NoteSorcery
An OP-1-style, eight-track groovebox firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1. Free and open source (GPL-3.0-only).
- Custom firmware
- Alpha
- Medium brick risk
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BOTANICA 0.3: a botanica-music firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1, built on NoteSorcery (see BOTANICA.md). Felt piano and droplet engines, foley, BLOOM / WEATHER / GLITCH / BREEZE, tempo drift with BREAK / DROP, petal chords and a GARDEN home screen.
- Firmware:
botanica-0.3.fwsc. Install it with the web installer (the /botanica/ page) or tools/fm1_install.py, as NoteSorcery. Recovery is the FM-1's ROM bootloader, unchanged. - BOTANICA Garden (Android):
botanica-garden-0.3-debug.apk, a debug build to sideload. - Demo renders: the WAVs, from the host simulator.
A pre-release: tested in the host simulator and CI only, not yet on an FM-1.
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?
- The project doesn't say. Assume you can't.
Did it work for you?
Did NoteSorcery botanica-v0.3 work on your M-VAVE FM-1?
No reports yet for botanica-v0.3.
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 ("Install"):
Open in Chrome or Edge on a computer, plug the FM-1 in by USB (a data cable, no hub), press INSTALL, allow MIDI access and wait for Done. The editor (Ableton export, samples, SoundFonts, backups) is linked from the same page. Coming from SLOOP, save a backup in SLOOP's editor first. Other ways (a local copy of the page, the command line) and rescue: GUIDE.md.
Risk and recovery
- Brick risk
- Medium
- Requires opening the device
- No
From the project's README ("Install"):
Open in Chrome or Edge on a computer, plug the FM-1 in by USB (a data cable, no hub), press INSTALL, allow MIDI access and wait for Done. The editor (Ableton export, samples, SoundFonts, backups) is linked from the same page. Coming from SLOOP, save a backup in SLOOP's editor first. Other ways (a local copy of the page, the command line) and rescue: GUIDE.md.
Releases
| Version | Name | Released |
|---|---|---|
| botanica-v0.3 | BOTANICA 0.3Pre-release | 20 October 2026 |
| botanica-v0.2 | BOTANICA 0.2Pre-release | 19 October 2026 |
| botanica-v0.1 | BOTANICA 0.1Pre-release | 19 October 2026 |
Credits, license and support
- License
- GPL-3.0