Shine On

• Shine On makes the FM-1 a seventies string machine with sixteen keyers, phase-locked footages and six fixed registers.
• Four tracks each carry their own registers, ensemble, phaser, arpeggiator and sequence, started and stopped on the bar.
• A three-line bucket-brigade ensemble and a six-stage phaser give the strings their sway, with MONO, STEREO and WIDE spreads.
• The mixer sends every track to a ping-pong delay, a plate reverb and a drive, into a master with DJ filter and compressor.
• The sequencer runs four tracks of up to 256 steps with chords, ties, ratchets, chance, polymeters, swing and recorded knob moves.
• You play the keys live, hold a function button to turn the white keys and knobs into a layer, and tap it for its pages.
• Save a track's program with SAVE twice, keep eight patterns in flash with their sounds and mix, and switch them on the bar.

Its modes

PERFORM

Play the strings with TONE, ATTACK, RELEASE and ensemble DEPTH on four knobs.

MIXER

Set each track's LEVEL, PAN, sends to delay, reverb and drive, and the MASTER.

EDIT

Choose the string and brass registers, set SPLIT, and shape TONE, WARMTH, BRIGHT and VELOCITY.

KEYER

Set the keyer's ATTACK, RELEASE, VELOCITY and GLIDE.

VIBRATO

Set the vibrato rate, depth and delay for the track's sound.

ARP

Pick the arpeggiator's direction, octaves, speed and gate, with the ARP button as HOLD.

FX

Dial the track's ensemble and phaser plus the song's delay, reverb and drive.

GLOBAL

Set TEMPO, CLICK, MIDI channel and TUNE, and watch the CPU time and sync.

OUTPUT

Set VINTAGE, OCTAVE, BEND and VOLUME.

PRESETS

Pick the chosen track's program from the ninety-nine slots.