OPLBend Tracker – an LSDJ-style OPL3 tracker for M-VAVE FM-1 (circuit bending, looper, drum machine)

video upload by Maz Hoot

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

"OPLBend Tracker: a free, open-source OPL3 (YMF262) tracker firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1, by Audren.

• LSDJ-style structure: SONG, CHAIN, PHRASE, INSTR, TABLE
• Use the keyboard as a gamepad (D-PAD mode)
• Circuit bending, GLITCH and MASTER FX
• Looper and drum machine
• Opens and saves .A2M songs (AdLib Tracker II)

Install from your browser (Chrome/Edge): https://mazmusique.fr/oplbendtracker/
Source code (GPL-3.0): https://github.com/AudrenThibault/OPL...
If the web installer fails, the official M-UPGRADE app can install it too."

OPLBend Tracker

A free OPL3 FM tracker firmware, with FX inspired by circuit bending, a drum machine and a looper, for the M-VAVE FM-1.

What it is

An LSDJ-style tracker: SONG, CHAIN, PHRASE, INSTR, TABLE, PROJECT — driven from the FM-1's keyboard and knobs.

A software OPL3 (YMF262) FM engine, 18 voices, with 2,103 instrument presets from AdLib Tracker II.

FX inspired by circuit bending: virtual switches on the FM chip, track by track, and a chip clock you can bend (pitch and speed, like a slowed-down tape).

GLITCH, MASTER FX (distortion, ring mod, phaser, flanger, delay, crush, filter) and KNOB GENERAL on all sounds at once.

A drum machine, a drum keyboard (a drum on every key) and a looper with layers and polymeter.

Opens and exports AdLib Tracker II .A2M songs, which also open in AMBER OPL Tracker and my other OPL3 trackers. USB audio: record it straight into your DAW.

Help on the device: press ENV.

CS-1 - A Yamaha CS80 Model for the M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by

You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon. You can find CS-1 at https://thefirmwarehub.com.

"A Yamaha CS-80 in spirit: eight voices of two channels, high- and low-pass filters in series, ring modulator, the touch response and 22 tones from the owner's manual. A sound module played over MIDI."

He made a fair Sampler for FM-1 and it sounds HUGE

video upload by ferluht

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

"Another day of AI-sloping firmwares for FM-1, this time a fair lo-fi sampler with 120s of audio, zones/instruments mapping, a free loop sequencer, punch-ins and send-returns. Still not LOOPA but already closer"

https://github.com/ferluht/fm1-lofi-s...

fm1-lofi

A lo-fi sampler that runs on the M-VAVE FM-1 itself, plus a web editor (one HTML file) that builds sample packs and sends them over Bluetooth (BLE MIDI) or USB.

Samples are stored in the FM-1's flash as 16 kHz mono, 2 bit LMS-ADPCM: about 100 s of audio in the 520 KB the firmware has for a pack.

The panel is a menu of ten screens (FX, SEL, ENV, LFO, EDIT, GLO, HOME, SAVE, ARP, SEQ), each with four parameters. Keyboard zones, scales, per zone envelope / LFO / start / end / reverse, four send effects with punch-ins, an arpeggiator and a live loop sequencer.

The web editor (one HTML file, any Chrome or Edge, Web MIDI) imports audio, slices it, maps it to zones, previews the real 2-bit sound and uploads the pack.

The most relaxing firmware for m-wave FM-1

video upload by The Cranky Man's Show

"A generative call & answer 1970s Berlin School instrument for FM1
Freeeeeee and it puts you to sleep in no time, just like it put me...zzzzzz"

Tangerine Dream in a box? - NACHTFAHRT firmware on M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by Guinan

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

"I'm blown away yet again by how great another M-Vave FM-1 firmware is. This time I'm playing the NACHTFAHRT firmware by Cranky Man.

Get the NACHTFART firmware here,
https://fartypants.github.io/fm1-nach...
It runs great in the browser if you just want to have a play."

"A generative 1970s Berlin School instrument. Two sequencers drift against each other over a slow drone, their filters breathing; a lead voice dreams above them. Let it play for hours, or play with it: the white keys give you the melody, always in the piece's key, over the sequences and the drone, while the lead plays its own phrases around yours.

NACHTFAHRT plays itself from the moment it is switched on, and it never ends: each piece builds, opens into a solo, drifts through a bridge and starts its long rise again. You are invited in. The white keys play the melody in the piece's scale, so every note fits, and the lead makes room for you. The black keys are effects while held: Rise and Close sweep every filter, Transpose lifts the sequences, Supernova, Twitter and more. SELECT turns the level of the layer you are looking at; PERFORM (SEL) mutes and solos the layers and pushes Filter, Wet and Energy.

WHAT IT PLAYS

Drone. Organ, strings, horn, saws, glass or a choir whose vowel moves, through a slow phaser, with the root an octave below; its chords walk slowly.

Sequence. The arpeggio at the heart of it: a Moog-style line repeated by the echo, its filter wandering, rising over the piece.

Sequence 2. A second line, usually a step shorter, so the two drift apart and meet again; now and then it moves an octave.

Lead. A gliding solo voice far in the reverb, phrasing in calls and answers; or your own melody on the keys.

Atmosphere. Wind, surf, space or tape hiss, where a piece wants it.

Eight pieces after the records of Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and Ashra (Timewind, Wahnfried, Phaedra, Rubycon, Stratosfear, Sunrain, Mirage, Cyborg) and a ninth of its own (Sakura Rain), each remembering how you left it. Every layer has its sound pages and a Move page, where its filter wanders relative to the knob you set.

To go back to the official firmware, use the installer's "Back to the stock firmware", or M-VAVE's updater, M-UPGRADE, from m-vave.com/download. NACHTFAHRT is based on DUB-1 by sbegueria, itself based on AMB-1 by Charles Vestal; its granular cloud follows JIANT's; the platform is Felucca by Leo Kuroshita (Hügelton Instruments). GPL-3.0. Pictures made with ChatGPT. M-VAVE and FM-1 are trademarks of their owners. NACHTFAHRT is not affiliated with M-VAVE or Hügelton Instruments."

GR!MM V2.0 is out! Dark ambient firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by GR!MM // Deathdream

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

"GR!MM V2.0 is free, open-source custom firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1 synth: it turns the FM-1 into a dark ambient, dungeon synth and drone machine with real recorded choirs, generative tracks that play by themselves, and long tape, granular and reverb effects. Happy Halloween

GR!MM V2.0 is a big update. What's new:
GENERATE: generative tracks that play by themselves (DRIFT, PULSE, STORM)
Real choirs: Gregorian monks, nuns and a cathedral choir
GLIDE on every sound
PHASE reborn: a second line, ring mod and noise
Four kinds of distortion: SOFT, FUZZ, CLIP, FOLD
A master filter over the whole mix
MIDI clock in and out, so the FM-1 syncs to your gear and DAW
A new mixer with tape and drive per track
Better tape warble effects


Most of this came from your requests. Thank you."

GR!MM V2.0 Full Tutorial | New features of the dark ambient firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1 explained

video upload by GR!MM // Deathdream

Microwave XT firmware - Tallent Edition

via github. Note this is not Waldorf sanctioned.

"An unofficial firmware extension for the Waldorf Microwave II, XT and XTk, operating system 2.33:

Independent wavetable selection for both oscillators.

X-Mod: new Phase and Amplitude modulation modes for both oscillators (XT and XTk).

Warp: nine ways to reshape each oscillator's wave as it plays, with two new modulation destinations, W1 Warp and W2 Warp (XT and XTk).

New aliasing settings modeled after the Industrial Music Electronics Piston Honda Mk II Eurorack module.

Interpolation: optional smooth wavetable scanning as on the Synthesis Technology E352 Cloud Terrarium and the Piston Honda, with Startwave in hundredths of a wave.

FX Para 1-3: three new modulation destinations that move the effect's settings, such as its Speed, Feedback or dry/wet mix.

MPE input, with per-note pitch bend, pressure and Y.

MIDI controllers for every new setting.

The Tallent Edition Sounds: 80 Sounds and nine wavetables that use the new features.

All original features remain. On an XT or XTk, the new pages sit behind Shift with the Wavetable, FM Amount and Env Amount knobs. A Microwave II plays 8 voices and reaches the new pages with the Page dial. Waldorf's update can be loaded again at any time.

See the New Features Guide for how everything works."

Bitbox Mk2 Custom Firmware Overview

video upload by Ville Walveranta

"I created a custom patch for the official 2.3.4 firmware that adds a screen saver, speed change without pitch change, vertical waveform zoom, and an easy way to reset parameters to their defaults."

Additional details via the developer:

"I’ve put together a free, unofficial customization of 1010music Bitbox MkII firmware 2.3.4, adding a few features I’ve wanted on my own module. The customized version identifies itself as 2.3.4+c.

What’s added:

Vertical waveform zoom: pinch/spread vertically to adjust waveform height from 25–3200%. This makes quiet samples easier to see and lets you shrink loud waveforms. Horizontal zoom still works normally. A stationary two-finger tap restores 100% vertical zoom and horizontal fit. This only changes the display, not the audio.

Optional screen saver: a black screen after 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes of inactivity. It’s disabled by default, under Tools → Disp. Playback continues while blanked. The first touch, button press, or encoder movement only wakes the display, preventing accidental edits.

Optional MIDI/CV-trigger wake: choose MIDI, CV triggers, or both. MIDI clock and active sensing are excluded. Unlike physical wake controls, the first incoming musical event still performs its normal action.

Pitch-preserving Speed: 50–200% playback speed, with a dedicated SPEED dial on the Sample-mode LFO/Spd page. It supports live adjustment and the normal INFO modulation editor, including LFO/CV modulation. At 100%, it uses native playback.

Double-tap dial defaults: double-tap a numeric dial to restore its default base value. Modulation sources and amounts remain intact.

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M-VAVE FM-1 with KARMA firmware: four tracks, stems and MIDI into Ableton

video upload by SLEAZTEK

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

"And Karma is out… I can’t wait to see what you’re all gonna do with it.

"KARMA is free, open-source firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1. It turns the FM-1 into a four-track groovebox: an acid bass or a Juno-style polysynth, physical modelling, two dozen synthesis models and a drum synth, with a 64-step sequencer, song mode, generators that write parts on one chord plan, and a pixel cast that reacts to every note.
Everything you hear in this video was played on the FM-1 and recorded straight into Ableton Live over one USB cable: six separate stems, the MIDI of every track, and the FM-1 following Ableton's clock and play button.
Install it from your browser in about a minute (Chrome or Edge, a USB data cable), try it first in the browser simulator, or edit your sounds and back up your projects with the web editor:
https://eatyourgreensstudio-dotcom.gi...

Source code (GPL-3.0): https://github.com/eatyourgreensstudi...

KARMA is built on the work of the FM-1 open-source community: SLOOP by isod89, Felucca by Hügelton Instruments, and code from X0X, FM-106, Melodee, JIANT FM and Mutable Instruments' open-source modules. Full credits are on the website. Not affiliated with M-VAVE.
#mvave #fm1 #synth"

Additional notes from the developer:

"It turns the FM-1 into a four-track groovebox:

- Track 1: an acid bass or a Juno-style polysynth

- Track 2: physical modelling, built on Émilie Gillet's open-source Elements (Mutable Instruments): strike, pluck, bow or blow a resonator

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He made a real Sampler for FM-1 (and a mobile app)

video upload by ferluht

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

"My attempt to FM-1 collective madness. Yesterday got mine and was a bit upset by how shitty it sounds. So I thought what if we take LOOPA DSP, offload all the audio processing to a phone, use FM-1 as a control surface and send audio back over USB? Here it is, a fully-featured sampler + looper PoC which doesn't sound like a toy

https://github.com/ferluht/fm1-sampler

0:00 Sounds
0:18 Sampling
0:28 Granular sampler
0:40 Making a loop
0:48 Adding drums and bass
1:07 Doubling loop
1:14 Melody
1:30 Tape speed"

"A sampler + audio looper (8 tracks) for Android with the M-VAVE FM-1 as its hardware front end. The phone does all the sound; the FM-1 is the control surface (keys, buttons, 7 encoders), the second screen (240x240, drawn with SysEx commands) and the audio output (USB audio). All DSP is original code in engine/dsp (no third-party audio engine); the only library is KissFFT (BSD) for the Paulstretch mode."

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M-Vave FM-1 | Do you really need custom Firmware anymore? | Official V16 Firmware

video upload by NatLife Sounds

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

"The sounds (presets) used in the video: https://natlifesounds.com/product/amb...

Official V16 Firmware: https://www.m-vave.com/download [links on bottom here]

Hello everyone!

Version V16 of the official firmware for the M-Wave FM-1 was recently released, and after using it for a while, I seriously wondered: Do I really need any other third-party firmware? The official firmware is the most stable, offering full stereo effects, multitimbral support, color gamut customization, a full 64-step sequencer, and much more that can't be found in third-party firmware.

And since the video didn't finish recording, I'd like to add: Do we really need custom firmware with incomprehensible code written by AI (which doesn't even understand sound synthesis)? Unfortunately, the video didn't finish recording, but that's exactly what I wanted to add in this video.

Timeline:
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - first Sequencer/Preset Demo 'SY Complx - Pattern 12'
01:47 - Analog sound demo with 'LD Jupiter - Ambient & Dreams V2'
03:15 - About 64-Sequencer
03:40 - 128 Effect Presets (in Stereo Effects)
04:33 - Global function Update
05:41 - How it will sounds now?
07:53 - "PLK Trance" in new Sequencer
08:43 - My thoughts about '3rd parties Firmwares'
09:55 - You can lost a quality of FM engine?
11:01 - FM Engine is the main thing of M-Vave FM-1
11:50 - My thoughts on all Firmwares
12:30 - Official V16 Firmware Pros
13:27 - The record was stopped (because the SD card is full :D)

#fm1 #mvave #musicproducer #musicproduction"

Also see M-VAVE FM-1 Open-Source Firmware｜Workbench & Operation Guide

FM-1 016 Firmware Release Notes follow [yes there are two 1.s below]

Compared with: the 015 release (single-timbral, 12-note polyphony)

The user manual on the official website has been updated accordingly. Please refer to it for detailed operating instructions.

Prepared: October 20, 2026

Terminology: °∞Voice°± on the display refers to a timbral part. °∞Polyphony°± refers to the total number of synthesis voices available across the instrument.

1. Multitimbral Operation and Expanded Polyphony

1. Expanded from one timbral part to eight Voices. Play different sounds simultaneously or layer multiple sounds together.

2. Total polyphony increases from 12 to 20 synthesis voices, dynamically shared across all eight parts. The instrument provides 20 voices in total, not 20 per part.

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Expressive E Ctrl-e Update - Hear it in action

video upload by Expressive E

Explore Ctrl-e with Sam Gutman

video upload by Expressive E and Sam Gutman

"🎹✨ Explore Ctrl-e with Sam Gutman. Built around Osmose, Ctrl-e brings different synth engines and expressive presets together in one simple environment, making it easy to move across very different sonic worlds without thinking plugin by plugin.

In this video, Sam explores the platform, plays through a range of sounds, and takes a look at the latest additions to Ctrl-e:
🌊 Serum 2. 50 new expressive presets designed around its latest features
🎛️ GForce Prophet-5. A new expressive take on an analog icon

From analog tones to more modern and experimental sound design, Ctrl-e brings it all together in one expressive playing experience on Osmose and Osmose CE."

"🎹✨ The Ctrl-e sound universe keeps growing.

This new update brings fresh expressive sounds to Ctrl-e, expanding the platform across Serum 2 and GForce Prophet-5..

Hear a selection of the new presets in action:
🌊 Serum 2. 50 new free presets built around Serum’s latest features and designed to push its expressive potential further.
🎛️ GForce Prophet-5. 25 new presets bringing a more expressive dimension to the character of this analog icon.

Different synth engines, different sonic worlds — all brought together in Ctrl-e and designed to respond naturally to the expressive gestures of Osmose.

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Viral FM1 - An Access Virus Based Big Synth Engine for M-Wave FM-1 - First Showdown

video upload by J0kerpack

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

"This are the first tests of my new viral FM1 synth engine on my new FM1. It is still in a very early state. The first sign of life and it sounds very promising

The video is not so great, but you get an impression of the sound quality.
This engine was made with high fidelity in mind pushing the device to its max 😀

After the very long measurement and matching phase of the synth sections i still need a lot of tweaking for the perfect virus like sonic character. My goal is to make this thing patch compatible to the original..
I do my best to make this synth a main reason to buy an FM1..or 3😉

Note: this is not a Osirus based approach. No original firmware involved ( beside the legal aspects this alone would eat up 512 Kb of the FM1s rom leaving only a few Kb for the Rest)
That’s why everything is done from scratch trying to come as close to the original s as possible.

Features:

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PolyArp + Nord Stage 3 | Shaping an Expressive Pattern & 1.5 Update

video upload by Iris Orbit

"I’m playing my Nord Stage 3 with PolyArp, my dual polyrhythmic MIDI arpeggiator. The pattern follows the chords I hold.

Expression shapes the dynamics of the phrase, and Articulation changes how long the notes last. I can shape the phrase without editing every MIDI note.

In this demo I’m using only the right-hand arpeggiator. PolyArp sends MIDI, and the Nord makes the sound."

"PolyArp 1.5: a new preset browser and more arpeggio directions

PolyArp is a dual polyrhythmic MIDI arpeggiator by independent developer IrisOrbit.

Play a chord on a MIDI keyboard, or send chords from a MIDI track in your DAW. PolyArp turns each chord into two related, expressive arpeggios. Each arpeggiator has its own settings. The two parts can have different note lengths, rhythm patterns and arpeggio directions, but they stay at the same tempo.

The 1.5 updates introduce a new preset browser with separate factory and user sections and support for folders. Preset changes keep the current MIDI ports, channels and mappings by default.

Three new arpeggio directions start around the middle of the chord. With C, E, G and B in one octave and Repeat off, Center Down plays E, C, G, B; Center Up plays G, B, E, C; and Inside Out plays E, G, C, B. Each part can use a different direction.

The latest version, 1.5.3, also adds First Steps setup instructions and a clearer keyboard split-point marker.

PolyArp is available as a plug-in and standalone app for macOS, Windows and Linux. Updates are free for existing 1.x owners. A seven-day trial is available.

Product: https://irisorbit.io/polyarp/
Download: https://irisorbit.io/polyarp/download/
Release notes: https://irisorbit.io/polyarp/updates/"

Mutable Dreams 1.3 — Lo-Fi Kits, Living Motion & More Biomes | M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by Kid Bunka

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

"Mutable Dreams 1.3 for the M-VAVE FM-1. A calmer tour of seven different sound worlds recorded from the FM-1 — and the community ideas that shaped this update. Thank you for listening and for the thoughtful feedback.

PLAY, EDIT, INSTALL & READ THE GUIDE
https://mutable-dreams.sugarypixie10....

SOURCE, FIRMWARE & UPDATE NOTES
https://github.com/kidbee85-beep/muta...

NEW IN 1.3
• Five original Lo-Fi kits with 40 drum and texture samples; use one kit with three synth voices, or keep six synth voices.
• 48 new tone presets, 16 new Biomes: 336 tones and 108 Biomes plus Blank.
• Two independent LFOs per synth voice, new sequence directions and generators, longer chord journeys.
• A confirmation before replacing unsaved Biome edits, more readable living graphics, and Off / Dim / Soft button light settings.

IMPORTANT INSTALL NOTE
Stock V15 and V16 were verified as starting points via the exact-device USB installer. The official M-UPGRADE app installed manufacturer V16, but rejected the custom 1.3 package with “File format error”. Use the browser or Python installer linked above for Mutable Dreams. Back up saved User Banks and separately export unsaved live edits first.

With gratitude to Émilie Gillet, Mutable Instruments and everyone making music with this tiny synth. Independent community project; not affiliated with or endorsed by Mutable Instruments."

M-Vave FM-1 Sidou VS therapSID 6581

video upload by HanzVolt

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

https://dsablic.github.io/sidou/?fw=sidou

"SIDOU is free firmware that turns the M-VAVE FM-1 pocket synth into a Commodore 64 SID instrument: an emulated SID chip (6581 or 8580) played from the FM-1's keys and knobs and over MIDI, with three effect slots after the chip. It also plays and edits GoatTracker 2 songs with a step sequencer and a tracker (0 SEQ, Space PLAY): a new song comes with a SID drum kit and sampled digi drums, and STEP can play a step by chance, roll a new pattern (DICE) or vary one (MUTATE). On a real FM-1 the sound also goes out over USB as an audio input a computer can record. It plays PSID .sid tunes too, from the unit's flash, on its own 6502 (the menu's SIDS: one or two SID chips, PAL or NTSC, with mute and solo for the voices)."

SiDJ FM-1: Play & Remix C64 SID Music

video upload by tubesockor

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

SiDJ turns the M-VAVE FM-1 into a player and live remixer for Commodore 64 music.

▶ Install SiDJ and add songs: https://thomasj.github.io/fm1-sidj/
▶ Try it in your browser first: https://thomasj.github.io/fm1-sidj/emu/
▶ Source code (GPL): https://github.com/thomasj/fm1-sidj

WHAT IT DOES

• Plays tunes from the High Voltage SID Collection on a cycle-exact emulated C64, through a 6581 or 8580 SID

• Remix every voice live from the panel or a MIDI keyboard: transpose, mute and solo, swap waveforms, sync and ring mod, envelopes, the filter, an LFO per voice

• Ride the tempo (25–150 %) and a ±8 % vinyl fader

• Three outputs, alone or together: the FM-1's audio jack; USB audio with no driver (the mix, or each voice on its own channel for recording); or real SID hardware over ASID: SidStation, TherapSID, TeensyROM, USBSID-Pico
The remix builds on the one I made for the TherapSID.

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Retromulator 2.1 - Nordic Factory Bank Demo

video upload by discoDSP

nordic rack - clavia nord lead rack

"The original Nord Lead from 1995, running on Nordic, a C++ reimplementation of the Nord Lead 1 DSP program. It was written clean room from the behaviour of the unit, is bit exact to the original DSP program and was checked against a real Nord Lead 1, so no ROM or firmware is needed. 48 voices, unison, morph, arpeggiator and all four slots A-D, each on its own MIDI channel, with its own editor below the rack. Nord Lead 2 programs can be imported and exported."

"Eighteen legends, one plugin. From 90s digital synths running bit-exact on an emulated 56k DSP, through FM and sound chips like the DX7, OPL3, SID and Ayumi, samplers and trackers like the Akai S1000 and FastTracker, all the way to the classic Wurlitzer 200A, Oberheim Matrix-1000 and Minimoog Model D, modeled from their analog circuits, and the Hammond B3 with its tonewheels and Leslie speaker.

Version 2.0 opens every sound parameter of each instrument on a board below the rack.

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Mpc3000 os new features coming soon!

video upload by deepeightyeight

"incremental chop
so testing right now this new function called Chop Incremental (default in ON u can turn it off and go back to old way on OTHER Setting)

you can chop way faster if u set the start point well. basically to calculate the length is 15000/bpm and u have the length of 1/16... so 15000/120 is 125....

the OS will duplicate the length using the end point of previous chop as starting point of the second one making chopping really faster

don't ask me waveform but i can help you in a vintage way

oh yes there is a stop sampling button finally

testing

ps yes using 120 is sloppy, and i like it that tiny bit of space in front"

Update:

Mpc3000 3.40 Bit Crusher on Track Mute Edition by Deep88

video upload by deepeightyeight

"a simple and full of options bit and sample converter on your mpc3000
lofi and crunchy is all there now."

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Curves & Membranes 1.5 - New filters, expanded orbital modulators + more for the Beizer-wave synth

video upload by Unusable Engineering

"Curves & Membranes 1.5.0 adds two new filter modes, new orbital modulation patterns and polyphonic glide to the 'everything is visual' bezier waveform synthesizer for macOS and Windows.

In the first part of this video, I run a simple sequence from the Arturia Keystep and play around with some of the new features, mainly the new filter modes on a patch with some twisted and eased orbital modulators.In the middle part I play it in 4 voice paraphonic mode to show off internal overdrive.

In the end I run the first sequence again.

Regarding the two new filter modes:
The new Filter Bank mode has 32 bands spaced in minor thirds, with per-band feedback and drive. All three filter points shape the bank, so you can move several resonant regions around at once. The new Pressure mode takes a different approach: each band opens in response to the signal going into it, with controls for sensitivity, recovery and drive. The original Membrane filter is still there too.

A bit on the orbs:
Every orbital modulator now has Easing and Twist. Easing speeds up and slows down different parts of the movement while keeping the overall cycle time. Twist turns the circular path into a horizontal or vertical figure-eight. Both work with ellipse, rotation and the envelope-style half-turns.

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Mutable Dreams 1.2 — Warmer Worlds, Your Own Sequences | M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by Kid Bunka

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

"Mutable Dreams 1.2 for the M-VAVE FM-1: warmer voices, personal sequences and a living interface — shaped by your feedback.

PLAY, EDIT, INSTALL & BACK UP
https://mutable-dreams.sugarypixie10....
Firmware, browsable source and release notes:
https://github.com/kidbee85-beep/muta...
Update and return-to-stock guide:
https://mutable-dreams.sugarypixie10....

WHAT'S NEW
• 15 freely assignable sound engines, including Velvet Keys, Spectral Bloom and Breath Texture.
• 288 tones and 92 musical Biomes plus Blank: 64 additional tones and 16 additional Biomes, with refined existing sounds.
• 32-step sequences per track: notes, rests, velocity, gate and chance; phrase generators, keyboard/MIDI step entry and monophonic live recording.
• Four optional chord journeys across selected tracks.
• Smoother shared granular transitions, filtered Air noise and a more diffuse room.
• Reactive landscapes, clearer lettering and sequence views; hold function buttons for help.
• Keep your own worlds with 16 User Biomes, 64 user sound slots, JSON patch exchange and .mddb bank backups.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Shaped by listening
00:14 A gentler palette
00:44 Make the phrase yours
01:14 Room to breathe
01:34 A living interface
01:54 Keep exploring

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