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1.42.0 beta

Course 03 · 9 steps · 4 chapters · about 10 minutes

Your sound

Make a preset your own: four knobs and two effects.

Pick a sound, then make it yours. Turn its four macros, darken it with a filter, add a little grit and set the bass so every part has room.

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 Your sound 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.

9 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 · Choose2

    1. 01Hear the keysPRESS PLAY. THE KEYS PLAY A LINE.
    2. 02Try another soundALGORITHM TO KEYS. TURN PRESETS. HEAR EACH SOUND. SEL TAKES ONE. HOME KEEPS YOURS.

  2. Chapter 2 · Macros3

    1. 03Brighter or darkerHOME. CURSOR ON KEYS. K1: THE FIRST MACRO. TURN IT.
    2. 04Give it characterK2: THE SECOND MACRO. TURN IT WHILE THE KEYS PLAY.
    3. 05Shorten itK4: THE LAST MACRO. TURN IT. SHORT: A PLUCK. LONG: A PAD.

  3. Chapter 3 · Effects2

    1. 06Filter itPRESS FX: THE TRACK'S EFFECTS. K3 FILTER: LEFT MAKES IT DARK.
    2. 07Add some gritK1 DRIVE: A LITTLE GRIT. FX AGAIN TAKES YOU BACK.

  4. Chapter 4 · The bass2

    1. 08Darken the bassHOME. ALGORITHM TO BASS. K1: TAKE IT DOWN A LITTLE.
    2. 09Save your soundSTOP PLAYBACK. TAP SAVE. YOUR SOUNDS ARE SAVED IN THE PROJECT.

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.

  • 05

    1.4THE LEGEND NAMES EACH MACRO.

    2.0 beta

  • 09

    1.4Keep your soundYOUR SOUNDS ARE KEPT IN THE SONG.

    2.0 betaSave your soundYOUR SOUNDS ARE SAVED IN THE PROJECT.

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 YOUR SOUND 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.