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This is a little ambient improvisation created using the M-VAVE FM-1 using one of the piano presets. It was fed into Eventide Blackhole reverb plugin with a little tape emulation added and that was fed into a tape looping plugin I created via Flow Music. It’s called ReelVox A77 and it emulates the tape-to-tape loop setup favoured by Terry Riley and Brian Eno, among others. I’ve been refining this VST plugin using the Google AI platform Flow Music and I’ve managed to create the looping plugin I’ve always wanted. I can set the tape loop up to 30 seconds (though I can increase this to any length, but 30 seconds is more than enough for my needs), there’s varispeed control so I can speed up and slow down the tape loop, I can reverse the tape loop and even freeze the loop so that I can solo over it without any loop degradation.

So here’s the noodle here, which I’ve entitled “Beside the Sea” due to the waves at the end (also provided by the M-VAVE FM-1).



**Never Buy a VST Plugin Again – Make Your Own Plugin FX With Google Flow Music | Demo & Examples** Google Flow Music for making your own plugin FX. No more buying the same compressor and reverb for the fifth time. Build the effect, try the demos, use the ones already up. Try the plugins: https://www.flowmusic.app/library/plugins Google Flow Music: https://www.flowmusic.app Music: https://elasticstage.com/lock Links: https://linktr.ee/darrenlock **Timestamps:**
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M-VAVE FM-1 With the Ableton Move (Yes, Really!!!)



**How to Control the M-VAVE FM-1 With the Ableton Move (Yes, Really!!!)** The Ableton Move controlling the M-VAVE FM-1. Pocket FM synth, MIDI, and the Move’s pads and knobs doing the driving. Part of the FM-1 series (stock, SLOOP, Felucca, F-Omni, the firmware hub). Yes, it works. Music: https://elasticstage.com/lock Links: https://linktr.ee/darrenlock FM-1 firmware hub: https://fm1.designburgapps.com/ Back to stock: https://youtu.be/hBE6vZe7BAc Official FM-1 firmware: https://www.m-vave.com/product?id=fm-1 **Timestamps:**
0:00 Ableton Move + FM-1 0:40 MIDI setup 2:00 Pads controlling the FM-1 4:00 Knobs & parameters 6:00 Playing it 8:00 Tips & gotchas End: Like & subscribe #MVAVE #FM1 #AbletonMove #MIDI #synth #Ableton #DarrenLockMusic #pocketSynth #customfirmware Like, comment and subscribe for more FM-1 and gear experiments. Buy my music here on CD & Vinyl: https://elasticstage.com/lock
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How to Control the M-VAVE FM-1 With the Ableton Move (Yes, Really!!!)



**How to Control the M-VAVE FM-1 With the Ableton Move (Yes, Really!!!)** The Ableton Move controlling the M-VAVE FM-1. Pocket FM synth, MIDI, and the Move’s pads and knobs doing the driving. Part of the FM-1 series (stock, SLOOP, Felucca, F-Omni, the firmware hub). Yes, it works. Music: https://elasticstage.com/lock Links: https://linktr.ee/darrenlock FM-1 firmware hub: https://fm1.designburgapps.com/ Back to stock: https://youtu.be/hBE6vZe7BAc Official FM-1 firmware: https://www.m-vave.com/product?id=fm-1 **Timestamps:**
0:00 Ableton Move + FM-1 0:40 MIDI setup 2:00 Pads controlling the FM-1 4:00 Knobs & parameters 6:00 Playing it 8:00 Tips & gotchas End: Like & subscribe #MVAVE #FM1 #AbletonMove #MIDI #synth #Ableton #DarrenLockMusic #pocketSynth #customfirmware Like, comment and subscribe for more FM-1 and gear experiments. Buy my music here on CD & Vinyl: https://elasticstage.com/lock
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Get Your M-VAVE FM-1 Some Protection – A Little Hard Case for Your Little Synthesiser!



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The M-VAVE FM-1 Firmware Hub – All The Custom Firmware Under One Roof – The Ultimate FM-1 Tool!



**The M-VAVE FM-1 Firmware Hub | All the Custom Firmware in One Place** One page for the M-VAVE FM-1 custom-firmware pile: Felucca, SLOOP, sloopDX, X0X, F-Omni, Jangada, ChoralRoot, Melodee, Hortator, FiMba-1, GHOULBOX, Bubba, WaveLoop and the rest. Chrome or Edge, USB, click Install. Open source, free. Stock firmware is still a flash away if one of them bricks the fun. Hub: https://fm1.designburgapps.com/ Back to stock: https://youtu.be/hBE6vZe7BAc Official FM-1 firmware: https://www.m-vave.com/product?id=fm-1 FM-1 on Amazon: https://link.amazon/B0exzpCWw Music: https://elasticstage.com/lock Links: https://linktr.ee/darrenlock **Timestamps:**
0:00 The FM-1 firmware hub 0:40 What’s on it (SLOOP, Felucca, F-Omni, X0X…) 2:00 How install works 4:00 So Much Choice
6:00 Stock Firmware here too 6:01: Like & subscribe #MVAVE #FM1 #SLOOP #Felucca #FOmni #customfirmware #groovebox #synth #DarrenLockMusic #firmwarehub Like, comment and subscribe for more FM-1 experiments. I'm an Amazon Affiliate and so gets a shiny penny if you buy a qualifying product via the links here.

Turn The M-VAVE FM-1 Into An Omnichord with F-Omni-1 Custom Firmware



F-Omni-1 turns the cheap M-VAVE FM-1 pocket synth into an Omnichord-style strummer: chords on the buttons, a strum strip, and that Suzuki auto-harp thing without the £600 hardware. Browser emulator first, then use the USB web installer to install on the FM-1. Part of the FM-1 custom-firmware run (SLOOP, Felucca, Baud Girl). Stock firmware is still one flash away if you want the original FM synth back.
Try the emulator: https://charlesvestal.github.io/fm1-fomni/emu/ Install F-Omni-1: https://charlesvestal.github.io/fm1-fomni/install/ Back to stock: https://youtu.be/hBE6vZe7BAc Official FM-1 firmware: https://www.m-vave.com/product?id=fm-1 Buy FM-1 on Amazon: https://link.amazon/B0exzpCWw Music: https://elasticstage.com/lock Links: https://linktr.ee/darrenlock Timestamps:
0:00 Omnichord on an FM-1? 0:40 What F-Omni-1 is 1:20 Browser emulator 2:30 Install 4:00 Playing it 6:00 How to go back to stock 8:23 End: Like & subscribe #MVAVE #FM1 #FOmni1 #Omnichord #customfirmware #synth #Suzuki #DarrenLockMusic #strummer
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