LOOPA + FM-1 | testing midi sync | usb audio capture

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"Testing LOOPA midi sync and usb audio capture with FM-1 running Hortator firmware"

FM-1 instant sampler + tape deck

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

"Second iteration of FM-1 + android sampler, this time with redesigned UI, sample auto-tune and "tape deck" with cassette fx"

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

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.

FM-1 second screen (240x240, from the host simulator app_sim: sample, FX, envelope, LFO, arp, tape, mixer, key, mic waiting, rec armed, loop playing, loop length):

Phone app, main screen = the tape deck (light theme by default, the dark one is one tap away; ink / dim / orange): the tape loop, PLAY / STOP / REC / CLEAR under it, the sample of the selected track with its mode and sounding voices, the four knobs of the current page, one timeline of the selected track.

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

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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.

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

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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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does anyone still need LOOPA after FM-1? 16 tracks, midi, punch-in fx short demo

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LOOPA release | web simulator | AI studio

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"In the previous video I said that the next vid should be a release announcement - so it is :)

Check out the simulator and creator studio at https://aftersound.tech

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:07 - Simulator
1:43 - Studio
2:51 - Community devices"

a synth that explains itself #synth #programming #sound #sampler #loopasynth #beatmaking

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Is he developing a synth or a game engine? #synth #programming #hurdygurdy #medieval #gamedev

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LOOPA UI Shorts

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LOOPA project update | No release? | Looking for partner | Big demo

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"It's been a while since I posted the first demo and since then I've been working a lot to make LOOPA more optimized, more stable, and more ready to production. I hoped that will manage to release it till the end of 2025, but the closer I was getting to release the more challenges and uncertainties I faced. The biggest of them is I have no experience at mass-production of electronic gadgets. I also don't want to disappoint people first taking money and then delaying production for years. I've thought that it's a good idea to go for crowdfunding, but then studied some cases and I don't think so anymore, at least in my case. So I'm thinking of just launching it on my own funds and looking for potential partner or company to delegate manufacturing and distribution to someone experienced

Mailing list: https://forms.gle/QZ3VMWCaBACKZPqr6
Instagram: / loopasynth.lol
Linkedin (lol): / ferluht

0:00 No release?
0:30 No kickstarter?
0:50 Looking for a partner
1:08 Demo
1:30 Appearance and ports
1:47 Starting a project
2:10 Slicing drums
2:43 Sequencer
3:00 Track effects, filter
3:15 XY mapping
3:35 Recording to tape
3:55 Adding bass, sampler parameters
4:30 Recording bass
4:50 Chord mode, adding melody
5:37 Doubling loop
5:45 Recording chords & melody
6:12 Tape effects
6:40 Tape navigation
7:00 Resampler & effects
7:45 Master effects & mixer
8:20 Projects
8:52 Recorder and mics
9:30 Auto-tune
9:48 Final cringe"

LOOPA project 2025 updates

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"Just want to show new hardware version without much plot
Waitlist: https://forms.gle/QZ3VMWCaBACKZPqr6
More demos: / loopasynth.lol

0:00 - new hardware
1:00 - scales
1:50 - xy pad
2:00 - sampler
2:10 - velocity & IMU
2:30 - scope
2:50 - tape & instruments
3:40 - mic input
4:00 - demo"

LOOPA synth project state 2024

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"LOOPA as it is at the end of 2024
slowly moving to release
waitlist https://forms.gle/QZ3VMWCaBACKZPqr6"

Making a dumb trap beat on LOOPA. Sequencer, sliding stereo bass, FX

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"github - https://github.com/ferluht/loopa"

See the ferluht label below for additional demos.

LOOPA - tape mode demo (DIY synthesizer)

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0:00 - making a "track"
1:15 - tape stop, rewind
1:30 - reverse

github - https://github.com/ferluht/loopa

LOOPA demo with midi keyboard (DIY synthesizer)

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"a short demo of LOOPA working with midi keyboard

about loopa - LOOPA explained (DIY synthesizer)

github - https://github.com/ferluht/loopa"

LOOPA explained (DIY synthesizer)

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"overview of my diy open source synthesizer based on raspberry pi zero

0:00 - intro
0:38 - instruments
1:38 - scales
2:10 - making a loop
2:26 - bass
3:10 - drums
3:22 - guitar
3:43 - effects
4:30 - synth
5:10 - outro

github - https://github.com/ferluht/loopa"

LOOPA first demo
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"recent year I've been lazily developing a portable synth+sampler+looper

now it is:
- 4 loopers
- send/return fx
- ∞ instruments
- usb midi in
- line in / line out
- mic
- 12 touch pads
- 128x32 oled
- 5h battery
- wifi file sync

going to make it open source here
https://github.com/ferluht/loopa"