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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If you have the ability to watch YouTube in surround sound (you have a TV or amp that can handle 5.1 audio), then you might want to check out this early attempt at surround sound audio I made a long while ago. This is one of my earlier attempts at music from 1999 and thanks to the magic of technology, we no longer have to piss around with DVDs for you to hear the 5.1 mix of this – though I imagine this will appeal to approximately three people, if that. Enjoy…or not!
I’ll also get the Textures, Without Words, Textures, EchoNET and Pressure Point surround sound up there eventually… (Then I’ll get a copyright claim from myself because YouTube and copyright is dumb)
Thanks to YouTube supporting 5.1 audio if you livestream it, I can now present the recordings I mixed in surround sound to you without all the faffing around with DVDs and what-not. This is START from 1999 and it's my first proper attempt at a continuous flowing album of instrumental music. You can buy this on CD and vinyl here: https://elasticstage.com/lock/releases/start-album Enjoy!
Installed SLOOP, Felucca or Baud Girl custom firmware on the M-VAVE FM-1 and want the original FM synth back? This is the uninstall: official M-VAVE updater, stock firmware, back to factory. Custom firmware is fun. Stock is still there if you change your mind. Follow-up to the SLOOP first-go and MIDI videos. Official FM-1 software and firmware: https://www.m-vave.com/product?id=fm-1 FM-1 on Amazon: https://link.amazon/B0exzpCWw Links: https://linktr.ee/darrenlock
Timestamps:
0:00 Why restore stock 0:40 What you need (official updater) 1:20 Connect the FM-1 2:00 Flash stock firmware 4:00 Check it boots as an FM-1 again 4:37 End: Like & subscribe #MVAVE #FM1 #SLOOP #Felucca #customfirmware #firmware #synth #DarrenLockMusic #howtorestore
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Follow-up to the SLOOP first-go video. People asked if MIDI works on the M-VAVE FM-1 with SLOOP custom firmware. Short answer: yes, after SLOOP 2.3.
TRS 3.5 mm to 5-pin DIN into a MIDI keyboard (Boss BMIDI-1-35). Channels 1–3 for the three synth tracks, channel 10 for drums. Pitch bend and mod wheel didn’t work here. USB MIDI is listed on the SLOOP site; this test is the hardware DIN cable. Yesterday it didn’t respond; after the 2.3 update it does. Boss BMIDI-1-35 TRS–DIN cable: https://link.amazon/B0e7TGFnu
Install SLOOP: https://isod89.github.io/sloop-fm1/webapp/installer/
Links: https://linktr.ee/darrenlock Timestamps:
0:00 Why this video (comments asked about MIDI) 0:34 SLOOP 2.3 update 0:52 TRS to 5-pin DIN cable 1:36 MIDI in — it works 1:53 Bass 2:26 Drums (channel 10) 2:57 No pitch bend / mod 3:05 Didn’t work yesterday 3:31 Which cable 4:22 USB MIDI 4:51 Why bother — £45 synth, more flexible 5:28 Uninstall video coming 5:43 Like & subscribe
#MVAVE #FM1 #SLOOP #MIDI #customfirmware #groovebox #synth #DarrenLockMusic #TRS #Boss
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First session on the M-VAVE FM-1 with SLOOP custom firmware. SLOOP turns the cheap pocket FM synth into a free 4-track groovebox: three synth layers plus a drum machine, built on the Felucca engines (VA, 4-op FM, phase distortion, organ, formant, granular, sampler, lo-fi) with chorus, delay and reverb. Not a full review — first go, exploring the patch and the workflow. Install SLOOP from here: https://isod89.github.io/sloop-fm1/webapp/installer/ Links: https://linktr.ee/darrenlock Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:33 The SLOOP Firmware
01:47 Jamming with SLOOP
07:27 Thoughts on SLOOP
09:10 Browser Editor
11:21 Outro #MVAVE #FM1 #SLOOP #customfirmware #groovebox #FMsynth #synth #DarrenLockMusic #Felucca Like, comment and subscribe for more synth and gear experiments.
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