Every page, layer and engine

SWINGGlobal swing

Swing for all four tracks together. Each track also has its own (Metronome, tempo and swing).

KNOB 1

COLOR

The screen palette. A theme you made in the editor joins the list after MONO once you have sent it (Your own screen theme).

KNOB 1Range GREEN, AMBER, CYAN, RED, MONO, your theme

LIGHTS

The glow of every button, so its label can be read in the dark.

KNOB 1Range OFF, LOW, MID, HIGH

SPEAKER LOWCUT

ON removes the lows, below about 110 Hz, that the small built-in speaker can’t play.

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STEP ADVANCE

ON, the default: the NOTES page moves to the next step when you let go of the keys. OFF: it stays, so you can play a chord again on the same step; KNOB 1 moves the cursor (The NOTES page: a piano roll for synth tracks).

KNOB 1Range ON, OFF

2ND CORE

ON, the default: the sound is shared across both of the FM-1’s cores, roughly doubling the room before the processor runs out, with the same sound. Takes effect at the next power-on.

KNOB 1Range ON, OFF

MODE

Empty project only: a free take that sets the tempo, or recording at the tempo already set.

KNOB 1Range free, tempo

ATKAttack

How long a note takes to reach full level. Since 2.8.3 every SAMPLE note starts with it.

KNOB 1

FLTEnvelope to brightness

How much the envelope moves the brightness, up or down.

KNOB 1Range ±

RATERate

Speed in Hz. Ignored while LFO 2’s SYNC is on.

KNOB 1

SYNCTempo sync

Locks one LFO cycle to a note value of the tempo. OFF goes back to RATE.

KNOB 1Range OFF, 4BAR, 2BAR, 1BAR, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 8T, 1/16, 16T, 1/32

PITLFO to pitch

Vibrato.

KNOB 1

FILTERMaster filter

A DJ filter on the whole mix: left of centre a closing low-pass, right an opening high-pass, off in the centre.

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DSTDrive

The track’s drive, right after the engine.

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FILTTrack filter

Left of centre a low-pass, right a high-pass, centre off. Its resonance is FILTER RESO in the HOME menu.

KNOB 1Range LP ← OFF → HP

SLCRSlicer mode

Off, a rhythmic gate, or stutter.

KNOB 1Range OFF, GATE, STUT

INSRTType

The effect type, or OFF.

KNOB 1Range OFF, SOFT, HARD, FOLD, FUZZ, CRUSH, PHASR, FLANG, CHOR

MIXDry / wet

The balance of dry sound and effect. At 0 the insert costs nothing.

KNOB 1

TIMEDelay time

A note value of the tempo; at 60 BPM and below the delay stops at 1.49 s.

KNOB 1Range 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 8T, 16T, 1/8D, 1/16D, 1/4D

SIZEReverb size

How big the reverb is.

KNOB 1

CHORD

Chord type for the selected synth track; each white key then plays a chord from the scale.

KNOB 1Range OFF, TRIAD, 7TH, 9TH, SUS4, POWER

ROOT

The key of this track alone; SEL + KEY sets it for all three synth tracks.

KNOB 1

TRNTranspose

Moves the track up or down in semitones.

KNOB 1Range ±24

SHIFT

Moves every step one later (right) or one earlier (left).

KNOB 1

TYPEFilter type

Low-pass (as before 2.6), band-pass or high-pass.

KNOB 1Range LP, BP, HP

VCEVoice mode

POLY, MONO, LEG (legato) or UNI (unison).

KNOB 1Range POLY, MONO, LEG, UNI

ALLOCVoice allocation

How the track hands out its voices: ROT (rotate) or REUSE.

KNOB 1Range ROT, REUSE

RATE

How fast a held key repeats, locked to the tempo and swing. The same setting as ROLL on GLO → MASTER.

KNOB 1Range 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 32T, 1/64

MODE

The order the held notes play in; OFF switches the arpeggiator off.

KNOB 1Range OFF, UP, DN, UPDN, RND, ORD, REPEAT, DNUP, UP+8, CONV, DIVG, PINKY, THUMB, WALK, CHORD

SWGSwing

Delays every other arp note; works with the sequencer stopped too.

KNOB 1

SOUND / NOTE

The drum sound or synth note a new step is set with. A drum sound is heard only with DRUM PREVIEW on.

KNOB 1

SOUND / NOTE

Drums: which of the step’s sounds the next two knobs edit. Synths: the step’s note, a chord moving as one.

KNOB 1

SOUND

Chooses the sound (lane) to program; heard only with DRUM PREVIEW on.

KNOB 1Range The 16 drum sounds

KIT

The drum kit, as PRESETS chooses it.

KNOB 1Range 1–46

SOUND

Chooses the sound to edit, and plays it. A key does the same.

KNOB 1Range The 16 drum sounds

NOTE

Moves from note to note, a chord’s notes one at a time, then to the next step.

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LENLength

How many steps the track plays before it loops.

KNOB 1Range 1–64 steps

level 1Track 1 level

The level of track 1, blue.

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BPMTempo

The tempo, unless MIDI clock is driving it.

KNOB 1Range 40–240

DUSTOld sampler and vinyl

Grit, lower rate and bits, a closing low-pass, and crackle while playing.

KNOB 1Range 0–100 %

CH4Drum MIDI channel

The same setting as CH4 on GLO → MIDI, kept by the FM-1, not the project (MIDI channels and the MIDI 2 page).

KNOB 1Range OFF, 1–16 (default 10)

SRCSource

What the bed plays.

KNOB 1Range OFF, VINYL, TAPE, RAIN, WIND, RADIO, ROOM, USR1–USR4

RATEBreath length

How long one breath of MOVE takes, in bars of the tempo.

KNOB 1Range 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 bars

OUTMIDI out

KEYS sends only what you play; SEQ adds the sequencer, arp and rolls. The same setting as on MIDI 2.

KNOB 1Range KEYS, SEQ

CH1Track 1 channel

Track 1’s channel, in and out.

KNOB 1Range OFF, 1–16 (default 1)

INMIDI in

NOTES takes notes, CCs and clock; CLOCK takes only clock and transport; CH n listens to one channel and plays the selected track.

KNOB 1Range NOTES, CLOCK, CH 1 … CH 16

FX CHEffects channel

The channel whose notes F3–G5 play the 27 punch-in effects. Use one no track has.

KNOB 1Range OFF (default), 1–16

Sound

The track’s sound: favourites, then factory sounds by kind, then user presets.

KNOB 1

SLOTSlot

The user preset slot.

KNOB 1Range 1–32

StepSong step

Moves the cursor to a step of the song.

KNOB 1

SECTSection

Which section the other three knobs act on.

KNOB 1Range A–D

CLRSQ

Clears the pattern.

KNOB 1Range GO