PORTABLE / STANDALONE
FIRST LOVE – KEY FEATURES
RIFF ARPEGGIATOR
Create any combinations of notes, with silences too, play thru them on the velocity sensitive pads, live loop or set your bpm rate and arpeggiate.
4X4 LIVE LOOPER
Record a loop. Bounce. Record another loop. Merge, add to end or beginning. Bounce to one slot on 4x4 loop. Compose in any groove you want or use the riff arpeggiator to set the bpm of your loops.
BUILT IN SPEAKERS
Truly stand-alone you can use the built in speakers to start your sonic journeys wherever you are.
BATTERY OPTION
Adding 4 lithium batteries gives you extra freedom to be anywhere with your FIRST LOVE
SOUND ENGINE
4 PARTS MULTITIMBRAL
Up to 4 different instruments playing at the same time or one multitimbral patch.
POLYPHONIC
Swelling chords, glittering melodies arpeggiating into the distance, fast arpeggios, you need more notes. Polyphony, we love it.
MICROTONAL TUNER
Custom make your own musical scales. With 4 playing strings, one touch away, you can for example change fast between microtonal, chromatic, D-Major or play along with 17 string japanese Koto. Save up to 256 scales.
FLEXIBLE MODULATION
Flexible modulation sources lets you connect almost everything to affect almost everything else. Opens up multiple dimensions of creative sound design and happy accidents.
MULTIPLE EFFECTS
Sounds really come alive when they are affected by their surroundings: Reverb, Delay, Chorus. Some environments are cold and harsh and some places are just weird: Freezer, Bit-Cruncher, Flanger and more.
CONNECTIVITY
2 X STEREO / 4 MONO OUT
Stereo out and headphone monitoring while playing live. Route up to 4 mono channels out for recording or more creative control in live settings.
USB-C AND WIRELESS
Connect to your DAW thru USB-C. An extra USB-C port is for power. Wireless connections include Bluetooth.
MIDI IN/THRU
Connect your favourite midi keyboard or sequencer. Up to 4 midi channels at a time. Mixer view gives you instant visual feedback to wich timbres your midi signal affecting.
SYNC IN/OUT
Sync with other electronic musical instruments. Mini-jack sync in and out or use the midi-clock signal going out.
HEADPHONE OUT
Robust quality 1/4" headphone output.
Testimonials
Grammy award nominated producer and musician
Kurt Uenala
The LOVE synth sets a new standard in human interaction with sound synthesis, as it is combining classic synthesis methods with a groundbreaking user experience.
Musician and composer
Úlfur Hansson
This instrument offers unprecedented ways to explore the sonic world of an FM synthesizer, effectively and beautifully solving one of the most difficult interface problems of FM synthesizers.
Principal Investigator, Intelligent Instruments Lab, LHÍ
Þórhallur Magnússon
Kári has designed a uniquely user friendly interface for FM synthesis, a sound mixing technology notorious for being difficult to master.
Musician: FM Belfast
Árni Rúnar Hlöðversson
It could be said that the First Love interface is the first to make FM synthesizers accessible and understandable to users.
Decima1
It opens up a world of possibilites when you have a touchscreen
Synth Samurai
A Game Boy that can do FM synthesis
Red means recording
I was blown away by how clever these people made FM
Sonic State
Fantastic visual response, really brilliant, beautiful”
