Stereo-Field Morphing Synthesizer

by OSCILL/R

cheat sheet for the M-VAVE FM-1

checked against L/RRY 0.1.0 beta · full details in SPEC.md

The capsule

A7 In POLY: the notes you can still play.M or L in MONO or LEGATO. Which morph end you edit, A or B.

Getting around

Turn SELECT
Switches between the pages of a module; in lists and the menu it moves the row.
Tap EDIT / FX / ENV / LFO / GLO / ARP / SEQ / SEL
Switches between the modules. EDIT: the sources. FX: filters, dirt and sends. GLO: mixer, pans and effects.
Tap HOME
MORPH page; turn SELECT for MORPH SET.
Hold HOME
Opens the menu. HOME closes it.
Turn ALGORITHM
Moves the MORPH fader, from any page. MENU > CONTROL > ALGORITHM KNOB picks something else for it.
Hold EDIT / FX / ENV / LFO / ARP / GLO / SEQ / REC
Quick page: the four knobs become performance controls. Let go to go back.
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: the notes keep sounding. 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.
Mod wheel (CC1)
Moves the MORPH fader too.

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 steps back. End B is saved exactly as it sounds, with the patch.
GLO > MIXER, STAGE PAN
Every source's level and pan, and the pans of both filters and both dirt stages, on a few pages.
GLO > MODULES > SENDS OFF
Switches chorus, delay and reverb off and gives their voices back.

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 keys.

Saving & loading

Tap SAVE
Opens PATCHES (PATTERNS on a sequencer page). SELECT moves between PATCHES, PATTERNS and TOOLS.
Hold SAVE
Overwrites the slot your patch came from; OCT+ yes, OCT- no.
MIDI program change
Program n loads patch slot n + 1 of the 128 (bank 0 or 1).
Backup (installer page or editor Backup page)
Saves your patches, patterns and settings to a file. Back up before every flash.

Good to know

  • Each patch's own level is TRIM (EDIT > VOICE 2/2); it's saved with the patch.
  • KEY VELOCITY and AFTERTOUCH are in MENU > CONTROL.
  • Teach a CC with MIDI LEARN on the unit (GLO > MIDI LEARN). CC1 mod wheel, CC11 expression, CC64 sustain pedal are inputs.
  • Best with headphones: L/RRY lives in stereo.
  • Try it first in your browser: oscillr.github.io/LRRY/emu