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 1.0.5
- A sharper check on the second processor core (#10): on an FM-1 whose second core misreads, X0X now also catches the one misread 1.0.4 could miss (one that looked like the next job), and carries on with one core. Nothing changes on an FM-1 whose cores both work. The check word is Melodee's (keremimo/melodee#21).
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.