zp12

• zp12 turns the FM-1 into a 12-bit sampling drum machine with 32 pads in four banks at 26.04 kHz.
• Pitch comes from the playback rate with no interpolation, so tuned sounds skip or repeat and the aliasing stays.
• Each pad plays on the channel of its position: pads 1-2 have a resonant 4-pole low-pass, 3-6 a fixed one, 7-8 none.
• The sequencer holds 16 loops of 1 to 32 bars or AUTO, 512 hits each, and four songs.
• Record in real time with a count-in, AUTO CORRECT and swing, or hold SEQ and tap a pad's 16 steps.
• Hold FX with white keys 1-4 for rolls, reverse and tape stop, or OCT- and OCT+ to throw everything into reverb or echo.
• Sample on the machine over USB: the FM-1 is your computer's speaker, tap LFO, press REC and the take lands on the selected pad.
• Sounds, mix, effects, loops and songs save themselves in flash when you stop, and the browser editor and backup page handle your own samples.

Its modes

HOME

KNOB 1-4 are the channel faders and the screen shows the selected pad and tempo.

EDIT

Set a pad's sample, TUNE, FINE, DECAY, LEVEL, start and end, CHOP group, pan, filter and effect sends.

FX

Shape the DJ filter on the mix plus chorus, tempo delay and reverb.

SEQ

Pick the loop, set its bars, AUTO CORRECT and swing, and clear or copy it.

SONG

Chain loops into four songs with a step, its loop and a repeat count.

SETUP

Set tempo, how long a page keeps the knobs, and the factory reset.

CLICK

Switch the click, choose a count-in of one or two bars, and set when an overdub starts.

OUTPUT

Turn SMOOTH on so cut sounds bridge instead of clicking.

SAMPLE

Sample into the FM-1 over USB with rate, time, threshold and monitoring.

MULTI PITCH

Play the last sound chromatically over all 27 keys.