thanks,
i realized the confusion came because the selected parts don't take effect until after the pattern cycles through

first off, i'm a bit of a newbie. my old band had a 505 that i used to mess around with a little, and recently i wanted to get an inexpensive little box to program beats with, so i got the 307 off of ebay. i get the part of choosing tr-rec, and the 16 keys representing 4 beats, scrolling with the >>...