Skiff 1.3 for the M-VAVE FM-1: two cores, 12 voices, MIDI LEARN (what's new)

video upload by Skiff

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

Update: new videos added below.

"Skiff 1.3 is out: free, open-source firmware that turns the M-VAVE FM-1 into a six-track groovebox. This video shows what's new in 1.3, set to one song made on it: the FM-1's second core (BETA: 12 voices at once instead of 8), MIDI LEARN and a MIDI channel per track, an INSERT effect on every track, LFO sync, and more from Felucca 1.2 to 1.6.1.

Everything you hear is Skiff 1.3's own code playing that song: the firmware's source, run on a computer so the sound and the screens line up to the frame. Every sound comes from its engines, and every knob turn, mute, MIDI message and effect shown is performed in the firmware. Nothing was added afterwards; only the overall level was set. Every FM-1 screen shown is Skiff's own display, not a mock-up; the MIDI controller is a drawing of the messages the firmware received. A computer has no FM-1 second core, so the run renders those tracks itself with the two-core voice budget; Skiff's tests show the sound is bit for bit the same either way. The CPU figure on screen (60–63 %) was measured on an FM-1 playing six such tracks.

▶ Get Skiff (free, GPL-3.0): https://github.com/illuminus5/skiff
▶ Install from the browser (Chrome or Edge, FM-1 on USB): https://illuminus5.github.io/skiff/we...
▶ What's new in 1.3: https://github.com/illuminus5/skiff/r...

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A $60 Elektron Machinedrum?! (M-Vave FM1 Hortator)

video upload by AutoHot

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

"M-VAVE FM-1 running the Hortator custom firmware! Can a $60 groovebox sound like the legendary Elektron Machinedrum? Here is a raw techno sound demo.

With the Hortator firmware, the M-Vave FM1 turns into a powerful 8-track drum machine featuring 45 drum engines — including 21 models inspired by the Elektron Machinedrum.

In this first live jam session, I explore punchy kicks, FM textures, and industrial electronic grooves built entirely on this compact synth.

🔗 Get the Hortator Firmware:
https://deadactive.github.io/hortator/

🎛 Gear & Details:
• Synth: M-VAVE FM-1 (FM1)
• Firmware: Hortator Custom OS
• Style: Hardware Techno / Industrial Jam"

M-Vave FM-1: Turning the synth into an Elektron Machinedrum! Hortator firmware review
video upload by AutoHot

"An Elektron Machinedrum for pennies? New Hortator firmware for the M-Vave FM-1. Eight tracks of drums, inside the M-Vave FM-1. A stunning Elektron Machinedrum-style drum machine from the M-Vave FM-1: Exploring the Hortator firmware. 45 drum engines in three banks: 21 measured from the Machinedrum (13 TRX, 8 EFM), 10 modern, 14 classic. 151 factory presets, 128 user slots. The Elektron spirit is definitely present in this firmware.

Transforming the budget M-Vave FM-1 synthesizer into a full-fledged drum machine in the style of the legendary Elektron Machinedrum!

In this video, we explore the alternative Hortator firmware from DEADACTIVE. It completely transforms the functionality of this small synthesizer, turning it into a powerful 8-track drum machine similar to the renowned Elektron Machinedrum, with authentic electronic sound and flexible control.

Hortator Architecture and Sound Engines:
8 drum tracks inside the compact M-Vave FM-1.
45 Drum Engines in 3 banks:
21 engines lifted from the Elektron Machinedrum (13 TRX models and 8 EFM models);
10 modern engines (Modern);
14 classic engines (Classic).

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New M‑VAVE FM‑1 Mini FM Synthesizer

video uploads by M-VAVE

Playlist:

1. M-VAVE New Product Release--FM-1
2. M-VAVE FM-1 Sound Import Tutorial
3. M-VAVE FM-1 Firmware (V09) Feature Overview & Upgrade Installation Tutorial Synthesizer: FM-1

FM-1 Features:
● Built-in speaker: No external speakers needed, turn on and play instantly, your stage anytime, anywhere.
● Built-in arpeggio: Rich rhythmic layers, giving you endless possibilities for musical performance.
● Built-in sequencer: Supports saving 16 preset sequences.
● Built-in 6-band integrated effects chain.
● Built-in rechargeable lithium battery with power indicator: Ready to use anytime, anywhere – on the street, in a cafe, or in your bedroom.
● Built-in 145-parameter FM tone editing system: Supports importing original DX7 SysEx tone files, and batch loading of single tones and entire tone sets.
● Built-in sound source: This device features a built-in sound source (FM synthesizer engine) that emulates the classic Yamaha DX-7 FM synthesizer, fully replicating 6 operators and 32 algorithms.
● BT audio function: Wirelessly stream backing tracks from your mobile phone to the FM-1 for improvisation using the built-in speakers or headphones.
● 27-key silicone keyboard, covering two octaves, offering a supple touch and rapid rebound for a comfortable playing experience.
● 1.54-inch color display screen, providing real-time display of tone, parameters, and spectrum information.
● Backlit silicone buttons for silent operation and sensitive feedback.
● 7 sets of 360-degree rotary encoders for precise and intuitive control.
● 12 function keys for one-touch access to core functions.
● OCT± octave/transposition switch, covering the full range even on narrow keys.
● 3.5mm headphone jack with automatic speaker mute when headphones are plugged in, ensuring undisturbed creative work and immersive monitoring of every detail of the tone.
● 3.5mm MIDI input jack for supporting external MIDI device control.
● USB-C interface: USB Audio + USB MIDI composite device, automatically recognized upon connection to a computer.

user video:

M‑VAVE FM‑1 Review & Sound Demo – Fun Pocket FM Synth

video upload by dongchannel

"How does this under‑$70 FM synthesizer perform? Check out this video for a full feature walkthrough, sound demos, and my honest thoughts.

I first spotted the M‑VAVE FM‑1 at this year's Guangzhou Musical Instrument Fair, and picked one up shortly after for about 300 RMB (around $60). The packaging is minimal, the unit itself is compact (16×9 cm), yet it packs everything you'd need. Connectivity is surprisingly generous, with both wired and wireless MIDI and audio support – really well‑equipped for its size.

Inside, you get a 6‑operator FM engine, essentially a recreation of a classic 1980s Japanese synth. It comes with 128 preset sounds, plus an effects chain, a 16‑step sequencer, an arpeggiator, and deeper editing tools. Pair it with an external MIDI keyboard and the playability expands even further.

Are there minor software quirks? Sure. But at this price, they're hardly worth mentioning. Compared to other portable sound gadgets in its class, the FM‑1 is just plain fun. And for the money, the build quality and feature set far exceeded my expectations."

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

M-VAVE FM1 Open V14 Official Open-Source Firmware Adds 8 Tracks, 6 Engines & Sampling

video upload by substatica drones

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

"An overview of the new official open-source firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1! Featuring an 8-track, 64-step sequencer, six sound engines including samples, and a browser-based workbench. Sound engines include DX7, 808 KIT, 303 BASS, PLUCK, PSG (chiptune), and SAMPLER. You can install the new Open firmware using the Workbench linked below. *The official M-VAVE "Open" firmware is a different branch, and different versioning, than the closed source official M-VAVE firmware that the FM-1 ships with.

FM-1 Workbench - https://open.m-vave.com/fm1-workbench

FM1 Open Source - https://github.com/m-vave/fm1_open/re..."

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Народный FM синтезатор | M-Vave FM-1 | FM synth for everyone

video upload by NatLife Sounds

Click CC in the bottom of the player for subtitles. Google translation for video description below further below.

"Всем привет!

Недавно получил вот такого малыша из Китая с именем M-Vave FM-1, и прежде чем сделать библиотеку звуков для него, я решил сделать обзор. Этот маленький DX7 стоит того чтобы уделять ему внимание.

Turn ON ENGLISH Subtitles: Setting - Auto Translate - choose English!

Итак давайте по порядку, ниже я сделал таймлайн по видео:

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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."

The M-VAVE FM-1 Firmware for Dark Ambient – GR!MM #mvave

video upload by GR!MM // Deathdream

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

Additional demos below.

"GR!MM is a free, open-source custom firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1. It turns the little FM synth into a dark ambient instrument with four tracks, your own samples, tape and grain effects, chords and a sequencer. Everything is saved automatically.

Easy install:
▶ https://thefirmwarehub.com/ (choose the FM-1, then GR!MM)

▶ Try it in your browser (no FM-1 needed): https://grimmbient.github.io/grimm/
▶ Online editor (sounds, samples, backups): https://grimmbient.github.io/grimm/ed...
▶ Download & source: https://github.com/GRiMMBIENT/grimm/r...
▶ Cheat sheet: https://thefirmwarehub.com/cs/grimm/
▶ Controls sheet: https://shorturl.at/jqUt8

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M-VAVE - FM-1 and More - Music China 2026

video upload by sonicstate

M-VAVE on Amazon

"We spoke to Austin from M-VAVE at M-China26 about the FM-1 and the company's wider range of compact controllers and instruments. FM-1 has proved to be a massive hit, with many firmware modifications, Baud Girl being just one - they liked it so much they have made a custom skin for her.

The FM-1 centres on open firmware. Official firmware is free to download, and third-party firmware can be loaded via the bootloader. Community development includes alternate firmware adding virtual analogue functions, and M-VAVE is also working with Bug Girl on an exclusive night-purple version.

The FM-1 is an FM synthesizer with a basic official firmware, and it loads original four-operator FM patches. Other M-VAVE controllers, including the keyboard and pad units, also use classic Yamaha DX7-style sounds and include functions such as FX, amplifier controls and arpeggios.

The new MIDI keyboard features improved key response, faster DAW mapping, USB-C connection to a computer, and 3.5mm MIDI input and output. Smaller keyboard versions and a four-fader mixer-style controller are also available. And did we say, they also have open source firmware, so you can fill your boots....

Products are available through Amazon and retail partners.

More Info: M-vave.com"

M-VAVE SMK-37 PRO / Elite Open-Source Firmware｜Workbench & Operation Guide

video upload by M-VAVE

You can find the M-Vave SMK-37 Pro on Amazon.

"🎹 Explore open-source possibilities with the M-VAVE SMK-37 PRO / Elite MIDI keyboards!

• Open-source workbench interface overview
• Open-source firmware flashing tutorial
• SMK-37 PRO / Elite operation demo
• Projects & Tones feature overview

🌐 M-VAVE Open-Source Workbench:
https://open.m-vave.com/"

SLOOP 2.6 Is Here! | M-VAVE FM-1 New Features & Sound Demos

video upload by PhilipsKnobs

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

"In this video, we're taking a hands-on look at the latest SLOOP firmware update, exploring some of the new features and putting them to the test.

SLOOP transforms the M-VAVE FM-1 into a compact, hands-on groovebox for creating electronic music. Version 2.6 brings a bunch of exciting additions, so let's see what they can do in practice!

I'll explore selected new features, demonstrate how they work, and play some loops to show SLOOP 2.6 in action on the M-VAVE FM-1.

SLOOP project and installation guide:
github.com/isod89/sloop-fm1

Which new SLOOP 2.6 feature interests you the most? And what would you like to see me explore in a future M-VAVE FM-1 video?

thanks for watching, and thanks for being here.

0:00 Introduction to Sloop 2.6
1:43 Punch-in effect demo
4:18 IPad Recording workflow
4:28 New texture features
5:26 Track insert effects
5:56 Future plans and conclusion

#SLOOP26 #MVAVEFM1 #Synthesizer ‪@M-VAVE‬ ‪@isod89‬"

M-Vave FM-1| Now is VA Synthesizer | Full Tutorial Of new engine & sequencer

video upload by NatLife Sounds

"Buy 'Ambient & Dreams' FM soundbank for FM-1: https://natlifesounds.com/product/amb...

Download new custom FIrmware from BaudGirl: https://baudgirl.com/work/FM-1+VA

M-Vave FM-1 page: https://www.m-vave.com/product?id=fm-1

Hi everyone!
Just yesterday, I downloaded the new firmware from BaudGirl and started exploring it. In this video, I’ll tell you what I’ve figured out so far and demonstrate some new sounds - created using the new VA engine and the updated sequencer’s new features.

Timeline:
00:00 - 00:54 Introduction
00:54 - 02:15 A new VA engine sound "Melodic Techno" SEQ
02:15 - 04:10 A new VA engine sounds "ACID" SEQ
04:10 - 04:25 About Baud Girl custom Firmwave update
04:25 - 04:55 How I made the Demo sounds
04:55 - 05:45 Tutorial part 1: EDIT button
05:45 - 07:36 Tutorial part 2: Oscillator + Knob 1,2,3,4 update
07:36 - 08:41 Tutorial part 3: Filter
08:41 - 08:53 Tutorial part 4: LFO
08:53 - 09:01 Tutorial part 5: ENVelope
09:01 - 09:52 Tutorial part 6: FX
09:52 - 10:10 Tutorial part 7: Knobs (Macros for Knobs)
10:10 - 10:42 Tutorial part 8: The rest functions (Preset Name, Erase/Copy Voise and other)
10:42 - 12:23 Tutorial part 9: GLObal
12:23 - 13:56 Tutorial part 10: ARP
13:56 - 17:59 Tutorial part 11: SEQencer Update
17:59 - 19:30 Tutorial part 12: SEQencer - ACID
19:30 - Conclusion"

Additional demos:


Playlist:

1. New FM-1 Firmware - DECIMA1
2. Mvave FM-1 | Custom Firmware by BAUDGIRL - Overview - Stanley Gurvich
3. M-Vave FM-1 - Baud Girl Firmware Install - EASY - ElektroTV
4. almost thirty minutes with the m-vave fm-1's new alternate firmware - if…?

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

M-VAVE Just Released NEW Firmware for the FM-1!

video upload by PhilipsKnobs

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

"M-VAVE has released FM1 Open, its own firmware project for the FM-1, along with a browser-based Workbench and development resources for the community.

In this video, I install FM1 Open on an FM-1 running the original stock V15 firmware, try out some of the included demo projects, and take a quick look around the Workbench.

I'll also talk about what makes this release interesting, how it fits into the existing custom firmware scene, and what it could mean for the future of the FM-1.

I've only just installed FM1 Open while making this video, so this isn't a full review. All the sounds at the beginning are from the demo projects included with the firmware. I'll need more time with it before I can say how it compares with the other firmware options.

FM1 Open Workbench:
https://open.m-vave.com/fm1-workbench

Official M-VAVE forum announcement:
https://forum.m-vave.com/topic/4"

Can M-VAVE FM-1 make a FULL SONG? All sounds from this pocket FM synthesizer / no talking demo tune

video upload by jesuzmario

"Creating a whole track with only M-Vave FM1 tweaked factory presets (even the drum sounds). Each layer was recorded through SSL 2+ audio interface to Ableton Live. Used mostly internal FM-1 effects. Some EQ/panning (as it is mono) and a bit reverb+delay added in Ableton.

You can check my comparison of M-Vave FM-1 vs. Yamaha DX7 here:"

Real budget DX7 in your pocket? Vintage Yamaha DX7 vs. new M-Vave FM-1 sound comparison (no talking)

video upload by jesuzmario

"Loaded the same patches to the original Yamaha DX7 and the new chinese M-Vave FM-1 portable mini FM synthesizer. All recorded simultaneously through SSL 2+ to ableton live, with some gain staging, but no processing. They sound pretty close, what do you think?"

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

M-VAVE FM-1 V15 Firmware Update | New Glide, Sequencer Features & MIDI CC Control

video upload by M-VAVE

"M-VAVE FM-1 V15 Firmware Update is here!

This update introduces new features and improvements, including:

• GLOB: Voice Reset & Glide function
• SEQ: Long Note Recording, Voice Binding, Chain Playback Mode and Custom Step Length
• EDIT: Init Voice, Voice Rename, Voice Copy & Replace, OP Mute Rules
• FX & ENV parameter range improvements
• MIDI compatibility optimization with Note On Velocity = 0 recognition as Note Off

A new FM-1 MIDI CC Control Parameter Guide is also available for easier MIDI control setup.

🔗 Official Website:
https://www.m-vave.com/

Download firmware and software:
https://www.m-vave.com/product?id=fm-1"

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

M-Vave FM-1 - V16 Sequencer Demo

video upload by NatLife Sounds

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

"New 'Ambient & Dreams V2' soundbank for M-Vave FM-1: https://natlifesounds.com/product/amb...

Hello my friends!

I made a little demo with my preset from 'Ambient & Dreams V2' soundbank for M-Vave FM-1 synthesizers, with using new Firmware from M-Vave - V16 and it's Sequencer & new Stereo Effects possibilities.

#fm1 #mvave #synth #synthesizer #sounddesign"

M-Vave FM-1 | Sequence From Scratch on V16 for 5 minutes!

video upload by NatLife Sounds

M-Vave FM-1 Review & Tutorial | Custom New FM Soundbank | Galaxia & Elemental Pro Stereo FX pedals

video upload by NatLife Sounds

"Link to my New sound library for FM-1 'Ambient & Dreams Vol.1' : https://natlifesounds.com/product/amb...

M-Vave FM-1: http://www.cuvave.com/product?id=fm-1

In this video, I’ve tried to briefly outline the main functions of the M-Wave FM-1 synthesizer. I didn't focus on simply switching algorithm - there are plenty of other reviews covering that - but instead delved into the finer details. I also demonstrated M-Wave’s new stereo effects, showing how they work with the FM-1 and sequences using my own custom presets for the synth.

Timeline:
00:00 - 00:50 Introduction
00:50 - 04:02 Internal FX's Overview
04:02 - 04:42 Few words about Sequencer
04:42 - 06:15 External pedals M-Vave Elemental Pro & Galaxia engage in work
06:15 - 07:33 Jamming with Sequences from "Ambient & Dreams" library for FM-1
07:33 - 09:22 EDIT button & FM Operators
09:22 - 10:20 LFO funcionality
10:20 - 13:20 ARP analysis
13:20 - 13:54 Explaining the ENV (Envelope)
13:54 - 15:10 More about EDIT button & 6 Operators work
15:10 - 15:38 Ideas of sound programming for M-Vave FM-1
15:38 - 18:32 Examples of 'Ambient & Dreams' Presets & my Sequences
18:32 - My Conclusion

#fm1 #mvave #fmsynth #fmsynthesis #synthesizer


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

Mutable Dreams 1.1 — Warmer Voices, Your Own Biomes | FM-1 Update

video upload by Kid Bunka

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

You might remember Mutable Dreams for the M-VAVE FM-1 from this previous demo by HanzVolt.

"Released on 25 October, version 1.1 turns the M-VAVE FM-1 into a six-track generative instrument for ambient textures, basslines and percussion. Tracks are freely assignable, and editable musical environments called Biomes provide starting points for evolving pieces.

The update adds warmer voices, a global mixer with granular/delay/room sends, editable 16-step phrases and named User Biomes. The release includes twelve engines, 224 tones, 76 Biomes plus Blank, sixteen User Biome slots and 64 User Sounds."

Video description:
"Mutable Dreams 1.1 for the M-VAVE FM-1: warmer voices, round bass, your own Biomes, and more room to compose. Thank you for the music and thoughtful community feedback that shaped this update.

Play, edit, install and read the backup guide:
https://mutable-dreams.sugarypixie10....
Firmware, complete source and update notes:
https://github.com/kidbee85-beep/muta...

WHAT IS NEW
Six freely assignable tracks, 12 engines, 224 factory tones and 76 musical Biomes plus Blank. Global mixer and sends, shared delay and room, a custom granular bus, Round Bass, Elements Strike, Mellow Drift and Satin Morph. Original Marbles/Tides/Warps-inspired modulation, editable 16-step phrases, 16 named User Biomes and 64 user sound slots. Live bidirectional browser editing, USB MIDI and saved-bank backup/restore.

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Skiff 1.4: now on the M-VAVE SMK-37 Pro, plus your own colours (what's new)

video upload by Skiff

You can find the M-Vave SMK-37 Pro on Amazon.
You can find a set of tutorial videos for Skiff in this previous post.

"Skiff 1.4 is out: free, open-source firmware that turns the M-VAVE FM-1 into a six-track groovebox, and now M-VAVE's SMK-37 Pro keyboard too. This video shows what's new since 1.3, set to one song made on it: Skiff on the SMK-37 Pro (37 velocity keys, the 16 pads as a step grid, four faders as a mixer, the wheels, MIDI OUT with clock), REST in SONG, your own theme colours from the web editor, each user sample's own level and sends, and the best of 1.3.1 to 1.3.3.

Everything you hear is Skiff 1.4's own code playing that song: the SMK-37 Pro build's source, run on a computer, so the sound and the screens line up to the frame. Every sound comes from its engines, and every key struck, pad tapped, fader, wheel and knob shown is performed in the firmware. Nothing was added afterwards; only the overall level was set. The SMK-37 Pro is drawn from that run: its screen is Skiff's own display, not a mock-up, and its pads and lights are the colors the firmware sent them. Track 6 plays a user sample kit: five drum sounds synthesized for this video. The editor pages are the real 1.4 web editor on its built-in demo device; the unit gets the same colors the way the editor sends them.

▶ Get Skiff (free, GPL-3.0): https://github.com/illuminus5/skiff
▶ What's new in 1.4: https://github.com/illuminus5/skiff/r...
▶ Install from the browser (Chrome or Edge, the FM-1 or SMK-37 Pro on USB): https://illuminus5.github.io/skiff/we...
▶ On an SMK-37 Pro, read this first (M-VAVE's V016, and a backup of the keyboard's flash): https://github.com/illuminus5/skiff/b...
▶ Try Skiff in your browser: https://illuminus5.github.io/skiff/try/
▶ New to Skiff? Learn Skiff, the manual with a video for every chapter: https://illuminus5.github.io/skiff/le...

Chapters
0:00 Skiff 1.4: now on the SMK-37 Pro, its velocity keys
0:19 SMK-37 Pro: the pads are the steps, the faders a mixer
0:35 SMK-37 Pro: KNOB BANK, K1, arrow left, arrow right, the wheels
0:59 SMK-37 Pro: MIDI OUT with clock; tested on one keyboard
1:14 REST in SONG (#28)
1:30 Your own colors: THEME › CUSTOM and PLAYHEAD LINE (#27)
1:54 Each sample's own level and sends (#21)
2:10 Since 1.3: a stereo HALL, a finer vibrato, 320 MHz, update mode, Try Skiff
2:33 QUARK's event display, and the fixes
2:57 Get Skiff 1.4

The SMK-37 Pro build is tested on one SMK-37 Pro. The SMK-37 Elite and MKE-P37 packages are built the same way but not tried on a keyboard yet."

Saadet 1.0 for the M-VAVE FM-1: PPG Wave 2.2, HYDRA, multitimbrality and a new editor

video upload by Keremimo

"Saadet 1.0 is out: synthesizer firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1, now with six engines. HYDRA has three oscillators on 56 waves, two of them scanning lists of eight, with mutants, ring, noise and two filters, eight named macros on every sound and a WAVE LAB for your own waves. PPG Wave 2.2 plays the original wavetables and all 100 factory programs, two groups layered or split, and the sampled grand piano and saxophone of table 31. Two parts play by MIDI channel, split or layered, and save as 12 named performances. Hold ARP for a drone. A stolen voice now fades out over 23 ms under the new note instead of being cut. Saadet also runs on the M-VAVE SMK-37, in beta, and Saadet Studio is a new editor in the browser.

To install, open the web installer in Chrome or Edge, connect your FM-1 and follow it. Back up your sounds first. Bug reports and ideas are welcome.

Install: https://keremimo.github.io/saadet/ins...
Editor: https://saadet.ellicstudio.com
Source, release notes and changelog: https://github.com/keremimo/saadet

How this was made: the units' screens and all the audio were rendered from Saadet's own source running on a computer, driven by scripted buttons, knobs and keys. It isn't camera footage, and the FM-1 and the SMK-37 on screen are drawings. The music is Saadet's HYDRA and PPG engines played over MIDI by a script: the unit on screen plays the pad, and three more runs of the same firmware play the bass, the bells (their echoes are played as notes) and the choir. Levels between engines were evened out in the mix; nothing else was added. The engine waveforms in the opening are drawings of each engine's character, not measured audio. Saadet Studio's screens are stills of a local build of the editor, driven in a browser with its demo unit, which was recorded from the 1.0 firmware.

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Polivoks + Altair 231 — M-VAVE FM-1 Firmware | Скоро от HanzVolt — прошивка для M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by HanzVolt

"Coming soon from HanzVolt: Polivoks and Altair 231 firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1. Part of the Soviet Series. More at hanzvolt.com

Скоро от HanzVolt — прошивка для M-VAVE FM-1: Поливокс и Альтаир 231. Часть советской серии. Подробнее на hanzvolt.com"

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