FM-1 Tier List

video upload by AudioPilz

You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.

"Hey everybody! In this video I will rate as many FM-1 custom firmwares on a tier list as humanly possible. The little synth was originally released as a low cost take on the iconic DX7 but a loose collective of insomniacs with a Claude subscription vibe coded it into the blueprint for what the music tech landscape might look like in the future.

Given the mind boggling number of firmwares and updates being released every day I won’t be able to cover them all so please leave a comment if I missed your favorite genre-specific nerd synth or niche aesthetics UI style crime.

This tier list is based on The Firmware Hub, we will start with the ones that kicked off all this madness, review the most popular ones and I’ll allow myself to add a few personal favorites.

00:00 Introduction 00:49 OG FM-1 Firmware 01:10 Baud Girl 01:45 Felucca 02:24 Sloop 02:59 Jiant FM 03:27 Skiff 04:06 Melodee 04:37 OberVave 05:00 AMB-1 05:28 Ghoulbox 06:00 Gr!mm 06:15 X0X 06:48 FMini-1 07:08 Choral Flower (because I couldn't get ChoralRoot to run) 07:47 Mutable Dreams 08:11 Fart Machine One 08:29 Matryoshka (sorry for butchering that word) 08:51 Loom-8 09:18 DUB-1 09:47 Hortator 10:09 FoMni 10:38 Rainbow Mode 10:53 Outro"