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Buy · Groove OS

Pay once. Make music.

Groove OS turns your M-VAVE FM-1 into a groovebox. Build beats, sample your own sounds, mix your tracks and play them live. Pay $29 once, including Groove OS 1.4 and 2.x updates.

Already own it? Update to 2.0 It's included, and your songs and sounds stay.

“…a full-fledged groovebox that fits in your pocket.”

SYNTH ANATOMY(opens in a new tab) ·

Fig. 1 · Groove OS

$29Once.

  • Pay once. No subscription. It stays yours.
  • 1.4 and 2.x updates. Included. Later major versions are not included.
  • From the browser: Chrome or Edge over USB. Nothing to download.
  • Ways back: 1.4, or M-VAVE's original firmware (V15 or V16), goes back on from the same page. Your projects and samples are saved first.

Groove OS goes onto the account for the email you pay with, so use the one you log in with. Have an account? Log in first.

Secure payment by Stripe. Your receipt is kept on your account page.

Questions? pepegombos@gmail.com

Already own it? Update to 2.0

Fig. 2 · Groove OS on the FM-1: TRACKS, eight lanes

What you get

Firmware
Groove OS 2.0 for the M-VAVE FM-1: a sampler, tracks and steps, drum kits, keys, a stage for playing live, and projects
Your own sounds
Record anything on the FM-1 itself or from your phone, chop it across the pads and play it in your beat
Sounds
A sound pack for every genre, added to your FM-1 from the Sounds page
Learn
Five short courses on the FM-1 itself, offline, from your first groove to sampling your own sound and playing it live
Installer
In this browser over USB, in about 3 minutes. Every part is checked as it is written
Updates
Groove OS 1.4 and 2.x updates, installed from the same page, and what you made stays
Rescue
If Groove OS can't start, the FM-1 shows GROOVE OS RESCUE and waits for the Install page
Requires
An M-VAVE FM-1 on firmware V15 or V16 (or on Groove OS; the page handles other firmware too), a USB data cable, and Chrome or Edge on a computer

After you buy

  1. Step 1

    Buy.

    Pay once on Stripe. Groove OS goes onto your account, with Groove OS 1.4 and 2.x updates.

  2. Step 2

    Install.

    Connect the FM-1 with a USB cable and install from Chrome or Edge, in about 3 minutes.

  3. Step 3

    Play.

    It starts into Groove OS 2.0 on a clean page. First Groove, a course on the FM-1 itself, builds your first beat from silence in about 10 minutes.

Not sure yet? Try it in your browser first: the same code as on the FM-1, played from your keyboard.