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Course 06 · 7 steps · 4 chapters · about 8 minutes

Your own kit

Your own drum sounds on the pads, in a groove.

Play your own sounds from the FM-1's pads. Take your kit, roll a beat for it, then tune, shorten and balance every pad until it grooves.

First, make your kit in Your own sounds

Comes with Groove OS 1.4, with five more courses. On your FM-1, tap GLO (SETTINGS), then LEARN.

Try it right hereHow to open it

The FM-1 running Your own kit on its screen, the course's first card up

Try it right here: the FM-1 above runs the real Groove OS, with the course's own guide. Sound on, and play its knobs, buttons and keys below.Your own sounds play on your FM-1. In the browser, this course starts on a built-in kit.

7 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 · Your sounds1

    1. 01Bring your sounds · make your kit first

  2. Chapter 2 · The beat2

    1. 02Roll a beat
    2. 03Hear your kit

  3. Chapter 3 · Shape3

    1. 04Tune a pad
    2. 05Shape its length
    3. 06Balance the pads

  4. Chapter 4 · Keep1

    1. 07Keep your kit song

On your FM-1

How to open it.

Four presses, wherever you are. No computer, no internet, nothing to add.Comes with Groove OS 1.4.

  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 OWN KIT 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 song. Your saved songs stay as they are; the course takes a song slot only if you save it at the end.
The FM-1's SETTINGS screen on Groove OS 1.4, with LEARN as the last row
SETTINGS on your FM-1. LEARN is the last row.