MONO2K 1.3

MONO2K 1.3 for the M-VAVE FM-1: Grids, mutes on the bar, finer chances.

Grids, Mutable Instruments' topographic drum sequencer, behind ARP (press ARP again: GRIDS, then LANES).

• X and Y pick a place on its map of 25 drum patterns; CHAOS varies each cycle (the same at every PLAY); RES 16 (a bar) or 32 (two).
• BD, SD, HH set each lane's density; a track's LANE makes it play that lane with its own sound and accents.
• Stopped, OCT+ writes the lanes into the tracks' steps, to edit and lock (asked first over trigs; GLO + OCT− undoes).

Mutes wait for the bar: while playing, a mute, unmute or solo (GLO + white keys, F#5, MIDI CC 3) lands on the next bar's first step; it blinks while it waits. GLO > PLAY: MUTE BAR (default) or NOW.

Four more chances: 90 %, 60 %, 40 % and 10 %; PRESETS on a held step turns through the chances by size.

Your patterns load as they played (pattern format 18; no track follows a lane until you set one).

• File: mono2k-1.3.fwsc, identity FM-1_980, SHA-256 dd48e62cba5eadf574eb641aca3d5ce58d1d0ff183303797977ec45462d16032 (the same file as the installer's).
• Install: from the FM-1 Firmware Hub or the installer page, over USB in Chrome or Edge. Coming from 1.x, your patterns stay.
• Leave it: install any other firmware as usual; MONO2K starts its update loader (Felucca's). Holding OCT− while switching on always reaches the updater.

Grids' algorithm and maps are Émilie Gillet's (Mutable Instruments), GPL-3.0, ported with credit. The full list is in the manual's change log. Licence GPL-3.0-only; the update protocol and platform are Felucca's and CS-1's (Hügelton Instruments), GPL-3.0. Not affiliated with M-VAVE or Elektron.