New
- Ten new drum models for the kit's keys: the x models (x kick, x snare, x hat, x clap, x tom, x rim, x fm, x noise, after MACHINEDRUM), sophie (Sophie's FM percussion: fuse, stack, split, shard, pipe, boom, kick) and clang (digisophie). Any key can use any model.
- Nine new factory kits after Loom, named for fibers like the engines: Nylon, Elastane, Wire, Burlap, Sequin, Frayed, Denim, Linen and Velvet. They all keep the default kit's layout (kick, snare, closed and open hat, clap, two toms, conga, shaker, string, fm), so a pattern plays the same parts on every kit. A kit track's SEL list on Engine: KIT.
- Eight user kits instead of four (SAVE KIT: K1 to K8).
- The battery level beside the tempo.
- knit's oscillator 2 has a fine tune (hold HOME on the Sub page, ±50 cents).
- Hold a scene's key to clear it.
- The backup page keeps your sample bank in the .loom8 file too, and puts it back on restore.
- Update mode from the keys on every FM-1: hold REC while switching on (also in safe mode).
- More headroom: the second core and the drums take less CPU, so busy songs play more smoothly.
The breaks have moved. The four factory breaks (classic, heat, choke, ecstasy) are no longer built into the firmware, which freed room for the new drums. Add them back in one click on the samples page ("Add the breaks"): https://charlesvestal.github.io/fm1-loom/samples/ — until then, projects that use them keep their names and play silence there.
Fixes
- Arrange: KNOB 4 on the THROW track read "THROW P" (cut off); it now reads PATTERN.
Your projects: projects, user presets and user kits from 0.5-beta on open and are converted; your four user kits become K1 to K4. Projects, presets and kits saved by 0.7 don't open in 0.6.1 or older.
Install (Chrome or Edge, the FM-1 plugged in): https://charlesvestal.github.io/fm1-loom/install/ — or download loom-0.7.fwsc below.
Manual: https://charlesvestal.github.io/fm1-loom/manual/ · Your own samples: https://charlesvestal.github.io/fm1-loom/samples/