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The Firmware Hub · FM-1 · Pocket Band

Pocket Band for the M-VAVE FM-1

Pocket Band0.4 · beta

by elpabl0 GitHub ↗

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A band in your FM-1. Pick a spot on a map of 16 genre towns and it writes a four-piece sketch: drums, bass, keys and lead in one key. Re-roll parts, audition players, jam, morph, play punch-in effects, edit steps, save four slots. With a rhythm game played over your own drum part.

Text by the maker.

About it

Runs on
FM-1
Release
0.4 · released 11 Nov 2026 · on the hub since 11 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_722604what it reports over USB while it runs
Build
Built by its maker, not signed
Popular
↓ 16 installs via the hub

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Changelog

What changed, version by version4 versions

0.4

  • REC a second time: tap. Tap a rhythm on any key and the notes are picked from each bar's chord.
  • Jam: TOUR walks the band on along the map every 16 or 32 bars.
  • A hidden place off the south-east corner of the map, and four code words.
  • The keys now snap to the sketch's scale.
  • Its own package identity (FM-1_7226 + version) and name on every screen, the rescue screen included.
  • The repository holds Pocket Band only: SLOOP's site, web editor, documents and artwork are gone; credits and licences are in CREDITS.md and LICENSING.md.

Tested on a computer only.

0.3

  • The run: a rhythm game on the Visuals screen, played over the drum part.
  • The sketch is remembered across power-off.
  • Perform: build and drop. Jam: morph. Cart: play a slot from the next bar, chain slots, six skins.
  • Two more towns on the map (16 in all).

Tested on a computer only.

0.2

  • A firmware of its own: every screen is Pocket Band's. Installed and run on an FM-1.

0.1

  • The generator and map as an addition to SLOOP 2.8.5's screens.

CHANGELOG.md on GitHub ↗