PT/FM

• Six instrument types play from the keys: DX7 FM, JUNO-106, TB-303, CHIP, sampler and FUSION.
• The EDITOR writes patterns as a grid of up to 16 tracks and 128 rows, with four commands a cell.
• SONGS plays your patterns in an order you choose, each song with its own tempo, swing and effects.
• LOOPS records up to 16 layered loops of one length and makes the whole performance a new song.
• Effects include GATE, FILTER, DRIVE, LO-FI, CHORUS, DELAY, REVERB, LIMITER and DUCK, plus sixteen punch-ins on the white keys.
• DJ runs two songs on two decks in time, with a crossfader, filters, cue points, stops and LFO pads.
• SAVE writes songs, patterns, instruments and settings into the FM-1's own memory, where they survive power-off.
• Play it from a keyboard or computer over USB or the TRS MIDI IN jack, and sync with other gear.

Its modes

SONGS

You list your songs and arrange each one's order of patterns.

EDITOR

You write patterns on a grid of tracks and rows, with notes, instruments, volumes and commands.

INSTRUMENTS

You browse cartridges, try sounds on the keys and edit them.

PLAYBACK

You follow the playing pattern and perform, jumping positions and changing the song's speed and volume.

DJ

You mix two songs on two decks with a crossfader, filters, cue points and pads.

VISUAL

You watch the sound as scopes, waveform, spectrum and track meters.

STATUS

You check the version, help, performance figures and free storage.

SETTINGS

You set global options and run tools for your storage.

LOOPS

You stack live loops, mute and solo them from the keys.

FX

You set the effects, the punch-ins, the metronome and the mixer.