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Golana DZ Edition for the M-VAVE FM-1

Golana DZ Edition0.1.0-beta · beta

by dzwerg GitHub ↗

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Golana's synth with a sequencer for whole songs: 64 steps a pattern, 32 programs (up to 2,048 steps), a SONGMODE that plays from a first to a last program once or on repeat, and USB MIDI out to sequence other synths.

Text by the hub. Your firmware? Write it yourself, in your repository.

Install Golana DZ Edition on the hub .fwsc (596 KB)

About it

Engines
Analog / VA
Its own: GOLANA
Runs on
FM-1
Release
0.1.0-beta · released 17 Oct 2026 · on the hub since 22 Oct 2026596 KB · what's new
Licence
GPL-3.0 · source ↗ · copy on the hub
Flash chip
The first FM-1s onlyOn a newer FM-1 (flash 0xB36014) this version keeps your saves in RAM only, and updates from it may fail: what to do
Identity
FM-1_900what it reports over USB while it runs
Build
Built by its maker, not signed
Popular
↓ 9 installs via the hub

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Changelog

What changed, version by version1 version

1.0 — 2026-10-16

The first release. Golana is Felucca 1.5.1 turned into one analog-style synth, laid out like the classic microKORG:

  • Two oscillators: OSC 1 SAW, PULSE, TRI (wavefold) or SINE (cross modulation); OSC 2 SAW, SQR or TRI with RING and SYNC; noise and a wavefolder in the mixer.
  • Five filters: LPF24, LPF12, BPF, HPF and MS20, with key tracking and its own envelope.
  • FILTER EG, AMP EG, two LFOs with key and tempo sync, and four patch cords.
  • POLY, MONO, LEGATO, UNISON (eight detuned oscillators), detune, portamento, spread.
  • Arpeggiator and a 16-step sequencer saved with each program.
  • Effects: MOD FX (chorus, flanger, ensemble, phaser, METAL), delay and reverb in three orders.
  • 32 programs, 16 factory sounds; MIDI Program Change; CC74 and CC71 move cutoff and resonance.
  • Pages that draw the sound; four palettes; a three-second power-on with the eighties' stripes.
  • USB rescue: OCT− held at power-on, or after two failed starts.

CHANGELOG.md on GitHub ↗