WaveLoop FM-1

PRESETS

Tap SAVE from another group for USER, then keep tapping through PROJECT, TOOLS, PRESETS and USER. Factory sounds, their engine, favourite status and the ALL or FAV list.

SCL

Press SEL to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. The selected track's root, scale, keyboard mapping and transposition.

CHORD

Press SEL to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. One-key chord type and voicing.

ARP

Press ARP to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Arpeggiator mode, timing, octave range and gate.

ARP 2

Press ARP to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Arpeggiator swing, probability, hold and note ordering.

HOME

Press and release HOME. Four sound controls for the selected track above the output waveform.

HOME ANALOG

Select the ANALOG engine and press HOME. ANALOG main sound controls.

HOME PHASE

Select the PHASE engine and press HOME. PHASE main sound controls.

HOME LOFI

Select the LOFI engine and press HOME. LOFI main sound controls.

HOME SAMPLE

Select the SAMPLE engine and press HOME. SAMPLE main sound controls.

HOME VOICE

Select the VOICE engine and press HOME. VOICE main sound controls.

HOME TRIO

Select the TRIO engine and press HOME. TRIO main sound controls.

HOME WHEEL

Select the WHEEL engine and press HOME. WHEEL main sound controls.

HOME GRAIN

Select the GRAIN engine and press HOME. GRAIN main sound controls.

HOME PHYS

Select the PHYS engine and press HOME. PHYS main sound controls.

HOME DRUM

Select the DRUM engine and press HOME. DRUM main sound controls.

HOME NOISE

Select the NOISE engine and press HOME. NOISE main sound controls.

HOME FM6

Select the FM6 engine and press HOME. FM6 main sound controls.

HOME SLICE

Select the SLICE engine and press HOME. SLICE main sound controls.

ENV

Press ENV to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Attack, decay, sustain and release for the selected track.

ENV DEST

Press ENV to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Envelope amounts for filter, pitch and shape.

LFO

Press LFO to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. LFO rate, shape, starting phase and fade time.

LFO DEST

Press LFO to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. LFO amounts for pitch, filter, shape and volume.

MOD

Press LFO to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Four modulation routes, with the selected route's source, destination and amount.

EDIT 1

Press EDIT to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. The selected engine's first four sound controls.

EDIT 2

Press EDIT to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. The selected engine's last four sound controls.

VOICE

Press EDIT to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Voice mode, glide time, glide behavior and note priority.

VOICE 2

Press EDIT to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Voice allocation, unison detuning, pan and mute; DRUM pan affects the focused lane.

DRUM MIX

Press EDIT to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. This page appears only for DRUM tracks. Level, pan, chorus and reverb send for the focused drum lane.

OSC ANALOG

Select the ANALOG engine and press EDIT until OSC appears. ANALOG first sound page.

FLT ANALOG

Select the ANALOG engine and press EDIT until FLT appears. ANALOG second sound page.

PHS PHASE

Select the PHASE engine and press EDIT until PHS appears. PHASE first sound page.

LINE PHASE

Select the PHASE engine and press EDIT until LINE appears. PHASE second sound page.

CHIP LOFI

Select the LOFI engine and press EDIT until CHIP appears. LOFI first sound page.

MOTN LOFI

Select the LOFI engine and press EDIT until MOTN appears. LOFI second sound page.

SET SAMPLE

Select the SAMPLE engine and press EDIT until SET appears. SAMPLE first sound page.

TONE SAMPLE

Select the SAMPLE engine and press EDIT until TONE appears. SAMPLE second sound page.

VOWL VOICE

Select the VOICE engine and press EDIT until VOWL appears. VOICE first sound page.

TONE VOICE

Select the VOICE engine and press EDIT until TONE appears. VOICE second sound page.

OSC TRIO

Select the TRIO engine and press EDIT until OSC appears. TRIO first sound page.

TONE TRIO

Select the TRIO engine and press EDIT until TONE appears. TRIO second sound page.

BARS WHEEL

Select the WHEEL engine and press EDIT until BARS appears. WHEEL first sound page.

TONE WHEEL

Select the WHEEL engine and press EDIT until TONE appears. WHEEL second sound page.

GRAN GRAIN

Select the GRAIN engine and press EDIT until GRAN appears. GRAIN first sound page.

SPRY GRAIN

Select the GRAIN engine and press EDIT until SPRY appears. GRAIN second sound page.

BODY PHYS

Select the PHYS engine and press EDIT until BODY appears. PHYS first sound page.

EXCT PHYS

Select the PHYS engine and press EDIT until EXCT appears. PHYS second sound page.

KIT DRUM

Select the DRUM engine and press EDIT until KIT appears. DRUM first sound page.

HIT DRUM

Select the DRUM engine and press EDIT until HIT appears. DRUM second sound page.

SRC NOISE

Select the NOISE engine and press EDIT until SRC appears. NOISE first sound page.

MOVE NOISE

Select the NOISE engine and press EDIT until MOVE appears. NOISE second sound page.

OPS FM6

Select the FM6 engine and press EDIT until OPS appears. FM6 first sound page.

PATCH FM6

Select the FM6 engine and press EDIT until PATCH appears. FM6 second sound page.

SLCE SLICE

Select the SLICE engine and press EDIT until SLCE appears. SLICE first sound page.

PLAY SLICE

Select the SLICE engine and press EDIT until PLAY appears. SLICE second sound page.

MIXER

Press GLO from another family; more GLO presses cycle GLOBAL, SYSTEM and MIXER. Level, pan, reverb send and mute for the selected whole track.

FX

Press FX to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Distortion and the chorus, delay and reverb sends; on DRUM these edits affect the selected drum lane.

SLICER

Press FX to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Rhythmic gating or stuttering, with a pattern, rate and depth.

DLY

Press FX to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Shared delay timing, feedback, tone and mix.

REVERB

Press FX to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Shared reverb model, size and damping.

CHORUS

Press FX to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Shared chorus rate and depth.

GLOBAL

Press GLO for MIXER, then press GLO again. Shared tempo, swing, clock input and tuning.

SYSTEM

Press GLO for MIXER, then twice more for SYSTEM. USB connection state, an unused sync field, MIDI routing and CPU usage.

FX layer

Hold or double-tap FX. White keys hold performance effects, the first four black keys mute tracks and KNOB 1–4 are macros.

GLO layer

Hold or double-tap GLO. Track mutes, temporary solos, unmute all, tap tempo and four track levels.

SEL layer

Hold or double-tap SEL. Keys choose a root and knobs choose root, scale, chord and voicing.

EDIT layer

Hold or double-tap EDIT. White keys select an engine or ask to initialize its sound; knobs browse engines and sounds or mark favourites.

Used extended SETLIST songs: confirming OVERWRITE redirects NAME to A, B, C or recovery D, which can replace different work. Initial saves into empty entries, renaming and automatic active-song saves keep the full destination. Check this fault before using that overwrite path.

Loading a song through PROJECT or SETLIST, saving a song, restoring a tagged backup, or the automatic recovery pick makes that song active, meaning it is the destination for automatic saves; after five seconds of quiet audio and unchanged state while stopped with notes released, changes to its music replace that saved song without a question or flash undo, alongside changed setlist order and recovery, so loading B to experiment can replace saved B; switching off does not save, and a readable ordinary project D blocks all these automatic saves and queued song loads.

Keep project D for recovery: an ordinary project saved there disables automatic saving until that conflict is removed; avoid confirming SAVE over a used extended SETLIST song because this release redirects the destination to A, B, C or recovery D, and flash replacements have no panel undo.

Connect the unit to the WaveLoop web editor and save its full-backup file to the computer; it reads current music, settings, calibration, favourites, all saved songs including recovery, setlist order, user sounds and companion patches, and both uploaded samples, but omits hand-set SLICE markers, built-in content, firmware and undo history.

Browser restore asks once and writes objects separately, with no complete rollback: explicitly empty items clear their destinations, absent items from an older archive remain untouched, and an older archive containing a third uploaded sample is rejected before writing; device restore commands themselves ask nothing, and an interrupted sample upload can destroy the previous sample before the replacement finishes.

The old Felucca fork-point projects can be imported, but current Felucca v1.6.1 projects cannot; shared settings and user sounds can still be read, with newer-only meanings unavailable, and only the first two uploaded samples are used; returning to older Felucca does not make it understand WaveLoop’s extra songs, order or drum additions, so keep a backup made by the version that created the work. WaveLoop’s song saves, renames, automatic writes after five seconds of unchanged music and silence while stopped and restores, user-sound saves, renames, erases, sends to the FM-1 and restores, and USR1 sample sends to the FM-1, erases, slice edits and restores can 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.

USER

Tap SAVE from another group for USER, then keep tapping through PROJECT, TOOLS, PRESETS and USER. User sound slot, load, erase and save actions.

PHRASES

Press SEQ to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Factory phrases and patterns saved with user sounds, with a load action.

PROJECT

Tap SAVE from another group for USER, then keep tapping through PROJECT, TOOLS, PRESETS and USER. The original A–D project slots with load and save actions, with D shared by session recovery.

TOOLS

Tap SAVE from another group for USER, then keep tapping through PROJECT, TOOLS, PRESETS and USER. Actions for the selected track's pattern and sound, the selected song row and the song.

SONG

Hold SEQ for about 0.7 seconds, or cycle the SEQ pages to SONG. Song rows select a project slot and repeat count.

SETLIST

Press SEQ to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. Twelve saved-song choices, their order and project load/save actions.

NAME

Choose SAVE or EDIT rename on USER, PROJECT or SETLIST. Keys and two knobs edit a twelve-character name; OCT+ writes while stopped and OCT- cancels.

Confirmation

Choose an action that asks. OCT+ accepts and OCT- cancels, with save confirmations opening NAME before the write.

SLICES

Press EDIT to open its last page, then press it again to cycle through its pages. This page appears for SLICE tracks. User-sample slice markers and the actions to split or join slices.

MENU

Hold HOME to open the menu. DISPLAY, CONTROL, AUDIO and SYSTEM settings tabs.

ABOUT

In MENU, choose SYSTEM > ABOUT and press OCT+. Credits and a source link, scrolled with PRESETS.

MENU COLOR

Hold HOME, choose DISPLAY with ALGORITHM and COLOR with PRESETS. Palette colors preview immediately. HOME queues changed settings to save when stopped without a question.

MENU STYLE

Hold HOME, choose DISPLAY with ALGORITHM and STYLE with PRESETS. The chosen layout appears immediately. HOME queues changed settings to save when stopped without a question.

MENU LARGE

Hold HOME, choose DISPLAY with ALGORITHM and LARGE with PRESETS. Value pages grow taller cards; lists keep their layout with bigger labels. HOME queues changed settings to save when stopped without a question.

MENU ANIM

Hold HOME, choose DISPLAY with ALGORITHM and ANIM with PRESETS. OFF makes value and roll changes appear immediately. HOME queues changed settings to save when stopped without a question.

MENU LEDS

Hold HOME, choose DISPLAY with ALGORITHM and LEDS with PRESETS. INV swaps the light and dark states of active and idle controls. HOME queues changed settings to save when stopped without a question.

MENU HOLD

Hold HOME, choose CONTROL with ALGORITHM and HOLD with PRESETS. The hold threshold applies to the quick-layer buttons. HOME queues changed settings to save when stopped without a question.

MENU KNOB ACCEL

Hold HOME, choose CONTROL with ALGORITHM and KNOB ACCEL with PRESETS. Wide numeric values can move two to four steps per click when ON. HOME queues changed settings to save when stopped without a question.

MENU FX LATCH

Hold HOME, choose CONTROL with ALGORITHM and FX LATCH with PRESETS. ON leaves selected FX effects and macros active after release. HOME queues changed settings to save when stopped without a question.

MENU BPM LOCK

Hold HOME, choose CONTROL with ALGORITHM and BPM LOCK with PRESETS. Tempo remains adjustable with GLO held or from GLOBAL. HOME queues changed settings to save when stopped without a question.

MENU SPEAKER EQ

Hold HOME, choose AUDIO with ALGORITHM and SPEAKER EQ with PRESETS. This equalizer affects headphones and USB audio as well as the speaker. HOME queues changed settings to save when stopped without a question.

MENU USB LEVEL

Hold HOME, choose AUDIO with ALGORITHM and USB LEVEL with PRESETS. FIXED sends full USB audio level while MASTER still controls the speaker and headphones. HOME queues changed settings to save when stopped without a question.

MENU USB SERIAL

Hold HOME, choose SYSTEM with ALGORITHM and USB SERIAL with PRESETS. Changing this reconnects the USB device when the menu closes; USB MIDI and audio reconnect too. HOME queues changed settings to save when stopped without a question.

HARDWARE CALIBRATION

Choose MENU > SYSTEM > CALIBRATION and press OCT+. Teach each button and encoder; a piano key or 30 seconds without input restores the previous mapping.

Hardware calibration

Hold both OCT buttons at power-on, or use MENU > SYSTEM > CALIBRATION. Teaches buttons and encoder directions; a piano key or 30-second pause cancels and restores the old mapping, with a save request after the power-on route returns or after MENU closes.

Power-on

Switch on. Restores recovery and saved view; a recovery without a saved song destination also selects the first unreadable setlist song, normally song 1, for a quiet-time write without asking even when nothing is edited.

Update countdown / UBOOT

Hold OCT- and OCT+ for five seconds. Shows a countdown after two seconds, then stops audio and enters update mode; releasing early cancels.

Crash / failed start

Appears after a processor fault or repeated failed starts. A crash shows diagnostic values and restarts after four seconds; two failed starts enter UBOOT.

These rows describe messages arriving through MIDI IN or USB and the external MiniLab controls; the FM-1’s seven encoders have no push switches. The controller guide’s CH1-4 setup prevents its channel-16 previous/next-song buttons from reaching the song handler in this release; use the panel SETLIST or read the routing limitation below.

Button entries distinguish the orange PLAY lamp from its separate green lamp; key-light entries describe the keyboard as a group.

SLICES

STEP grid

MENU

FX layer

GLO layer

SEL layer

EDIT layer

NAME

• Back up first. Connect the unit to the WaveLoop web editor and save its full-backup file to the computer; it reads current music, settings, calibration, favourites, all saved songs including recovery, setlist order, user sounds and companion patches, and both uploaded samples, but omits hand-set SLICE markers, built-in content, firmware and undo history.

Twelve saved songs, a separate session recovery copy, setlist order, 32 user sounds with companion patches, two uploaded samples, slice markers, settings, calibration and favourites can remain in flash; songs include four tracks, steps, automation, the chain and drum-lane edits, while recovery also remembers the view and performance macros.

• Back up with the firmware that made the work before WaveLoop’s first start. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.
• A start that finds data at its update-area probes erases that whole update area without asking. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work. After installing, the loader also erases sectors holding valid pending-update records; saved music does not hold those records.
• The first quiet recovery save, and later ones, write project D; a readable ordinary old Felucca project D instead blocks automatic saving. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.
• The first MENU close, first opening of an unseen quick layer, changed favourite, calibration save or editor settings send can replace shared settings without asking. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.
• Saving or automatically updating extra songs and setlist order writes without a question about the other firmware’s work. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.
• Saving, erasing, renaming or sending a user sound rewrites its whole bank. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.
• Back up with the firmware that created the work before switching. See the switching advice in this section.
• A recovery with no active song, including the first recovery made on a clean start, makes the next start choose the first setlist song WaveLoop cannot read; after the quiet pause it writes that song without a question or flash undo, even with no edits, normally song 1 in the default order, and later changes keep replacing the same song’s alternating saved copies.
• Automatic song writes, including that next-start save, write without asking; the MAKU project mirrors they can replace are not restored as MAKU music, but they can still hold projects from the firmware you used before MAKU. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.
• Saving an FM6 or DRUM user sound also writes its companion patches. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.
• Uploading, recording, erasing or restoring user samples writes the selected sample space; uploads destroy the previous sample header at the beginning and can erase more work as the transfer proceeds, without a device question or undo. See the switching advice in this section for the affected saved work.

The old Felucca fork-point projects can be imported, but current Felucca v1.6.1 projects cannot; shared settings and user sounds can still be read, with newer-only meanings unavailable, and only the first two uploaded samples are used; returning to older Felucca does not make it understand WaveLoop’s extra songs, order or drum additions, so keep a backup made by the version that created the work. WaveLoop’s song saves, renames, automatic writes after five seconds of unchanged music and silence while stopped and restores, user-sound saves, renames, erases, sends to the FM-1 and restores, and USR1 sample sends to the FM-1, erases, slice edits and restores can 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.

• 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 WaveLoop FM-1 does to the firmware you had before.
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  install with the bundled Felucca loader: Replaces and verifies changed program data while leaving the startup code alone. This can also replace Open’s projects, preferences and the beginning of its sample storage. This leaves the whole sample bank unreadable. The same program writes can also leave PIGEON’s whole sample bank unreadable (a successful firmware installation). successful loader finishes: After installation, removes only valid update records. Saved music does not meet that check (Erases 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 this is 0xE4000 and, on a first install from stock, 0xE8000. Saved music does not hold that record). normal startup: At startup, clears leftover data where firmware updates are prepared, without asking (any non-FF byte in first 4 staging bytes or first 8 resume bytes). first quiet session poll after startup and later changed quiet sessions: After five seconds of unchanged music and silence with playback stopped, WaveLoop saves the last session for the next start without an edit or a Save press. A project you saved in D that WaveLoop can open blocks this; an incompatible project does not (Flash is available, playback is stopped, the music has not changed for five seconds, audio is quiet, and slot D has no readable ordinary project). next startup after any untagged recovery, including the normal first recovery, followed by a quiet pause: At the next start, a restored session that does not remember its song selects the first song WaveLoop cannot open, normally song 1. Five seconds of unchanged music and silence with playback stopped then saves there without an edit, a Save press or a confirmation (a valid recovery has no active-song tag, at least one song is unreadable, flash is available, transport is stopped and the silence/unchanged-state gates pass).

  • 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 by itself: project slot A; project slot D; settings, button calibration, favourites, MIDI LEARN map. At risk by itself, under a condition: project slot B; project slot C; user sample slot USR3; FM6 patches of the FM6 user presets. At risk when you act: user presets 1-16; user presets 17-32; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2. WaveLoop FM-1 reads FM6 patches of the FM6 user presets until you write over the saved data. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample slot USR1 until you write over the saved data. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample slot USR2 until you write over the saved data.
  • SLOOP: At risk by itself: song section A (a whole project); song section D (a whole project); settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-4 kits, MIDI LEARN, theme and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: song section B (a whole project); song section C (a whole project); user sample slot USR3. At risk when you act: the music in progress (autosave); user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample slot USR1 until you write over the saved data. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample slot USR2 until you write over the saved data.
  • X0X: At risk by itself: the whole X0X project (settings, sound, all 32 patterns, song, knob motion). At risk by itself, under a condition: break loops slot 3. At risk when you act: X0X button calibration; break loops slot 1; break loops slot 2. WaveLoop FM-1 reads break loops slot 1 until you write over the saved data. WaveLoop FM-1 reads break loops slot 2 until you write over the saved data.
  • JIANT: At risk by itself: song 1 section A (a whole project); song 1 section D (a whole project); settings, calibration, favourites, MENU options. At risk by itself, under a condition: song 1 section B (a whole project); song 1 section C (a whole project); song 7: four sections (whole projects); song 8: four sections (whole projects); which song is current, every song's rows and scenes; FM6 patches for the FM6 user sounds. At risk when you act: song 2: four sections (whole projects); song 3: four sections (whole projects); song 4: four sections (whole projects); song 5: four sections (whole projects); song 6: four sections (whole projects); user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32. WaveLoop FM-1 reads FM6 patches for the FM6 user sounds until you write over the saved data.
  • Melodee: At risk by itself: shared user presets U289-U378 (partly lost); shared user presets U379-U384; settings, factory favourites, calibration, saved template. At risk by itself, under a condition: shared user presets U145-U288; shared user presets U073-U090; shared user presets U091-U108. At risk when you act: shared user presets U109-U126; project A: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; project B: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; project C: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; project D: patterns, song, sounds, motion, recordings; shared user presets U001-U018; shared user presets U019-U036.
  • FoMni: At risk by itself: FoMni setup (pages, chord buttons, lights). At risk when you act: FoMni button calibration.
  • AMB-1: At risk by itself: AMB-1 pieces and setup. At risk when you act: AMB-1 panel calibration.
  • ChoralRoot: At risk by itself: options, playing setup and panel calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: recorded loop 1; recorded loop 2; recorded loop 3; recorded loop 4; recorded loop 5; recorded loop 6; recorded loop 7; recorded loop 8; recorded loop 9; recorded loop 10. At risk when you act: 32 imported DX7 voices; CZ-1 bank A (16 tones); CZ-1 bank B (16 tones); CZ-1 bank C (16 tones); CZ-1 bank D (16 tones); CZ-1 bank E (16 tones); CZ-1 bank F (16 tones); CZ-1 bank G (16 tones); CZ-1 bank H (16 tones); last session saved with a global save; favourite marks, chord/bass type and filter; 128 saved sounds with their complete engine patches.
  • GHOULBOX: At risk by itself: project A; project D; settings and panel calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: project B; project C; user sample slot USR3; FM6 patches for user sounds. At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2. WaveLoop FM-1 reads FM6 patches for user sounds until you write over the saved data. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample slot USR1 until you write over the saved data. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample slot USR2 until you write over the saved data.
  • M-VAVE FM-1 Open: At risk by itself: 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 by itself: older stored user bank, if present (Beta4 does not store new edits); octave, last selected preset and MIDI preferences.
  • Hortator: At risk by itself: project A; project D; settings and panel calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: project B; project C; user samples USR3. At risk when you act: user samples USR1; user samples USR2. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user samples USR1 until you write over the saved data. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user samples USR2 until you write over the saved data.
  • OberVave: At risk by itself: 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: All four Polly songs; Polly shared memory 3; Polly setup and channel sounds. At risk by itself, under a condition: Polly shared memory 1; Polly shared memory 2; Optional QY70 style bank. At risk when you act: Polly shared memory 4; Polly shared memory 5; Polly shared memory 6; Polly shared memory 7; Polly shared memory 8; Polly shared memory 9; Polly shared memory 10; Polly shared memory 11; Polly shared memory 12; Polly shared memory 13; Polly shared memory 14; Polly shared memory 15; Polly shared memory 16; Polly button and encoder calibration.
  • Skiff: At risk by itself: project A; project D; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: project B; project C; user sample USR3; user sound bank 1 (only FM6 sounds can lose their own patches and fall back to a factory patch or the initial voice; other sounds remain; other writes can also erase it); user sound bank 2 (only FM6 sounds can lose their own patches and fall back to a factory patch or the initial voice; other sounds remain; other writes can also erase it); user sounds’ own FM6 patches. At risk when you act: user sample USR1; user sample USR2. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sounds’ own FM6 patches until you write over the saved data. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data.
  • sloopDX: At risk by itself: section A; section D; settings, calibration, song order, MIDI, theme and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: section B; section C. At risk when you act: working loop; DX7 bank 1 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 1 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 2 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 2 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 3 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 3 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 4 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 4 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 5 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 5 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 6 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 6 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 7 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 7 voices 17–32; DX7 bank 8 voices 1–16; DX7 bank 8 voices 17–32; selected DX7 bank; MY KIT; user presets 1–16 (changed to the new format: The next save, rename or erase in this bank saves the older sounds in the new format. They can change when you return to the previous firmware. Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. Some sounds play as a different instrument: SLOOP FM6 and Floyd sounds can become PHYS, SLOOP FM6 sounds using algorithm 4 can become DRUM, SLOOPDX sounds become ANALOG, and Quest SLICE sounds can become PHYS; other writes can also erase it); user presets 17–32 (changed to the new format: The next save, rename or erase in this bank saves the older sounds in the new format. They can change when you return to the previous firmware. Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. Some sounds play as a different instrument: SLOOP FM6 and Floyd sounds can become PHYS, SLOOP FM6 sounds using algorithm 4 can become DRUM, SLOOPDX sounds become ANALOG, and Quest SLICE sounds can become PHYS; other writes can also erase it).
  • Rainbow Mode: At risk by itself: Project A: four tracks and their sounds, notes, automation, song chain and name; Project D: four tracks and their sounds, notes, automation, song chain and name; Felucca preferences, calibration and favourites; Rainbow WRITE song, greeting name, hat, volume limit and look-alikes. At risk by itself, under a condition: 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; your old FM6 bank (B1–B27); User sample USR3 and any slice positions you set in SLICE; the FM6 patches used by the thirty-two user sounds; user sounds U01–U16, names and sixteen-step patterns without automation (only FM6 sounds can lose their own patches and fall back to a factory patch or the initial voice; other sounds remain; other writes can also erase it); user sounds U17–U32, names and sixteen-step patterns without automation (only FM6 sounds can lose their own patches and fall back to a factory patch or the initial voice; other sounds remain; other writes can also erase it). At risk when you act: User sample USR1 and any slice positions you set in SLICE; User sample USR2 and any slice positions you set in SLICE. WaveLoop FM-1 reads the FM6 patches used by the thirty-two user sounds until you write over the saved data. Changing a sound or its format can make its separate patch unavailable. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample USR1 and any slice positions you set in SLICE until you write over the saved data. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample USR2 and any slice positions you set in SLICE until you write over the saved data. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sounds U01–U16, names and sixteen-step patterns without automation 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. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sounds U17–U32, names and sixteen-step patterns without automation 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.
  • DUELL beta: At risk by itself: multis M01–M02; multis M07–M08; settings and panel setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: multis M03–M04; multis M05–M06; saved patches; multis M09–M10; multis M11–M12; multis M13–M14; multis M15–M16; patterns P01–P06; patterns P07–P12; patterns P13–P16. At risk when you act: user wavetable USR1; user wavetable USR2; user wavetable USR3.
  • FiMba-1 beta: At risk by itself: FiMba-1 beta sound and playing setup. At risk when you act: FiMba-1 beta panel calibration.
  • MAKU: 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.
  • Fart Machine One: At risk when you act: learned button and encoder calibration.
  • fm1-chord: At risk by itself: settings, panel calibration, four chord preset setups and the current chord setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: FM6 bank B1-B27; uploaded sample USR3 and optional SLICE markers; chord preset P1: full synth project; chord preset P2: full synth project; chord preset P3: full synth project; chord preset P4: full synth project. At risk when you act: uploaded sample USR1 and optional SLICE markers; uploaded sample USR2 and optional SLICE markers; user sounds 1-16; user sounds 17-32. WaveLoop FM-1 reads chord preset P1: full synth project until you write over the saved data. Playback uses this firmware’s instruments and control meanings. Saved music may sound different even if it opens. WaveLoop does not use the same check for allowed instruments. CHORD tracks do not use the CHORD instrument here. WaveLoop FM-1 reads chord preset P2: full synth project until you write over the saved data. Playback uses this firmware’s instruments and control meanings. Saved music may sound different even if it opens. WaveLoop does not use the same check for allowed instruments. CHORD tracks do not use the CHORD instrument here. WaveLoop FM-1 reads chord preset P3: full synth project until you write over the saved data. Playback uses this firmware’s instruments and control meanings. Saved music may sound different even if it opens. WaveLoop does not use the same check for allowed instruments. CHORD tracks do not use the CHORD instrument here. WaveLoop FM-1 reads chord preset P4: full synth project until you write over the saved data. Playback uses this firmware’s instruments and control meanings. Saved music may sound different even if it opens. WaveLoop does not use the same check for allowed instruments. CHORD tracks do not use the CHORD instrument here. WaveLoop FM-1 reads uploaded sample USR1 and optional SLICE markers until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you. WaveLoop FM-1 reads uploaded sample USR2 and optional SLICE markers until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sounds 1-16 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. The other firmware’s extra instrument is unavailable here. Its sounds appear empty. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sounds 17-32 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. The other firmware’s extra instrument is unavailable here. Its sounds appear empty.
  • SLOOP DX7 Banks: At risk by itself: section A; section D; settings, calibration, song order, synthesized drum kits and DX-bank setup. At risk by itself, under a condition: section B; section C; user sample USR3. At risk when you act: working loop; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2. After WaveLoop FM-1 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. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you.
  • FuMi-1: At risk by itself: FuMi-1 sound and playing setup. At risk when you act: FuMi-1 button and encoder calibration.
  • Jangada: At risk by itself: project 1; project 4; preferences, calibration and MIDI LEARN map. At risk by itself, under a condition: project 2; project 3; user samples USR3. At risk when you act: working music (autosave); user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32; user samples USR1; user samples USR2. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user samples USR1 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user samples USR2 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you.
  • ORBIT: At risk by itself: 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; other writes can also erase it); 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; other writes can also erase it); 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; other writes can also erase it); saved section D; working music 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; other writes can also erase it); settings, calibration, song order, SYN1-SYN4 kits and MIDI preferences. At risk by itself, under a condition: sample slot USR3; 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; other writes can also erase it); 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; other writes can also erase it). At risk when you act: sample slot USR1; sample slot USR2. WaveLoop FM-1 reads sample slot USR1 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you. WaveLoop FM-1 reads sample slot USR2 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you.
  • SLOOP Floyd FM: At risk by itself: song section A; song section D; settings, panel calibration and song order. At risk by itself, under a condition: song section B; song section C; user sample slot USR3. At risk when you act: the working loop kept by autosave; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample slot USR1 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample slot USR2 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you.
  • winampFM Synth: At risk by itself: section A (whole project); section D (whole project); settings, panel calibration, song order, SYN kits and MIDI. At risk by itself, under a condition: section B (whole project); section C (whole project); sample USR3. At risk when you act: working music kept by autosave; user sounds 1-16; user sounds 17-32; sample USR1; sample USR2. WaveLoop FM-1 reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you. WaveLoop FM-1 reads sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you.
  • Bubba Machine (beta): At risk by itself: sixteen six-track patterns (some or all lost); song order and four scenes (some or all lost). At risk by itself, under a condition: eight saved sampler takes (some or all lost); twelve uploaded sounds or DX7 banks (some or all lost); screen language pack. At risk when you act: system preferences and last pattern.
  • Felucca [Salt]: At risk by itself: screen preferences, calibration and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: project 1; project 2; project 3; project 4; user sample USR3. At risk when you act: user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate.
  • PIGEON: At risk by itself: saved pattern A; saved pattern D; preferences, MIDI LEARN and panel calibration. At risk by itself, under a condition: shared song and drum sample bank; saved pattern B; saved pattern C; the older FM6 patch bank PIGEON no longer uses; slice positions set by hand in the older format; user sample USR3 in the older format; older FM6 patches for user presets. At risk when you act: chops, drum-pad and performance edits; user sample USR1 in the older format; user sample USR2 in the older format; older user preset bank 1; older user preset bank 2. WaveLoop FM-1 reads older 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 user sample USR1 in the older format until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you. WaveLoop FM-1 reads user sample USR2 in the older format until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you. WaveLoop FM-1 reads older 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. WaveLoop FM-1 reads older 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. WaveLoop FM-1 reads preferences, MIDI LEARN and panel 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.
  • FM1 Move: At risk by itself: 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). At risk by itself, under a condition: sample slot USR3. At risk when you act: user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample slot USR1; sample slot USR2. WaveLoop FM-1 reads sample slot USR1 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you. WaveLoop FM-1 reads sample slot USR2 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you.
  • FM1 Quest: At risk by itself: song section A; song section D; settings, panel mapping, song order and Quest preferences/progress. At risk by itself, under a condition: song section B; song section C; sample USR3; Piano Hero P1; Piano Hero P2; Piano Hero P3; Piano Hero P4; Piano Hero P5; Piano Hero P6; FM Hero H1; FM Hero H2; FM Hero H3; FM Hero H4; FM Hero H5; FM Hero H6. At risk when you act: working music (autosave); sample USR2; user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1. WaveLoop FM-1 reads sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Only the first sample is stored in the same place. The other two sample slots use different storage.
  • 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 or how it stores saved work, so data may be lost even where we cannot confirm shared storage. Before switching, use export all on its Projects page to save every project and the autosave. Use Save a backup on Your own sounds too: project exports remember the sounds but leave out the audio. Use Save a safety copy on Your FM-1 for the banks, songs, autosave and samples. Keep these files on your computer. Sound banks, custom sounds, settings and crash reports may be lost.
• What the next firmware does to WaveLoop FM-1's data.
  • Stock V15: Possibly at risk: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32.
  • Baud Girl FM-1+VA: Possibly at risk: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32.
  • Felucca: At risk by itself: settings, calibration and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; slice positions you set for USR1; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. Shared settings can keep beta 2ND CORE turned on from an earlier Felucca session. If a sound calculation fails or takes too long, settings may be saved later. Felucca reads FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds until you write over the saved data. Changing a sound or its format can make its separate patch unavailable. WaveLoop also saves patches with DRUM sounds. Other firmware does not use them as WaveLoop drum patches. Felucca reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Felucca reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Felucca reads user sounds 1–16 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. Felucca reads user sounds 17–32 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. Felucca reads settings, calibration and favourites 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: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; slice positions you set for USR1; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. SLOOP reads user sample USR1 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 user sample USR2 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 user sounds 1–16 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 user sounds 17–32 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: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; user sounds 17–32; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: slice positions you set for USR1; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sample USR1; user sample USR2. 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 user sample USR1 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 user sample USR2 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: song 12; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32.
  • Melodee: At risk by itself: user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection. At risk when you act: user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2.
  • FoMni: At risk by itself: settings, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16.
  • AMB-1: At risk by itself: settings, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16.
  • ChoralRoot: At risk by itself: user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. ChoralRoot reads user sounds 1–16 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 user sounds 17–32 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: settings, calibration and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; slice positions you set for USR1; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2. GHOULBOX reads FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds until you write over the saved data. GHOULBOX reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. GHOULBOX reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data.
  • M-VAVE FM-1 Open: At risk by itself: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds. At risk when you act: user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; settings, calibration and favourites. 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, calibration and favourites. 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, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start. Carried over: user sample USR1 (Hortator uses its own one-shot sound engines, so saved loops and slices play differently); user sample USR2 (Hortator uses its own one-shot sound engines, so saved loops and slices play differently).
  • OberVave: At risk by itself: settings, calibration and favourites.
  • Polly: At risk by itself: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. 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: settings, calibration and favourites; user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2. At risk by itself, under a condition: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds. At risk when you act: song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. Skiff reads FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds 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 user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Skiff uses its own sound engines, so saved loops or slices can play differently. Skiff reads user sample USR2 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: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR2; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. sloopDX keeps stored but does not show user sounds 1–16 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 user sounds 17–32 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, calibration and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; slice positions you set for USR1; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. Rainbow Mode reads FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds until you write over the saved data. Changing a sound or its format can make its separate patch unavailable. WaveLoop also saves patches with DRUM sounds. Other firmware does not use them as WaveLoop drum patches. Rainbow Mode reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Rainbow Mode reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data. Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate. Rainbow Mode reads user sounds 1–16 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. Rainbow Mode reads user sounds 17–32 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.
  • DUELL beta: At risk by itself: settings, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sample USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. 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, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16.
  • MAKU: Carried over: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; settings, calibration and favourites.
  • Fart Machine One: At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16. 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, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; slice positions you set for USR1; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2. fm1-chord reads user sample USR1 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 user sample USR2 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: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; slice positions you set for USR1; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. SLOOP DX7 Banks reads user sample USR1 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 user sample USR2 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 user sounds 1–16 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 user sounds 17–32 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, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: user sounds 1–16.
  • Jangada: At risk by itself: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; slice positions you set for USR1; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2. Jangada reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Jangada reads user sample USR2 until you write over the saved data.
  • ORBIT: At risk by itself: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start. At risk when you act: slice positions you set for USR1; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2. ORBIT reads user sample USR1 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 user sample USR2 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: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; slice positions you set for USR1; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sample USR1; user sample USR2. Kept but not shown: user sounds 1–16 (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); user sounds 17–32 (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 user sample USR1 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 user sample USR2 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: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start. At risk when you act: slice positions you set for USR1; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. winampFM Synth reads user sample USR1 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 user sample USR2 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 user sounds 1–16 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 user sounds 17–32 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: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. At risk by itself, under a condition: song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12. At risk when you act: song order and selection.
  • Felucca [Salt]: At risk by itself: settings, calibration and favourites (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: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; slice positions you set for USR1; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sample USR1; user sample USR2. Kept but not shown: user sounds 1–16 (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); user sounds 17–32 (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 user sample USR1 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 user sample USR2 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, calibration and favourites. At risk by itself, under a condition: user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. PIGEON keeps stored but does not show FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds until you write over the saved data. Kept but not shown, for backups. PIGEON does not play these synth patches. PIGEON reads user sample USR1 until you write over the saved data. Sample audio can be read. Loops and slices may play differently. PIGEON reads user sample USR2 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 user sounds 1–16 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 user sounds 17–32 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, calibration and favourites until you write over the saved data. Shared preferences can mean different things. Choices this firmware cannot use are changed to ones it supports.
  • FM1 Move: At risk when you act: slice positions you set for USR1; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; settings, calibration and favourites; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. FM1 Move reads user sample USR1 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 user sample USR2 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 user sounds 1–16 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 user sounds 17–32 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: FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; settings, calibration and favourites. At risk when you act: song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32. 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 user sounds 1–16 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 user sounds 17–32 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, calibration and favourites; song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; song 4; song 5; song 6; song 7; song 8; song 9; song 10; song 11; song 12; song order and selection; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2. 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 WaveLoop FM-1's data: Felucca reads and uses WaveLoop FM-1's settings, calibration and favourites; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (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 also saves patches with DRUM sounds. Other firmware does not use them as WaveLoop drum patches; Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate); Felucca takes over WaveLoop FM-1's song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start, converting them (Playback uses this firmware’s instruments and control meanings. Saved music may sound different even if it opens. WaveLoop DRUM uses its stored FM6 patch differently. The page and chosen song from WaveLoop’s automatically saved session are not restored here); Felucca lists WaveLoop FM-1's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, 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); Rainbow Mode takes over WaveLoop FM-1's settings, calibration and favourites; song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start, converting them (These firmwares save settings and favourites in the same space. An edit here can change the other firmware’s choices; Playback uses this firmware’s instruments and control meanings. Saved music may sound different even if it opens. WaveLoop DRUM uses its stored FM6 patch differently. The page and chosen song from WaveLoop’s automatically saved session are not restored here); Rainbow Mode lists WaveLoop FM-1's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, 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); Rainbow Mode reads and uses WaveLoop FM-1's FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (Changing a sound or its format can make its separate patch unavailable. WaveLoop also saves patches with DRUM sounds. Other firmware does not use them as WaveLoop drum patches; Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate); Felucca [Salt] takes over WaveLoop FM-1's settings, calibration and favourites, 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 WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (Slice positions you set in SLICE stay hidden. This firmware has no storage for slice positions); SLOOP reads and uses WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (Audio loads only if it fits this slot. Sending to or erasing this slot replaces it); SLOOP DX7 Banks reads and uses WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (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 WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (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 WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1 (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 WaveLoop FM-1's settings, calibration and favourites; FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds, 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. It also changes WaveLoop DRUM sounds, so they stop using their saved controls for each drum); JIANT takes over WaveLoop FM-1's song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, 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 WaveLoop FM-1's settings, calibration and favourites, converting them (After ChoralRoot saves these settings, WaveLoop FM-1 cannot read the newer saved copy. It uses default preferences and panel calibration when you return); ChoralRoot lists WaveLoop FM-1's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, 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 WaveLoop FM-1's settings, calibration and favourites; song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, but plays them differently (WaveLoop’s controls for each drum are not restored, so drum tracks can sound different. Its larger song system is not imported); GHOULBOX reads and uses WaveLoop FM-1's FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR1; user sample USR2; fm1-chord takes over WaveLoop FM-1's settings, calibration and favourites; user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, 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 lists WaveLoop FM-1's song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start, but plays them differently (Loading a project does not promise identical sound. Chord presets also need their separately saved fm1-chord settings); fm1-chord reads and uses WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (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); 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; Jangada reads and uses WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1; user sample USR2; Skiff takes over WaveLoop FM-1's song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start, converting them (This changes how the project is stored and plays); Skiff lists WaveLoop FM-1's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, but plays them differently (The same saved sound format does not guarantee the same sound or pattern playback); Skiff reads and uses WaveLoop FM-1's FM6 patches and controls for each drum in user sounds; user sample USR1; slice positions you set for USR1; user sample USR2; slice positions you set for USR2 (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; Saved slice points alone do not keep the sample they use); Hortator lists WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1; user sample USR2, but plays them differently (Hortator uses its own one-shot sound engines, so saved loops and slices play differently); ORBIT takes over WaveLoop FM-1's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32, 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 WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules); PIGEON reads and uses WaveLoop FM-1's settings, calibration and favourites; user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (Shared preferences can mean different things. Choices this firmware cannot use are changed to ones it supports; Sample audio can be read. Loops and slices may play differently); PIGEON takes over WaveLoop FM-1's song 1; song 2; song 3; last session saved for the next start, converting them (Engines and sound controls mean different things. In PIGEON, sampler tracks replace the synth performance setup); winampFM Synth reads and uses WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules); FM1 Move reads and uses WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (Slice marks set by hand are not loaded. Loop modes follow this firmware's playback rules); X0X lists WaveLoop FM-1's user sample USR1; user sample USR2, 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 WaveLoop FM-1 reads of other firmwares' data: WaveLoop FM-1 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; WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses SLOOP's user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2; WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses X0X's break loops slot 1; break loops slot 2; WaveLoop FM-1 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; WaveLoop FM-1 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; WaveLoop FM-1 takes over Hortator's settings and panel calibration, converting them; WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses Hortator's user samples USR1; user samples USR2; WaveLoop FM-1 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; WaveLoop FM-1 lists sloopDX's user presets 1–16; user presets 17–32, 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. Some sounds play as a different instrument: SLOOP FM6 and Floyd sounds can become PHYS, SLOOP FM6 sounds using algorithm 4 can become DRUM, SLOOPDX sounds become ANALOG, and Quest SLICE sounds can become PHYS); WaveLoop FM-1 takes over Rainbow Mode's Felucca preferences, calibration and favourites; Rainbow WRITE song, greeting name, hat, volume limit and look-alikes; your old FM6 bank (B1–B27), converting them (These firmwares save settings and favourites in the same space. An edit here can change the other firmware’s choices; If a valid current bank of FM6 patches for your sounds remains, the older bank is not changed to the new format); WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses Rainbow Mode's 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 (Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question; Changing a sound or its format can make its separate patch unavailable); 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); WaveLoop FM-1 lists 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; user sounds 1-16; user sounds 17-32, but plays them differently (Playback uses this firmware’s instruments and control meanings. Saved music may sound different even if it opens. WaveLoop does not use the same check for allowed instruments. CHORD tracks do not use the CHORD instrument here; Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question. The other firmware’s extra instrument is unavailable here. Its sounds appear empty); WaveLoop FM-1 takes over fm1-chord's FM6 bank B1-B27, converting them (If a valid bank of FM6 patches for your sounds from another firmware remains, the older bank is not changed to the new format at start-up); WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses fm1-chord's uploaded sample USR1 and optional SLICE markers; uploaded sample USR2 and optional SLICE markers (Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate; Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you); WaveLoop FM-1 lists SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sounds 1–16; user sounds 17–32; user sample USR1; user sample USR2, 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. Some sounds play as a different instrument: SLOOP FM6 and Floyd sounds can become PHYS, SLOOP FM6 sounds using algorithm 4 can become DRUM, SLOOPDX sounds become ANALOG, and Quest SLICE sounds can become PHYS; Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different); WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses SLOOP DX7 Banks's user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you); WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses Jangada's user samples USR1; user samples USR2 (Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate; Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you); WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses ORBIT's sample slot USR1; sample slot USR2 (Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate; Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you); WaveLoop FM-1 lists SLOOP Floyd FM's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2, 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. Some sounds play as a different instrument: SLOOP FM6 and Floyd sounds can become PHYS, SLOOP FM6 sounds using algorithm 4 can become DRUM, SLOOPDX sounds become ANALOG, and Quest SLICE sounds can become PHYS; Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different); WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses SLOOP Floyd FM's user sample slot USR1; user sample slot USR2 (Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you); WaveLoop FM-1 lists winampFM Synth's user sounds 1-16; user sounds 17-32; sample USR1; sample USR2, 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. Some sounds play as a different instrument: SLOOP FM6 and Floyd sounds can become PHYS, SLOOP FM6 sounds using algorithm 4 can become DRUM, SLOOPDX sounds become ANALOG, and Quest SLICE sounds can become PHYS; Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different); WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses winampFM Synth's sample USR1; sample USR2 (Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you); WaveLoop FM-1 takes over Felucca [Salt]'s project 1; project 2; project 3; project 4, converting them (Playback uses this firmware’s instruments and control meanings. Saved music may sound different even if it opens); WaveLoop FM-1 lists Felucca [Salt]'s user sounds U01-U16; user sounds U17-U32, but plays them differently (Salt’s DRAWBAR sounds use the instrument number this firmware uses for WHEEL, so they play as a different instrument. Saving also keeps the format changes made to the bank when it loaded); WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses Felucca [Salt]'s user sample USR1; user sample USR2 (Only data in this sample slot is read. Other saved work is separate); WaveLoop FM-1 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 (These firmwares save settings and favourites in the same space. An edit here can change the other firmware’s choices; Only sounds this firmware can read will play. Saving into a slot it cannot read can replace it without an overwrite question; 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; Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you); WaveLoop FM-1 takes over PIGEON's older FM6 patch bank PIGEON no longer uses, converting them (If a valid current bank of FM6 patches for your sounds remains, the older bank is not changed to the new format); WaveLoop FM-1 lists FM1 Move's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample slot USR1; sample slot USR2, 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. Some sounds play as a different instrument: SLOOP FM6 and Floyd sounds can become PHYS, SLOOP FM6 sounds using algorithm 4 can become DRUM, SLOOPDX sounds become ANALOG, and Quest SLICE sounds can become PHYS; Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different); WaveLoop FM-1 reads and uses FM1 Move's sample slot USR1; sample slot USR2 (Saved samples may have no slice positions set by you); WaveLoop FM-1 lists FM1 Quest's user sounds U01–U16; user sounds U17–U32; sample USR1, 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. Some sounds play as a different instrument: SLOOP FM6 and Floyd sounds can become PHYS, SLOOP FM6 sounds using algorithm 4 can become DRUM, SLOOPDX sounds become ANALOG, and Quest SLICE sounds can become PHYS; Playback follows this firmware’s loop rules. The other firmware’s extra loop modes may sound different. Only the first sample is stored in the same place. The other two sample slots use different storage). 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.

SETLIST overwrite can replace a different song

The fork guide describes saving the selected setlist song. When the selected extended song is already occupied, accepting OVERWRITE opens NAME for A, B, C or recovery D instead; only initial saves into empty entries, renaming and quiet-time saving retain the full extended destination. Docs · Source.

MiniLab previous and next song under CH1-4

The controller guide assigns previous/next song to channel 16 while its setup selects CH1-4 routing. The routing filter drops those channel-16 control messages before the song handler; they can work with ROUT SEL, while the dedicated Stop, Play, Record and Tap controls bypass that filter. Docs · Source.

Uploaded sample count

The inherited engine list offers three uploaded sample slots. This fork has two sample slots; the third slot’s former area now holds extended songs and setlist order. Docs · Source.

Saved projects and recovery

The inherited overview counts four projects. The fork adds nine project slots and a twelve-entry setlist that excludes D, which is used for recovery; the old PROJECT page can still save an ordinary D and thereby block quiet-time saving. Docs · Source.

Automatic saving is conditional

FORK.md presents automatic saving broadly, while the MiniLab guide explicitly reserves project 4 for recovery and documents the ordinary-project block and its warning message. Controller guide. An existing readable ordinary D makes the poll return before saving songs, order or recovery or carrying out queued song loads; silence and an unchanged state are also required. Docs · Source.

Full backup omits hand-set sample markers

The fork advertises full backups. Sample export ends after its header and audio, while hand-set SLICE markers sit in its final sector beyond that exported audio, so the full-backup file does not protect those markers. Docs · Source.

• Button identities follow the source panel table and calibration path, and alternate builds that change compile-time engine flags are outside this release map.
• The precise sound of newer Felucca parameter values imported through shared user records is not established by matching storage shapes.

Mapped from ELI7VH/Felucca at 1.0.5.2-midi23 (7bce760), 2026-10-17. An independent checker found zero errors in round 4 (2026-10-17). Each control entry is grounded in that release’s source, with file and line references in [waveloop.json](waveloop.json).

WaveLoop FM-1 is GPL-3.0-only, by ELI7VH with Felucca by Leo Kuroshita / Hügelton Instruments and the credited contributors. This is an independent guide in Les’s own words, not affiliated with the firmware authors, M-VAVE or Arturia; no firmware or source figures are rehosted here.