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Category: Diary
**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.
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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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/
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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.