DUELL

MultiMorphing Bitimbral Synthesizer

by OSCILL/R

cheat sheet for the M-VAVE FM-1

checked against DUELL 1.2 · community-style quick reference; full details in SPEC.md and docs/QUICKSTART.md

Part marker

1A8 In POLY: the notes this part can still play.It drops while the other part plays.M, L, U in MONO, LEGATO, UNISON. The letter shows which morph end you edit, A or B. The number marks part 1 or part 2.

Getting around

Turn SELECT
Switches between the pages of a module; in lists and the menu it moves the row.
Tap FX / SEL / ENV / LFO / EDIT / GLO / ARP / SEQ
Switches between the modules.
Tap HOME
MORPH page; turn SELECT for MORPH SET and MODE.
Hold HOME
Opens the menu. HOME closes it.
Press ALGORITHM
Selects the part you edit. On the MORPH page and on PERFORM: PART 1, BOTH, PART 2.
Hold EDIT / LFO / ENV / ARP / GLO / SEQ / REC
Quick page: the four knobs become performance controls. Let go to go back.
Hold FX
PERFORM page. Tap FX to leave.
Hold OCT- + turn a knob
Resets that knob's card to its default. In a dialog or menu OCT- means back / no, OCT+ do it / yes.

Playing

Tap OCT- / OCT+
Octave down / up of the keys. Both together reset the octave to 0.
Tap REC (not on sequencer pages)
HOLD for the part(s) the keys play. Tap again to release.
Tap PLAY/STOP
Stopped: starts when you let go. Running: stops at once.
Hold PLAY/STOP, or press it twice
STOP ALL: silences everything, delay, chorus and reverb tails too.
Hold GLO + OCT- / OCT+
Mutes / unmutes part 1 / part 2.
Mod wheel (CC1)
Moves the MORPH fader.

Sound

MORPH page
Knob 1 glides from End A to End B. Knob 2 ROLL: turn left to roll End A, right to roll End B. Knob 3 UNDO goes back up to 2 rolls. End B is saved exactly as it sounds, with the patch.

Sequencer / patterns

Turn a knob with REC armed
Records a parameter lock. Tap SEQ, turn SELECT to PARAMETER LOCKS to change or delete them.
Hold SEQ
QUICK SEQ tools on the white keys from F3.

Saving & loading

Tap SAVE
Opens the page that fits: PATTERNS on a sequencer page, otherwise MULTIS in LAYER and PATCHES in DUEL and STEREO. SELECT moves between PATCHES, PATTERNS, MULTIS, TOOLS.
Hold SAVE
Overwrites the slot your sound came from; OCT+ yes, OCT- no. On the MORPH page with TARGET BOTH, each part goes over its own slot.
MIDI program change
LAYER: program 0 to 15 on part 1's channel loads multis M01 to M16 (bank 0). DUEL and STEREO: bank 0, program n loads entry n of the PATCHES list; bank 1, program n loads patch slot n.
Backup (installer page or editor Backup page)
Saves patches, multis, patterns, user wavetables and settings. A flash keeps your saved data; back up before every flash. Room for 128 patches, 16 multis (M01 to M16), 32 patterns (P01 to P32).

Good to know

  • The PATCH LEVEL is saved with the patch; the PART LEVEL on the mixer is yours.
  • KEY VELOCITY and AFTERTOUCH are on by default; switch them off in MENU > CONTROL.
  • Teach a CC with MIDI LEARN on the unit. CC1 mod wheel, CC11 expression, CC64 sustain pedal are inputs.