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Sounds for your FM-1.

The sound pack: 63 VA sounds in nine styles, made for Groove OS and ready for any track in any song. Hear them here, then add them to your FM-1. And forty years of DX7 voices, sent over USB.

9 styles · 63 VA sounds

The sound pack.

The sound pack: 63 VA sounds for your FM-1, in nine styles. Add it once and they are in PRESETS with the rest, each in its type and marked VA, ready for any track in any song.

Made on the FM-1's own VA engine. Each style has a demo song that shows its sounds off: drums on track 1 and seven of the style's sounds on tracks 2 to 8, every one of them playing its part the moment you press PLAY.

Included with Groove OS

Free for Groove OS owners to use in their music, commercial releases included. Don't resell or share the sound pack or its demo song files themselves.

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House

VA HOUSE · 124 BPM

  • house
  • deep house
  • garage

A demo song at 124: an off-beat bass over a deep one, the 90s organ riff, chord stabs pushing the changes, a soft EP answering and a riser into the top.

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  • HOUSE BASSBass · T2

    Saw and a sub square, a quick filter bounce: punch on the off-beat, the sub carries.

    house · deep house · garage

  • DEEP BASSBass · T3

    A square and a sub through a low 12 dB filter, a little glide: round and felt more than heard.

    deep house · lo-fi · dub

  • ORGAN HITKeys · T4

    Pulse plus sub, bright and fast: the 90s house organ stab, short enough to riff on.

    house · garage · deep house

  • CHORD STABStab · T5

    A saw chord with a fast filter snap; velocity opens it: the classic deep house stab.

    house · deep house · techno · garage

  • DEEP PADPad · T6

    A drifting saw under a soft 12 dB filter that breathes in slowly: warm, never bright.

    deep house · house · lo-fi · ambient

  • SOFT EPKeys · T7

    A triangle with a velocity bark on the filter and a long fall: a soft electric piano.

    deep house · lo-fi · hip-hop

  • RISERFX · T8

    Noise and a saw that climb an octave over five seconds.

    house · techno · drum & bass · pop

Techno

VA TECHNO · 130 BPM

  • techno
  • dub techno

A demo song at 130: a rolling bass on a rumble, dub chords into the delay, a resonant sequence, two dark pads swelling in and a noise sweep for the build.

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  • ROLL BASSBass · T2

    A dark resonant saw, short and tight: rolling 16ths that leave the kick alone.

    techno · house

  • RUMBLESub · T3

    A driven triangle under a low filter that pulses at 4 Hz: the warehouse rumble.

    techno · dub techno · ambient

  • DUB CHORDStab · T4

    A pulse chord through a resonant 12 dB filter, short and dark: made for a long delay.

    dub techno · techno · deep house

  • HOLLOWPad · T5

    A pulse and a breath of noise through a band pass that swells: hollow, airy chords.

    techno · dub techno · ambient

  • RESO SEQPluck · T6

    A resonant saw blip: a techno sequence voice that sings when you turn RESO.

    techno · acid · electro

  • DARK PADPad · T7

    A low saw with a slow filter attack and a slower LFO: dark, moving, long.

    techno · drum & bass · dub techno · ambient

  • SWEEPFX · T8

    White noise through a resonant high pass that a slow LFO sweeps up and down.

    techno · house · drum & bass

Acid

VA ACID · 128 BPM

  • acid
  • techno
  • electro

A demo song at 128: two 303 lines answering each other, a squelch lead screaming over bar 2, an electro break, blips and a rave stab. Turn K1 and K2 on the line and it screams.

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  • ACID LINEBass · T2

    A saw into a screaming 24 dB ladder, decay short, accents open it, slides glide.

    acid · techno · house · electro

  • ACID SQRBass · T3

    The square-wave acid: hollower and darker, more drive, a longer slide.

    acid · techno · electro

  • SQUELCHLead · T4

    A saw lead on the edge of self-oscillation, driven hard: the acid lead that cuts.

    acid · techno · electro

  • ELECTROBass · T5

    Pulse plus sub with a gliding, bouncing filter: the robot funk bass.

    electro · techno · synth-pop

  • BLIPPluck · T6

    A short square with a resonance bump: sequences and bleeps.

    electro · techno · chiptune

  • RAVE STABStab · T7

    Seven detuned saws, a quick snap: the early-90s rave chord (two or three notes).

    acid · techno · house · drum & bass

  • SCIFIFX · T8

    A resonant saw thrown around in pitch and tone, eight times a second.

    electro · techno · ambient

Jungle

VA JUNGLE · 172 BPM

  • drum & bass
  • jungle

A demo song at 172: a Reese doubled by a clean sub, an airy pad, the hoover's call, the darkside stab and a neuro growl that turns the loop around.

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  • REESEBass · T2

    Seven saws barely detuned, a sub, a slowly breathing filter: the beating Reese.

    drum & bass · jungle · garage · techno

  • DNB SUBSub · T3

    A driven triangle through a low filter: a clean sub with just enough harmonics to be heard.

    drum & bass · jungle · garage · dub

  • NEUROBass · T4

    A driven resonant saw, chopped six times a second: growl from one oscillator.

    drum & bass · techno

  • JUNGLE PADPad · T5

    Saw and breath noise, a slow swell and a gentle LFO: the airy pad over a fast break.

    drum & bass · jungle · ambient

  • HOOVERLead · T6

    Seven pulses with fast width movement and a long glide: the rave hoover.

    drum & bass · jungle · techno · rave

  • DARKSIDEStab · T7

    A driven saw chord with a resonant snap: the dark minor stab of 1993.

    jungle · drum & bass · techno

  • DOWNFALLFX · T8

    Noise and a saw that fall an octave over ten seconds.

    drum & bass · techno · house

Lo-fi

VA DUSTY · 86 BPM

  • boom-bap
  • lo-fi
  • hip-hop

A demo song at 86, swung: a round bass, wobbly tape keys under a lo-fi pad, a music box and a whistle trading lines, a string swell and a bed of dust.

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  • ROUND BASSBass · T2

    A triangle and a sub under a soft filter, a thumb of envelope: a round finger bass.

    boom-bap · lo-fi · hip-hop

  • TAPE KEYSKeys · T3

    A soft triangle piano with tape wow: the pitch bends a quarter of a semitone.

    lo-fi · hip-hop · deep house

  • LOFI PADPad · T4

    A dark saw that wanders: drift and a slow pitch LFO make it sound played from tape.

    lo-fi · hip-hop · ambient

  • MUSIC BOXPluck · T5

    A bright triangle up high with a short body and a long ring: a toy music box.

    lo-fi · ambient · hip-hop

  • WHINELead · T6

    A triangle whistle with a slow glide and a wide vibrato: the west coast whine.

    hip-hop · g-funk · electro

  • STRINGSPad · T7

    A saw ensemble with a bowed attack and a light vibrato: strings for chops and swells.

    boom-bap · hip-hop · pop · house

  • DUSTFX · T8

    Noise under a flickering low pass: a bed of tape hiss and dust.

    lo-fi · hip-hop · ambient

Trap

VA TRAP · 140 BPM

  • trap
  • hip-hop
  • drill

A demo song at 140, half time: two 808s taking turns, a dark bell answered by the flute, a choir pad, brass hits and a pluck flicking the ends of bars.

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  • BOOM SUBSub · T2

    A driven sine with a three second fall and a slow slide; GROWL adds the dirt: the long 808.

    trap · hip-hop · drill · garage

  • GRIT SUBBass · T3

    A driven square with a knock on the filter: the gritty drill 808 that still reads on a phone.

    trap · drill · hip-hop

  • TRAP BELLPluck · T4

    A high triangle with a filter strike and a ring: the dark bell melody.

    trap · hip-hop · pop

  • TRAP PADPad · T5

    A pulse with slow width movement and breath noise: a dark choir behind the 808.

    trap · hip-hop · ambient

  • PLUCKYPluck · T6

    A saw pluck with a fast filter fall: bright on the hit, gone before the next.

    trap · pop · house · synthwave

  • CINE BRASSBrass · T7

    A saw whose filter swells in on each note: brass for big minor chords.

    trap · pop · synthwave · hip-hop

  • FLUTELead · T8

    A triangle with breath noise, a soft attack and vibrato: the trap flute.

    trap · hip-hop · lo-fi · ambient

Synthwave

VA NEON · 108 BPM

  • synthwave
  • italo disco
  • synth-pop
  • chiptune

A demo song at 108: the galloping octave bass, a 16th arp, a wide pad giving way to PWM strings, the wide lead over brass hits and little chip runs.

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  • ITALO BASSBass · T2

    A tight saw with a short filter bounce: octave-jumping 8ths and 16ths.

    synthwave · italo disco · synth-pop · electro

  • SUPER LEADLead · T3

    Seven saws with a soft glide and a little vibrato: the big wide lead.

    synthwave · pop · trance · italo disco

  • WIDE PADPad · T4

    Seven detuned saws, a slow attack, an open filter: the lush pad (best with three notes).

    synthwave · pop · ambient · house

  • POLY BRASSBrass · T5

    Two layers of saws and a filter that blooms then settles: the 80s synth brass.

    synthwave · italo disco · pop · house

  • ARP PLUCKPluck · T6

    A pulse with a resonant filter blip: 16th-note arpeggios that sit in the mix.

    synthwave · italo disco · pop · chiptune

  • PWM STRINGPad · T7

    A square whose width an LFO sweeps: the ensemble string of an 80s poly.

    synthwave · italo disco · pop

  • ARCADELead · T8

    A near-square pulse, an open filter, a fast vibrato: the game console lead.

    chiptune · synth-pop · electro

Garage

VA GARAGE · 132 BPM

  • UK garage
  • 2-step
  • speed garage

A demo song at 132, swung: a warped bass, skippy 7ths and a plink melody, a vowel lead answering, a shimmer on top and a piano and sub turnaround in bar 4.

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  • WARP BASSBass · T2

    A driven pulse and sub with a 3 Hz filter wobble: the warped garage bass.

    garage · 2-step · speed garage · house

  • SUB SINESub · T3

    A sine with enough drive to be heard: the clean sub under everything.

    garage · 2-step · house · drum & bass

  • PIANO STABKeys · T4

    A pulse with a hard filter strike and a fast fall: the bright garage piano stab.

    garage · house · pop

  • SHIMMERPad · T5

    Seven saws up high and a little noise, a slow swell: a bright shimmer over the beat.

    garage · pop · ambient · synthwave

  • SKIP CHORDStab · T6

    A soft saw chord, round and short: the skippy 7th chords of 2-step.

    garage · 2-step · deep house

  • VOX LEADLead · T7

    A saw through a resonant band pass: an 'aah' vowel that BRIGHT turns into another.

    garage · house · pop

  • PLINKPluck · T8

    A triangle mallet, short and sweet: counter-melodies between the stabs.

    garage · pop · lo-fi · trap

Ambient

VA DRIFT · 90 BPM

  • ambient
  • downtempo
  • dub

A demo song at 90: evolving chords on a drone, air breathing in, glass notes, echo plucks for the delay, a far dub siren and wind.

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  • EVOLVERPad · T2

    A resonant saw under a twelve second filter LFO: chords that keep changing colour.

    ambient · downtempo · dub techno

  • AIR PADPad · T3

    Breath noise and a triangle through a band pass up high: air, not notes.

    ambient · downtempo · lo-fi

  • DRONEPad · T4

    Saw, sub and noise under a resonant filter that moves over half a minute.

    ambient · dub techno · techno

  • GLASSPluck · T5

    A thin pulse through a high pass with a long ring: glass and chimes.

    ambient · downtempo · lo-fi

  • SIRENFX · T6

    A pulse swung up and down seven semitones twice a second: the dub siren.

    dub · dub techno · jungle · reggae

  • ECHO PLUCKPluck · T7

    A short saw blip with resonance, made to feed a long echo.

    dub · dub techno · ambient · deep house

  • WINDFX · T8

    Noise through a resonant band pass that a slow LFO turns into gusts.

    ambient · downtempo · dub