ARTIHIVE2.0.4

Name: ARTIHIVE
Author: KHAV

synthambient · drone

Eight-voice experimental drone and polyphonic FM synthesizer with four interacting pairs, envelopes, legato glide, hyper LFO, stereo motion, dual modulated delay and a 1-16 step arpeggiator and sequencer. Artistically inspired by SOMA LYRA-8; independently developed.

Text by the maker.

Install ARTIHIVE on the hub .fwsc (598 KB)

About it

Engines: FM (2–4 op)
Its own: eight voices as four interacting FM pairs
Runs on: FM-1 · Browser ↗
Release: 2.0.4 · released 11 Nov 2026 · on the hub since 7 Nov 2026598 KB · what's new
Licence: GPL-3.0 · source ↗ · copy on the hub
Flash chip: Every FM-1, the newer chip 0xB36014 too
Identity: FM-1_9620what it reports over USB while it runs
Build: Built by its maker, not signed
Popular: ↓ 93 installs via the hub · ★ 5 on GitHub

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Changelog

What changed, version by version2 versions

2.0.0

Added POLY mode on the second HOME tab with all 27 keys arranged chromatically.
Added eight-voice oldest-note allocation, octave selection, global ROOT, SHARP, DETUNE and MOD controls.
Added context-sensitive envelope editing for all voices or the newest held POLY voice.
Preserved the eight independently tuned envelope-trigger voices and latches in DRONE mode.
Added exact 10–400 BPM arpeggiation and user-pattern controls on the physical ARP button.
Added global mutation and undo behavior on the physical SEQ button.
Added output compression, revised interface geometry, final page titles, theme outlines and native 240 x 240 presentation.
Added application and loader support for UC25HQ80 flash JEDEC 0xB36014 while retaining Puya P25Q80 0x856014 support.
Added Firmware Hub metadata and a square repository card image.

1.9.0

Stabilized the eight-voice DRONE instrument, presets, Hyper LFO, stereo delay modulation, output chain and update-loader workflow.
Added UI themes, migration support, safety checks, deterministic release packaging and host regression coverage.

CHANGELOG.md on GitHub ↗