VIBE FM → VST · NATIVE OPEN BETA
Instruments written for VIBE FM from the start – without the detour through the FM-1 and without its limits: the full screen, every control, named DAW parameters, your DAW's song position, the lowest latency. They come with the free VIBE FM VST plugin. Get the plugin →
And the very same files will run on the VIBE FM hardware – the same instrument, the same sound, in your DAW and on stage. Your beloved FM-1 firmwares come along: converted, they run there too. Get on the VIBE FM list →
Native VIBE FM firmwares: the same file plays in the plugin, in the browser and on the VIBE FM.
Four tracks of analog-style poly – two oscillators a voice, sync and cross-mod, a 12 / 24 dB filter, an arpeggiator, a step sequencer per track, a mixer with drive and master. In your DAW: 32 named parameters (Cutoff, Resonance, Envelope, LFO, Volume – per track), and its sequencer follows the song position and your loops.
A voice processor and looper for your vocals: a de-esser and a good compressor, pitch correction, vocoder, doubler, delay and reverb – then loop it. An effect plugin on your vocal track, and the same on the VIBE FM.
Your own instrument or effect – in your DAW and on your hardware, the same file, the same sound. No FM-1 in between, none of its limits.
And your beloved FM-1 firmwares? They run on VIBE FM too – converted from their source, unchanged: in the plugin today, on the VIBE FM hardware tomorrow.
The plugin plays both. A converted FM-1 firmware is the FM-1's, unchanged; a native one is written for VIBE FM.
| Converted FM-1 firmware | Native VIBE FM | |
|---|---|---|
| Screen | the FM-1's 240 × 240 | the full 480 × 320 |
| Controls | the FM-1's 7 encoders, 14 buttons, 27 keys | every VIBE control: pads, four knobs, A / B / DATA, labelled keys |
| In your DAW | 7 generic knobs; the tempo, start and stop | named parameters, the song position and loops |
| Engine | the FM-1's, unchanged – a little extra CPU for the emulated chip | written for VIBE FM – the lowest latency |
Wouldn't it be great to write your own instrument – and play it in your DAW and on your hardware? One firmware, one sound: in the studio and on stage.
That is the VIBE FM SDK. You write for VIBE FM directly, in C – no detour through the FM-1, none of its limits. The software side runs today: everything on this page is built with it. The hardware exists as a prototype. Let's build the rest together.
SDK access opens soon – the list hears first. Found a bug in the plugin? bugs@thefirmwarehub.com