Synthhead at Synthtopia looks at a run of recent announcements that let musicians replace or extend the software running on their hardware. The starting point is the M-Vave FM-1, a low-cost FM synthesizer that drew independent developers writing their own…
Nick Indge, writing at Ars Technica, bought an M-Vave FM-1 for $59.72 and found an active custom firmware scene already built around it. The FM-1 was sold as a pocket take on the Yamaha DX7, with 27 soft-touch piano keys and a 1.54-inch TFT display.…
