Adding Notes to a Pattern

Now that your machine is connected to the master machine, you may add notes to it. Notes in Buzz are added by your standard PC keyboard, into Patterns within the Pattern Editor.
To switch to the pattern editor, press F2.
Once you are in the pattern editor, you should verify that you are looking at patterns for the correct machine, in this case the PrimiFun. The current machine is marked "Machine" in the upper left of the screen.
If the drop-down box to the left of the Machine label does not currently say PrimiFun, change it so that it does now. This may be done with either the mouse, or by scrolling with Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Down.
The first pattern is added when you add a generator by default, to help you start editing quickly. Further patterns may be added by pressing Ctrl-Enter or selecting "New Pattern" from the right-click pop-up menu.
You will immediately notice many columns of dots within the PrimiFun's Pattern. These represent the various parameters within the PrimiFun. Which parameter each column represents can be found in the underleft corner of your window. You will work with other columns later, but for now your primary concern is the 3 dots to the far left.
3 dots in a pattern within buzz indicate that it is a note column. Notes columns are usually located on the far left or right of a machine. Notes are entered from your keyboard. You will learn more about which keys relate to which notes, and how to switch octaves later.
For now, try inserting various C Notes by typing Q and Z. The following should appear in the pattern editor:

If you followed these instructions, you have just inserted various C notes in the 4th and 5th octave. You may use the arrow keys to go back and edit them, using the . (period) to clear a column.
It is worth noting that the name of this default pattern is 00 (as in two zeros). This is the default name for all default generator patterns, but may be changed at any time.
At this point, do not worry about the details regarding notes, sequence speed, or other various musical aspects. You will learn this as you go.

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