fm-1

M-VAVE FM-1 resource hub: custom firmwares directory, docs, MIDI SysEx protocol tools & firmware flasher

Emulator for the M-VAVE FM-1 pocket synth: runs its firmwares unchanged in the browser and natively

A curated list of resources, custom firmware, tools and open source work around the M-VAVE FM-1 pocket FM synthesizer.

A software M-VAVE FM-1: FM synth app and VST3/AU plugin with two-way preset and pattern sync over the FM-1+VA firmware

Dark ambient, dungeon synth and deathdream firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1: 4 tracks, 7 sound sources, real recorded choirs, tracks that play by themselves, 64-step sequencer, long tape, granular and reverb effects. Free and open source (GPL-3.0). Install via the FM-1 Firmware Hub; try it in the web emulator or edit sounds in the web editor.

Alternative firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1 pocket synth: superwave analog, modulation matrix, latched drones, ratchets, 4 tracks. A Felucca fork. 🛶

Tonitor: acousmatic firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1 — electroacoustic experimentation, live ambient, sound exploration. Not a groovebox.

Tessera: firmware for composing through systems on the M-Vave FM-1. 13 generators, song forms and a long form that shapes a whole piece, with modulation on four tracks.

FiMba-1: a physically modelled kalimba (thumb piano) firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1, with mbira patterns, tape, grains and more. Built on Felucca, X0X and FoMni.

FRASIL: drone textures frozen in motion. An ambient drone and texture firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1.

PT/FM - Pocket Tracker / Fusion Machine for M-Wave FM-1.

Sound into motion. An open-source FM-1 groovebox for building patterns, swapping drum sounds and performing break chops. Built on JIANT.

winampFM Synth: a Winamp 2.x-style firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1, based on SLOOP 2.6 (GPL-3.0)

Back up and restore your M-VAVE FM-1 from an Android phone.

Pocket GammaWave (GW-1) — Dual-core M-VAVE FM-1 custom firmware & Web Studio: Solar Hearth wavetable physics, FFT spectrogram filter, 4-track tape deck & 49-genre song generator (Trap ATL, UK Drill, Dark Trap, Rage). Companion to GammaWave VST.

Bigorna: a firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1 for rhythmic noise, power noise, industrial and IDM, after the Elektron Digitone II.

Minimalist music for the M-VAVE FM-1: a self-playing ensemble anyone can take over. Inspired by FM1-AMB and Philip Glass.

Gnomad: easy, kid-friendly firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1 synth. Sound pictures instead of menus, four colour knobs, the singing Gnome. Free, open source (GPL-3.0), built on Felucca.

Speak37: a talking synth firmware for the M-Vave SMK-37 and the FM-1, with MOPE, a gloomy robot who judges your chords

Long dark screaming ambient from the frozen Arctic. A living feedback loop creeps out of the cold and grows into a howl. Drones drift over the tundra as wind and every sound keeps moving after you let go. Four tracks, eight sound sources, endless reverb, shimmer and runaway echoes.