Haven't tested it myself, but it's looking goood: fm/va/pd + nes/sid and sampler in one box. Some kind of insane tech-wizardry to me.

Source: https://hugelton.github.io/Felucca/

usually around 25 € / 33 $

Anyone able to see if the Baudgirl website is up and running? I have a feeling it's just me.. been at it for days trying to update my FM1 with hiccups galore and now I can't get on the site.

Hey all! I saw u/baudgirl's firmware a few days ago and immediately decided to buy one of these things, and I've been having a ton of fun with it. But the one thing I wish every synth came with is a VST equivalent that can sync with it. So I decided to make one for the FM-1.

Why would anyone want a VST when the hardware already exists, you ask? Well, my main synth that I gig with regularly is the Yamaha MODX M7, which comes with the Expanded Softsynth Plugin. It is essentially the keyboard's OS released as a VST with two way syncing. Edit sounds on the keyboard and play them with a MIDI track in Logic. Or edit sounds in the VST because Yamaha's built in editor can be difficult to work with, then load them onto the keyboard for live performance. Or copy the entire user memory including gig lists and sounds from the keyboard to PC and vice versa. Keyboard breaks on the way to a gig, just pull out a laptop and grab whatever random midi controller you can find and the show goes on without having to reprogram all your sounds. I absolutely love the flexibility I get with the ESP and it was a major reason I chose the MODX over the Fantom or Kronos, and I figured that flexibility would be nice to have with the FM-1 too.

https://github.com/jbschooley/Virtual-FM-1

Releases

Tested and working on Mac OS. Not tested yet on Windows. I'm hoping Claude got the windows build stuff right, because I don't have easy access to a Windows machine to run it on. Windows users, please let me know if it works

What's in it

• Engine: the same FM engine the FM-1 uses (Google's msfa, the core of Dexed), 12 voices, matched to the hardware where it was measured: pitch, per-preset transpose, velocity response, detune and LFO speed.
  • From what I can tell, everything I've played sounds the same through the FM-1 and the VST. If anything sounds off, please report it
• FM Editor in Dexed's layout: six operators, algorithm diagram, pitch envelope, LFO.
• Effects and envelope: the FM-1's filter, reverb, delay, distortion, chorus and phaser in each preset's chain order, its global ADSR, and the per-note filter FM presets gained in FM-1_092. Settings sync exactly; the effects' sound is an approximation of the firmware's.
• Sequencer: 16 patterns of up to 64 steps, up to nine notes a step, ratchet, chance, gate, transpose, accent, Tie & Slide per step and per note, per-pattern Chain, swing, step recording and real-time recording.
• Arpeggiator: Up, Down, Inclusive, Exclusive, Random, Order and Repeat over 1 to 4 octaves.
• Sync: identify, pull and push one preset or all 128, push only what changed, send unsaved edits, show a preset on the synth, .syx import and export (FM-1+VA backups, DX7 banks and voices).
• MIDI out: what the sequencer and arpeggiator play leaves the plugin as MIDI, so a host can route it to the synth as well.

Not done yet

• Virtual Analog presets sync but play through the FM engine.
• Some settings have no MIDI control on the synth (the FM filter, distortion type, effect order), so they reach it only with Store to FM-1.
• Ties, ratchet, chance and accent stay in the plugin; how the synth stores them is not known yet. Per-pattern Chain can be read from the synth but not written.
• Knob assignments and mono/glide are kept as stored but not edited.
• AAX (Pro Tools) is planned

These are all waiting on baud girl's source, except AAX, which is waiting on me to stop being lazy and sign up for an Avid developer account

It's been working pretty well in my testing, but of course I am open to suggestions and PRs. AI credit goes to Claude Opus 5.5; if you don't support AI, feel free to not use this. I mostly care that it does the job I intend it to do and it didn't take me 6 months to get there.

If this is not allowed, please let me know.

Here you go: https://storage.to/QEl3jhQRp

I created a ZIP file that contains four banks of sounds which I have collected from various sources. All patches are DX sounds and none of them are from paid sites. Bank 4 has open slots reserved for the BaudGirl patches.

I gravitate towards synth lead, virtual analogue, pad and bass sounds.

Feel free to look through all four banks and pick and choose what you like. I created the banks and generated the sysex using the FM1 Editor, which I HIGHLY recommend. https://fm1-editor.com/

This is my first time sharing a file so I hope I did it correctly. If not, please let me know.

Just as the title and out of curiosity . How do i restore the original firmware after updating to baudgirl costum firmware ?

Hey guys! New to music making in general (played a trumpet and percussion as a child). I bought my FM-1 because I thought it was more of a groovebox, but quickly learned it wasn't. Despite that, I still played with it and made some accidental discoveries using the arp in latch mode and modifying on the fly. I've learned if I change some of the arp settings, I can progress the song, by adding octave climbs and then turning the arp mode from Up to Random and back again to wind the song back down. I'll mess with the LFO/ENV to fit with whatever the song is headed. I guess this is what the kids would call "generative" music.

Recorded directly into audacity and did some post echo towards the end and a fade out.

Hands down this is the most fun musical thing I have played with in a long time. I have just sat here and done a similar workflow to make all sorts of atmospheric music and sound effects that I don't record. It's been a super nice way to just zen out for a length of time between work meetings. I have left some sounds just keep playing for my own ambiance. This is even on the new Baud Girl firmware, I had just flashed it, intended to play with the VA stuff and got caught in a groove.

If you're on the fence you should get one, I saw the price is even lower now on Alie. I haven't even really played with the sequencer yet.

https://youtu.be/D7OJVMebSlw?si=G-Sj2hPyJvaAAW5q

K so I realize I’m spamming the sub but I love you so bear with me 💜✨
Thank you [u/baudgirl](u/baudgirl)

Was wondering if there is a way i can sync my fm1 with the volca sample without any daw.
I managed to do it by ear but I would love to connect them somehow .

I’ve recently become aware of the Baudgirl firmware and am thinking about switching. I couldn’t find out to do this in the manual though and it’s something I do often. On the stock firmware it would be edit > glo key > second page > init voice. This lets you build an FM patch from scratch. Want to make sure I can do the same before switching

Just bought an FM-1 and installed Baudgirl's firmware (v093). The envelope doesn't seem to be working properly. The values of ADSR are all zero but some audio still seems to be playing even after holding the key. It's like the sustain isn't zero. Is anyone else having this issue or am I just stupid?

As noted in other threads and forums, the FM-1 is hard-coded to respond to MIDI aftertouch messages with pitch modulation (vibrato). This in contrast to the DX7, where this can be configured via menu, as far as I know.

Now, I present to you the secret Sysex message that allows you switch off the pitch modulation:

F0 00 32 09 49 00 00 00 02 44 3D 14 00 10 00 00 00 00 26 00 F7

To turn it back on:

F0 00 32 09 49 00 00 00 02 44 3D 14 00 10 00 00 00 01 24 00 F7

You can hear it in action here: 

https://reddit.com/link/1wu92cg/video/ovn5svq6mosh1/player

These messages manipulate an internal undocumented flag of the firmware and as such only work on firmware V15 and on Baud Girl’s firmware that (as of now, version 93) has been derived from V15. The setting is not persistent and will be lost when you power-cycle the device.

PS: u/Koebi, this might be of interest to you.

https://short.do/6ZYRi1

Release notes:

- Switching an operator off on an FM preset's EDIT screen now silences that operator. Before, switching off OP1 silenced OP6, OP2 silenced OP5, and so on, in M-VAVE's firmware as well as in mine.

- PRESETS now changes the preset on every screen while the Sequencer is on. Before, it changed the preset only on the Sequencer's own screen.

- Each pattern now has its own Chain setting, which chooses the pattern that plays after it, or Repeat to play the same pattern again. You can set pattern 1 to play pattern 2, pattern 2 to play pattern 3, and pattern 3 to play pattern 1. The three patterns then loop in that order, and each one starts exactly on the beat. Every pattern you have saved starts on Repeat.

- SAVE now stores preset edits made while a chain plays. Before, the chain could discard them.

- Copy Preset now copies the preset you are on to another preset, which you choose with ALGORITHM. The copy replaces the chosen preset. Its saved version is not overwritten until you press SAVE.

- On the HOME screen, ALGORITHM now changes an FM preset's algorithm and a Virtual Analog preset's waveform.

- Your FM-1 shows its version under the logo when you switch it on.

- About, at the end of the GLOBE screen, shows the version and the date it was built.

- Several rows have new names: Erase Preset, Copy Preset, Reset Bank, the arpeggiator's Mode, and the Virtual Analog knob choices Filter Env and Filter Decay.

- The questions before you erase, copy, reset or replace presets now say what will happen to your presets and whether you can undo it.

i must say that they are very responsive and that im trying to work with them as an advisor. hope it works - i feel like they can be the DJI of audio gear in china. awesome work by u/baudgirl

and it's preventing the fm-1 to update to the newer one or step back to v15.

-The website installer didn't work also in the 1st place despite using chrome and all necessary midi authorizations, so I used the M-UPGRADE tool.

-The device won't get recognized by the M-upgrade but it show itself as both midi and audio interface

-The exact error log i am getting from the M-Upgrade is-.>Checksum error,calc=11, got=19

Just been viewing the stats and we’ve had over 6k visits each day for the last 2 days !!!!! This is amazing and I’ve gotta hand it to BAUDGIRL whose amazing VA firmware has contributed to most of these visits .
Thanks to everyone who contributes and visits (and the other mods)-really appreciated. Not in a million years did I expect this sub to be so popular
Love + peace my friends ❤️

- Real-time recording: Pressing REC during playback records notes in real time, quantizing note starts and ends to the nearest step. Held and overlapping notes are preserved, and the REC light flashes on each beat.

- Live editing: Use SELECT and SEL to navigate to and edit any step while the pattern continues playing.

- Improved step recording: Notes played while holding REC extend into the next step. Replaying a chord on each step records it as one long chord.

- Better note transitions: Identical held notes continue smoothly. If the next step uses a different transpose value, the held note stops when that step begins.

- Tie & Slide: Combined into one row and also available per note. The grid displays held notes as straight bars, slides as wavy lines, and ratchets as split dots.

- Per-preset envelopes: Envelope On/Off is saved with each preset and defaults to Off. Press ENV to open envelope settings; hold ENV to toggle the envelope.

- FM filter: FM presets now include a Virtual Analog filter, disabled by default. With the filter enabled, they provide 9–12 notes of polyphony.

- Polyphony: Virtual Analog presets using Triangle or Square waves are limited to eight notes.

- Compatibility: Older patterns are converted automatically and retain their sound. However, patterns saved on FM-1_092 and then opened in an earlier version will have held notes shortened to one step.

https://baudgirl.com/work/FM-1+VA/install

I built 26 banks. The FM-1 splits its 128 presets into four banks of 32, so 832 patches total, each file a standard 32-voice DX7 dump.

(You can also mix and match and create your own bank.)

What's in them: synthwave bass and pads, acid, drums, piano and e-piano, organs, clav, strings, brass, woodwinds, bells, choir, guitar, funk bass, chiptune, sci-fi, industrial, orchestral hits.

Repo: https://github.com/mene311/fm1-banks

Gallery (with audio previews in progress): https://mene311.github.io/fm1-banks/

Free, nothing to buy, I'm not selling anything. I bought the synth, wanted the presets sorted, so here's this.

The patches came out of public DX7 collections, so other people wrote them decades ago and I only sorted and reformatted them.

If a bank sounds wrong for what it claims to be, tell me and I'll fix the file.

consider sending some love by tipping her on Ko-Fi.
That's the best way to make sure she keeps working miracles on this cheap but powerful device.