ARCTIC SCREAM p0larpatch

Drone firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1 by PolarPatch. Play it here, the same code the instrument runs, before you install it.

Keys: Z–/ S–' Q–O the keys 1–6 FX SCL ENV LFO EDIT GLO 7–= HOME SAVE ARP SEQ PLAY REC [ ] OCT− OCT+ ↑ ↓ SELECT · ← → ALGORITHM hold a button's key + other keys: its combos (SAVE + Z…) right-click or Shift-click a button: held until clicked again

Z–/ S–' keys F2–A♯3, Q–O B3–G4 (an octave down: drones) · ALGORITHM (← →): the track EDIT (5): SOUND, (FM: FM ALGO, FM OP,) again SOURCE (VA, FM, SAMPLE: your own, from the editor, VOICE, WHEEL, PHYS, PHASE, Holvut; LATCH) · Holvut: FEEDBACK wakes the loop (past about two thirds it howls by itself), BODY bends it, DAMP darkens it, DRIVE tears it ENV (3): ATTACK DECAY SUSTAIN RELEASE · FX (1): TAPE, GRAIN, DELAY, SPACE; hold FX + Z (the first white key): FREEZE, + the next seven white keys: REV THROW, ECHO THROW, TAPE STOP, REVERSE, FILTER DOWN, FILTER UP, STUTTER (while held) SEL (2): SCALE (the keys snap to it), again CHORD (TYPE, VOICING); hold SEL: the track's chord mode on / off ARP (9): MODE, RATE, OCTAVES, GATE; hold ARP: the track's arp on / off (it plays the keys held; LATCH: they stay) LFO (4): RATE, DEPTH, DESTINATION (PITCH, VOLUME, PAN, the source's knobs, REV, GRAIN), SHAPE; again DRONE: BORGA (snowdrift: the sound wanders on its own), STOARBMA (storm: the tension), GOHCCAT (to wake: bars to reach it), LATCH GLO (6): SONG (SECTION, PATTERN, REPEATS, MODE; REC there: song record); hold GLO + white keys 1–4: mute T1–T4, 5–8: solo HOME (7): HOME (VOLUME, CUTOFF, RESONANCE, FX), MIXER 1, MIXER 2; hold: SYSTEM (COLOUR, MIDI CHANNEL, TUNE, SCREEN OFF), HOME again: SYSTEM 2 (MIDI LEARN, SEQ MIDI OUT, SAMPLES: CLEAR then OCT+ empties the four sample slots) SEQ (0): GRID, PATTERN SETTINGS · PLAY (-): start / stop · REC (=): record · SELECT (↑ ↓): SEQ the step (SEQ held: STEPS), HOME the tempo · PRESETS: SEQ the tempo hold SEQ + white keys: CLEAR, RANDOM, SHIFT ←, SHIFT →, COPY, PASTE, DOUBLE, MUTATE · on SEQ's pages hold SEL + knobs: lock the step's sound (+ OCT−: clear) SAVE (8): SOUNDS, PROJECTS; OCT+ (]) does the ACTION, OCT− backs out; hold + white keys 1–4: recall slots A–D, 5–8: save A–D · EDIT held + OCT−/OCT+: undo/redo · PRESETS: the sounds by category (SEQ: the tempo) · the work saves itself when stopped drag or scroll a knob · right-click or Shift-click holds a button · MIDI in via Web MIDI (pick the input above; the channel is set on the FM-1: hold HOME > SYSTEM > MIDI CHANNEL) · CH filters one channel; to play the selected track from any single channel, set the FM-1's MIDI CHANNEL to ALL > SEL (hold HOME > SYSTEM)