Learn · Chapter 9 of 9
Keep it.
GOLDEN HOUR saved in a slot under its name, and as a .groove file on your computer, ready to share.
About 5 minutes · 9 steps
Start from here
The FM-1 below starts where chapter 8 ended, so you can begin here.
Step 1, now: Press SAVE.
The project goes into a slot on the FM-1: its own, or the first empty one. The square after the title goes.
SAVEIf it doesn't work: Saving while the music plays asks first, and stops it: save between takes.
Manual: SavingStep 2: Turn SELECT right to PROJECT, the last view.
The three slots, with your project in one of them.
SELECTManual: The slotsStep 3: Press SEL on your project's slot.
PROJECT opens on your project's slot. Its menu: LOAD, SAVE HERE, RENAME, DUPLICATE, DELETE.
SELManual: The slot menuStep 4: Turn ALGORITHM to RENAME and press SEL.
Every key now types its letter: the white keys A to Y, the black keys B to Z.
ALGORITHMSELIf it doesn't work: RENAME dimmed (LOAD IT TO RENAME IT)? That slot is not the loaded project: HOME, and pick the slot with your project.
Manual: The slot menuStep 5: Type GOLDEN HOUR, a letter per key.
The first key clears the old name; each key types its letter and steps on. The top white key is the space.
G4O9L7D2E3N6SP16H5O9U9R8EGHLOSPDNRUIf it doesn't work: A wrong letter? K2 moves the cursor back to it: type it again. K3 left deletes one.
Manual: The slot menuStep 6: Tap HOME to finish.
The name is the project's: it goes with the file and shows in the slot.
HOMEManual: The slot menuStep 8: Download GOLDEN HOUR.groove.
The project as one small file, 1 to 2 KB: exactly what the FM-1 stores, nothing converted.
Tip: On your FM-1: open the Projects page in Chrome or Edge, connect it, and press download on the slot.
Manual: Back up, share and restoreStep 9: Send the file to a friend with an FM-1.
They upload it into a slot on the Projects page and LOAD it: your song, on their unit.
Manual: Back up, share and restore
Chapter 9 · the end
What you learned.
- SAVE keeps the project in its slot; the square after the title means unsaved changes.
- PROJECT's slot menu has LOAD, SAVE HERE, RENAME, DUPLICATE and DELETE.
- In RENAME every key types its letter.
- The Projects page copies a slot to a .groove file and back: the way to back up and to share.
Checkpoint
The project as this chapter leaves it, saved by the FM-1 itself. Compare it with yours, or carry on from it.
keep-it-end.grooveWhat next
The next song is yours.
PROJECT, NEW, EMPTY, and start again with what you know now. The manual has every screen and every control.