winampFM

A Winamp 2.x-style firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1. Your sounds become a playlist, four tracks record as loops, effects sit on sliders and the visualizers fill the whole screen.

Custom firmware
Stable
Medium brick risk

Source code Website: hericdk.github.io

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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.

Open the installerOpens hericdk.github.io

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Did winampFM work on your M-VAVE FM-1?

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Did it work for you?

Did winampFM work on your M-VAVE FM-1?

No reports yet.

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Compatibility

Devices: M-VAVE FM-1.

No compatibility information yet.

Getting started

From the project's README ("winampFM Synth"):

A Winamp 2.x-style firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1. Your sounds become a playlist, four tracks record as loops, effects sit on sliders and the visualizers fill the whole screen. Current version v0.12, based on SLOOP 2.6.

Site, installer and 3D simulator (the real firmware in your browser, with sound): https://hericdk.github.io/winampFM/

Install on your FM-1: open the site in Chrome or Edge, connect the FM-1 by USB and press install. The package is also in release/winampfm-0.12.fwsc.

License: GPL-3.0-only, like SLOOP, Felucca and FM1 Quest.

What is unique to winampFM

These were made for winampFM, on top of everything SLOOP already does:

Feature What it does
Winamp main window The home screen is a Winamp 2.x window: time counter, spectrum, BPM, the current sound in a scrolling marquee, and the four tracks as buttons.
The sound list as a playlist Every sound is a song in a Winamp playlist. Scroll it and the sound loads on the track you are on.
Reel-to-reel recording Arm REC and play: a tape deck shows the real take (input meter, counter, notes, passes). The bolt turns into a red LED. REC again closes the loop and takes the tempo from what you played.
Effects on sliders SEND · SPACE · MASTER · PARTY · TRACK groups as Winamp equalizer sliders, moved by the four knobs. The line above them reacts to the sound.
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Feature	What it does
Winamp main window	The home screen is a Winamp 2.x window: time counter, spectrum, BPM, the current sound in a scrolling marquee, and the four tracks as buttons.
The sound list as a playlist	Every sound is a song in a Winamp playlist. Scroll it and the sound loads on the track you are on.
Reel-to-reel recording	Arm REC and play: a tape deck shows the real take (input meter, counter, notes, passes). The bolt turns into a red LED. REC again closes the loop and takes the tempo from what you played.
Effects on sliders	SEND · SPACE · MASTER · PARTY · TRACK groups as Winamp equalizer sliders, moved by the four knobs. The line above them reacts to the sound.
…

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Risk and recovery

Brick risk: Medium
Requires opening the device: No

From the project's README ("What is in this repository"):

Folder Content
index.html, assets/, media/, sim/ The site: installer, 3D simulator (sim/) and the feature clips.
release/ The firmware packages (winampfm-0.12.fwsc is the current one).
firmware/ The complete source of that firmware (C, JieLi AC79), as the GPL requires. sh firmware/build.sh builds the package (see firmware/BUILDING.md).

Rescue: hold OCT− alone while switching the FM-1 on to enter the USB rescue mode and reinstall any firmware. Installing custom firmware is at your own risk.

Folder	Content
index.html, assets/, media/, sim/	The site: installer, 3D simulator (sim/) and the feature clips.
release/	The firmware packages (winampfm-0.12.fwsc is the current one).
firmware/	The complete source of that firmware (C, JieLi AC79), as the GPL requires. sh firmware/build.sh builds the package (see firmware/BUILDING.md).

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Credits, license and support

License: GPL-3.0