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FM-1 firmware · maku-v1.0

MAKU

A four-part generative ambience instrument that starts a fresh world at power-on and learns from the worlds you like. It suits slowly changing backgrounds and hands-on transitions. All behaviour below was read in the source.

What it is
A generative ambient instrument with four parts, fresh music at startup and likes that guide later worlds
Best for
Slowly changing backgrounds and shaping transitions as the music runs
Install
GitHub release or hub
Scan
Scanned, nothing harmful found · Oct 30 What we checked

What each control does on MAKU

MAKU maku-v1.0 on the M-VAVE FM-1 RIDE SHIMMER GUIRO SCRAPE PEDAL HAT CABASA TAMB. MARACAS OPEN HAT SPLASH HOLD ACC STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 STEP 7 STEP 8 STEP 9 STEP 10 STEP 11 STEP 12 STEP 13 STEP 14 STEP 15 STEP 16 MASTER DENS FX+RISE BEATS ARP+ROOT PULSE LEVEL FLOOR LEVEL HAZE LEVEL VOICE LEVEL PULSE TONE FX+HOLD BEATS WASH FX+FADE BEATS FIFTH DOWN WITH OCT+ UPDATE FIFTH UP SINK HOLDSINK TIMES FX+ RELSINK TAIL CASCADE SWELL WOBBLE LIFT SCRAMBLE HOLDSET TIMES PART VIEW NEXT SCALE HOLDTEMPO HOLDDRIFT SETUP LIKE LONGCLEAR LIKES

TapSwipe across the panel, then tap any control to see what it does on MAKU.

Printable skin (PDF)Key strips (PDF)

Start here

Use the names printed on the panel: SEL is the button the MAKU docs call SCL. PRESETS and ALGORITHM are macros here. The encoders do not press. Connecting a jack is described as using that port.

The modes

The playing panel has four focus views. Turn KNOB 1–4 to change that part’s volume and focus it. Holding an upper verb replaces the three macro displays with its timing controls; the newest held verb owns those controls. Holding ARP or SEQ opens a shortcut view and takes priority over upper verbs. Release it to return, after releasing any shortcut keys still held.

Menu navigation applies throughout its tabs and selected rows; a row-specific job overrides the common one. The same rule applies to the playing panel and its focus or held-button views.

ViewReach itWhat it shows or changes
Playing panelPower on, or close settings with HOME.Shared controls for all four focused parts; sound starts by itself and PLAY controls DRIFT.
PULSE focusTurn KNOB 1.Part 1 has focus; SELECT, PRESETS and ALGORITHM show DENS, TONE, WASH.
FLOOR focusTurn KNOB 2.Part 2 has focus; SELECT, PRESETS and ALGORITHM show OPEN, TONE, SWAY.
HAZE focusTurn KNOB 3.Part 3 has focus; SELECT, PRESETS and ALGORITHM show GRAIN, TONE, AIR.
VOICE focusTurn KNOB 4.Part 4 has focus; SELECT, PRESETS and ALGORITHM show LOOSE, TONE, TRAIL.
SINK heldHold FX.The three macro encoders set this verb's rise, hold and fade in beats; several upper verbs can overlap.
CASCADE heldHold SEL.The three macro encoders set this verb's rise, hold and fade in beats; several upper verbs can overlap.
SWELL heldHold ENV.The three macro encoders set this verb's rise, hold and fade in beats; several upper verbs can overlap.
WOBBLE heldHold LFO.The three macro encoders set this verb's rise, hold and fade in beats; several upper verbs can overlap.
LIFT heldHold EDIT.The three macro encoders set this verb's rise, hold and fade in beats; several upper verbs can overlap.
SCRAMBLE heldHold GLO.The three macro encoders set this verb's rise, hold and fade in beats; several upper verbs can overlap.
Key controlsHold ARP until the view opens, or use a key or encoder while holding it.ROOT, SCALE and REG control the shared key and drone register; keys choose root by pitch name.
Tempo controlsHold SEQ until the view opens, or use a key or encoder while holding it.BPM, SWING and DUCK; keys mute parts, unmute all or tap tempo.
DRIFT controlsHold PLAY.RATE, RANGE and REACH set the wandering behaviour; releasing PLAY toggles DRIFT only if none of these was turned.
Settings menuPress OCT- and keep it down while holding HOME past 0.7 seconds; this moves the running key a fifth down and closing settings does not undo it.Four tabs of device settings; the last tab and row remain selected until power-off.
DISPLAY tabOpen settings, then turn ALGORITHM to DISPLAY.The COLOR, STYLE, LARGE, ANIM, LEDS and SCREEN OFF rows.
CONTROL tabOpen settings, then turn ALGORITHM to CONTROL.The HOLD, KNOB ACCEL, FX LATCH, BPM LOCK and SCALE LEDS rows.
AUDIO tabOpen settings, then turn ALGORITHM to AUDIO.The SPEAKER EQ, USB LEVEL, CLICK, CLICK LEVEL and COUNT-IN rows.
SYSTEM tabOpen settings, then turn ALGORITHM to SYSTEM.The USB SERIAL, RESTORE LAST, CALIBRATION and ABOUT rows.
About and creditsSelect SYSTEM > ABOUT and press then release OCT+.A scrolling information and licensing page with version, build date, a QR code and credits.
Hardware calibrationFor stored calibration hold OCT- and OCT+ at power-on; for a temporary change select SYSTEM with ALGORITHM, CALIBRATION with PRESETS and release OCT+.Teaches fourteen buttons and seven encoders, with cancellation by a key or 30 seconds idle; only power-on calibration stores the assignments, while menu calibration lasts until power-off.
Sleeping displayChoose a SCREEN OFF timeout and leave the panel idle.Sound, MIDI and USB continue while the picture sleeps; a button, key or encoder wakes it and consumes that input.
Update countdownHold OCT- and OCT+ together for over two seconds.A countdown covers the page until release cancels it or a hold over five seconds enters the bootloader.
Boot recoveryStarts automatically after two early failed starts.Enters the built-in USB bootloader so firmware can be installed again.
Starting a worldSwitch on without the calibration combination.Loads settings and likes, starts a fresh random world and fades it in; likes bias HOME-created worlds rather than the power-on draw.
Firmware updateStart a supported update from a computer.The update transfer temporarily owns the screen and panel input.
Crash reportAppears automatically if the firmware faults.Sound stops, a diagnostic report appears and the unit restarts after about four seconds.

Start and mix

Do thisWhat happens
Playing panel: KNOB 1 (turn)Changes part 1 (PULSE) volume and gives it focus.
Playing panel: KNOB 2 (turn)Changes part 2 (FLOOR) volume and gives it focus.
Playing panel: KNOB 3 (turn)Changes part 3 (HAZE) volume and gives it focus.
Playing panel: KNOB 4 (turn)Changes part 4 (VOICE) volume and gives it focus.
Playing panel: ARP (hold)Opens the key controls after the HOLD setting (0.4 seconds by default), or immediately when another control is used with it.
Playing panel: ARP (release)A tap advances the shared scale through MAJ, MIN, LYD, DOR, MIX, PHRY, PEN and MPEN.
Playing panel: SEQ (hold)Opens the tempo controls after the HOLD setting (0.4 seconds by default), or immediately when another control is used with it.
Playing panel: SEQ (release)A tap has no action.
Playing panel: PLAY (hold)Shows RATE, RANGE and REACH while PLAY is down.
Playing panel: SAVE (press)Has no action on the playing panel, including no save or undo.
Playing panel: HOME (release)A short tap returns to the home state without making a new world.
Playing panel: HOME (long hold)After about 0.7 seconds replaces the running world without a question or undo, drawing randomly or with up to 90 percent chance from varied likes and preparing the unused likes copy for a later save.
Playing panel: HOME (press while holding OCT-)Press OCT- and hold HOME past 0.7 seconds to open settings, changing the running key a fifth down with no automatic reversal on close.
Playing panel: OCT- (press)Moves the key a fifth down, remaps remembered phrase notes to the new signature and leaves sounding chords ringing.
Playing panel: OCT+ (press)Moves the key a fifth up, remaps remembered phrase notes to the new signature and leaves sounding chords ringing.
Starting a world: POWER (press)Starts a fresh random world with DRIFT off and no session restore, even when RESTORE LAST is ON.
Playing panel: POWER (release)Ends the world and loses menu edits, menu calibration, the mix, played phrase, hand-set kicks and verb times without saving them.
All views: MASTER (turn)Sets speaker and headphone level and, with USB LEVEL at MASTER, the level sent to the computer.
Playing panel: MIDI IN (press)Receives MIDI notes and controllers, with CC20 on any channel setting pulse density.
Playing panel: USB-C (press)Carries USB MIDI, firmware updates and stereo audio to the computer at 44.1 or 48 kHz, with the optional serial console controlled in settings.
All views: AUDIO OUT (press)Carries the master mix with the selected speaker EQ and MASTER level.

Play notes and edit the pulse

White keys from F3 to G5 are pulse steps 1–16. The first eight black keys play noise pads; C#5 is ACC, and D#5/F#5 have no pulse-grid job. The eight pads are F#3, G#3, A#3, C#4, D#4, F#4, G#4 and A#4. With SEQ held, the first four of those mute parts 1–4, C4 unmutes all and F4 taps tempo.

Pulse edits are temporary. A like does not keep them. In the slow breathing range, the pulse becomes a bar-start cue; SCRAMBLE can also omit hand-set kicks.

Do thisWhat happens
FLOOR focus: F3 (press)Plays F3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: F3 (release)Releases F3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: F3 (press)Plays F3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: F3 (release)Releases F3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: F3 (press)Plays F3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: F3 (release)Releases F3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: F3 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 1 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: F3 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 1 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: F#3 (press)Plays F#3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: F#3 (release)Releases F#3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: F#3 (press)Plays F#3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: F#3 (release)Releases F#3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: F#3 (press)Plays F#3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: F#3 (release)Releases F#3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: F#3 (press)Plays the pulse's ride shimmer noise pad without adding a sequencer step or feeding the voice phrase.
PULSE focus: F#3, G#3, A#3, C#4, D#4, F#4, G#4, A#4 (release)Releases this key while its noise hit continues through its own decay.
FLOOR focus: G3 (press)Plays G3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: G3 (release)Releases G3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: G3 (press)Plays G3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: G3 (release)Releases G3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: G3 (press)Plays G3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: G3 (release)Releases G3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: G3 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 2 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: G3 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 2 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: G#3 (press)Plays G#3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: G#3 (release)Releases G#3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: G#3 (press)Plays G#3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: G#3 (release)Releases G#3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: G#3 (press)Plays G#3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: G#3 (release)Releases G#3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: G#3 (press)Plays the pulse's guiro scrape noise pad without adding a sequencer step or feeding the voice phrase.
FLOOR focus: A3 (press)Plays A3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: A3 (release)Releases A3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: A3 (press)Plays A3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: A3 (release)Releases A3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: A3 (press)Plays A3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: A3 (release)Releases A3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: A3 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 3 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: A3 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 3 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: A#3 (press)Plays A#3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: A#3 (release)Releases A#3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: A#3 (press)Plays A#3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: A#3 (release)Releases A#3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: A#3 (press)Plays A#3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: A#3 (release)Releases A#3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: A#3 (press)Plays the pulse's pedal hat noise pad without adding a sequencer step or feeding the voice phrase.
FLOOR focus: B3 (press)Plays B3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: B3 (release)Releases B3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: B3 (press)Plays B3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: B3 (release)Releases B3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: B3 (press)Plays B3 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: B3 (release)Releases B3 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: B3 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 4 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: B3 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 4 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: C4 (press)Plays C4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: C4 (release)Releases C4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: C4 (press)Plays C4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: C4 (release)Releases C4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: C4 (press)Plays C4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: C4 (release)Releases C4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: C4 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 5 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: C4 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 5 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: C#4 (press)Plays C#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: C#4 (release)Releases C#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: C#4 (press)Plays C#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: C#4 (release)Releases C#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: C#4 (press)Plays C#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: C#4 (release)Releases C#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: C#4 (press)Plays the pulse's cabasa noise pad without adding a sequencer step or feeding the voice phrase.
FLOOR focus: D4 (press)Plays D4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: D4 (release)Releases D4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: D4 (press)Plays D4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: D4 (release)Releases D4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: D4 (press)Plays D4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: D4 (release)Releases D4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: D4 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 6 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: D4 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 6 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: D#4 (press)Plays D#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: D#4 (release)Releases D#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: D#4 (press)Plays D#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: D#4 (release)Releases D#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: D#4 (press)Plays D#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: D#4 (release)Releases D#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: D#4 (press)Plays the pulse's tambourine noise pad without adding a sequencer step or feeding the voice phrase.
FLOOR focus: E4 (press)Plays E4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: E4 (release)Releases E4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: E4 (press)Plays E4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: E4 (release)Releases E4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: E4 (press)Plays E4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: E4 (release)Releases E4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: E4 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 7 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: E4 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 7 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: F4 (press)Plays F4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: F4 (release)Releases F4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: F4 (press)Plays F4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: F4 (release)Releases F4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: F4 (press)Plays F4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: F4 (release)Releases F4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: F4 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 8 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: F4 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 8 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: F#4 (press)Plays F#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: F#4 (release)Releases F#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: F#4 (press)Plays F#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: F#4 (release)Releases F#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: F#4 (press)Plays F#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: F#4 (release)Releases F#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: F#4 (press)Plays the pulse's maracas noise pad without adding a sequencer step or feeding the voice phrase.
FLOOR focus: G4 (press)Plays G4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: G4 (release)Releases G4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: G4 (press)Plays G4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: G4 (release)Releases G4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: G4 (press)Plays G4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: G4 (release)Releases G4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: G4 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 9 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: G4 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 9 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: G#4 (press)Plays G#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: G#4 (release)Releases G#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: G#4 (press)Plays G#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: G#4 (release)Releases G#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: G#4 (press)Plays G#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: G#4 (release)Releases G#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: G#4 (press)Plays the pulse's open hat noise pad without adding a sequencer step or feeding the voice phrase.
FLOOR focus: A4 (press)Plays A4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: A4 (release)Releases A4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: A4 (press)Plays A4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: A4 (release)Releases A4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: A4 (press)Plays A4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: A4 (release)Releases A4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: A4 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 10 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: A4 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 10 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: A#4 (press)Plays A#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: A#4 (release)Releases A#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: A#4 (press)Plays A#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: A#4 (release)Releases A#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: A#4 (press)Plays A#4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: A#4 (release)Releases A#4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: A#4 (press)Plays the pulse's splash noise pad without adding a sequencer step or feeding the voice phrase.
FLOOR focus: B4 (press)Plays B4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: B4 (release)Releases B4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: B4 (press)Plays B4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: B4 (release)Releases B4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: B4 (press)Plays B4 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: B4 (release)Releases B4 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: B4 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 11 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: B4 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 11 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: C5 (press)Plays C5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: C5 (release)Releases C5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: C5 (press)Plays C5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: C5 (release)Releases C5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: C5 (press)Plays C5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: C5 (release)Releases C5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: C5 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 12 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: C5 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 12 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: C#5 (press)Plays C#5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: C#5 (release)Releases C#5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: C#5 (press)Plays C#5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: C#5 (release)Releases C#5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: C#5 (press)Plays C#5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: C#5 (release)Releases C#5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: C#5 (hold)Makes the sixteen white keys edit kick accents while held.
PULSE focus: C#5 (release)Returns the sixteen white keys to kick hit editing.
FLOOR focus: D5 (press)Plays D5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: D5 (release)Releases D5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: D5 (press)Plays D5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: D5 (release)Releases D5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: D5 (press)Plays D5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: D5 (release)Releases D5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: D5 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 13 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: D5 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 13 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: D#5 (press)Plays D#5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: D#5 (release)Releases D#5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: D#5 (press)Plays D#5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: D#5 (release)Releases D#5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: D#5 (press)Plays D#5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: D#5 (release)Releases D#5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: D#5, F#5 (press)Has no action in the single-page pulse grid.
FLOOR focus: E5 (press)Plays E5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: E5 (release)Releases E5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: E5 (press)Plays E5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: E5 (release)Releases E5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: E5 (press)Plays E5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: E5 (release)Releases E5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: E5 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 14 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: E5 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 14 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: F5 (press)Plays F5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: F5 (release)Releases F5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: F5 (press)Plays F5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: F5 (release)Releases F5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: F5 (press)Plays F5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: F5 (release)Releases F5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: F5 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 15 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: F5 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 15 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.
FLOOR focus: F#5 (press)Plays F#5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: F#5 (release)Releases F#5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: F#5 (press)Plays F#5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: F#5 (release)Releases F#5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: F#5 (press)Plays F#5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: F#5 (release)Releases F#5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
FLOOR focus: G5 (press)Plays G5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
FLOOR focus: G5 (release)Releases G5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
HAZE focus: G5 (press)Plays G5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
HAZE focus: G5 (release)Releases G5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
VOICE focus: G5 (press)Plays G5 with the focused part's sound without scale snapping and feeds that pitch into the voice's fading phrase memory.
VOICE focus: G5 (release)Releases G5 on the part that received its press, with that sound's release tail.
PULSE focus: G5 (press)Toggles the hand-set kick at step 16 without saving it; an existing hit is removed on the next input pass on the home panel.
PULSE focus: G5 (press while holding C#5)Toggles the accent at step 16 while ACC (C#5) is held, without saving it.

Coming from another firmware

Pick the firmware on your FM-1 now to see what installing MAKU does to its data.

1 · Before you switch, back up on Stock V15

  • Back up first. Keep the DX7 .syx banks you loaded so you can send them again (a bank arrives over MIDI SysEx and you pick A-D). Another route: installing Baud Girl’s FM-1+VA keeps your saved stock presets, and its Device Manager can then save all 128 presets as a .syx file. FM-1+VA is closed source; install it at your own risk. It is unknown whether stock's 16 patterns come through or can then be backed up. Write down patterns you care about. To come back, you need M-VAVE's own V15 file from its download page; the installers check it byte for byte. Stock V15’s automatic pattern saves and SAVE writes may also replace ChoralRoot’s legacy sounds 1–32, VA patches, FM6 patches 1–32, CZ patches 1–32 and FM TONE patches, kept for returning to ChoralRoot 0.21 or older. Stock V15’s write locations are uncertain. Stock V15 has no backup of its own; it sends notes over MIDI, never voice data.

2 · What happens to your Stock V15 data

Possibly at risk

  • stock settings (and possibly patterns)

More on switching away from Stock V15

What Les checked

MAKU maku-v1.0Scanned October 30, 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.

Not checked yet

  • Its update loader, the part that writes the firmware onto your FM-1. A person hasn't reviewed it yet.
  • What it does while it's running. We read the file; we don't run it.
  • Whether the file was built from its published source code.

StatusScanned, nothing harmful found

Les has mapped its controls for maku-v1.0.

Les scans every firmware here whose file is public, and shows what it checked and what it found. A scan lowers the risk; it can't rule it out. This firmware is made by its author, not by Les or M-VAVE. Back up first, and install at your own risk. How Les scans firmware

Everything else on MAKU

Shape each part

Turning a macro right increases its activity or intensity; the particular sound can change the timbre mapping. KNOB 1–4 continue to set volumes while an upper verb or PLAY is held, but have no job while ARP or SEQ is held.

Do thisWhat happens
PULSE focus: SELECT (turn)Changes kick density and the voice phrase's activity, with extra noise hits at high values; hand-set kicks stay independent of density outside the slow breathing range.
FLOOR focus: SELECT (turn)Opens the floor chord and makes its changes more frequent.
HAZE focus: SELECT (turn)Changes the haze's texture and activity using the macros assigned to its current voice.
VOICE focus: SELECT (turn)Makes the voice phrase less sparse and adds more note changes and octave jumps.
PULSE focus: PRESETS (turn)Moves the pulse from a low kick towards a brighter beep while changing its decay and drive.
FLOOR focus: PRESETS (turn)Changes the floor sound's timbre using the macros assigned to its current voice.
HAZE focus: PRESETS (turn)Changes the haze sound's timbre using the macros assigned to its current voice.
VOICE focus: PRESETS (turn)Changes the voice sound's timbre using the macros assigned to its current voice.
PULSE focus: ALGORITHM (turn)Raises the pulse's reverb, delay and drive together.
FLOOR focus: ALGORITHM (turn)Adds chorus, filter movement, release, insert movement and detuning to the floor.
HAZE focus: ALGORITHM (turn)Adds reverb, delay, slower attack, insert movement and detuning, with reverse reverb above 20.
VOICE focus: ALGORITHM (turn)Adds delay, reverb, release and chorus to the voice.

Use the six verbs

Several verbs can sound together. Their timing edits survive a new world, but power-off clears them. ARP and SEQ temporarily take control of the shortcut keys and macro encoders.

Do thisWhat happens
SINK held: SELECT (turn while holding FX)Sets SINK's rise time from a quarter of a beat to eight beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
CASCADE held: SELECT (turn while holding SEL)Sets CASCADE's rise time from a quarter of a beat to eight beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
SWELL held: SELECT (turn while holding ENV)Sets SWELL's rise time from a quarter of a beat to eight beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
WOBBLE held: SELECT (turn while holding LFO)Sets WOBBLE's rise time from a quarter of a beat to eight beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
LIFT held: SELECT (turn while holding EDIT)Sets LIFT's rise time from a quarter of a beat to eight beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
SCRAMBLE held: SELECT (turn while holding GLO)Sets SCRAMBLE's rise time from a quarter of a beat to eight beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
SINK held: PRESETS (turn while holding FX)Sets SINK's hold time from zero, or about half a beat to 32 beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
CASCADE held: PRESETS (turn while holding SEL)Sets CASCADE's hold time from zero, or about half a beat to 32 beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
SWELL held: PRESETS (turn while holding ENV)Sets SWELL's hold time from zero, or about half a beat to 32 beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
WOBBLE held: PRESETS (turn while holding LFO)Sets WOBBLE's hold time from zero, or about half a beat to 32 beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
LIFT held: PRESETS (turn while holding EDIT)Sets LIFT's hold time from zero, or about half a beat to 32 beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
SCRAMBLE held: PRESETS (turn while holding GLO)Sets SCRAMBLE's hold time from zero, or about half a beat to 32 beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
SINK held: ALGORITHM (turn while holding FX)Sets SINK's fade time from two to 32 beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
CASCADE held: ALGORITHM (turn while holding SEL)Sets CASCADE's fade time from two to 32 beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
SWELL held: ALGORITHM (turn while holding ENV)Sets SWELL's fade time from two to 32 beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
WOBBLE held: ALGORITHM (turn while holding LFO)Sets WOBBLE's fade time from two to 32 beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
LIFT held: ALGORITHM (turn while holding EDIT)Sets LIFT's fade time from two to 32 beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
SCRAMBLE held: ALGORITHM (turn while holding GLO)Sets SCRAMBLE's fade time from two to 32 beats, kept across new worlds until power-off.
Playing panel: FX (press)Deepens the reverb and delay, softens dry voices and fades the pulse away.
Playing panel: FX, SEL, ENV, LFO, EDIT, GLO (hold)Keeps this verb rising or fully active and gives its timing controls to the three macro encoders unless a newer held verb takes them.
SINK held: FX (release)Finishes the rise if needed, waits for the chosen hold time, then fades this verb away.
Playing panel: SEL (press)Fills the voice phrase's gaps and adds higher notes and a third above.
CASCADE held: SEL (release)Finishes the rise if needed, waits for the chosen hold time, then fades this verb away.
Playing panel: ENV (press)Restrikes the floor and haze chords, lengthens their envelopes and raises the background bed.
SWELL held: ENV (release)Finishes the rise if needed, waits for the chosen hold time, then fades this verb away.
Playing panel: LFO (press)Adds faster and deeper filter motion, chorus and pitch movement.
WOBBLE held: LFO (release)Finishes the rise if needed, waits for the chosen hold time, then fades this verb away.
Playing panel: EDIT (press)Brightens all four parts, adds distortion to the melodic parts and raises the output high-pass filter.
LIFT held: EDIT (release)Finishes the rise if needed, waits for the chosen hold time, then fades this verb away.
Playing panel: GLO (press)Breaks up the voice phrase and pulse with jumps, repeats, missing hits and extra swing.
SCRAMBLE held: GLO (release)Finishes the rise if needed, waits for the chosen hold time, then fades this verb away.

Set key, tempo and drift

ARP taps cycle scales; SEQ taps have no action. PLAY switches DRIFT when released unless a DRIFT parameter was turned.

Do thisWhat happens
Key controls: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn while holding ARP)Has no action while this key or tempo view is held.
Tempo controls: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn while holding SEQ)Has no action while this key or tempo view is held.
Key controls: SELECT (turn while holding ARP)Chooses the shared root by semitone without transposing notes already sounding.
Tempo controls: SELECT (turn while holding SEQ)Sets the tempo from 40 to 240 BPM, with breathing behaviour gradually replacing the pulse below 70 on the internal clock.
DRIFT controls: SELECT (turn while holding PLAY)Sets how quickly values wander without switching DRIFT when PLAY is released.
Key controls: PRESETS (turn while holding ARP)Chooses one of the eight shared scales, stopping at the ends of the list.
Tempo controls: PRESETS (turn while holding SEQ)Adds swing to the voice phrase and lengthens the exhale in the slow breathing range.
DRIFT controls: PRESETS (turn while holding PLAY)Sets the wandering range around each value's anchor without switching DRIFT when PLAY is released.
Key controls: ALGORITHM (turn while holding ARP)Chooses LOW, MID or HIGH for the generated drones' register.
Tempo controls: ALGORITHM (turn while holding SEQ)Sets the pulse's ducking depth, or the breathing level movement in the slow breathing range.
DRIFT controls: ALGORITHM (turn while holding PLAY)Extends wandering to extra space at 43 and to tempo, swing and ducking at 86, while external clock prevents tempo drift.
Key controls: ARP (release)Returns to the part macros when no shortcut key remains held, keeping the changes in this running world.
Tempo controls: SEQ (release)Returns to the part macros when no shortcut key remains held, keeping the changes in this running world.
DRIFT controls: PLAY (release)Toggles DRIFT if none of its three controls was turned, allowing slow changes to macros, the bed and occasional voice choices.
Key controls: OCT- (release)Restores the focused part's root, scale and chord settings captured when ARP opened, which the generator then shares, while REG stays changed.
Tempo controls: OCT- (release)Restores the four mutes, four levels and BPM captured when SEQ opened, while SWING and DUCK stay changed.
Key controls: OCT+ (release)Has no action in this held view.
Tempo controls: OCT+ (release)Has no action in this held view.
Key controls: F3, F4, F5 (press while holding ARP)Chooses F as the shared root without playing this key.
Tempo controls: F3, G3, A3, B3, D4, D#4, E4, F#4, G4, G#4, A4, A#4, B4, C5, C#5, D5, D#5, E5, F5, F#5, G5 (press while holding SEQ)Has no action and plays no note while SEQ is held.
Key controls: F#3, F#4, F#5 (press while holding ARP)Chooses F# as the shared root without playing this key.
Tempo controls: F#3 (press while holding SEQ)Toggles part 1's mute in the running world without saving it.
Key controls: G3, G4, G5 (press while holding ARP)Chooses G as the shared root without playing this key.
Key controls: G#3, G#4 (press while holding ARP)Chooses G# as the shared root without playing this key.
Tempo controls: G#3 (press while holding SEQ)Toggles part 2's mute in the running world without saving it.
Key controls: A3, A4 (press while holding ARP)Chooses A as the shared root without playing this key.
Key controls: A#3, A#4 (press while holding ARP)Chooses A# as the shared root without playing this key.
Tempo controls: A#3 (press while holding SEQ)Toggles part 3's mute in the running world without saving it.
Key controls: B3, B4 (press while holding ARP)Chooses B as the shared root without playing this key.
Key controls: C4, C5 (press while holding ARP)Chooses C as the shared root without playing this key.
Tempo controls: C4 (press while holding SEQ)Unmutes all four parts without saving the change.
Key controls: C#4, C#5 (press while holding ARP)Chooses C# as the shared root without playing this key.
Tempo controls: C#4 (press while holding SEQ)Toggles part 4's mute in the running world without saving it.
Key controls: D4, D5 (press while holding ARP)Chooses D as the shared root without playing this key.
Key controls: D#4, D#5 (press while holding ARP)Chooses D# as the shared root without playing this key.
Key controls: E4, E5 (press while holding ARP)Chooses E as the shared root without playing this key.
Tempo controls: F4 (press while holding SEQ)Taps the tempo from successive presses while using the internal clock.

Keep or clear likes

World seed; floor, haze and voice choices; root, scale and tempo; twelve macro values; the floor and haze insert choices and three settings each; their pitch movement choices; background texture and its level rounded to steps of four.

A like leaves out: Part volumes and mutes, hand-set pulse steps and accents, notes played into the voice phrase, REG, SWING and DUCK controls, DRIFT state and controls, verb times and active effects.

Each like adds 15 percentage points to the chance that holding HOME draws from likes, capped at 90 percent; newer likes have more weight and selected elements can change with an eight-percent chance each. Power-on itself still draws randomly.

A repeated REC before a new world or restart can still need an erase inside a short audio dip; likes are not a supported backup file.

Do thisWhat happens
Playing panel: REC (release)On release before two seconds adds a like and tries to write it immediately without a question or undo, dropping the oldest of 16 when full and showing LIKED, NOT SAVED if the write fails.
Playing panel: REC (long hold)Holding past two seconds clears all likes and tries to write the empty set immediately without a question or undo, reporting CLEARED, NOT SAVED on failure and adding no like on release.

Change settings

Press OCT- and hold HOME past 0.7 seconds to open settings; the OCT- press changes the running key a fifth down, and closing the menu does not reverse it. Menu edits and calibration started here are never stored in ordinary MAKU use: they are lost at power-off. To store learned assignments, hold OCT- and OCT+ at power-on so calibration finishes before playback starts.

Choose the tab with ALGORITHM before choosing its row with PRESETS:

ALGORITHM tabPRESETS rows
DISPLAYCOLOR, STYLE, LARGE, ANIM, LEDS, SCREEN OFF
CONTROLHOLD, KNOB ACCEL, FX LATCH, BPM LOCK, SCALE LEDS
AUDIOSPEAKER EQ, USB LEVEL, CLICK, CLICK LEVEL, COUNT-IN
SYSTEMUSB SERIAL, RESTORE LAST, CALIBRATION, ABOUT
Do thisWhat happens
Settings menu: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Changes a selected value row by one step in the turn direction, with COLOR wrapping; turning a knob on CALIBRATION or ABOUT has no action.
COLOR row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Cycles through the screen palettes, with an immediate preview.
STYLE row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Chooses FLAT or LINE for the settings menu while the playing panel keeps its four-quadrant layout.
LARGE row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Chooses larger menu row lettering with ON or the smaller lettering with OFF.
ANIM row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Turns menu tab movement and the clean-start LED sweep on or off.
LEDS row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Chooses OFF, DIM LO, AUTO, DIM HI or INV, with AUTO using the brighter glow only while a USB host is connected.
SCREEN OFF row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Chooses NEVER or an idle timeout of 5, 15, 30 or 60 minutes before the display sleeps.
HOLD row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Sets the SEQ and ARP layer threshold to 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 or 0.6 seconds while HOME keeps its separate 0.7-second threshold.
KNOB ACCEL row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Turns faster changes of wide parameter ranges on or off for quick encoder turns.
FX LATCH row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Changes the inherited effect-key latch setting without making MAKU's verb buttons latch.
BPM LOCK row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Changes the inherited tempo-lock flag while MAKU already reserves tempo turns for the held SEQ layer.
SCALE LEDS row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Turns the focused part's scale-key glow on or off outside a special key map, with root keys brighter.
SPEAKER EQ row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Chooses FLAT, LOWCUT or BASS+ for the master output including USB and headphones, without switching off the speaker.
USB LEVEL row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Chooses MASTER for USB audio following MASTER or FIXED for USB audio at full level while MASTER still controls the speaker and headphones.
CLICK row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Chooses OFF, REC or ON, with ON clicking while the transport runs and REC requiring an armed recording track.
CLICK LEVEL row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Chooses LOW, MID or HIGH for the metronome volume.
COUNT-IN row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Chooses OFF, 1 BAR or 2 BARS for the inherited recording count-in, which normal MAKU panel use does not start.
USB SERIAL row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Enables or removes the serial console on menu close, briefly disconnecting USB MIDI and audio while the whole USB device reconnects.
RESTORE LAST row: any of KNOB 1–4 (turn)Changes the inherited restore flag while MAKU still creates a fresh world at every start and never runs the inherited autosave loop.
About and credits: KNOB 1, SELECT, ALGORITHM, KNOB 2, KNOB 3, KNOB 4 (turn)Has no effect on the information page.
Settings menu: SELECT (turn)Has no menu action.
Settings menu: PRESETS (turn)Moves between rows within the selected tab, wrapping at the ends.
About and credits: PRESETS (turn)Scrolls the information and credits, stopping at the document ends.
Settings menu: ALGORITHM (turn)Moves between the four tabs, wrapping around and remembering the row last used in each.
Settings menu: FX, SEL, ENV, LFO, EDIT, GLO, ARP, SEQ, PLAY, SAVE, REC (press)Has no menu action.
Settings menu: HOME (release)Closes settings without saving menu edits or menu calibration, which last only until power-off in ordinary MAKU use.
Settings menu: HOME (long hold)After 0.7 seconds closes settings without saving menu edits or menu calibration, which last only until power-off in ordinary MAKU use.
About and credits: HOME (release)Closes the settings menu and returns to the playing panel without saving menu edits, which last only until power-off in ordinary MAKU use.
Settings menu: OCT- (release)Chooses the previous value on a value row, stopping at the ends except that COLOR wraps.
About and credits: OCT- (release)Returns to the settings tabs.
SYSTEM tab: OCT- (release)Does nothing when CALIBRATION or ABOUT is selected.
Settings menu: OCT+ (release)Chooses the next value on a value row, stopping at the ends except that COLOR wraps.
About and credits: OCT+ (release)Has no effect on the information page.
SYSTEM tab: OCT+ (release)Opens CALIBRATION or ABOUT when that row is selected.
Settings menu: any key (F3–G5) (press)Plays the focused part through its current key mapping while the menu stays open.
Settings menu: any key (F3–G5) (release)Releases the note started by this key on its original part.

Calibrate, wake and update

Do thisWhat happens
Hardware calibration: KNOB 1, SELECT, PRESETS, ALGORITHM, KNOB 2, KNOB 3, KNOB 4 (turn right)Assigns this encoder and its direction to the name currently requested on screen.
Sleeping display: KNOB 1, SELECT, PRESETS, ALGORITHM, KNOB 2, KNOB 3, KNOB 4 (turn)Wakes the picture without changing a value and consumes encoder turns until they have rested for 0.3 seconds.
Hardware calibration: FX, SEL, ENV, LFO, EDIT, GLO, ARP, SEQ, PLAY, SAVE, HOME, OCT-, OCT+, REC (press)Assigns this physical button to the name currently requested on screen, without a confirmation step.
Sleeping display: FX, SEL, ENV, LFO, EDIT, GLO, ARP, SEQ, PLAY, SAVE, HOME, OCT-, OCT+, REC (press)Wakes the picture without performing this button's normal action and waits for all buttons and keys to be released.
All views: OCT- (hold with OCT+)Holding both octave buttons for over two seconds shows a countdown and over five seconds stops audio and enters the USB bootloader.
Update countdown: OCT-, OCT+ (release)Cancels the countdown when either octave button is released before bootloader entry.
All views: OCT+ (hold with OCT-)Holding both octave buttons for over two seconds shows a countdown and over five seconds stops audio and enters the USB bootloader.
Hardware calibration: any key (F3–G5) (press)Cancels calibration and restores the previous button and encoder assignments.
Sleeping display: any key (F3–G5) (press)Wakes the picture without playing a note and waits for all buttons and keys to be released.
All views: POWER (power on holding OCT- + OCT+)Starts calibration before music begins and saves changed settings or assignments on return without a question, including after cancellation if settings differ.
Sleeping display: MASTER (turn)Still controls the sound level while leaving the display asleep.

Read the display and lights

Do thisWhat happens
PULSE focus: Screen (display)Shows the waveform, key, BPM, four volume bars and focused part beside its three macros, with a kick grid in the PULSE view.
FLOOR focus: Screen (display)Shows the waveform, key, BPM, four volume bars and focused part beside its three macros, with a kick grid in the PULSE view.
HAZE focus: Screen (display)Shows the waveform, key, BPM, four volume bars and focused part beside its three macros, with a kick grid in the PULSE view.
VOICE focus: Screen (display)Shows the waveform, key, BPM, four volume bars and focused part beside its three macros, with a kick grid in the PULSE view.
SINK held: Screen (display)Shows SINK with RISE BEATS, HOLD BEATS and FADE BEATS beside the waveform and mix.
CASCADE held: Screen (display)Shows CASCADE with RISE BEATS, HOLD BEATS and FADE BEATS beside the waveform and mix.
SWELL held: Screen (display)Shows SWELL with RISE BEATS, HOLD BEATS and FADE BEATS beside the waveform and mix.
WOBBLE held: Screen (display)Shows WOBBLE with RISE BEATS, HOLD BEATS and FADE BEATS beside the waveform and mix.
LIFT held: Screen (display)Shows LIFT with RISE BEATS, HOLD BEATS and FADE BEATS beside the waveform and mix.
SCRAMBLE held: Screen (display)Shows SCRAMBLE with RISE BEATS, HOLD BEATS and FADE BEATS beside the waveform and mix.
Key controls: Screen (display)Shows ROOT, SCALE and REG beside the waveform and mix.
Tempo controls: Screen (display)Shows BPM, SWING and DUCK beside the waveform and mix.
DRIFT controls: Screen (display)Shows RATE, RANGE and REACH beside the waveform and mix.
Playing panel: Screen (display)Briefly names the three voices and any background bed after a new world, and shows messages such as LIKED or BATTERY LOW in the focus area.
DISPLAY tab: Screen (display)Shows COLOR, STYLE, LARGE, ANIM, LEDS and SCREEN OFF with the current row highlighted and its value beside it.
CONTROL tab: Screen (display)Shows HOLD, KNOB ACCEL, FX LATCH, BPM LOCK and SCALE LEDS with the current row highlighted and its value beside it.
AUDIO tab: Screen (display)Shows SPEAKER EQ, USB LEVEL, CLICK, CLICK LEVEL and COUNT-IN with the current row highlighted and its value beside it.
SYSTEM tab: Screen (display)Shows USB SERIAL, RESTORE LAST, CALIBRATION and ABOUT with the current row highlighted and its value beside it.
About and credits: Screen (display)Shows MAKU information, version, build date, a QR code and a scrollable set of credits and licensing notices.
Hardware calibration: Screen (display)Asks for each named button, then each encoder turned right, and returns after all are learned or cancellation.
Sleeping display: Screen (display)Shows no picture while sound, MIDI, USB and the lights continue.
Update countdown: Screen (display)Shows the remaining time before entering the bootloader and the release-to-cancel hint.
Starting a world: Screen (display)Shows the MAKU splash before the playing view.
Playing panel: Screen (display)Shows LIKED with the count after a stored like, LIKED, NOT SAVED on a failed write, or the corresponding clear result after a long REC hold.
Playing panel: Screen (display)Below 70 BPM on the internal clock the pulse density display fades as breathing takes over, reaching its full range at 50 BPM.
Firmware update: Screen (display)Shows UPDATE with package, checking, loader, confirmation and restart stages, or a failure code when the transfer fails.
Crash report: Screen (display)Shows MAKU CRASH and diagnostic numbers, then restarts after about four seconds.
Update countdown: Screen (display)After the completed five-second hold shows UBOOT and hands control to the chip bootloader.
Playing panel: FX, SEL, ENV, LFO, EDIT, GLO (lit)This verb is rising or in its hold stage, with active lamps dark instead under LEDS INV.
Playing panel: FX, SEL, ENV, LFO, EDIT, GLO (breathing)This verb is fading back.
Playing panel: FX, SEL, ENV, LFO, EDIT, GLO, HOME, ARP, SEQ, REC, PLAY, SAVE, OCT-, OCT+ (dim)Idle lamps follow LEDS: AUTO uses DIM LO on battery or a charger and DIM HI with an active USB host; OFF removes idle glow and INV reverses active lamps.
Playing panel: HOME (lit)The home state is selected, with the active lamp dark under LEDS INV.
Key controls: ARP (breathing)This held shortcut view is open.
Tempo controls: SEQ (breathing)This held shortcut view is open.
Playing panel: REC (lit)A like message is still showing, including LIKED, NOT SAVED, with the active lamp dark under LEDS INV.
Playing panel: PLAY (lit, green)The green lamp means DRIFT is switched on.
Playing panel: PLAY (dark, orange)The orange lamp is dark while DRIFT is on.
Playing panel: OCT-, OCT+ (breathing)A change around the circle of fifths is available.
Key controls: OCT- (lit)OCT- can restore the values captured when this shortcut view opened.
Tempo controls: OCT- (lit)OCT- can restore the values captured when this shortcut view opened.
Settings menu: OCT-, OCT+ (breathing)Breathes when that direction can change the selected value, with OCT+ alone breathing on CALIBRATION or ABOUT.
About and credits: OCT- (lit)Stays lit to show the way back to the settings tabs.
FLOOR focus: Key lights (lit)Marks keys held or notes the focused part is sounding, including MIDI notes that fit the keyboard; LEDS INV reverses active notes.
FLOOR focus: Key lights (dim)With SCALE LEDS enabled shows the focused scale dimly and its roots brighter, while notes held or sounding take priority.
HAZE focus: Key lights (lit)Marks keys held or notes the focused part is sounding, including MIDI notes that fit the keyboard; LEDS INV reverses active notes.
HAZE focus: Key lights (dim)With SCALE LEDS enabled shows the focused scale dimly and its roots brighter, while notes held or sounding take priority.
VOICE focus: Key lights (lit)Marks keys held or notes the focused part is sounding, including MIDI notes that fit the keyboard; LEDS INV reverses active notes.
VOICE focus: Key lights (dim)With SCALE LEDS enabled shows the focused scale dimly and its roots brighter, while notes held or sounding take priority.
PULSE focus: Key lights (lit)White lamps show hand-set kicks, or accents with ACC held, and invert the current step; ACC lights while held, while the noise pads are not shown as selected lanes.
PULSE focus: Key lights (dim)Usable grid keys glow in DIM modes and empty steps 1, 5, 9 and 13 have a brighter beat guide; generated ghost kicks are drawn on screen rather than in the key lamps.
Key controls: Key lights (lit)Marks every key with the chosen root pitch name.
Key controls: Key lights (breathing)Marks other keys in the chosen scale as available roots.
Tempo controls: Key lights (lit)The first four black-key lamps show parts that are unmuted.
Tempo controls: Key lights (breathing)C4 offers unmute-all and F4 offers tap tempo when the clock is internal.
Playing panel: Screen (display)Shows NOTHING TO LIKE without adding or writing a like when the current world cannot be captured.

Before you switch firmware

  • Back up first. This release has no likes export or restore and no working Felucca web-editor backup connection. Its developer console can read raw flash, but there is no matching restore command; treat that as an expert recovery capture, not a supported round-trip backup. Record any sound you need through USB audio or the audio output before leaving it.

See the switching advice in this section. Back up with the firmware that made the work BEFORE installing or first starting MAKU; do not wait for a save prompt.

  • Back up in the firmware you are leaving first, with its own tool (above). Anything below marked at risk can be written over; whether an older saved copy survives depends on how often you saved, so do not count on it.
  • What installing MAKU does to the firmware you had before.
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    each start, before display/audio: Probe four bytes at 0xE0000 and eight at 0xE4F00. If ANY differs from 0xFF, erase all five staging sectors. No header, ownership or loader-magic test; unrelated foreign data at either probe qualifies. If either read fails, return without cleanup (expected JEDEC id matched and either staging probe is nonblank). M-UPGRADE update request while MAKU runs: After validating the incoming package loader shape and identity, erase all five staging sectors, write its body from +32 and commit its header. Host success commits a 112-byte update parameter record at 0xE4F00 and resets into the loader. Failure also erases all five sectors through ota_unstage, even if package rejection occurred before staging began (an update command reaches ota_session with supported flash; failure cleanup is unconditional once ota_session is entered). install through MAKU/Felucca open loader: The open loader validates incoming package and chip key, then compares and replaces changed app sectors only. The package generator emits flash.bin of 0x93000 bytes. It does not format MAKU object regions on successful install. Installing through a closed native/official loader is outside this source audit (package passes whole-file CRC and per-sector checks). open loader after successful programming: Scan eligible sector tails after successful programming, skip 0x97000-0xDFFFF, and erase only sectors satisfying the update-record check. Normally written owner records are not at risk from this cleanup; it is detail-only (After an install, erase only a 4 KiB sector whose last 256 bytes hold a valid update record (marker 0x5441 at +6 and a matching nonzero CRC16 over bytes 2..79): in practice the family staging-record sector 0xE4000 and, on a first install from stock, stock record sector 0xE8000. Saved music does not hold that record. This loader skips 0x97000-0xDFFFF). ordinary boot with no compatible MAKU data: There is no unconditional initial like/settings/project/sample/preset formatting. Boot can erase nonblank OTA staging, tidy an older own like header, and conditionally create FM6 companion patches from a legacy bank. Settings are written before playback only if owner invokes power-on calibration; ordinary menu/layer requests wait until transport stops (all active flash access requires JEDEC 0x856014).

    • Stock V15: Possibly at risk: stock settings (and possibly patterns).
    • Baud Girl FM-1+VA: Possibly at risk: Baud Girl presets (128); Baud Girl patterns (16, with locks).
    • Felucca: At risk when you act: the autosave (the music as you left it). Carried over: FM6 patches of the FM6 user presets; settings, button calibration, favourites, MIDI LEARN map.
    • SLOOP: At risk by itself, under a condition: the music in progress (autosave). At risk when you act: FM6 patch bank B1-B27; settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-4 kits, MIDI LEARN, theme and favourites.
    • X0X: At risk when you act: the whole X0X project (settings, sound, all 32 patterns, song, knob motion).
    • JIANT: At risk when you act: music in progress (RESTORE LAST). Carried over: FM6 patches for the FM6 user sounds; settings, calibration, favourites, MENU options.
    • Melodee: At risk by itself, under a condition: shared user presets U109-U126. At risk when you act: shared user presets U037-U054; settings, factory favourites, calibration, saved template.
    • FoMni: At risk when you act: FoMni setup (pages, chord buttons, lights).
    • AMB-1: At risk when you act: AMB-1 pieces and setup.
    • ChoralRoot: At risk by itself, under a condition: 32 imported DX7 voices. At risk when you act: options, playing setup and panel calibration.
    • GHOULBOX: At risk when you act: music in progress (RESTORE LAST). Carried over: FM6 patches for user sounds; settings and panel calibration.
    • M-VAVE FM-1 Open: At risk by itself, under a condition: Open shared sample audio. At risk when you act: Open USER project 1; Open USER project 2; Open USER project 3; Open USER project 4; Open USER project 5; Open USER project 6; Open USER project 7; Open USER project 8; Open USER project 9; Open USER project 10; Open USER project 11; Open USER project 12; Open USER project 13; Open USER project 14; Open USER project 15; Open USER project 16; Open device preferences.
    • FM-106: At risk when you act: octave, last selected preset and MIDI preferences.
    • Hortator: At risk when you act: settings and panel calibration.
    • OberVave: At risk when you act: saved programs and global settings; pattern 1 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 2 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 3 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 4 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 5 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 6 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 7 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain); pattern 8 (its B-track sound can change if it uses a saved program; its pattern notes remain).
    • Polly: At risk by itself, under a condition: Polly shared memory 4. At risk when you act: Optional QY70 style bank (damaged (part written over)); Polly setup and channel sounds.
    • Skiff: At risk when you act: last session. Carried over: user sounds’ own FM6 patches; settings, calibration and favourites.
    • sloopDX: At risk by itself, under a condition: working loop. At risk when you act: settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites.
    • Rainbow Mode: At risk by itself, under a condition: your old FM6 bank (B1–B27). At risk when you act: the last session in the full version of Felucca. Carried over: the FM6 patches used by the thirty-two user sounds; Felucca preferences, calibration and favourites; Rainbow WRITE song, greeting name, hat, volume limit and look-alikes.
    • DUELL beta: At risk by itself, under a condition: saved patches. At risk when you act: last working music; settings and panel setup.
    • FiMba-1 beta: At risk when you act: FiMba-1 beta sound and playing setup.
    • Fart Machine One: Nothing shared.
    • fm1-chord: At risk by itself, under a condition: FM6 bank B1-B27. At risk when you act: settings, panel calibration, four chord preset setups and the current chord setup.
    • SLOOP DX7 Banks: At risk by itself, under a condition: working loop. At risk when you act: FM6 patches B1–B27; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. After MAKU replaces DX7 Banks’ saved settings, returning to DX7 Banks erases DX banks 1–8 at its first start without asking, including your own banks 5–8. Back up your DX banks before switching.
    • FuMi-1: At risk when you act: FuMi-1 sound and playing setup.
    • Jangada: At risk by itself, under a condition: working music (autosave). At risk when you act: FM6 voices B1-B16; preferences, calibration and MIDI LEARN map.
    • WaveLoop FM-1: Carried over: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; settings, calibration and favourites.
    • ORBIT: At risk by itself, under a condition: working music kept by autosave. At risk when you act: FM6 bank B1-B27; settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-SYN4 kits and MIDI preferences; saved section A (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain); saved section B (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain); saved section C (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain); saved section D (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain); USER sounds U01-U16 (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain); USER sounds U17-U32 (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain).
    • SLOOP Floyd FM: At risk by itself, under a condition: the working loop kept by autosave. At risk when you act: settings, panel calibration and song order.
    • winampFM Synth: At risk by itself, under a condition: working music kept by autosave. At risk when you act: FM6 bank B1-B27; settings, panel calibration, song order, SYN kits and MIDI.
    • Bubba Machine (beta): At risk by itself, under a condition: sixteen six-track patterns (some or all lost); song order and four scenes (some or all lost).
    • Felucca [Salt]: At risk when you act: screen preferences, calibration and favourites.
    • PIGEON: At risk by itself, under a condition: the older FM6 patch bank PIGEON no longer uses. At risk when you act: shared song and drum sample bank; last working session. Carried over: older FM6 patches for user presets; preferences, MIDI LEARN and panel calibration.
    • FM1 Move: At risk when you act: FM6 bank B1–B27; settings, calibration, SYN kits and stored MIDI mappings; project 1 (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain); project 2 (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain); the working project kept by autosave (sounds can change or stop playing when separate samples, FM6 patches or SYN kits are replaced; saved notes and sound settings remain).
    • FM1 Quest: At risk by itself, under a condition: working music (autosave). At risk when you act: settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress.
    • Groove OS: Possibly at risk: Groove project slot 1; Groove project slot 2; Groove project slot 3; Groove resume autosave; Groove sound bank A; Groove sound bank B; Groove sound bank C; Groove sound bank D; Groove custom drum sounds and kits; Groove device preferences; Groove crash reports. Groove OS does not publish where it saves work or a format this firmware can read. Projects, sounds, samples and settings may be lost when you switch. Export Groove OS projects and user sounds first; we do not know if they will survive.
  • What the next firmware does to MAKU's data.
    • Stock V15: Possibly at risk: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2; up to sixteen liked worlds.
    • Baud Girl FM-1+VA: Possibly at risk: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2; up to sixteen liked worlds.
    • Felucca: At risk by itself: up to sixteen liked worlds; settings and calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: inherited FM6 patches for user presets. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. Felucca keeps the saved RESTORE LAST choice. OFF stops automatic saving. ON allows it after edits and a wait with playback stopped, no held keys or buttons and no sound. Settings kept through MAKU can keep 2ND CORE ON from an earlier Felucca session. If a sound calculation fails or takes too long, Felucca may save settings. Felucca reads inherited FM6 patches for user presets until you write over the saved data. Changing a sound or its format can make its separate patch unavailable. Felucca reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Felucca reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Felucca reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Felucca reads inherited user preset bank 1 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. MAKU’s insert controls become timing and modulation controls in Felucca. Earlier firmware ignores them. The insert sound is not kept. Felucca reads inherited user preset bank 2 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. MAKU’s insert controls become timing and modulation controls in Felucca. Earlier firmware ignores them. The insert sound is not kept. Felucca reads settings and calibration until you write over the saved data. These firmwares save settings and favourites in the same space. An edit here can change the other firmware’s choices.
    • SLOOP: At risk by itself: inherited FM6 patches for user presets; settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; up to sixteen liked worlds; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. SLOOP reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. SLOOP reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. SLOOP reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data. Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. SLOOP keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 1 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound. SLOOP keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 2 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound.
    • X0X: At risk by itself: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user preset bank 2; settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3. After you confirm a restore on the computer, X0X starts erasing before asking again on the FM-1. Saying no keeps X0X’s current project but does not bring back erased data from your previous firmware, even if the computer says nothing changed. X0X reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Each zone plays as a separate repeating break loop (up to 16 per sample). Key ranges, root notes, loop points and slice markers are not used. X0X reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Each zone plays as a separate repeating break loop (up to 16 per sample). Key ranges, root notes, loop points and slice markers are not used. X0X reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data. Each zone plays as a separate repeating break loop (up to 16 per sample). Key ranges, root notes, loop points and slice markers are not used.
    • JIANT: At risk by itself: inherited user sample 3; settings and calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: inherited FM6 patches for user presets; up to sixteen liked worlds. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. If RESTORE LAST was OFF before switching, it becomes ON in JIANT. If it was ON, including the previous firmware’s default, it becomes OFF in JIANT.
    • Melodee: At risk by itself: inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2; settings and calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 3; up to sixteen liked worlds. At risk when you act: inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2.
    • FoMni: At risk by itself: settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited user preset bank 1.
    • AMB-1: At risk by itself: settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited user preset bank 1.
    • ChoralRoot: At risk by itself: inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 1; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. ChoralRoot reads inherited user preset bank 1 until you write over the saved data. Imported sounds may sound different, even if their names are kept. Confirming Flash Data erases the older banks they came from. ChoralRoot reads inherited user preset bank 2 until you write over the saved data. Imported sounds may sound different, even if their names are kept. Confirming Flash Data erases the older banks they came from.
    • GHOULBOX: At risk by itself: up to sixteen liked worlds; settings and calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: inherited FM6 patches for user presets. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3. RESTORE LAST starts ON with the previous firmware’s fresh settings. Shared choices it reads can leave it OFF. A saved LOW click level skips the final change to ON. If CLICK was OFF or REC, an earlier change turns RESTORE LAST OFF. With CLICK ON, the previous RESTORE LAST choice stays. GHOULBOX reads inherited FM6 patches for user presets until you write over the saved data. GHOULBOX reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. GHOULBOX reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. GHOULBOX reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data.
    • M-VAVE FM-1 Open: At risk by itself: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited FM6 patches for user presets. At risk when you act: inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2; up to sixteen liked worlds; settings and calibration. Workbench adds Open's built-in samples right after installing it, without asking about samples. This replaces only the items marked 'by itself right after the Workbench installs Open', before you can save anything. This follows Open V12's source code; the downloaded Workbench has not been checked against it.
    • FM-106: At risk by itself: settings and calibration. FM-106 Beta4 does not save edited user sounds, even when it says the save worked. Export them before turning off the FM-1 or changing firmware again.
    • Hortator: At risk by itself: settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D. Carried over: inherited user sample 1 (Hortator uses its own one-shot sound engines, so saved loops and slices play differently); inherited user sample 2 (Hortator uses its own one-shot sound engines, so saved loops and slices play differently); inherited user sample 3 (Hortator uses its own one-shot sound engines, so saved loops and slices play differently).
    • OberVave: At risk by itself: settings and calibration.
    • Polly: At risk by itself: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2; up to sixteen liked worlds. After you agree to restore on the computer, Polly starts erasing before the FM-1 asks. Saying no on the FM-1 keeps Polly’s current project, but cannot bring back erased data from your previous firmware, even if the computer says nothing changed.
    • Skiff: At risk by itself: up to sixteen liked worlds; settings and calibration; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3. At risk by itself, under a condition: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited FM6 patches for user presets. At risk when you act: inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. Skiff keeps the saved RESTORE LAST choice: ON allows autosave; OFF disables it. Skiff reads inherited FM6 patches for user presets until you write over the saved data. A separate saved FM6 patch works only while its matching FM6 user sound is still stored. Skiff reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Skiff uses its own sound engines, so saved loops or slices can play differently. Skiff reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Skiff uses its own sound engines, so saved loops or slices can play differently. Skiff reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data. Skiff uses its own sound engines, so saved loops or slices can play differently.
    • sloopDX: At risk by itself: inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 2; settings and calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: inherited user sample 1. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. sloopDX keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 1 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound. sloopDX keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 2 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound.
    • Rainbow Mode: At risk by itself: settings and calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: up to sixteen liked worlds; inherited FM6 patches for user presets. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. These shared settings leave RESTORE LAST on by default. A saved OFF choice stops automatic saving. Rainbow Mode reads inherited FM6 patches for user presets until you write over the saved data. Changing a sound or its format can make its separate patch unavailable. Rainbow Mode reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Rainbow Mode reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Rainbow Mode reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Rainbow Mode reads inherited user preset bank 1 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. MAKU’s insert controls become timing and modulation controls in Felucca. Earlier firmware ignores them. The insert sound is not kept. Rainbow Mode reads inherited user preset bank 2 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. MAKU’s insert controls become timing and modulation controls in Felucca. Earlier firmware ignores them. The insert sound is not kept.
    • DUELL beta: At risk by itself: up to sixteen liked worlds; settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. The installer starts with its erase option selected for this firmware change. Clear it before installing to avoid this extra erase.
    • FiMba-1 beta: At risk by itself: settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited user preset bank 1.
    • Fart Machine One: At risk when you act: inherited user preset bank 1. Fart Machine One does not import or save a music setup or loop. SAVE does nothing. Its recorded loop, tempo and effect choices last only while it stays on. Calibration is separate.
    • fm1-chord: At risk by itself: settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3. fm1-chord reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Saved loop choices use ordinary looping. The ends of loops held by a gate signal can sound different. Only matching saved SLICE markers are restored. fm1-chord reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Saved loop choices use ordinary looping. The ends of loops held by a gate signal can sound different. Only matching saved SLICE markers are restored. fm1-chord reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data. Saved loop choices use ordinary looping. The ends of loops held by a gate signal can sound different. Only matching saved SLICE markers are restored.
    • SLOOP DX7 Banks: At risk by itself: inherited FM6 patches for user presets; settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; up to sixteen liked worlds; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. Extra slice markers are ignored. Held loops play as ordinary loops. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. Extra slice markers are ignored. Held loops play as ordinary loops. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data. Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. Extra slice markers are ignored. Held loops play as ordinary loops. SLOOP DX7 Banks keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 1 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound. SLOOP DX7 Banks keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 2 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound.
    • FuMi-1: At risk by itself: settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited user preset bank 1.
    • Jangada: At risk by itself: inherited FM6 patches for user presets; settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2; up to sixteen liked worlds; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3. Jangada reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Jangada reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Jangada reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data.
    • WaveLoop FM-1: At risk by itself: inherited project A; inherited project D; settings and calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited user sample 3; inherited FM6 patches for user presets. At risk when you act: inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. WaveLoop FM-1 reads inherited FM6 patches for user presets until you write over the saved data. Changing a sound or its format can make its separate patch unavailable. WaveLoop FM-1 reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. WaveLoop FM-1 reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. WaveLoop FM-1 reads inherited user preset bank 1 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. MAKU’s insert controls become timing and modulation controls in Felucca. Earlier firmware ignores them. The insert sound is not kept. WaveLoop FM-1 reads inherited user preset bank 2 until you write over the saved data. Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. MAKU’s insert controls become timing and modulation controls in Felucca. Earlier firmware ignores them. The insert sound is not kept. WaveLoop FM-1 reads settings and calibration until you write over the saved data. These firmwares save settings and favourites in the same space. An edit here can change the other firmware’s choices.
    • ORBIT: At risk by itself: inherited FM6 patches for user presets; settings and calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D. At risk when you act: inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2; up to sixteen liked worlds; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3. ORBIT reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. ORBIT reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. ORBIT reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules.
    • SLOOP Floyd FM: At risk by itself: inherited FM6 patches for user presets; settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3. Kept but not shown: inherited user preset bank 1 (Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound); inherited user preset bank 2 (Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound). SLOOP Floyd FM reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. Extra slice markers are ignored. Held loops play as ordinary loops. SLOOP Floyd FM reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. Extra slice markers are ignored. Held loops play as ordinary loops. SLOOP Floyd FM reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data. Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. Extra slice markers are ignored. Held loops play as ordinary loops.
    • winampFM Synth: At risk by itself: inherited FM6 patches for user presets; settings and calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D. At risk when you act: up to sixteen liked worlds; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. winampFM Synth reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. winampFM Synth reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. winampFM Synth reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. winampFM Synth keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 1 until you write over the saved data. Newer sounds are kept but not shown. Only older version-1 sounds still in the bank can play. winampFM Synth keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 2 until you write over the saved data. Newer sounds are kept but not shown. Only older version-1 sounds still in the bank can play.
    • Bubba Machine (beta): At risk by itself: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. At risk by itself, under a condition: inherited user sample 3. At risk when you act: up to sixteen liked worlds.
    • Felucca [Salt]: At risk by itself: settings and calibration (changed to the new format: After a settings save here, the previous firmware cannot read the newer saved copy. Its settings and calibration may use defaults when you return. These firmwares save settings and favourites in the same space. An edit here can change the other firmware’s choices). At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3. Kept but not shown: inherited user preset bank 1 (These sounds stay stored but cannot be shown or played. Saving replaces only the slot you save into. Back them up before using a slot that looks empty); inherited user preset bank 2 (These sounds stay stored but cannot be shown or played. Saving replaces only the slot you save into. Back them up before using a slot that looks empty). Felucca [Salt] reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Slice positions you set in SLICE stay hidden. This firmware has no storage for slice positions. Felucca [Salt] reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Slice positions you set in SLICE stay hidden. This firmware has no storage for slice positions. Felucca [Salt] reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data. Slice positions you set in SLICE stay hidden. This firmware has no storage for slice positions.
    • PIGEON: At risk by itself: settings and calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: inherited user sample 1; up to sixteen liked worlds. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. PIGEON keeps inherited FM6 patches for user presets in backups, but does not play them. Writing over that bank can lose those patches. PIGEON reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Sample audio can be read. Loops and slices may play differently. PIGEON reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Sample audio can be read. Loops and slices may play differently. PIGEON reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data. Sample audio can be read. Loops and slices may play differently. PIGEON keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 1 until you write over the saved data. These synth sounds are kept but not shown, for backups. PIGEON does not play them. PIGEON keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 2 until you write over the saved data. These synth sounds are kept but not shown, for backups. PIGEON does not play them. PIGEON reads settings and calibration until you write over the saved data. Some saved preferences mean different things in PIGEON. For choices PIGEON cannot use, it uses settings it supports.
    • FM1 Move: At risk when you act: up to sixteen liked worlds; settings and calibration; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. FM1 Move reads inherited user sample 1 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. FM1 Move reads inherited user sample 2 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. FM1 Move reads inherited user sample 3 until you write over the saved data. Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules. FM1 Move keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 1 until you write over the saved data. Newer sounds are kept but not shown. Only older version-1 sounds still in the bank can play. FM1 Move keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 2 until you write over the saved data. Newer sounds are kept but not shown. Only older version-1 sounds still in the bank can play.
    • FM1 Quest: At risk by itself: inherited FM6 patches for user presets; settings and calibration. At risk when you act: inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2. Quest can play your saved USR1 until you write over it, if its audio and zones fit Quest’s smaller sample slot. Sending a sample to USR1 or erasing it loses the old sample. This includes holding REC on USR1 in IMPORTER when Quest can read it. Sending a sample to USR2 or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Back up USR1 first. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 1 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound. FM1 Quest keeps stored but does not show inherited user preset bank 2 until you write over the saved data. Your sounds stay saved but cannot be shown or played. Saving into their slots removes them; saving elsewhere keeps them. Saving on the FM-1 needs another turn of the same control, with no warning that the slot holds a hidden sound.
    • Groove OS: Possibly at risk: settings and calibration; up to sixteen liked worlds; inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3. The official route first puts V15 back, then installs Groove OS. Treat this firmware’s saved work as lost and back it up with its own tools before starting. Groove OS’s project saves, autosave, preferences, sample uploads and extra installed pages can also replace leftover work; nobody has published which parts of storage they use. A sound missing from PRESETS may still occupy storage, and do not count on Groove OS’s own backups to keep it.
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    Other firmwares reading MAKU's data: Felucca [Salt] takes over MAKU's settings and calibration, converting them (These firmwares save settings and favourites in the same space. An edit here can change the other firmware’s choices); Felucca [Salt] reads and uses MAKU's inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3 (Slice positions you set in SLICE stay hidden. This firmware has no storage for slice positions); WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses MAKU's settings and calibration; inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2 (These firmwares save settings and favourites in the same space. An edit here can change the other firmware’s choices; Changing a sound or its format can make its separate patch unavailable); WaveLoop FM-1 lists MAKU's inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2, but plays them differently (Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. MAKU’s insert controls become timing and modulation controls in Felucca. Earlier firmware ignores them. The insert sound is not kept); Felucca reads and uses MAKU's settings and calibration; inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3 (These firmwares save settings and favourites in the same space. An edit here can change the other firmware’s choices; Changing a sound or its format can make its separate patch unavailable; Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate); Felucca takes over MAKU's inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D, converting them (Playback uses this firmware’s instruments and control meanings. Saved music may sound different even if it opens. MAKU’s insert controls become timing and modulation controls here, so the insert sound changes); Felucca lists MAKU's inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2, but plays them differently (Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. MAKU’s insert controls become timing and modulation controls in Felucca. Earlier firmware ignores them. The insert sound is not kept); Rainbow Mode takes over MAKU's settings and calibration, converting them (These firmwares save settings and favourites in the same space. An edit here can change the other firmware’s choices); Rainbow Mode lists MAKU's inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2, but plays them differently (Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. MAKU’s insert controls become timing and modulation controls in Felucca. Earlier firmware ignores them. The insert sound is not kept); Rainbow Mode reads and uses MAKU's inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3 (Changing a sound or its format can make its separate patch unavailable; Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate); SLOOP reads and uses MAKU's inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3 (Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it); SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses MAKU's inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3 (Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. Extra slice markers are ignored. Held loops play as ordinary loops); SLOOP Floyd FM reads and uses MAKU's inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3 (Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it. Extra slice markers are ignored. Held loops play as ordinary loops); FM1 Quest reads and uses MAKU's inherited user sample 1 (USR1 plays only if its audio and zones fit Quest’s 64 KiB slot. Sending into or erasing USR1 replaces it, including holding REC on a readable USR1 in IMPORTER. Sending into or erasing USR2 can damage the end of the old USR1. Extra slice markers are not used here); JIANT lists MAKU's settings and calibration; inherited FM6 patches for user presets, but plays them differently (JIANT changes saved sounds when it loads them, so they stop using their own FM6 patches. They use a factory patch or the initial voice instead); JIANT takes over MAKU's inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2, converting them (JIANT no longer has SAMPLE, GRAIN, SLICE or PHYS. Those sounds use its initial ANALOG sound, except old drum and percussion sounds, which become DRUM sounds. Imported names and patterns do not mean the original sample audio or sound is kept); ChoralRoot takes over MAKU's settings and calibration, converting them (After ChoralRoot saves these settings, MAKU cannot read the newer saved copy. It uses default preferences and panel calibration when you return); ChoralRoot lists MAKU's inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2, but plays them differently (Imported sounds may sound different, even if their names are kept. Confirming Flash Data erases the older banks they came from); GHOULBOX lists MAKU's settings and calibration; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2, but plays them differently; GHOULBOX takes over MAKU's inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D, converting them; GHOULBOX reads and uses MAKU's inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; fm1-chord takes over MAKU's settings and calibration; inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2, converting them (Some sound engine numbers and controls mean different things, so a listed sound may play differently. The separate FM6 patches for those sounds are not recovered); fm1-chord reads and uses MAKU's inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3 (Saved loop choices use ordinary looping. The ends of loops held by a gate signal can sound different. Only matching saved SLICE markers are restored); Jangada reads and uses MAKU's inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3; Skiff takes over MAKU's inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D, converting them (This changes how the project is stored and plays); Skiff lists MAKU's inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2, but plays them differently (The same saved sound format does not guarantee the same sound or pattern playback); Skiff reads and uses MAKU's inherited FM6 patches for user presets; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3 (A separate saved FM6 patch works only while its matching FM6 user sound is still stored; Skiff uses its own sound engines, so saved loops or slices can play differently); Hortator lists MAKU's inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3, but plays them differently (Hortator uses its own one-shot sound engines, so saved loops and slices play differently); ORBIT takes over MAKU's inherited user preset bank 1; inherited user preset bank 2, converting them (Only older version-1 sounds can change to this format; engine numbers and sound controls may mean different things and change how they play); ORBIT reads and uses MAKU's inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3 (Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules); PIGEON reads and uses MAKU's settings and calibration; inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3 (Some saved preferences mean different things in PIGEON. For choices PIGEON cannot use, it uses settings it supports; Sample audio can be read. Loops and slices may play differently); PIGEON takes over MAKU's inherited project A; inherited project B; inherited project C; inherited project D, converting them (Engines and sound controls mean different things. In PIGEON, sampler tracks replace the synth performance setup); winampFM Synth reads and uses MAKU's inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3 (Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules); FM1 Move reads and uses MAKU's inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3 (Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules); X0X lists MAKU's inherited user sample 1; inherited user sample 2; inherited user sample 3, but plays them differently (Each zone plays as a separate repeating break loop (up to 16 per sample). Key ranges, root notes, loop points and slice markers are not used); Jangada converts only older version 1 sounds in this group. Newer sound versions look empty, and saving anywhere in the group drops them from the rewritten group.; Skiff imports some settings and calibration, but can change and save the previous firmware’s preferences without asking. What MAKU reads of other firmwares' data: MAKU reads and uses Felucca's settings, button calibration, favourites, MIDI LEARN map; user presets 1-16; user presets 17-32; FM6 patches of the FM6 user presets; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU reads and uses SLOOP's user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU reads and uses X0X's break loops slot 1; break loops slot 2; break loops slot 3 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU reads and uses JIANT's settings, calibration, favourites, MENU options; user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32; FM6 patches for the FM6 user sounds; MAKU reads and uses GHOULBOX's settings and panel calibration; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; FM6 patches for user sounds; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU takes over Hortator's settings and panel calibration, converting them; MAKU reads and uses Hortator's user samples USR1; user samples USR2; user samples USR3 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU reads and uses Skiff's settings, calibration and favourites; user sound bank 1; user sound bank 2; user sounds’ own FM6 patches; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU reads and uses Rainbow Mode's Felucca preferences, calibration and favourites; Rainbow WRITE song, greeting name, hat, volume limit and look-alikes; Project A: four tracks and their sounds, notes, automation, song chain and name; Project B: four tracks and their sounds, notes, automation, song chain and name; Project C: four tracks and their sounds, notes, automation, song chain and name; Project D: four tracks and their sounds, notes, automation, song chain and name; user sounds U01–U16, names and sixteen-step patterns without automation; user sounds U17–U32, names and sixteen-step patterns without automation; FM6 patches used by the thirty-two user sounds; User sample USR1 and any slice positions you set in SLICE; User sample USR2 and any slice positions you set in SLICE; User sample USR3 and any slice positions you set in SLICE (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU takes over Rainbow Mode's your old FM6 bank (B1–B27), converting them; MAKU takes over Felucca [Salt]'s project 1; project 2; project 3; project 4, converting them; MAKU reads and uses Felucca [Salt]'s user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU reads and uses WaveLoop FM-1's settings, calibration and favourites; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU takes over WaveLoop FM-1's song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start, converting them; MAKU lists sloopDX's user presets 1–16; user presets 17–32, but plays them differently; MAKU reads and uses SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sample USR3 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU reads and uses SLOOP Floyd FM's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; user sample slot USR3 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU reads and uses FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU takes over fm1-chord's chord preset P1: full synth project; chord preset P2: full synth project; chord preset P3: full synth project; chord preset P4: full synth project; FM6 bank B1-B27, converting them; MAKU reads and uses fm1-chord's user sounds 1-16; user sounds 17-32; uploaded sample USR1 and optional SLICE markers; uploaded sample USR2 and optional SLICE markers; uploaded sample USR3 and optional SLICE markers (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU reads and uses Jangada's user samples USR1; user samples USR2; user samples USR3 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU reads and uses ORBIT's sample slot USR1; sample slot USR2; sample slot USR3 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU reads and uses PIGEON's preferences, MIDI LEARN and panel calibration; older user preset bank 1; older user preset bank 2; older FM6 patches for user presets; user sample USR1 in the older format; user sample USR2 in the older format; user sample USR3 in the older format (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU takes over PIGEON's older FM6 patch bank PIGEON no longer uses, converting them; MAKU reads and uses winampFM Synth's user sounds 1-16; user sounds 17-32; sample USR1; sample USR2; sample USR3 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here); MAKU reads and uses FM1 Move's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample slot USR1; sample slot USR2; sample slot USR3 (MAKU leaves these sample bytes in place, but its controls use built-in material; these uploaded samples are not available to play here). Everything else of another firmware's looks empty or foreign to the reader.

  • Every way each write can happen, for all mapped firmwares: the flash atlas's table.

Installing: Installing MAKU through the open installer can replace M-VAVE Open’s sixteen USER projects, device preferences and its sample header before the first start, without asking, leaving the whole sample bank unreadable. The same install can also leave PIGEON’s whole sample bank unreadable if that bank reaches the program area. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

Every start: At every start MAKU checks its update area and, if either checked location contains data, erases that area without a question. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work. Back up in the firmware that created the work before the first MAKU start.

First REC save or clear: See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work. The first REC save or clear can replace one saved copy of other firmwares’ work, and later REC writes can replace the other copy; MAKU does not autosave the running world.

Power-on calibration: Power-on calibration can write without a question, even after cancellation if the settings differ. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work. Calibration started in MAKU's menu is temporary and does not make this flash write.

Older-bank conversion: If an older FM6 bank survives but no usable newer companion does, MAKU can convert it at startup without a question. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work. With no stored newer companion that passes storage checks, conversion writes opposite the newest old-bank copy and keeps that source. If a stored newer companion passes those checks but its contents are unusable, the conversion can instead overwrite the old bank.

Editor, autosave and leaving MAKU: MAKU has no working editor send, import or restore path, and its running world is not autosaved. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work. Do not treat a firmware update as a backup.

Settings brought from another firmware: MAKU reads compatible saved settings from Felucca, JIANT, GHOULBOX and Skiff, including the click preference. If CLICK was ON, the metronome runs with MAKU's continuous playback; turn AUDIO > CLICK OFF to silence it for this session, because menu edits are not stored.

What stays: Up to 16 successfully stored likes survive power-off while their storage remains intact. MAKU reads previously stored or compatible imported device settings at startup, but menu changes and calibration started from the menu are never saved in ordinary use. Only calibration entered at power-on can store learned assignments.

What is lost: Power-off loses menu edits and menu calibration as well as the running mix, played phrase, hand-set kicks and verb times. A new world replaces the setup and switches DRIFT off, while verb times stay until power-off. A seventeenth like drops the oldest, and holding REC past two seconds clears all likes without a question or undo.

Likes and settings writes: REC immediately tries to store likes or their cleared set without a question. An older MAKU likes copy can be erased at startup or the next new world; another REC before then can need a short audio dip. Menu close and shortcut hints only queue settings requests that never commit during ordinary MAKU playback. Power-on calibration can write before playback, even after cancellation if the complete settings differ.

Going back a version: No older MAKU tree was supplied to verify downgrade compatibility. This release skips likes whose sounds or values it cannot read, and an older build may discard newer choices. Capture important sound and use the original firmware to back up its saved work before changing firmware.

Where the docs and the firmware disagree

  • The earlier mode design: That document marks itself historical; this release starts MAKU automatically, uses KNOB 1 for pulse volume and PLAY for DRIFT.
  • Breathing at slow tempos: Internal tempo below 70 gradually introduces breathing, reaching its full range at 50; it reshapes the pulse and melodic level movement.
  • OCT key changes and remembered notes: OCT± remaps remembered notes to the new key signature; a phrase run in progress is also mapped through that signature while sounding chords keep ringing.
  • Density thresholds: The displayed density is stretched before kick probability is calculated, so DENS 96 is not the four-beat threshold; four guaranteed beats start at displayed 106 outside breath and SCRAMBLE.
  • Hand-set kicks always play: Low-tempo breathing can replace the pattern with a first-step cue, SCRAMBLE can omit a hand-set hit, and SINK can silence the pulse.
  • Kick-grid removal timing: The home panel excludes held-step editing, so a pending removal is applied on the next input pass even while the key is held.
  • Opening settings and credits: HOME alone makes a new world; keep OCT- down while holding HOME to open settings, then choose SYSTEM > ABOUT.
  • Settings scope: All twenty inherited rows remain visible, including restore, recording and effect-key options whose original flows are unavailable on the normal MAKU panel.
  • MIDI clock follow: A normal start selects the internal clock and this panel has no clock-source selector; incoming clock and transport only reach the sequencer when the source matches an already selected external clock.
  • How long REC stays lit: REC is active only while a like message is showing, including LIKED, NOT SAVED; the lamp is not proof that the flash write succeeded.
  • Boot bias from likes: Power-on calls the random-world generator directly; the likes-based draw is used when HOME creates another world.
  • Only likes are saved: In ordinary use menu edits and menu calibration are lost at power-off; power-on calibration can store settings before playback, and startup also has update cleanup and conditional sound-bank conversion.
  • Likes after running Felucca: Felucca v1.6.1 uses the same storage for its session autosave, so its automatic saves can replace MAKU likes without a question; installing an update alone does not guarantee they survive running it.

Evidence limits

  • No hardware measurements were made; all control entries were read in the pinned release source.
  • The release attachment ATTRIBUTION.txt is not present in the supplied tree; its source samples attribution and the build step that copies it were read, alongside LICENSE, LICENSING.md and LICENSES/.
  • Browser-emulator preview styles, rating tools and developer consoles are outside the physical panel map; they are not extra FM-1 pages.
  • External clock-selection code remains in the inherited engine but no usable clock-source selector was found on this MAKU panel; no working MIDI-sync gesture is claimed.
  • No older MAKU tree was supplied for checking rollback compatibility.

Mapped from okumurari2/maku at maku-v1.0 (5671198), 2026-10-17. Every control entry was checked against that release’s source by the map maker; its pinned file and lines are in [maku.json](maku.json). An independent checker found zero errors in round 3 (2026-10-17).

MAKU is by okumurari, based on Felucca by Leo Kuroshita, Hügelton Instruments. The firmware is GPL-3.0-only; bundled components retain their MIT, Apache-2.0, SIL OFL 1.1 and CC0 notices. This guide uses its own wording and copies no firmware tables or artwork. It is independent of MAKU, Felucca and M-VAVE.

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