BB1 for M-VAVE FM-1
BB1 for M-VAVE FM-1: two drum machines, a bass synth, tape echo and spring. GPL-3.0 firmware source.
- Custom firmware
- Beta
- Medium brick risk
- Reversible
Source codeWebsite: thebigbeat.app
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BB1 1.5
BB1 1.5 adds a205-phrase ACID bank, song tempos and swing, regrouped drum sections, and MIDI input settings.
- **ACID:**27 banks/205 phrases on Dillo's PATTERN page, alongside ERA and SONG, with charted accents and slides adapted to Dillo's steps.
- Song timing: loading a different song brings its catalogue tempo and swing; changing sections within the same song preserves the performer's tempo. Tainted Love carries72BPM/66%swing.
- Patterns: multi-bar drum sections are regrouped, and song accompaniment data is revised in the editable catalogue.
- MIDI input over USB and TRS: default KIT A channel10, KIT B11, Dillo1. Dillo supports CC7level, CC74cutoff, CC71resonance, CC120sound-off and CC123notes-off. GLOBAL>MIDI configures channels, clock source, tempo follow and Start/Stop. Clock output remainsOFF. The second synth channel is reserved in this release build.
- HOME: pattern names clear the row above them.
This release uses the candidate profile: BB_WITH_TELEGRAM0, BB_FIXA0, BB_AUDIO_PROFILE0. The firmware's sound-library image is unchanged from1.2.
FM-1 acceptance: exact c04 application and unchanged sound-library readback verified; saved user data preserved. Native T1 and T2 each ran65.2audio-seconds and stopped cleanly, with no recorded budget exceed, DMA miss, audio fault or CPU1 failure. T1 maximum5475.3µs against5802.7µs budget; T2 retained that boot-cumulative upper bound and observed no new isolated peak. Physical ACID browsing, all three SELECT focuses and the Square Acid panel walkthrough were not performed remotely; browser/source evidence remains separate. See BB1-1.5-HARDWARE-RECEIPT.json in the source bundle. No preferred4640µs target pass is claimed.
Known issue: the browser can play a song at87BPM while its header/control mirror retains120. The first GLOBAL tempo increment then jumps to121 rather than88. Set the intended tempo explicitly. This functional UI issue remains open; physical FM-1 manifestation has not been tested.
Downgrading to1.2 resets global panel/favourite preferences because1.5 adds MIDI settings to that record. Scenes from1.2 load in1.5. Preserved scene bytes do not establish backward decoding compatibility:1.2 refuses experimental scenes with LEAD enabled. MIDI clock output is a future stage.
Credits
The Acid Tabs phrases are credited to J. McConaghy / Acid-Tabs.com (acid-tabs.com), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence). They have been renamed, revoiced and retimed for Dillo. The bank also adapts the Acid Voice famous-pattern charts. Credits, adaptations and licence/provenance notices accompany the corresponding source; the owner's Acid Voice licence is reported, with terms to be filed. See BIG-BEAT-LICENSING.md and LICENSE/LICENSES.
Release identities
| Asset | Bytes | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|
| bb1-1.5.fwsc | 610086 | 2ef5f0112657e25fcce3f25d3e9be6eb6ba1832d941386cbf3543a450686dcfc |
| application inside package | 545516 | c3a703a388e8c274585b27097a888d30b3c4f2b92c57e1077cee9e4ebf0d3380 |
| bb1-source-1.5.tar.gz (website download; extracts the identical tar below) | 6764336 | 6379637b675663bf9de24659cf71370d500d7f0a69df5e00c7f4768668047eef |
| bb1-source-1.5.tar | 27248640 | c72c3fe2dc4a80af02959694899cfa9578d30fd5fe87c01af545ff18fecffcf9 |
| bb1-sounds-1.2.bin, existing unchanged image | 245760 | 154ef6b92553af5803c3e003dc5d2c379aed4e0503f24f08ad8b024cff7d821e |
Firmware source c04aa9ff7b5407558b247c891c0944a0c7179e1d; build instructions and exact external dependency pins are inside the corresponding-source tar. Its firmware/build files are byte-identical to the independently verified source. The tar also includes the pinned build/verifier recipe and source assets.
Before you start
- How hard is it?
- EasyCopy a file or use a web page. No extra software.
- What you need
- A USB or MIDI cable
- Comfort with the command line
- A computer
- Can it break my device?
- Small chance of trouble, with a way to recover.
- Can I undo it?
- Yes. You can go back to the official software.
Did it work for you?
Did BB1 for M-VAVE FM-1 v1.5 work on your M-VAVE FM-1?
No reports yet for v1.5.
One-tap reports from owners. Bricked reports are checked before they count.
Compatibility
Devices: M-VAVE FM-1.
No compatibility information yet.
Getting started
From the project's README ("Get it on your FM-1"):
- Plug the FM-1 into a computer with a USB data cable, and open thebigbeat.app/fm1/install in Chrome or Edge.
- Press Install BB1 once. The installer handles the firmware and sounds together, checking the existing library before writing it. Allow about five minutes. The installer preserves the user-data regions. Keep a backup: preserved bytes do not guarantee compatibility with older firmware.
- With MASTER down, press HOME, then PLAY. Bring MASTER up gently.
Want it gone? Go back to M-VAVE's official firmware any time with M-VAVE's own updater and their FM-1.fwsc. BB1 can't export its music to the computer yet, so copy out anything you want to keep before you switch.
Try before you flash: the browser player runs the real BB1 firmware, the same screen and the same engine, right in your browser. Then read the guide.
Risk and recovery
- Brick risk
- Medium
- Reversible
- Yes
- Requires opening the device
- No
From the project's README ("Get it on your FM-1"):
- Plug the FM-1 into a computer with a USB data cable, and open thebigbeat.app/fm1/install in Chrome or Edge.
- Press Install BB1 once. The installer handles the firmware and sounds together, checking the existing library before writing it. Allow about five minutes. The installer preserves the user-data regions. Keep a backup: preserved bytes do not guarantee compatibility with older firmware.
- With MASTER down, press HOME, then PLAY. Bring MASTER up gently.
Want it gone? Go back to M-VAVE's official firmware any time with M-VAVE's own updater and their FM-1.fwsc. BB1 can't export its music to the computer yet, so copy out anything you want to keep before you switch.
Try before you flash: the browser player runs the real BB1 firmware, the same screen and the same engine, right in your browser. Then read the guide.
Releases
| Version | Name | Released |
|---|---|---|
| v1.5 | BB1 1.5: Acid DilloLatest | 29 October 2026 |
| v1.2 | BB1 1.2: eight machines | 29 October 2026 |
Credits, license and support
- License
- GPL-3.0