FM-1 firmware · 1.1.0
XMOD
A MOD and XM tracker that plays, edits and saves FastTracker 2 and ProTracker songs on the FM-1, with a browser song manager.
- Made by
- Kot Morderca
- Released
- October 29, 2026
- Install
- On the FM-1 Firmware Hub · source on GitHub
- Scan
- Scanned, nothing harmful found · Oct 31 What we checked
- Last checked
- October 31, 2026
What XMOD does
- XMOD turns the FM-1 into a MOD and XM tracker playing FastTracker 2 and ProTracker songs on up to 32 channels.
- A ProTracker mode for MODs adds Amiga panning, the A500 and LED filters, and adjustable stereo separation.
- You write patterns in the editor with one knob per field for instrument, volume, effect and parameter.
- Notes come from the keys with the PRESETS instrument, and the cursor moves by the edit step you set.
- SEL selects a block and ARP clears, copies or pastes it, with 2048 changes of undo on EDIT+SAVE.
- Instruments carry volume and panning envelopes, and samples have forward or ping-pong loops, volume, panning and finetune.
- Flash holds up to 32 songs in 608 KB, saved, renamed and deleted from the SAVE page.
- Over USB the FM-1 sends MIDI clock and transport, takes transport and notes in, and works as an audio input.
Its modes
- HOME
- Edit the pattern with 4 channels on screen, or press again for 8.
- SEQ
- Set the order list and song settings, and press again for the pattern list.
- SAVE
- Load, save, create, rename and delete the songs kept in flash and the built-in ones.
- FX
- Read effect help for the effect under the cursor and put a chosen effect in the cell.
- GLO
- Mix the channels with meters, mute and solo, global volume, speed, BPM and amplification.
- ENV
- Shape the instrument's volume and panning envelopes, with loop and sustain points and fadeout.
- LFO
- Set a sample's loop start and length, volume, panning, finetune and loop type.
What Les checked
XMOD v1.2.0Scanned October 31, 2026
What we checked for
- The file is exactly the one its author published
- It's the same file we saw when this release first came out
- It opens cleanly as an FM-1 firmware, nothing damaged
- It doesn't show up on your computer as a keyboard, mouse or other input device
- It doesn't show up as a USB drive or network adapter
- Its text mentions no computer command tools, like PowerShell, Terminal or a download command
What we found
- MIDI and audio, as expected
- A serial port, which many FM-1 firmwares keep for debugging. It can't type into your computer.
StatusScanned, nothing harmful found
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