Need some advice with audio path

[GirTheRobot]

Noob questions

Hello, I have my Octa for a couple of weeks and i’m still in the process of learning it… it’s a deeeeeep machine. I have some questions that i could not figure out yet, can someone help me ? 1 - In a 64-step pattern, is there a way to temporary ‘lock’ the pattern to only 16 steps (het 1:4 part for instance), so i can edit / loop only part without having to wait the whole 64 step pass by ? 2 - Let’s say i have 4 tracks with samples playing. Is there a way to see a level metter of each channel…