Install from the web installer: https://charlesvestal.github.io/fm1-x0x/install/ · Manual: https://charlesvestal.github.io/fm1-x0x/manual/ · What's new, with pictures: https://charlesvestal.github.io/fm1-x0x/new/
New in 1.0.4
- On FM-1s whose second processor core doesn't work reliably (#10), X0X notices and carries on with one core, instead of clicking or stopping in the middle of an update. GLO > PERFORMANCE says 2 CORES, or 1 CORE: BAD READS on such a unit. Thanks @zednaked (Jangada) for the measurements and the fixes, and Melodee for the second core's guards.
- A crash on the second core no longer freezes the FM-1.
New in 1.0.3
- GLO > BATTERY shows the battery's charge: FULL, 2/3, 1/3 or EMPTY, or USB POWER while a computer powers the FM-1.
New in 1.0.2
- Probability cycles count from the first pass again when the 909 changes pattern, as the other parts already did: switch patterns and a 1:4 step plays on the new pattern's first bar.
New in 1.0.1
- Probability cycles: hold a step and turn SELECT down past 5% for 1:2, 2:2, 1:3 … 8:8. A step at 1:4 plays on the first of every four passes of its pattern, 2:4 on the second.
Everything in 1.0
Highlights
- Uses both of the FM-1's processor cores: no dropouts, even on the most complex patterns. The busiest test pattern went from about 115% to 68% load. Thanks @keremcode
- Simpler navigation: HOME for the pattern and song, SEQ for the selected part's steps, EDIT for its sound. Press a button again, or turn SELECT, for the next page.
- Clearer screens: each knob row says whose knobs they are, a hint line shows what the keys do, holding any button explains it, and labels are clearer throughout.
- Up to 64 steps per part and 32 patterns
- Per-step p-locks (on EDIT, hold a step and turn a knob) and probability (hold a step and turn SELECT)
- A drum mixer with per-track mutes, sends and hit meters
- A new break tool: load and manage your own loops from the browser (BR1, BR2…): https://charlesvestal.github.io/fm1-x0x/breaks/
Sequencing
- New 303 note entry: REC turns the keys into a keyboard, ties show as one long note, and holding a step + OCT moves it an octave
- Copy and paste whole patterns: hold SAVE, then press a white key
- Song bars can repeat, ×1 to ×8
- A break step can have its own slice: hold the step and press black keys 1–8
- The break's COMPLEXITY now eases ROLL and FILL in gently
Sound and mix
- Reverb and delay sends on both kicks
- DECAY on the 909 snare
- One-knob COMP and FILTER on the master, and the MASTER page shows the output level
- A calmer factory reverb
- OUTPUT LOUD, for quiet headphones
- The 808's hats always choke like the 909's (CHOKE setting removed)
MIDI
- A MIDI channel per part, in and out, or OFF
- A steady tempo readout when following an external clock
Feel and fixes
- Knobs: no more missed or doubled clicks, and small turns are exact
- Key lights in two brightness levels: bright for chosen, dim for available
- Saving waits until you stop, so the audio never cuts out
- B CHANCE works without PHRASE
- CLEAR PATTERN no longer leaves a bar showing on HOME
- The keys no longer trigger steps or slices on the MASTER and FX screens
Projects saved with 0.10 load as they were.