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FM-1 firmware · 0.1.0-beta

Golana DZ Edition

Golana's microKORG-style synth with a song sequencer added: 64-step patterns chained across 32 programs, played once or looped, and sent out over USB.

Made by
dzwerg
Released
October 17, 2026
Built on
Golana
Install
On the FM-1 Firmware Hub · source on GitHub
Scan
Scanned, nothing harmful found · Oct 31 What we checked
Last checked
October 31, 2026

What Golana DZ Edition does

  • Golana DZ Edition turns the FM-1 into one analog-style synth with two oscillators, five filters, two envelopes, two LFOs and a patch bay.
  • The MS20 filter is a driven 12 dB low-pass whose resonance screams, and a wavefolder sits on the mix before it.
  • The step sequencer runs 64 steps with rests, ties, accents and slides, plus length, resolution, gate and swing.
  • Song mode chains program slots with FIRST and LAST selection and plays them ONCE or on REPEAT.
  • Thirty-two program slots hold up to 2,048 steps, with sixteen factory sounds like FAT BASS, ACID LINE and S&H TEXTURE.
  • Six arpeggiator types run over one to four octaves with latch, swing and steps you switch on and off.
  • SELECT walks the pages, KNOB 1 to 4 move the four cards, ALGORITHM grabs cutoff anywhere and PRESETS loads programs.

Its modes

HOME
Play and perform with cutoff, resonance, EG int and LFO 1 rate on the four knobs while the screen draws the sound.
EDIT
Set OSC 1, OSC 2 and the mixer, with each oscillator drawing its wave.
SCL
Choose the filter type and set cutoff, resonance, EG int and key track.
ENV
Shape the filter envelope and the amp envelope with attack, decay, sustain and release.
LFO
Set the two LFOs and wire the four patch slots from source to destination.
GLO
Reach amp, voice, global tempo and clock, and setup for FX order, palette and the home drawing.
REC
Write the step sequencer pattern and set its length, resolution, gate and swing.
SEQ
Set up the arpeggiator: type, range, timing, latch and which steps are on.
FX
Dial in the mod FX, delay and reverb.

What Les checked

Golana DZ Edition v0.1.0-betaScanned 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
  • A serial port, which many FM-1 firmwares keep for debugging. It can't type into your computer.

StatusScanned, nothing harmful found

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