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LCD-4 0.1.0

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@github-actions github-actions released this 15 Oct 14:36
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v0.1.0
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The first release.

  • Four tracks: a drum track and three synth tracks, each with its own sound, level, pan and sends.
  • Drums: four kits of eleven parts (808, 909, Arcade, Box), the black keys picking the part and the white
    keys its steps, with tune, decay, tone and level for every part.
  • Sixteen synth sounds modelled on their originals' circuits: Acid (TB-303), Mono (SH-101), Fat
    (Minimoog), Boom (808 bass), FM bass (DX7), Reese, Poly (Juno-60 and its chorus), Brass (Prophet-5 / OB-Xa),
    E.Piano (DX7), Organ (M1), Strings (Solina and its ensemble), Bells (DX / PPG), Sync, Scream (MS-20),
    Arcade (NES / Game Boy) and Arp (chip arpeggios).
  • Patterns: sixteen 16-step patterns holding all four tracks, chains of up to 64, copy and clear, a length
    for each pattern, swing.
  • Writing: live while playing (notes, chords, lengths, slides, accents, drum hits, knob moves, effects), step
    by step while stopped, and on the steps: a step held for its note, length and two locked knobs; slides,
    ratchets and accents.
  • Chords: sixteen chords and chains of them, a chord a pattern; each synth track follows them or not.
  • Sixteen punch-in effects, held or written onto the steps; a ping-pong delay, a plate reverb and a bus
    compressor.
  • The screen: an LCD with a little game for every sound and kit, its segments lit by the music.
  • Four demo songs (Pocket, Arcade, House, Lo-fi), the first one there on the first start.
  • MIDI: notes in on channels 1–4 (the drums as General MIDI), clock in and out, notes out.
  • Measured on the FM-1: the first demo takes about a quarter of its time; three tracks of four-note chords with
    every drum on every step stay under four fifths, and a governor thins the chords if it ever gets closer.

Install

  • From the browser (Chrome or Edge, the FM-1 on USB): the web installer. Or try it in the browser first.
  • From the command line: python3 tools/fm1_install.py lcd4-0.1.0.fwsc (Python 3 with pip3 install mido python-rtmidi).
  • Going back: the installer's "Back to the stock firmware", or M-VAVE's M-UPGRADE.

The firmware is lcd4-0.1.0.fwsc below; its source is this tag. Installing other firmware is at your own risk; see the manual's Troubleshooting.

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