Newb needs pattern help

Heya - I cannot figure this out no matter how many times I RTFM or the Cookbook, hoping someone can help me.

I am completely stopped at just trying to create a basic pattern.

First issue is, i can play notes and hear them through the headphone output, but I cannot hear any patterns play. I see the trigs blinking along, but no sound output. Cannot even get factory presets to play audio.

So I try to create my own - I pick a pattern slot, say E1.Grid recording mode, press record, set number of steps, and then set trigs and hold notes at the same time, I see the trigs light up, I finish the pattern, then when I press play, I see the trigs blink, but again, no audio output. I had audio when I entered the trigs, but nothings there, just the pattern.

I can’t believe how hard I’m finding it just to enter a pattern into this box, I know it’s because I’m not entering buttons in the right order or something,I’m just totally dead in the water with the A4. Any ideas? Really wish there was a true by step tutorial on creating patterns with the A4, I’m on the verge of selling it, I really just hope it’s something simple. Keep going through the manual and I just cannot find a solution. I feel like if I could just figure out how to sequence with this thing the clouds would part, it sounds lovely but this shouldn’t be this hard. Thanks for the help.

What are the lights next to the track buttons like? Muting on the A4 works by disabling sequenced playback, so you can still hear what you’re programming but won’t hear anything when pressing play.

If the lights are entirely off then the tracks are muted and FUNCTION + respective track key will help with that. If the lights are dim then the tracks are song muted and SONG + track key will be the fix.

If the lights are bright then I can’t tell what’s happening. I can’t think of a global mute functionality of any kind…

I think in your case the reason of that behavior is very simple, probably in the muted tracks, but…

…one day ago I found that my A4 stopped play any sounds after pressing play button (OS1.1B). But after reboot this was fixed.

Thanks guys - what I decided to do was create a new project from scratch, and then the problem went away. I think one of the problems was I was trying to clear patterns from the Factory presets and start from scratch, but there were obviously other settings applied that as a newb to the A4 I didn’t even realize were in play. Starting a completely new project is I think a much better way to begin learning the A4 - I’ve got some patterns going now and it’s on to the next thing. Appreciate the help!