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1.42.0 beta

Course 01 · 11 steps · 4 chapters · about 10 minutes

First Groove

Your first groove, from silence, in a few minutes.

Start from silence with sounds ready to play. Roll a beat, pick a scale, play one-finger chords, set them moving with the arp, add a bassline and keep your groove.

Comes with the Groove OS 2.0 beta, with five more courses. On your FM-1, tap GLO (SETTINGS), then LEARN. Inside a course, hold GLO for its card.

Try it right hereHow to open it

The FM-1 running First Groove on its screen, the course's first card up

Try it right here: the FM-1 above runs the real Groove OS 2.0 beta, with the course's own guide. Sound on, and play its knobs, buttons and keys below.

11 steps · 4 chapters

What you'll play.

A step counts once you have played it; skip any and come back to it any time.

  1. Chapter 1 · Beat2

    1. 01Make a beatHOLD HOME. TAP SEQ. DICE CREATES DRUMS.
    2. 02Hear your beatPRESS PLAY. YOUR DRUMS LOOP.

  2. Chapter 2 · Key and chords3

    1. 03Choose your keyON TRACKS, PICK KEYS. TURN SELECT TO KEYS. K1: D. K2: MINOR. PLAY WHITE KEYS.
    2. 04Stay in keyK3 IN KEY: WHITE. PLAY WHITE KEYS.
    3. 05One finger chordsK4 CHORDS: PLAY. HOLD ONE WHITE KEY. HEAR A CHORD. KEEP THE BEAT PLAYING: TAP PLAY.

  3. Chapter 3 · Motion3

    1. 06Make it moveTAP ARP. HOLD ONE WHITE KEY. YOUR CHORD BECOMES A PHRASE.
    2. 07Change its shapeON ARP, TURN K1: MODE. SAME CHORD. NEW ORDER.
    3. 08Print the phraseON ARP: HOME + SAVE. THE ARP STOPS. THE COPY PLAYS.

  4. Chapter 4 · Your groove3

    1. 09Add the bassHOLD HOME, TURN ALGORITHM TO BASS. HOLD HOME. TAP SEQ TO ROLL.
    2. 10Make it yoursON TRACKS, PICK BASS. TURN K1: CUTOFF. HEAR IT CHANGE.
    3. 11Save your grooveSTOP PLAYBACK. TAP SAVE. NOTES AND PROGRESS ARE SAVED.

If you know 1.4

What reads differently.

The steps are the same. Where the 2.0 beta's card says it another way, 1.4's words are beside it.

  • 02

    1.4DICE WRITES EDITABLE NOTES.

    2.0 beta

  • 08

    1.4Keep the phraseHOLD ONE WHITE KEY. HOME + SAVE.THEN TAP ARP TO PLAY THE COPY.PRINT KEEPS YOUR NOTES.

    2.0 betaPrint the phraseON ARP: HOME + SAVE.THE ARP STOPS. THE COPY PLAYS.PRINT WRITES YOUR NOTES DOWN.

  • 09

    1.4ON TRACKS, PICK BASS.

    2.0 betaHOLD HOME, TURN ALGORITHM TO BASS.

  • 11

    1.4Keep your grooveNOTES AND PROGRESS ARE KEPT.

    2.0 betaSave your grooveNOTES AND PROGRESS ARE SAVED.

On your FM-1

How to open it.

Four presses, wherever you are. No computer, no internet, nothing to add. Inside a course, hold GLO to show or hide its card; a tap opens SETTINGS.Comes with the Groove OS 2.0 beta.

  1. 01Tap GLO.SETTINGS opens.
  2. 02Turn ALGORITHM to LEARN, the last row, and press SEL.The six courses, in order.
  3. 03Turn ALGORITHM to FIRST GROOVE and press SEL.The FM-1 asks first, because the music stops.
  4. 04Turn ALGORITHM to START and press SEL.The course begins at its first step, on a fresh project. Your saved projects stay as they are; the course takes a project slot only if you save it at the end.