PERF-1

• Five generative parts play from switch-on: a pad, bass, acid line, pluck counter-melody and drums.
• Sixteen genres hold ten pieces each, from techno and house to dub, trap and amapiano.
• The pad has 24 sounds, the bass 24, the acid 31, and the pluck 12 plus DX7 voices.
• A six-lane sixteen-step sequencer gives six patterns a piece, with Euclidean fills, probability, lane length and ratchets.
• Tap SAVE for a breakdown, again for the build and drop, or let the auto-DJ run the set.
• Press GLO then SAVE to store a piece in its genre, and it returns at power-on.
• The FM-1 works as a USB audio and MIDI device, so you record the performance into your DAW.

Its modes

Tempo

Set the tempo, Evolve, Motion and Drift from the home page.

Chords

Choose the chord type, voicing, chorus and a repeating chord loop for the pad.

Acid steps

Freeze the acid line and write each step's rest, note, accent or slide.

Drums

Set the kit's level, drive, swing and which of the six patterns plays.

Phrase

Chain patterns, slice the bar, run half or double time and set lane conditions.

Mixer

Pick a layer and set its level, pan and send to the echo and reverb.

Global

Set the root, theme, tune and genre, and store the piece with SAVE.

Jam

Play the keys as an instrument over the music, in scale, chords or harp.

Sequencer

Edit the six drum lanes' sixteen steps on the white keys.

Perform

Watch the eight tracks and sections, mute parts and turn the mood with ALGORITHM.