FM-1 firmware · 0.2.1
MIN-1
A self-playing minimalist ensemble after Philip Glass: it starts on power-up, and you take over with chords, processes on the figures and song recording.
- Made by
- Reytian
- Released
- October 16, 2026
- Install
- On the FM-1 Firmware Hub · source on GitHub
- Scan
- Scanned, nothing harmful found · Oct 31 What we checked
- Last checked
- October 31, 2026
What MIN-1 does
- MIN-1 plays itself from switch-on, so there is always a repeating figure and slow chord cycle running.
- Four models shape the music: ARPEGGIO, PHASE, PATTERNS and BELLS, with twenty pieces to choose from PRESETS.
- Press white keys to play the harmony: in EASY every key is a chord that fits, black keys add a seventh.
- EDIT rolls a new idea for the current page, a chord cycle, figure, melody, bass or rhythm, and SEL + EDIT goes back.
- Hold SEL and ENV, ARP, LFO, SEQ or FX brings a part in or out at the next chord.
- Hold SEL and press white keys 1 to 8 to grow, shrink, shift, flip, still, slow, speed or start a new section.
- SEL + REC learns a cycle from two to eight chords you play, keeping it as Mine.
Its modes
- Form
- Set how the music evolves and builds, pick the process, and set the chord's length.
- Upper
- Shape the upper part's level, sound, pulse and figure.
- Lower
- Shape the lower part's level, sound, pulse and figure.
- Bass
- Set the bass part's level, sound, style and octave.
- Lead
- Set the lead's level, sound, activity and harmony.
- Chords
- Set the chord part's level, sound, rhythm and reverb.
- Setup
- Set tempo, root, whether the keys play EASY chords or NOTES, and HOLD.
- System
- Choose the model, MIDI out, lights and see the CPU load.
What Les checked
MIN-1 v0.2.1Scanned October 31, 2026
What we checked for
- The file is exactly the one its author published
- It's the same file we saw when this release first came out
- It opens cleanly as an FM-1 firmware, nothing damaged
- It doesn't show up on your computer as a keyboard, mouse or other input device
- It doesn't show up as a USB drive or network adapter
- Its text mentions no computer command tools, like PowerShell, Terminal or a download command
What we found
- MIDI and audio, as expected
StatusScanned, nothing harmful found
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