FIRST LOVE is the debut instrument from Reykjavík-based LOVE Synthesizers. It is a standalone, polyphonic and multitimbral 4-operator FM synthesizer that pairs an animated 7" touchscreen with hands-on knobs, buttons and pressure-sensitive pads. It suits players who want quick, visual access to FM sound design and producers who want depth beyond the presets. This listing is the white version.
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4-operator FM you can draw: set up the FM connections on screen, then morph between timbres and loop the results
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Sound shaping: wave shaping, morphing envelopes, effects and modulation on top of custom operator routing
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Multitimbral: up to four instruments at once, each polyphonic or monophonic, combined with MIDI channels into multitimbral patches
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Scales and tuning: switch between quantized or microtonal scales and tune your own
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MIDI looper: create, multiply, overdub, merge and bounce loops, then arrange them
Playing is split across several surfaces. The pressure-sensitive pads, the touchscreen and the looper can each play a different timbre at the same time, and an arpeggiator with adjustable rate adds movement. Notes and rests can be combined in any order.
The looper works in free timing or against a quantized backbeat. Loops can be extended at the start or end, merged and bounced into an arrangement, so ideas can grow into full parts without a computer.