Tuna
Pick a composer and Tuna plays in that composer's manner, endlessly and never twice the same; or pick a character preset and let it drift, from still and ambient to driving and rhythmic.
- Custom firmware
- Stable
- Medium brick risk
- Reversible
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Tuna 1.0
The first release: generative music on the FM-1, composed as it plays.
- 89 composers and styles in 10 eras, from Hildegard von Bingen to today, in 285 manners; 86 popular genres in 8 decades, the 1950s to now; 8 character presets, from STILL to DRIVE.
- The melodies of 45 composers tuned toward what 3,486 public-domain scores of theirs measure.
- 93 instruments on Felucca's engines, levels evened out; odd meters and grouped beats; equal, meantone, Werckmeister, Pythagorean, just and user-defined tunings.
- The chaos knobs RHYTHM, PITCH, DENSITY and MACRO; a tapped key sets the root, held keys the chord; the seed on OCT− / OCT+; REC locks the phrase.
- A sequencer: freeze what you hear into an editable pattern of up to 384 notes, with trig conditions, parameter locks and an evolution timer.
- 16 slots that save the whole state and play back exactly the music that was saved.
- MIDI out with every part on its own channel, and clock; a resonator of sympathetic strings tuned to the harmony.
- Plays for days on end: the sample clock wraps without a hiccup.
- In the browser: the same firmware on a simulated FM-1.
Runs on the FM-1. To go back: Felucca's installer, or the official V15.
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 Tuna v1.0 work on your M-VAVE FM-1?
No reports yet for v1.0.
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 ("Tuna"):
Generative music firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1, built on Felucca.
Tuna composes as it plays: Mutable Instruments Marbles' randomness, shaped by music theory into melody, bass, accompaniment and percussion, through Felucca's synthesis engines. Pick a composer and Tuna plays in that composer's manner, endlessly and never twice the same; or pick a character preset and let it drift, from still and ambient to driving and rhythmic.
> Version 1.0: runs on the FM-1. Install it from the web installer at > (Chrome or Edge, USB), or try it in the browser there first. Built for fun and with no warranty: Felucca's > installer, or the official V15, takes the FM-1 back.
What is in it
- 86 popular genres in 8 decades, the 1950s to now: rock & roll and doo-wop, Motown, ska and funk, disco, reggae, punk and Bronx block parties, house, techno and new jack swing, grunge, jungle and trance, dubstep and grime, trap, drill, amapiano and hyperpop, phonk and Jersey club. Each has its own drum groove and kit, bass line, chord loop, comping and instruments; vocal genres play as their beat, bass, chords and a lead line.
- 89 composers and styles in 10 eras, from Hildegard von Bingen to today: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Early Romantic, Romantic, Late Romantic, Modern, Minimal, Film & Stage, Contemporary. Each has its own harmony, melody, rhythm, form and instrumentation: chant on a drone, Bach's counterpoint, …
Risk and recovery
- Brick risk
- Medium
- Reversible
- Yes
- Requires opening the device
- No
From the project's README ("Tuna"):
Generative music firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1, built on Felucca.
Tuna composes as it plays: Mutable Instruments Marbles' randomness, shaped by music theory into melody, bass, accompaniment and percussion, through Felucca's synthesis engines. Pick a composer and Tuna plays in that composer's manner, endlessly and never twice the same; or pick a character preset and let it drift, from still and ambient to driving and rhythmic.
> Version 1.0: runs on the FM-1. Install it from the web installer at > (Chrome or Edge, USB), or try it in the browser there first. Built for fun and with no warranty: Felucca's > installer, or the official V15, takes the FM-1 back.
What is in it
- 86 popular genres in 8 decades, the 1950s to now: rock & roll and doo-wop, Motown, ska and funk, disco, reggae, punk and Bronx block parties, house, techno and new jack swing, grunge, jungle and trance, dubstep and grime, trap, drill, amapiano and hyperpop, phonk and Jersey club. Each has its own drum groove and kit, bass line, chord loop, comping and instruments; vocal genres play as their beat, bass, chords and a lead line.
- 89 composers and styles in 10 eras, from Hildegard von Bingen to today: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Early Romantic, Romantic, Late Romantic, Modern, Minimal, Film & Stage, Contemporary. Each has its own harmony, melody, rhythm, form and instrumentation: chant on a drone, Bach's counterpoint, …
Releases
| Version | Name | Released |
|---|---|---|
| v1.0 | Tuna 1.0Latest | 29 October 2026 |
Credits, license and support
- License
- GPL-3.0