LOOM-8
a pocket groovebox for the FM-1, in the browser: the same code the FM-1 runs
Turn your phone sideways for bigger controls.
Buttons
- SEQ the steps: on a drum track, a black key picks the sound and the white keys are steps 1–16.
- SEQ held, play notes, let go, then press steps: the notes go on them.
- HOME held is the shift key: a step for its tricks, a key for a throw, REC undo, PLAY redo.
- EDIT the sound, ENV envelope and filter, FX sends, LFO, ARP players, GLO mix and master.
- PLAY start / stop. REC held while playing records; stopped, a tap starts step record.
- SEL the page's list: copy, paste, weave, presets.
- SELECT the page, ALGORITHM the track, PRESETS the next sound, KNOB 1–4 the values on the screen. SAVE saves.
Mouse and touch
- Drag a knob up or down, or use the scroll wheel over it.
- Click or touch buttons and keys. Several fingers at once work on a touch screen.
- Combinations with a mouse: Shift-click (or right-click) a button to hold it down, click again to let go.
Keyboard
- White keys 1–8: Q–I, 9–16: A–K. Black keys 1–11: 1–0, -.
- Hold Shift for HOME (the shift key), / for SEQ (held: play the notes a step will take).
- Space PLAY, Enter REC, Esc HOME, Z / X OCT− / OCT+.
- ↑ ↓ turn SELECT.
Saving
SAVE keeps your projects in this browser, as the FM-1 keeps them in its memory. Factory reset forgets them. It is the firmware, not a recording: what you hear is LOOM-8 running, at the FM-1's 44.1 kHz. The idea of running FM-1 firmware in the browser comes from Groove OS's emulator.