# What does the FOR and squiggle mean, please? **URL:** \ **Category:** Hapax\ **Created:** [September 23, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://squarp.community/t/what-does-the-for-and-squiggle-mean-please/16477 "2026-09-23T15:42:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bzangy](https://squarp.community/user_avatar/squarp.community/bzangy/32/3718_2.png) [@Bzangy](https://squarp.community/u/Bzangy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://squarp.community/t/what-does-the-for-and-squiggle-mean-please/16477/1 "2026-09-23T15:42:26Z")
As in this: ![IMG_1902](https://squarp.community/uploads/default/original/2X/6/63d4a4571c9a6fea557b384af393ab76573198e6.jpeg) I’ve tried finding it in the manual and online, searched this group - nothing. I’m assuming ‘FOR’ is short for forward but looking for Hapax Channel Forward has got me nothing. How have I enabled it? How do I switch it off? Tried resetting/erasing the track - still there. It’s driving me barmy, tbh. ---
**Author:** ![jungemitball](https://squarp.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@jungemitball](https://squarp.community/u/jungemitball)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://squarp.community/t/what-does-the-for-and-squiggle-mean-please/16477/2 "2026-09-23T17:22:28Z")
for automation, its only on drums because they can be on different channels, automation goes to this channel ---
**Author:** ![Bzangy](https://squarp.community/user_avatar/squarp.community/bzangy/32/3718_2.png) [@Bzangy](https://squarp.community/u/Bzangy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 5:28pm UTC](https://squarp.community/t/what-does-the-for-and-squiggle-mean-please/16477/3 "2026-09-23T17:28:44Z")
First, thank you for your reply! 🤗 But I’m puzzled - when I see this little graphic, the track refuses to send MIDI out on the channel and port it says it’s sending out on? This is what is driving me nuts. How do I disable it and have the track just be a normal drum track again, where my master keyboard is echoed to the assigned port and channel? Hope you can help! 🙏🏽 ---
**Author:** ![jungemitball](https://squarp.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@jungemitball](https://squarp.community/u/jungemitball)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://squarp.community/t/what-does-the-for-and-squiggle-mean-please/16477/4 "2026-09-23T17:33:31Z")
what midi channel are your drum triggers set to? the symbol you see is always there if a track is set to drums, because thats where the automation data is sent to ---
**Author:** ![Bzangy](https://squarp.community/user_avatar/squarp.community/bzangy/32/3718_2.png) [@Bzangy](https://squarp.community/u/Bzangy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://squarp.community/t/what-does-the-for-and-squiggle-mean-please/16477/5 "2026-09-23T17:57:57Z")
Again, I’m puzzled because I checked the track for automation and got this: ![IMG_1903 Medium](https://squarp.community/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7f3ad33a74ed70e9fd1afde5553e680db46ce422.jpeg) No automation added! Soo… ? ¯\_(ツ)\_/¯ Also, I thought the paradigm was that the MIDI data was sent out on whatever the port and channel were set to? Is that not the case with drums? ---
**Author:** ![Bzangy](https://squarp.community/user_avatar/squarp.community/bzangy/32/3718_2.png) [@Bzangy](https://squarp.community/u/Bzangy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://squarp.community/t/what-does-the-for-and-squiggle-mean-please/16477/6 "2026-09-23T17:59:30Z")
Sorry again for all the questions, I appreciate you trying to help! 👍🏽 ---
**Author:** ![jungemitball](https://squarp.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@jungemitball](https://squarp.community/u/jungemitball)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://squarp.community/t/what-does-the-for-and-squiggle-mean-please/16477/7 "2026-09-23T19:02:36Z")
[Hapax Manual | Squarp instruments](https://squarp.net/hapax/manual/modelive/#yD1CSfe) this should help. For drum machines you often need multiple channels, sometimes one for each drum element, that one channel you set for the track is only for automation if you use it or not doesnt matter its still meant for automation, in live mode you set the channels for each individual drum element ---
**Author:** ![Bzangy](https://squarp.community/user_avatar/squarp.community/bzangy/32/3718_2.png) [@Bzangy](https://squarp.community/u/Bzangy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://squarp.community/t/what-does-the-for-and-squiggle-mean-please/16477/8 "2026-09-23T22:38:58Z")
THANK YOU - I think that’s gonna help loads. I didn’t find it before cos I was searching for MIDI, channels and forwarding. Gonna head into the studio and give it a bash now. 👍🏽 ---
**Author:** ![Bzangy](https://squarp.community/user_avatar/squarp.community/bzangy/32/3718_2.png) [@Bzangy](https://squarp.community/u/Bzangy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://squarp.community/t/what-does-the-for-and-squiggle-mean-please/16477/9 "2026-09-24T10:46:07Z")
AHA - I finally figured out that an instrument definition I was loading for the TR8S was setting all the drum voices to a different channel. Along with my not understanding the routing, that was the source of the confusion. 🙂