M-VAVE FM-1 (TRIBE 0.3-beta) MIDI CC chart, NRPN and OSC map¶

The M-VAVE FM-1 MIDI implementation: 2 SysEx commands, each named, for Claude (MCP), SuperCollider or any OSC app.

Device	M-VAVE FM-1
Vendor	M-VAVE
OSC prefix	`/fm1_tribe`
Source	📘 From the manufacturer's documentation
Firmware	tribe-0.3-beta
Revision	TRIBE 0.3-beta (alternative firmware by apiel)
Upstream	vendor-doc
Driver file	`devices/m-vave/fm-1.vendor.fw-tribe-0.3-beta.json`

Not tested on the device yet

This driver comes from documentation or community data and has not been checked on real hardware. If you own one, a quick test and a pull request promoting it helps everyone — see CONTRIBUTING.

Other versions of the M-VAVE FM-1 (93)

stock firmware V15 · stock firmware V16 · 386DX 1.0.2 · AMB-1 1.3 · BEETLE 1.4.25 · Bunker Evolved 1.0.0 · Bytemania 1.2.0 · Carnac OS 0.9.3 · Chipbox 1.2.4 · ChoralRoot 0.26.1 · fm1-chord 0.3 · Clipper 1.1-experimental · CoralFlower 0.5 · CS-1 2026.10.22 · CTL-1 1.0 · Cut-A-Dor 1.2.1 · Dinghy 0.4 · DRIFT 0.8 · DUB-1 1.3.0 · DUELL 1.0 · Evander's Music Box 1.5.2 · ETCH 1.61 · Fart Machine One 1.1.0 · Felucca 1.6.1 · Felucca [Salt] 0.9-salt14 · Felucca 8 Patterns 1.6.1_and_sequences · FiMba-1 0.6.1 · Flyfish 1.0.1-4e5efb8 · FM-106 Beta4 · FM1-GM 1.0.2 · FMEL-1 1.0 · FMini-1 1.8.0 · FOMAJAM 0.1.6 · FoMni 0.4 · FRASIL 1.0 · Frodhes 0.9.4 · FuMi-1 1.1.0 · Pocket GammaWave 1.0-GW · GHOULBOX 2.3.2 · Golana 1.2 · Golana DZ Edition 0.1.0-beta · GR!MM 1.0 · HERA 1.1 · Hortator 0.23.3 · HYP-1 1.5.54 · Jangada 1.0.1 · JIANT FM 0.9.9-beta4a-813869d · KAWA 0.5 · Ketch 0.1-beta · LOOM-8 0.7 · MAKU 1.0 · MC-1 1.2.0 · Melodee 1.4.5 · MIN-1 0.2.1 · Mini-Tone 1.0.2 · MODELAR 0.3 · MONK-1 0.9.1 · MORPHEUS 1.0.0 · Mutable Dreams 1.0 · MYCELIUM 1.0-test · Niagara Drift 0.2 · No Man Sky FM 0.5 · NOIZ DEMONS 666 · OberVave 3.0.1 · FM1 Open V14 · OPN-1 2.0.0 · ORBIT 0.7.1 · PIGEON 0.5.0-beta.1 · Polly 0.5 · PurpleMonkey 0.11 · FM1 Quest 38 · Rainbow Mode 1.1.5-rb · Shine On 3.0.1 · FM-1 SID 0.1 · SID-1 1.0.0 · SIDOU 0.3.1 · Skiff 1.4 · SLOOP 2.8.1 · SLOOP ALG ALG05-TEST · SLOOP DX7 Banks 2.5-b28-test · SLOOP Floyd FM 2.4 · sloopDX 4.0 · Tessera 2.0.1 · Tonitor 2026.10.23 · Tuna 1.0-fbc56d3 · Unholy Union 0.2.3 · Vector37 0.3.2 · WaveLoop FM-1 1.0.5.2-midi23 · winampFM Synth 0.12 · X0X 1.1.0 · X0X-RMX 1.1.0 · ZEN-1 1.2 · zp12 2.5

Try it in your browser

Play a virtual FM-1 with any of its community firmwares: M-VAVE FM-1.

How do you control it?¶

Find the MIDI ports, then start the bridge with this driver:

osc-bridge detect        # prints the ready-to-run line for what is plugged in
osc-bridge run --device devices/m-vave/fm-1.vendor.fw-tribe-0.3-beta.json --out-port <N> --in-port <M>

Then send OSC to 127.0.0.1:7777, for example:

osc-bridge osc-send /fm1_tribe/system/info

From Claude or any MCP client, the osc-bridge mcp server exposes this driver as fm1_tribe: ask “what can the M-VAVE FM-1 do?” and it reads this map with list_routes. See the MCP guide.

SysEx commands (2)¶

OSC address	Arguments
`/fm1_tribe/system/info`
`/fm1_tribe/system/identify`

Performance MIDI¶

Notes, pitch bend and any CC are also available: /fm1_tribe/note/on <note> <velocity>, /fm1_tribe/cc/<number> <value>, /fm1_tribe/pitchbend <0-16383>, /fm1_tribe/program_change <n>.

Limitations¶

TRIBE 0.3-beta by apiel (GPL-3.0), a groovebox firmware for the FM-1. No musical MIDI at all: the built unit (x0x.c includes tribe/*.c, not app/engine.c or app/editor.c) never reads the MIDI input queue; app/engine.c and app/editor.c are dead X0X copies; docs/SPEC.md: 'MIDI deferred'; NOTE.md: 'TODO midi'; No editor protocol in the build, so no INFO. Channels: none (MIDI input queued by USB/TRS drivers but never consumed). Pitch bend: ignored. Aftertouch: ignored. Clock: none (no clock in or out in the built code). MIDI out: none (plat_midi_out never called from tribe/). NRPN: none. SysEx `F0 00 32 45`: M-VAVE update protocol only (SysEx frames go to ota_service). SysEx `F0 22 24 35 7D F7`: UBOOT soft key: reboots to mask ROM. SysEx `F0 7D 46 4C`: absent in the build (app/editor.c not compiled). SysEx `F0 43`: absent. Identity: Vendor identify: dev FM-1_900; release FM-1_9XXYYZZ, so 0.3-beta -> FM-1_9000300 (tools/build.py:55,355-368). No editor INFO. No Universal Identity. USB manufacturer 'X0X', product 'X0X FM-1' (unchanged from X0X, firmware/src/usb.c:211-217). It reads no CC.

Frequently asked questions¶

Can an AI agent like Claude control the M-VAVE FM-1?

Yes: SynthHub's hosted MCP server knows the M-VAVE FM-1's MIDI map, and its browser relay lets the agent send it parameter changes or load a sound, each sound change confirmed by you.