Ambient instrument / M-VAVE FM-10.8 · Open beta

DRIFT

Classic sounds.
Patterns that stay with you.

An ambient instrument for live sessions. Warm synths, spacious pads and delicate plucks, with a generative Euclidean sequencer. One track. Room to explore.

Play in your browser Install on FM-1

DRIFT's SEQUENCE 2 screen with four pattern controls and a minimal piano roll — REAL FIRMWARE SCREEN / 240 × 240PNG ↓

01Playable track

08Polyphonic voices

21Factory patches

03User sample slots

01 / The instrument

A small setup.
A wide sound.

Shape a sound.

Two oscillators, a resonant filter and ADSR. Add movement with an assignable LFO. Explore classic synths, soft pads, plucks and a warm sub bass. Keep your favourites close.

Find a pattern.

Choose a root, scale and range. Set the loop in bars and spread its notes evenly. Direction, interval, chaos and timing reshape the sequence. It repeats until you change a setting.

Give it space.

Classic, Ping Pong and Reverse delay. Room, Spring, Hall, Space, Shimmer and Submarine reverb. Three FX pages keep sends, space and character within reach.

Six-row patch list — 01 / PATCHES
Save, favourite, overwrite and delete.

ADSR controls and envelope graph — 02 / ENVELOPE
Four controls. One clear shape.

Scale page showing root, scale and note range — 03 / SCALE
A musical range for every pattern.

02 / Get DRIFT

Play. Install.
Make it yours.

Firmware 0.8FM-1 update package · .fwsc · identity FM-1_983 Complete source codeFirmware, engines, web tools, website, build scripts and licences · ZIP Offline release bundleFirmware, source, webplayer, documentation and test logs · ZIP

Free and open source under GPL-3.0-only. Version 0.8 is an experimental release. Software checks are included; hardware installation and recovery tests for this exact release are still pending. Read the test status and compatibility notes before installing.

Checksums Load your own samples Read the manual

03 / Start here

From browser
to instrument.

01 — Try it.

The webplayer runs DRIFT's synthesis and screen code in your browser. Start audio, pick a patch and play. No FM-1 needed. Browser patches stay in that browser.

02 — Install it.

Use desktop Chrome or Edge and a USB data cable. Back up your work, open the installer and allow MIDI access. Keep the FM-1 connected until installation completes.

03 — Play it.

HOME selects patches; PLAY starts the pattern. ARP and SEQ shape it. SELECT sets tempo and ALGORITHM controls the low-pass filter. Start at 80 BPM and take your time.