Mutable Dreams 2.1 | Itinera — Three dreams from the FM-1

video upload by Kid Bunka

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

"I wanted to make something you could start and spend a little time with. Itinera gives the FM-1 fourteen dreams that run from half an hour to four hours. The Biomes move on their own, and the rhythm, harmony and effects take their time changing with them.

You’re hearing Silva Nocturna, Mare Nebularum and Terra Pluvia straight from my FM-1. The display comes from the same device. Thank you for sharing your music, trying the builds and telling me what could feel better. It makes me want to keep building this.

Hold HOME to open Itinera. Pick a dream and set its length, pace and space before pressing PLAY. Version 2.1 also improves USB and TRS MIDI timing, keeps your FULL setting when temporary ECO kicks in, and smooths the tails on the six USB mono stems.

Firmware, Web Studio and walkthrough
https://kidbee85-beep.github.io/mutab..."

Mutable Dreams: Performance Garden for VIBE FM | Full Walkthrough

video upload by Kid Bunka

"Performance Garden brings the Mutable Dreams sound from the M-VAVE FM-1 into VIBE FM and gives you a bigger surface to play it on. In this walkthrough I start on the main page, pick a Biome, build a chord pattern, tune a lo-fi kit and record my pad moves. The sounds are all from the instrument.

There are 271 Biomes and 47 instrument pages, as well as 16 performance pads, 14 Itinera dreams, an eight-section Journey arranger and a dedicated Dream Console. The film also shows the CUSTOM and STANDARD views in anyDAW.

Thanks to everyone who has played, tested or sent feedback, and to Sven for the VIBE FM SDK. I’d love to hear what you make with it.

00:00 The main page
00:16 All 47 pages
00:28 Choose a Biome
00:46 Voice, envelope, LFO and mixer
01:07 Engine, filter, links and drift
01:22 Chords and six-track sequencing
01:40 Space, grains and pad settings
01:58 Lo-fi kits and rhythms
02:13 Record and loop a pad gesture
02:37 Itinera, Journey and project banks
02:54 Radio and MIDI Learn
03:06 CUSTOM, Dream Console and STANDARD

Project website
https://kidbee85-beep.github.io/mutab...

Performance Garden firmware, guide and open source
https://github.com/kidbee85-beep/muta...

Official VIBE FM host plug-in by The Firmware Hub
https://thefirmwarehub.com/convert/#p...

Official VIBE FM Playground
https://play.thefirmwarehub.com/

Mutable Dreams 2.1 for the M-VAVE FM-1
https://github.com/kidbee85-beep/muta...

Follow Mutable Dreams on Instagram
/ mutabledreams

If you’d like to help us keep developing Mutable Dreams, you can support the project here. Donations go into firmware updates and new synth software.
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?busine...

Kid Bunka
#MutableDreams #VIBEFM #GenerativeMusic"

Jalopy Music Introduces Virtual Yamaha SEQTRAK, HiChord, and M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by Jalopy Music

https://jalopymusic.com/

Hitch — Name that box

video upload by ywv6IKeii4s

FM-1, now in software. Lateen. Free.

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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"

'I Feel Love', & Moroder Free downloads for Circuit Tracks & FM-1

video upload by Guinan

"The original version of this track has always been one of my consistently watched videos. I asked subscribers which tracks they would like to download amongst my other pieces, but this is one I chose!

I hope you have fun with it - the structure is quite simple to follow and should make sense to even someone starting out with the Tracks (it was my first 'song' on the Tracks).

Download the Circuit Tracks pack with this song here,
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f0awjt..."

And:

GIO, The Album! (Circuit Tracks & FM-1) - FREE DOWNLOAD

video upload by Guinan

"Something a little different this time.

Download for FREE what could be the first ‘concept’ album produced for the Circuit Tracks. (Link below)

This is a tribute to the pioneering ‘space disco’ of Giorgio Moroder and many others.
Think of the music playing in every club the hero visits in SF movies...apart from maybe the Cantina in Mos Eisley (lol, 'space jazz' not my thing...).
These early tracks and others shaped our ideas of music for the future, and their influence can be found still hidden away in Trance, Synthwave etc.

Nine tracks..all in one Tracks pack.

CLICK FOR MORE »

Melodee for the MPC Sample: 16-tracks & multisample kits, plug-ins and 4-track looper (Not a mod!)

video upload by Keremimo

You might recall Melodee for the M-VAVE FM-1. It has now been ported to the MPC Sample.

"Melodee is a free, open-source groovebox app for the Akai MPC Sample. It runs from the microSD card and changes nothing on the MPC itself.

This video walks through it: 16 tracks, one per pad, each a kit, a plug-in instrument or a MIDI track; MPC drum programs that load as a whole kit; multisampled instruments (SFZ, MPC keygroups, EXS, SoundFont) that stream from the card, with their zones laid out on screen; grain clouds; VST3 and VST2 plug-ins, with the Melodee Poly, PD and Chip synths; Keys with scales and chord layouts, and an arpeggiator; step sequencing with parameter locks, ratchets and Euclid; a piano roll; Motion recording, LFOs and macros; six-slot effect chains on every track, bus and the master, with sidechain keying; scenes and follow actions; a Song timeline with export to stems and MIDI; and a four-loop Looper.

How this was made: every screen and every sound comes from Melodee's own code, run on a computer with a scripted hand pressing the MPC's buttons, pads and knobs. It isn't camera footage, and the MPC Sample on screen is a drawing. The music is a demo project made for this video at 90 BPM: drums from the Dirty Drummer Demo kit, a Farfisa from Vintage Organs 3 Demo, a boys' choir multisample, and a Rusty Drums 3 kit loaded on camera; the bass and the pluck are the Melodee Poly plug-in.

https://github.com/keremimo/melodee-s...

CLICK FOR MORE »

Patchwerk - A modular synth for the M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by e y l v y

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

https://mattkuebrich.com/patchwerk/

"Patchwerk is a modular: you build a sound by placing modules (oscillators, filters, effects, sequencers, modulators) and joining them with cables. Everything is a voltage, so any output can feed any input: a sequencer can play a filter, an envelope can steer a delay. HOME is always the patch screen, and you can build and edit patches right on the FM-1. Press a page's button again to turn to its next page."

FM-1 S1Vave

video upload by DECIMA1

Get the Firmware here: https://thefirmwarehub.com/

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

"An 8-voice virtual analog tweak synth: authentic 4-pole resonant filter, dual sub-oscillator, ADSR envelopes, 64-step sequencer, and hands-on live performance controls."

Mutable Dreams 2.0 | From a Biome to a Piece — M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by Kid Bunka

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

"Thank you for the love you’ve shown Mutable Dreams. I started it because I wanted to make an instrument I could get lost in. Hearing the music you’ve made with it, reading your suggestions and seeing people take the time to test a build on their own FM-1 has meant more to me than I can put into a version number. I’m grateful to every person who has played it, shared it, reported a bug or sent a kind word.

You asked for sound worlds that felt further apart, clearer ways to build patterns and more room to make the instrument your own. Those conversations shaped 2.0. In this film you’ll hear the FM-1 moving between Biomes, keeping a voice alive as a Journey changes section, and turning a simple pattern into something you can keep exploring. The sounds and screens come from the instrument.

What’s new in 2.0
• 272 factory Biomes including Blank and 632 tone presets
• Journey Arranger, six-track Sequencer Grid and MIDI Learn
• Living Links, Biome Drift and USB Screen Mirror
• Six individual USB audio voices plus the stereo mix

Play in your browser, hear the examples or read the illustrated guide:
https://kidbee85-beep.github.io/mutab...

Download, source and hardware test notes:
https://github.com/kidbee85-beep/muta...

Mutable Dreams is free and open source for the M-VAVE FM-1. I’d love to hear what you make with it. Thank you for being part of this.

Kid Bunka

#MutableDreams #MVAVEFM1 #GenerativeMusic"

M-Vave FM-1 as a Prophet-600 synth | Guru-600 mod

video upload by e y l v y

follow-up to this post.

"The FM-1 becomes a Prophet-600: 255 sounds (the 100 factory programs, 100 from the free 2022 collection, 55 of its own), a web editor in 7 languages with a panel inspired by the Prophet-600, four tracks with sequencer, arpeggiator, morph and two insert effects each. Based on Felucca.
Mod created by Marc Massé."

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

video upload by

M-VAVE on Amazon

"Skiff 2.5 is out: free, open-source firmware that turns the M-VAVE FM-1 into a six-track groovebox, and M-VAVE's SMK-37 Pro keyboard too. With 2.5, Skiff is nearly feature complete. This video builds one lo-fi song from a new project, press by press, and shows every new feature on the way: two cores and 16 voices, FREE TAKE (play first, keep it after), STRUM, a pad and a pluck made from scratch and saved with their sends, the true-stereo delay with PAN reaching it, FX › DELAY and FX › REVERB, NOTES: DELETE, FILTR, a song you can follow and start from any entry, KEEP SENDS, CLEAR SONG and CLEAR TRACKS, HOME's new views, LARGE keeping the names, 2.2's voices against 2.5's, REMOTE's knobs, and the same Skiff on the SMK-37 Pro, each combination as it is printed.

How it was made: Skiff's screens and sound are Skiff 2.5.1's own code, the firmware's source run on a computer, so the sound and the screens line up to the frame. Every key, button and knob shown is a press performed in the firmware, step by step; the takes are scripted to play like hands, a slip included. The sounds are factory sounds, apart from the three made in the video: TAPE PAD, RAIN PLUCK and DUSTY KIT. REMOTE's CCs are sent from a computer, as a controller would send them. The sound is the firmware's own, only levelled for YouTube. The FM-1 is drawn in 3D and the SMK-37 Pro flat, their screens Skiff's own display.

▶ Get Skiff (free, GPL-3.0): https://github.com/illuminus5/skiff
▶ From 2.2: every FM-1 moves to MENU › SYSTEM › CPU 2 CORES once (16 voices); songs keep a mono delay; undo keeps 6 levels.

CLICK FOR MORE »

Guru-600 1.0 – a free Prophet-600 firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1

via the developer:

"I've just released Guru-600 1.0, a free, open-source firmware (GPL-3.0) that turns the M-VAVE FM-1 into a Prophet-600 emulator. It is built on Felucca by Leo Kuroshita, and it has been tested on a real FM-1 and is fully working.

What it brings:

- a P600 sound engine built like the original: two oscillators per voice with sync, a 24 dB filter with its own envelope, Poly-Mod, LFO, unison, six voices

- 255 sounds: the Prophet-600's 100 factory programs under their real names, 100 free sounds from the Prophet-600 community and 55 made for Guru-600

- MORPH (gradually turn one sound into another) and MUTATE (a variation of a sound in one gesture)

- everything from Felucca: four tracks, thirteen other engines, 64-step sequencer, arpeggiator, songs, and two insert effects per track

- a web editor in 7 languages, with a panel inspired by the Prophet-600, tooltips and a complete backup of the FM-1

- a Mac app (Apple silicon) that runs the whole Guru-600 without the device

- a user guide (PDF) in 7 languages; older and newer FM-1 units supported

Install from the browser (Chrome or Edge): https://marcgoudy.github.io/guru-600/

Source, release and user guide: https://github.com/MarcGoudy/guru-600"

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

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.

FORM + ATEK303: Two Firmwares Jamming on the M-VAVE FM-1!

video upload by HanzVolt

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

"Live jam session using the brand new ATEK303 and FORM firmwares on the M-VAVE FM-1 — two firmwares jamming together.

Cyborg face available at https://hansvolt.com — only a few slots left!

Get the only female cyborg face version at https://github.com"

The ATEK303 voice and its acid pattern generator, in a pocket synth. Press PLAY and a line plays; turn the knobs and it moves. No computer and no cables, if you like.

The ATEK303 voice

The same engine as the VCV Rack module: Open303 with the ATEK oscillator and diode filter, modelled on the 303 schematic. Against the original the difference stays at -51 dB: it is the same sound. With its fine tuning, as in VCV.

The acid pattern generator

SEQ makes a new line of up to 64 steps; the mutations change the rhythm, the octaves or the slides and accents. It is the ATEK303 SEQ algorithm: the same seed gives the same pattern in VCV and on the FM-1.

CLICK FOR MORE »

M-Vave FM-1 as a SOMA Lyra-8 synth | ARTIHIVE mod

video upload by e y l v y

https://thefirmwarehub.com/ "Eight-voice experimental drone and polyphonic FM synthesizer with four interacting pairs, a 27-key keyboard, envelopes, legato glide, Hyper LFO, stereo motion, dual modulated delay, mutation, DISORDER and a 16-step arpeggiator. Artistically inspired by SOMA LYRA-8; independently developed.

I added some external Reverb and Delay to parts of the video."

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

CoralFlower - Orchid Chord Generation on the $67 FM-1

video upload by substatica drones

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

"CoralFlower brings Orchid-inspired chord playing to the M-VAVE FM-1, turning single notes into rich chords, bass and evolving generative patterns. While you play, a flower grows on the FM-1 screen. Each note of the chord adds a part: a flower, a bud, a cluster of berries. In the Side key layout, a coral grows instead.

CoralFlower Firmware - https://ficusficusov.github.io/CoralF..."

Chords without the theory
The lower keys play the notes of a scale you choose. Press an upper key, and every note becomes a chord: major, minor and sus, plus major and minor 6, 7 and add9. The chord stays on until you choose another one. CoralFlower is inspired by the Telepathic Instruments Orchid. Its controls are redesigned for the FM-1’s keys and buttons, because every instrument is played differently.

27 scales
Choose a scale and its starting note. The lower keys then play only the notes of that scale.

Arpeggiator and strum
Nine patterns, including a strum up and down. They follow the FM-1’s tempo or an external MIDI clock.

Record a take
Press REC and play. After a one-bar count-in, your chords are written into the sequencer and play in a loop. From there, you can add drums and a melody in a few clicks. Sequencer controls have changed in 0.7. Use SELECT for patterns and SONG, and ALGORITHM for tracks and song blocks.

About 60 sounds
Pads, keys, strings and basses from two synth engines. A bass part plays under your chords.

Meet JamesOS: New FM-1 Groovebox Firmware feat. PLAITS is OUT NOW

video upload by JamesOS

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



"Install the 1.0a (alpha) version of JamesOS here: https://gjelly.com/JamesOS

Hello Youtube and thanks for watching! The interest since my video last Sunday has been inspiring. I've been working over the last week to put together a public release of my FM-1 firmware and I'm happy share that it is now available. Meet JamesOS!

Catch the video above for a walkthrough of JamesOS's core features.

JamesOS is FREE and open source. If you enjoy it and feel inspired, use the Pay What You Want form on the JamesOS website – your contributions help fund further development!"

Mutable Dreams 1.5 — Wireless MIDI & 12 New Biomes | M-VAVE FM-1

video upload by Kid Bunka

"Mutable Dreams 1.5 is here, and I'm honestly overwhelmed by the response to this little project. Thank you to everyone who has tried it, made music with it, shared it or taken the time to send feedback.

Your ideas and listening notes are helping shape where it goes next. Seeing so many people enjoy these sound worlds is a huge motivation to keep building.

I'll also be sharing a hands-on video soon, with live recordings from the FM-1, some playing and a personal look at the firmware. For now, this short film explores four of the new Biomes.

New in 1.5:
• BLE MIDI reception for notes, controllers and transport/clock
• A dedicated Wireless MIDI page
• 12 new Biomes and 12 new sound starting points
• 168 musical Biomes plus Blank, and 364 presets in total
• Brighter organic display palettes, corrected echo bounds and a smoother update restart

Play, edit, install and read the guide:
https://mutable-dreams.kidbee85.chatg...
Release and complete source:
https://github.com/kidbee85-beep/muta...

00:00 Obsidian Tide — new worlds
00:19 Night Hearth — warmth with rhythm
00:38 Neon Moss — wireless MIDI
00:57 Felt Labyrinth — colour that breathes

CLICK FOR MORE »

FM-FAM for M-Vave FM-1

video upload by David Amo

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

"DFAM style 16-step sequencer and a drum synth for the FM-1. It has two oscillators with 16 wave types, a kick with its own sequencer, parameter locks, a sound and kick saved per pattern, an effects chain, randomize pages, scales, presets and projects.

https://github.com/davidamomusic/fm-fam"

FM-FAM for M-VAVE FM-1 part 2

video upload by David Amo

"Improving and testing DFAM style 16-step sequencer and a drum synth for the FM-1. It has two oscillators with 16 wave types, a kick with its own sequencer, parameter locks, a sound and kick saved per pattern, an effects chain, randomize pages, scales, presets and projects."

JIANT FM cool new features V.10.7.5

video upload by JIANT

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

"What if the room played the music? SWARM, in JIANT FM V10.7.5, builds its sound out of the Bluetooth around the FM-1. Phones, watches and headphones become voices, and how near something is writes the melody. Ambient music, made by the ambient itself.

Also in this video: SCENE mode (one key plays the whole band), Bluetooth PROX and AIR, how to use them as modulation sources, with a live demo of phone distance controlling delay time, plus key velocity, aftertouch and everything else added in the last week.

Heads up before updating: there are now 6 songs instead of 8, so make a backup first.

The screen and the engines are the firmware itself. There is no radio or physical keyboard in this capture, so Bluetooth signals and key pressure are simulated.

0:00 Intro 0:43 SCENE mode 1:22 Bluetooth 1:48 PROX 2:20 AIR 2:40 Modulate with it: PROX on delay time 3:43 Velocity 4:15 Aftertouch 4:36 SWARM 5:44 Also this week 6:43 Thank you"

JIANT FM Arrange mode tutorial English
video upload by JIANT

"AI generated because i dint have time for making too.many talking videos. i ll upload some human videos soon 😅

if you like my project consider to help me on ko-fi.com/juanjiant

We build a complete song on the M-VAVE FM-1 with JIANT FM, from the first section to the ending. Step by step: store sections, chain them into rows, pick an ending and use scenes to keep the song moving. Halfway through, we listen to the finished track.

What you see is the firmware's real screen (V10.7.5), and what you hear is its engine playing." 0:00 Intro 0:30 The idea 0:55 Store sections 1:39 Open ARRANGE 1:53 Add rows 2:36 Press PLAY 3:00 SONG or LOOP 3:16 The ending 3:37 Scenes 4:17 Fixing things 4:32 The whole song 5:52 TIMELINE 6:20 SONG REC 6:47 Quick chain 7:03 Thank you

JIANT FM is free and open source:
https://github.com/juanjiant-bit/JIANT"

Killing Word / The Prophecy that Made Him

video upload by HanzVolt

"A killing word. A prophecy. Turn it up, bro, and tell me in the comments what ‘The Prophesy that Made Him’ means to you. For more synth music, M-VAVE FM-1 firmware experiments and Brosynth adventures, subscribe to HanzVolt and hit the bell for the next upload and live stream.

#HanzVolt #SynthMusic #Brosynth

Gear used:
Korg Monopoly
Yamaha CS-30
Yamaha DX-200
Behringer Pro-1
MidiBox MB6582"