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fm1-emu

Emulator for the M-VAVE FM-1 pocket synth: runs its firmwares unchanged in the browser and natively.

  • Completely free
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

fm1-emu is a console and retro computer emulator.

Features described in its GitHub repository: audio plugins (VST, LV2…) and MIDI support.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Emulator for the M-VAVE FM-1 pocket synth: runs its firmwares unchanged in the browser and natively” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “This project emulates the FM-1 itself, its CPU, screen, keys, knobs and audio, so every one of those firmwares runs unchanged in a browser, on a computer or as an instrument plugin in a DAW (AU, VST3).” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Play it: joakimeriksson.github.io/fm1-emu: pick a firmware, press Start, play with the computer keyboard, the mouse, a touch screen or a MIDI keyboard.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of fm1-emu is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 7 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub joakimeriksson/fm1-emu (MIT)

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