FoMni-1
A chord harp for the M-VAVE FM-1, inspired by the Suzuki Omnichord. Pick a chord on the black keys, run a finger across the white keys, and it rings out. Behind it are an organ-like chord, a bass, and the OM-84's ten rhythms, which can play the bass and chord in time.
Version 0.2. It installs and
uninstalls the way Felucca and X0X do, and the installer can put M-VAVE's own firmware back. Installing is at your own risk.
Playing
| White keys | The strum plate. Each key plucks a string of the chord: root, third and fifth, folded into an F#–F window, five groups up and a root on top, as on the Omnichord. |
| Black keys | The chord buttons: F C G, Dm Am, Em G7 E7, D7 Bb, A7. Hold ENV for the minor, LFO for the 7th, both for the m7. Change any of them on the Chords page (SEL). |
| PLAY · REC | The rhythm, on and off. REC is sync start: the rhythm waits for your first chord. |
| ARP | Chord hold: the chord keeps going after you let go. |
| OCT− · OCT+ | Move the strum plate an octave. |
| SELECT | Tempo. |
| ALGORITHM | Rhythm. |
| PRESETS | Transpose (−6 to +6). |
| KNOB 1–4 | The four values on the screen (see the pages below). |
| SAVE | Saves. FoMni-1 also saves by itself a few seconds after a change, once it's quiet. |
The pages
Each page puts four values on KNOB 1–4. EDIT steps through the pages.
- HOME: Play. Voice 1, Voice 2, Sustain, Chord level.
- SEQ: Rhythm. Rhythm, Tempo, Drums level, Auto bass (on: the bass and chord play in time with the rhythm).
- FX: Sound. Reverb (the strings' send), Space (the plate's size), Width, Chord rev (the chord and bass's send). The drums stay dry.
- SEL: Chords. Change the chord on any black key: press the key, then turn Root (KNOB 1) and Type (KNOB 2). KNOB 3 and 4 are Transpose and Octave.
- GLO: Setup. Tune, MIDI out, Key lights.
MIDI out: the strings on channel 1, the chord on 2, the bass on 3, the drums on 10. To go back to the official firmware, use the installer's "Back to the stock firmware", or M-VAVE's updater, M-UPGRADE, from m-vave.com/download. Omnichord is a trademark of Suzuki; M-VAVE and FM-1 are trademarks of their owners. FoMni-1 is not affiliated with any of them.