DWNLO

in the browser: the same code the FM-1 runs

Turn your phone sideways for bigger controls.

Off. Sound starts when you switch it on.

Screen reader

DWNLO says what its screen shows, as it does on the FM-1 with the FM-1 Screen Reader: pages, knobs as you turn them, messages, help cards and lists.

Who reads it

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

  • Tab moves between the knobs, buttons and keys. On a knob, the arrow keys turn it (Page Up / Page Down faster). On a button or key, Space or Enter presses it for as long as you hold it; Shift+Space keeps a button held down until you press it again.
  • While the FM-1 has focus, shortcuts play it: white keys 1–8 Q–I, 9–16 A–K; black keys 1–11 1–0, -; Space PLAY, Enter REC, Shift SEL (held), Esc HOME, Z / X OCT− / OCT+, ↑ ↓ turn SELECT.

Saving

SAVE keeps your patterns 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 DWNLO 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. The page's voice is eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0), from the FM-1 Screen Reader.