M-VAVE FM-1 · v0.9.1 · USB MIDI

MIDI controller for FL Studio and Ableton Live

This firmware turns the FM-1 into a DAW controller: keys, chords, a melody generator, an arpeggiator, mixer knobs and transport. The built-in synth is off — your DAW makes the sound.

Install DAW scripts

27keys, F3–G5, ±3 octaves
7pages of 4 knobs
11chord types
1000phrases per seed, on the ALGORITHM dial

FM-1 screen running NOCT — a real firmware frame, 240×240

How it works

FM-1keys, knobs, buttons

notes · channel 1CC and transport · channel 16

DAWFL Studio / Ableton Live

tempo, play/rec, FXMIDI Clock 24 PPQN

Screentempo, beats, sounding notes

One preset

Notes always go out on channel 1, knobs and transport on channel 16. Nothing to switch between DAWs.

Page = 4 knobs

PRESET flips pages, K1–K4 change what the screen shows. HOME returns the knobs to the DAW mixer.

Sync

AUTO follows the DAW's MIDI Clock when there is one and runs on the internal tempo otherwise. The DAW script sends BPM both ways.

Pages

PRESET goes to the next page. Generator changes take effect on the next bar.

DAW

The knobs control the selected track's mixer. Hold HOME for 0.6 s for MIDI MAP — free CC24–27 for any parameter.

K1: Volume
K2: Pan
K3: Stereo / Send A
K4: Channel / Send B

CHORDS

One key plays a whole chord. IN KEY builds chords in the key. Hold SEL and press 2–5 keys to store a chord.

K1: Type: MAJ, MIN, 7, IN KEY, MEMORY…
K2: Inversion, OPEN, DROP 2, +BASS
K3: Strum 6–70 ms
K4: Keys locked to the scale

COMPOSE

The generator writes a 4-bar phrase: motif, answer, contrast, ending on the tonic. Turn ALGORITHM to browse 1000 variations — melody character, phrase form (AABA, ABAB, AAAB, ABAC, ABBA), rhythm, bass and (with AUTO) chords.

K1: MELODY, CHORDS, BOTH, BASS, FULL
K2: Scale (8)
K3: Root
K4: Progression (24) or AUTO

RHYTHM

Density and groove. Swing applies to the generator and to the arp on 1/8 and 1/16.

K1: Notes per bar, 0–16
K2: Note length
K3: Swing 50–75%
K4: HUMAN — velocity accents

STYLE

How the chords play and what kind of melody you get: 13 characters from flowing lines, arpeggios and riffs to scale runs, ostinati, hooks, turns, octaves and echoes.

K1: HOLD, PULSE, OFFBEAT, BROKEN
K2: Triads, 7ths, add9, sus2, mixed
K3: Range 1–3 octaves
K4: Melody character (AUTO + 13)

ARP

Arpeggiates the held notes. ARP + ENV latches them hands-free.

K1: Rate 1/4 … 1/32
K2: UP, DOWN, RANDOM, CONVERGE, PEDAL…
K3: Octaves 1–3
K4: Note length

SYNC

Tempo and output. GLO on this page is tap tempo; the new BPM goes straight to the DAW.

K1: AUTO, INTERNAL, EXTERNAL
K2: BPM
K3: Velocity 1–127; turn below 1 for SENSED
K4: Generator out: all on ch 1, or SPLIT

Buttons

HOMEKnobs → DAW. Hold: MIXER / MIDI MAP

PRESETFlip pages

ALGORITHMBrowse phrases #000–999

SELChords on/off

SEL+keysStore a chord

SEQGenerator start / stop

SEQ+keyGenerator root

EDITNew seed: 1000 new phrases

EDIT 0.6 sNew melody and chords

SEQ+EDITUndo, up to 8 steps

ARPArpeggiator on/off

GLOSYNC; on SYNC — tap tempo

PLAY RECDAW transport

FXTrack effects in the DAW

ENVSustain while held

LFOCC1 modulation

OCT− OCT+Octave ±3

SELECTBPM ±1 on any page

SAVESave settings

FX+RECPanic — all notes off

MASTERDAW master volume

An orange square in the screen header means unsaved changes. Settings are saved only with SAVE, and only while no notes are playing.

Install over USB

experimental

Chrome or Edge on a computer. Close your DAW first and keep the official M-UPGRADE at hand in case you want to go back.

Connect the FM-1

A USB cable that carries data.

MIDI port

Not connected

Load the firmware

Checking the build…

or choose a .fwsc file

No file selected

Install

SHA-256, the model and the firmware identity are checked, then the image is written over USB MIDI.

I understand this firmware is experimental

Ready to connect.

Log

NOCT FM installer ready.

Settings from 0.7 migrate automatically. The bootloader, USB and flash writing are unchanged in this version. If the device does not start but shows up in update mode (OCT− and OCT+ for 5 s), restore the factory firmware with M-UPGRADE.

Connecting to a DAW

FL Studio

Copy the FL Studio/NOCT folder from the archive to Settings/Hardware/ inside your User data folder.
Restart FL. In MIDI Settings pick NOCT FM-1 → Controller type NOCT FM.
Give the input and the output the same Port number.
For sync, enable Send master sync on the output.

Ableton Live 11/12

Copy the Ableton Live/NOCT folder to Remote Scripts/ in your User Library.
Restart Live. Control Surface → NOCT, Input/Output → NOCT FM-1.
Turn on Track for the input and Sync for the output.
Select a MIDI track with an instrument.

Three instruments from the generator

On SYNC set K4 to SPLIT: melody goes on channel 1, chords on 2, bass on 3. In FL Studio give three channels MIDI input channels 1, 2 and 3 (Channel settings → MIDI). In Live create three MIDI tracks with input NOCT FM-1 and channels Ch. 1, Ch. 2 and Ch. 3. The keyboard always plays on channel 1.

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