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FM-1 firmware · v0.1.32-straightbeta

Acultur8 X0X

An extended X0X groovebox with 909, 808, two 303s and a break player, adding sound strips, slice banks, more step rates and accompaniment.

Made by
Keyboy
Released
October 27, 2026
Built on
X0X
Install
On GitHub
Scan
Scanned, nothing harmful found · Oct 31 What we checked
Last checked
October 31, 2026

What Acultur8 X0X does

  • A 909, an 808, two 303s and a breakbeat player all run at once in stereo.
  • Each part plays its own pattern from 32 slots, up to 64 steps, with its own length and rate.
  • TB-3PO writes whole 303 lines for you, and one press mutates about a quarter of the steps.
  • The break is a loop cut into eight slices that a generator rearranges, with slices you can pin to steps or hold and play.
  • Record knob moves while the pattern runs, lock single steps to their own sound, and give any step a chance or a cycle.
  • Chain patterns on HOME or arrange up to 192 bars into a song, recording pattern changes and mutes as they pass.
  • One reverb and one tape or digital delay take sends from every part, under a master drive, compressor, pump and filter.

Its modes

HOME
Pick patterns for all five parts, mute parts, and reach the live knobs TEMPO, SWING, FILTER and PUMP.
SEQ
Write and edit the selected part's steps, with its LENGTH and RATE, plus DIRECTION and TRANSPOSE on a 303.
EDIT
Shape the selected part's sound, and hold a step while turning a knob to give that step its own value.
TB-3PO
Generate 303 lines, set density, accent, slide, octaves, root and scale, then press OCT+ for a new line or OCT- to mutate.
SONG
Arrange up to 192 bars, setting each part's pattern and mutes per bar, and record changes live.
FX
Set the reverb's decay and tone and the delay's time, feedback, tone and tape character.
PARTS
Mix the five parts, each with LEVEL, PAN, REV and DLY on the knobs.
909 MIX
See all eleven 909 track levels at once and set the picked track's level, pan and sends.
MASTER
Drive, compress, pump and filter the whole mix while watching the output and gain reduction.
GLOBAL
Set MIDI, audio, lights, theme and project options, and save, clear or reset.

What Les checked

Acultur8 X0X v0.1.32-straightbetaScanned October 31, 2026

What we checked for

  • The file is exactly the one its author published
  • It's the same file we saw when this release first came out
  • It opens cleanly as an FM-1 firmware, nothing damaged
  • It doesn't show up on your computer as a keyboard, mouse or other input device
  • It doesn't show up as a USB drive or network adapter
  • Its text mentions no computer command tools, like PowerShell, Terminal or a download command

What we found

  • MIDI and audio, as expected

StatusScanned, nothing harmful found

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