The entire Woovebox workflow is centered around full song production; the device comes with a powerful dedicated Song mode where everything comes together. Learning how to use Song mode is key to getting the most out of your Woovebox. Understanding it is also key for the device to "click" and understand why certain things were designed the way they are.
Learning the Woovebox, you should endeavor to move on from just playing simple loops in track editing/sequencer mode as soon as possible.
Song mode is so powerful (and rewarding to use!), that even with just a single 16-step pattern per track, you can create an entire compelling song that keeps the listener's attention start-to-finish.
Once you have created one or more patterns, elements and motifs across multiple tracks, you can sequence build-ups of these by mixing and matching them over time in Song mode (hold value knob and short-press 16/Song).
Once in Song mode ("SG.xx"), turn the value knob to the right until the screen reads "Fr.01". You can now create and edit the first "fragment" (fragment 01) of your song. If your screen happens to read "DJ.01" instead of "Fr.01", you are editing the DJ FX for that fragment. In that case, "switch" to Song mode once more (e.g. hold value knob and short-press 16/Song) to toggle between fragment editing mode and DJ FX editing mode.
When your song plays, the Woovebox steps through a number of sections ("fragments"). Fragments have a length (specify length by holding write and turning value knob) for which they play and/or effect the tracks you specify. No length (e.g. length equals zero) and no tracks enabled (e.g. all LEDs are off), means that song playback should end at that fragment ("End").
For example, to start fragment 01 off with the kickdrum and the bassline, hold write and short-press 5/Ki and then, while still holding write, short-press 2/bS.
The kick and bass tracks now light up, indicating that they will play for the duration of this fragment. You have just started your first song. On the next fragment you could, for example have your hi-hats come in. On the next, your arpeggio. On the next your lead, etc.
Set the length a fragment should play for by holding write and turning the value knob.
Much like editing steps on tracks, in a Song mode fragment, you can hold an active (e.g. "lit up") track and edit a number of settings. These settings include;
Use the context menu to insert, delete or clone fragments.
You can even apply advanced DJ effects, or dynamically record the playing fragment to a buffer, which you can then start looping in subsequent fragments.
IMPORTANT TIP: To work on individual tracks with a fragment's configuration (e.g. your selection of mutes and pattern numbers for the different tracks) intact, while a fragment is playing, hold value and long-press to switch to any track. This lets you tweak parts of your song as it is played by a fragment. This mechanic is key to working on full songs, rather than simple loops. Note that this mechanic also works from Live mode, where this can be used to quickly mute different tracks; you can even go back and forth to different tracks via Live mode and keep any mutes and configurations intact. Note that stopping playback will reset the pattern numbers across all tracks to a predictable state; the pattern indicated on the screen. E.g. if playback is stopped with the screen indicating "09.bS", all patterns across all tracks - not just the bS track - will reset to pattern 9.