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fm1-custom-fw

M-VAVE FM-1 resource hub: custom firmwares directory, docs, MIDI SysEx protocol tools & firmware flasher

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What it is

M-VAVE FM-1 resource hub: custom firmwares directory, docs, MIDI SysEx protocol tools & firmware flasher

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 5:04:57 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by day3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-10-07 18:02:30 UTC to 2026-10-19 00:08:45 UTC.

012026-10-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 72026-10-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-12 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsOct 132026-10-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-10-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsOct 19

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Oct 192026-10-19 00:00:00 UTC2026-10-20 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

3 sources
gregsadetsky·Oct 19, 2026
Context: The FM-1 is an inexpensive synth ($80ish on amazon/aliexpress) which was reverse engineered [0]. The company that makes it now endorses the open firmware movement around it [1] [2]. You can see a review for the synth here [3]. Wow, also see "Firmware Hub"! [4] [0] https://github.com/aroum/fm1-custom-fw [1] https://github.com/m-vave/fm1_open [2] https://forum.m-vave.com/topic/4 [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3e2zH_-5I8 [4] https://thefirmwarehub.com/
In M-VAVE FM-1 Open: the green light for custom firmware and community hacks
MomsAVoxell·Oct 7, 2026
There is a publicly available Devkit[1] for the processor used by M-VAVE in all of their products: https://doc.zh-jieli.com/AC79/zh-cn/release_v1.0.3/board_des... .. and .. as all of their products are extremely good value for money .. I dare say some budding hacker saw an opportunity and went with it: https://github.com/aroum/fm1-custom-fw This has opened the flood gates for great new stuff to be written for it, and oh what a ride it has been these past few weeks! Simply the hottest toy in music-tech, bar none!
In Reverse Engineering of the M-VAVE FM-1 Pocket Synthesizer Firmware

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