analogBEAST

analogBEAST v1.1 — Live Performance & Advanced SONG Arranger

Custom synthesizer / hardware sequencer firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1.

Version 1.1 focuses on live playing, smarter SONG arrangements and editing workflows. It extends v1.0's two synthesis routings (MIKROKORG and BRUTE), 128 pattern slots, 32 SONGs and 4 ALBUMs without replacing the existing SONG/backup storage layout.

New SONG commands

Example arrangement:

JUMP     12
ENDSTEP  13
REPEAT    5
A02      64
A03      64
END

This plays steps 12–13 of A02 five times in total, then starts A03 from its normal beginning. BEGIN loops a SONG, not the whole ALBUM; on a BEGIN-induced replay, existing live tempo/preset changes are not automatically undone by reapplying the initial commands.

Live hardware performance

• On the PLAY page, 8 black keys select BANK A–H and 16 white keys select PATTERN 01–16.
• While PATTERN transport runs, a selected pattern is queued for the next pattern boundary, not cut in immediately.
• PRESET can be turned during playback without restarting the transport or replacing the current sequence.
• ALGORITHM adjusts tempo outside the HOME page too.
• OCT− / OCT+ shift live sequence pitch one octave at a time; STOP clears live pitch offsets and a pending NEXT.
• Keyboard LEDs reflect playing notes (including pitch changes) rather than marking bank/pattern selections.
• SONG/ALBUM modes keep their existing end-of-song queued navigation.

Web editor and MIDI transfer

• Piano roll: quick TRANSPOSE −1/+1 and OCTAVE −12/+12 actions, undo support, bounded note values, corrected TIE presentation.
• Python transfer CLI updated for SONG command IDs 13–18.
• The 4-byte-per-row SONG model and 13,648-byte v5 payload remain unchanged. Existing v1.0 SONG rows and SysEx operations remain compatible; no automatic rewrite of v1.0 arrangements.
• SONG/ALBUM transfer supports write → readback → backup → restore, with a write lock when transport is running.

Verification

• Firmware builds successfully within code and RAM constraints.
• QA2 UI simulator: 19/19 passed.
• QA3 arranger interpreter: 90 checks passed; device boundary/STOP simulator: 10/10 passed; NOR A/B storage/CRC/rollback tests passed.
• QA4 SysEx CLI ↔ real C firmware-dispatcher simulator: 225 checks passed.
• Hardware: the project maintainer reports successful operation of v1.1 on a real FM-1 (23 October 2026).
• The older Golana UI regression suite still has outdated expectations; it has not been fully adapted. Host simulation does not replace exhaustive hardware and cross-platform USB-MIDI testing.

Download and compatibility

• analogBEAST-v1.1.fwsc — the byte-identical, hardware-tested v1.1 developer firmware package, renamed for distribution.
• SHA256SUMS-v1.1.txt — SHA-256 for the published package.
• Source archives generated by GitHub.

The firmware retains FM-1_901 and the Felucca Update loader identity. Do not use build.sh --release 1.1 for this package: the upstream release build changes the identity and is not the tested package. The internal menu version label in the hardware-tested binary may still display v1.0; the functional code and release package are v1.1.

Back up presets, patterns, SONGs, ALBUMs and device settings before updating. The published website/WebAssembly emulator may still reflect the prior build until separately redeployed; the firmware package in this release is the authoritative v1.1 download.

Credits and license

Based on Felucca by Leo Kuroshita / Hügelton Instruments and Golana. Existing copyrights, license notices and third-party attributions are preserved. GPL-3.0. Independent community firmware, not affiliated with M-VAVE, Korg or Arturia. Provided without warranty.