FM-1 firmware · V4.9beta
B1-Drawbar-Organ
A drawbar organ built from tonewheel harmonics, with nine drawbars, percussion, key click, scanner vibrato and a rotary speaker.
- Made by
- SikkenWorks
- Released
- October 23, 2026
- Install
- On GitHub
- Scan
- Not scanned yet What we checked
- Last checked
- October 31, 2026
What B1-Drawbar-Organ does
- B1 builds a tonewheel drawbar organ from 91 running oscillators with up to 12 voices.
- Nine drawbars in classic 16' to 1' order mix the harmonics, and respond smoothly while notes are held.
- Pick B3 / LESLIE for the clean classic path or ROCK / LORD for a driven amp with AMP GAIN / DRIVE, TONE and CABINET.
- Shape the organ with percussion, key click, leakage, scanner chorus/vibrato and a rotary speaker with SLOW / FAST speeds and ROTOR MIX.
- Delay and reverb pages add MIX, TIME, FEEDBACK, STEREO, type, DECAY and DAMP.
- Play the FM-1 keys or MIDI input across UPPER, LOWER and SOLO registrations using four keyboard ranges.
- Twelve named projects hold drawbars, ranges, chords, scale, effects and engine mode in persistent memory.
Its modes
- ENGINE MODE
- Hold HOME + FX to pick SINE / ORGAN or SAWTOOTH with K1 or SEL.
- Drawbar screen
- The normal playing screen where you set the nine harmonic drawbars from 0 to 8.
- CHORD ASSIGN
- Switch chord selector keys on with K3, pick a chord quality with K2 and assign it to a key, and set CHORD ATTACK with K4.
- SCALE
- Choose one of 48 scales with root note, KEYLOCK and GUIDE options.
- FX 5/6 · Delay
- Set MIX, TIME, FEEDBACK and STEREO on K1 to K4.
- FX 6/6 · Reverb
- Choose OFF, SPRING, ROOM, HALL or CATHEDRAL and set MIX, DECAY and DAMP.
- Project loader
- Turn K1 or SELECT to a slot and press SEL to load that saved organ setup.
What Les checked
B1-Drawbar-Organ V4.9beta
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