation — “All passes”)
• Notes: Physical smoke A–H reported PASS by HUMAN in session.

Reference jam recipe (~5–10 minutes)

BPM / meter: choose a comfortable session tempo in the PFL JAM set (not mandated here — set and note it when you run the jam).

Startup scene: PFL JAM Live set with Q-018 tracks active.

Active sources (minimum):

• Zoned Kit (track 1) or a simple rhythm clip
• miniKORG (track 2) or clean guitar (track 8)
• MIXER bus (track 6) as needed

Loop workflow (Q-020 HUMAN): default RC-1 → KAOSS. When RC-600 is in play, path is RC-1 → KAOSS | RC-600, or instrument → RC-600 via Alesis mixer.

Wet-path moment: one AUX SEND phrase through RC-1 / JOYO (DIRTY or SPACE).

Control action: FCB bank 00 arm/select among tracks 1–10.

Stop / recovery: RC-1 stop/undo; mute wet send; Ableton stop; see Live Recovery (still mostly INTENDED mappings).

Result log:

• Date: 2026-09-12
• Result: PASS (HUMAN Stage 25 — “All passes”)
• BPM / meter used: (not specified)
• Notes: Reference jam reported PASS by HUMAN in the same validation session.

Still open (blocks “fully known” but not necessarily “can play”)

• Thru5 OUT number → device map UNKNOWN (deferred — destinations known as a set: SL-2, SR-18, miniKORG, KAOSS). Not required to jam.
• Remaining OPEN Questions: Q-005, Q-009, Q-010, Q-012, Q-013, Q-019 (not jam blockers)
• RIG-037 incomplete until OUT numbers are typed (optional later)