TIDEPOOL

Tidepool is an ambient loop instrument for the M-VAVE FM-1. It has twelve scenes of sixteen loops each: drones, melodies, beats and textures. Turn them on and off from the keys and they always fit together, in time and in key. Change the chords, hand it over to autoplay, or record your own loops on the Blank Canvas with 36 instruments, from Rhodes and koto to a full drum kit. Every sound is synthesised live on the FM-1, with no samples.

All twelve scenes: Shallows, Deep Space, Forest Floor, Neon Rain, Dungeon Synth, Aurora, Dunes, Zen Garden, Clockwork, Night Café, Bonfire and Old Blood — Tidepool's twelve scenes on the FM-1's screen

Version 1.0.4. This is unofficial firmware, not made or supported by M-VAVE. Installing it is at your own risk, and the installer can put M-VAVE's own firmware back.

Try it in the browser: the same code the FM-1 runs, with sound. No FM-1 needed. Press "Switch on", then the white keys.
Install: from Chrome or Edge, with the FM-1 connected by USB.
Manual: the scenes, the controls, chords, autoplay, and recording on the Blank Canvas.
Ask Claude: a Claude skill that answers questions about playing Tidepool.
Download tidepool-1.0.4.fwsc: for the command-line installer, python3 tools/fm1_install.py tidepool-1.0.4.fwsc.
Source: MPL-2.0. Built on fm1-base by Charles Vestal and felucca-bsp, from Felucca by Leo Kuroshita, Hügelton Instruments.

M-VAVE and FM-1 are trademarks of their owners. Tidepool is not affiliated with M-VAVE.