SmileyfaceCHEAT SHEET
v1.0.0| STEPS | PLAY | |
|---|---|---|
| KEYS | Write a note, move on | White keys cue patterns |
| SELECT | Move the cursor. SEL held: wrap the pattern | · |
| PRESETS | Pick a pattern (cued while it plays) | Pick a pattern (cued while it plays) |
| ALGORITHM | Next page of knobs | Next page of knobs |
| KNOB 1 to 4 | The sound (see the pages below) | The sound (see the pages below) |
| HOME | Next view. Hold: projects | Next view. Hold: projects |
| GLO | Manual | Manual |
| PLAY | Start, stop | Start, stop |
| SEQ | Tap tempo | Tap tempo |
| ENV | Accent on the step. Held: write with one | Held: accent everything |
| SEL | Tap: slide on the step. Held: write with a slide | · |
| EDIT | Rest, move on | Clear the chain |
| LFO | Random pattern | Random pattern |
| ARP | Nudge a few steps | Nudge a few steps |
| SAVE | Save | Save |
| OCT-/OCT+ | Octave | Octave |
| GLO + HOME | Menu: Factory Reset, Roll The Dice | Menu |
| FX | Undo (again: flip back) | Undo (again: flip back) |
Knob pages (ALGORITHM turns them)
| 1 | CUTOFF opens the filter | RESON makes it sing | ENVMOD how far each note sweeps it | DECAY how long the sweep takes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | TUNE nudges the pitch | ACCENT how hard accents hit | SLIDE how long slides take | TEMPO the speed |
| 3 | DRIVE the oscillator pushed into the filter | ACC DEC how long an accent rings | TRACK the filter follows the pitch | ATTACK a soft start to each note |
| 4 | FILT FM the oscillator shakes the filter | SWING swings the odd steps late | LENGTH how many steps play | LEVEL how loud it is |
| 5 | WAVE saw or square (a switch) | SUB OSC a square an octave down (a switch) | MUFFLE 0, 1, 2 (a switch) | SWEEP slow, norm, fast (a switch) |
| 6 | HI RES resonance past the edge (a switch) | POLES 3 or 4 (a switch) | ACCENT accents on or off (a switch) |
Tips
- Hold SEL and turn SELECT to wrap the pattern round: the steps slide along and come back at the other end
- Hold ENV or SEL while you press a key to write the note with an accent or a slide
- PLAY view: press white keys to cue patterns. They play in the order you pressed, each when the one before ends. Hold ENV to accent everything
- Pages 5 and 6 of the knobs are the switches, drawn as switches: turn a knob right to flip one up
- Hold SEL on a project in the project list to copy it, hold EDIT to start it over
- Send MIDI clock and the FM-1 follows it. The tempo turns blue
- GLO + HOME is the menu. Roll The Dice fills every pattern of every project with random stuff: hold OCT+ to confirm