Tidepool
Tidepool for the M-VAVE FM-1: an ambient loop instrument as custom firmware. Twelve synthesised scenes, autoplay, and a Blank Canvas to record your own loops.
- Custom firmware
- Stable
- Medium brick risk
- Reversible
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Tidepool for the M-VAVE FM-1, version 1.0.3.
- Install: the web installer (Chrome or Edge, FM-1 connected by USB), or
tidepool-1.0.3.fwscbelow with the command-line installer. - Claude skill:
tidepool-fm1-skill.zipbelow, for Claude.ai and the desktop app (Settings → Capabilities → Skills). In Claude Code:/plugin marketplace add pjh-133/tidepool-fm1.
New since 1.0.2:
- Pick your loops, then press PLAY. After switching on, changing bank or stopping, the bar counter waits at bar 1. Loops you pick blink and wait, then start together from the first beat when you press PLAY (or SEQ for autoplay).
- Recorded loops keep playing. Keeping a take on the Blank Canvas leaves it playing, the first loop too, so you can record the next one straight over it.
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
- 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 Tidepool v1.0.3 work on your M-VAVE FM-1?
No reports yet for v1.0.3.
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 ("Installing"):
The easiest way is the web installer. Open it in Chrome or Edge, connect the FM-1 by USB, and press Install. The browser asks once for permission to use MIDI: allow it. Don't unplug the FM-1 while it writes. The same page can put M-VAVE's own firmware back.
Your settings and recorded loops survive later updates of Tidepool.
Risk and recovery
- Brick risk
- Medium
- Reversible
- Yes
- Requires opening the device
- No
From the project's README ("Going back to the stock firmware"):
Use "Back to the stock firmware" on the web installer, or install M-VAVE's official firmware file from the command line:
python3 base/bsp/tools/fm1install.py FM-1.fwsc
Releases
| Version | Name | Released |
|---|---|---|
| v1.0.3 | Tidepool 1.0.3Latest | 29 October 2026 |
| v1.0.2 | Tidepool 1.0.2 | 29 October 2026 |
| v1.0.1 | Tidepool 1.0.1 | 29 October 2026 |
Credits, license and support
- License
- MPL-2.0