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KRIECHSTROM for the M-VAVE FM-1

KRIECHSTROM0.2 · beta

by Grigorii Bezborodov GitHub ↗

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Firmware for dark industrial and EBM, built on Felucca. Adds the GLCH distortion engine from Glitchbox, 171 sounds and 13 drum kits, DICE to generate parts in eight styles, random sound variations, tape and digital degradation of the mix, and a manual in English and Russian.

Text by the maker.

About it

Runs on
FM-1
Release
0.2 · released 12 Nov 2026 · on the hub since 12 Nov 2026596 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_57810002what it reports over USB while it runs
Build
Built by its maker, not signed
Popular
↓ 24 installs via the hub

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Changelog

What changed, version by version3 versions

[Unreleased]

[0.2] - 2026-11-12

  • HISS hisses only while the tape runs: while PLAY plays, and when stopped while notes sound and a second after; stopped and silent it is quiet (it opens in ~50 ms, closes over 0.6 s)

[0.1] - 2026-11-12

The first release, built on Felucca 1.8.2.

  • GLCH engine from Glitchbox: clipping, wavefolding, a resonant filter, bit crushing and micro-stutter; 48 sounds
  • 86 new sounds across ANALOG, GLCH, PHASE, FM6, NOISE and DRUM (171 in all), 8 new drum kits
  • DICE in SEQ TOOLS (F5) with eight moods (G5): MACHINE, GRIND, MARCH 7/8, GLITCH, SPIRAL, GHOST, SURGE, HUSH
  • HAPPY ACCIDENT (OOPS) in the EDIT layer (G5): two or three values of the sound jump, one undo for a run
  • FX > DAMAGE: DMG and CHAR (tape to digital wear on the master), WALL (quiet to a wall, also FX + SELECT), HISS
  • the DAMG pedal: the same wear on one track
  • MUFF, BASS and SMASH pedals, ROLL and GATE live effects, the DESTROY kit and pattern (from Glitchbox)
  • power-on sounds and patterns: GLCH SICK ENGINE, FM6 BROKEN PIANO, PHASE SICK PAD, DRUM FACTORY
  • MIDI CC85 (WALL) and CC86 (DMG)
  • the STROM theme (black and red), a splash picture
  • a site, a manual and a cheat sheet in English and Russian; the installer and the editor in English and Russian
  • first start: STROM, LARGE on, HELP on, FX LATCH on (a tap turns an effect on, another off), USB SERIAL off
  • effect pages named for players: SENDS, PEDAL, PEDAL MIX, DELAY; a value that turns an effect off reads OFF
  • the USB device name and the identity: KRIECHSTROM, FM-1_57810001
  • Felucca-Engines and felucca-bsp are kept in the tree instead of submodules

[0.2]: https://github.com/Xforsa/kriechstrom/releases/tag/v0.2 [0.1]: https://github.com/Xforsa/kriechstrom/releases/tag/v0.1

CHANGELOG.md on GitHub ↗