Lunar ModulatorUser Manual
Lunar Modulator: INTERGALACTIC MODULATION STATION

Lunar Modulator

INTERGALACTIC MODULATION STATION

User Manual

Open firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1

Nothing here runs on an FM-1 yet

Lunar Modulator is being built and tested on computers first. You can play it today in the browser simulator, and the desktop tools render its sounds. Do not try to install it on an FM-1: no firmware exists for the device yet, and chapter 1 explains why nothing will be offered until the device can be restored safely.

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Generated on 2026-10-07 from commit 64209e3.

Contents

  1. 1Welcome and safetyWhat Lunar Modulator is, what you can use today, and the one rule that keeps it off the FM-1 for now.
  2. 2Getting startedPlay the browser simulator, render sounds with the desktop tools, and what runs on the device.
  3. 3Panel tourEvery knob, button, key and connector, and what Lunar Modulator does with it.
  4. 4PlayingKeys and voices, velocity, octave and transpose, pitch bend, MIDI input and the arpeggiator.
  5. 5Sound enginesMacro, Macro Heavy, Six-Op FM, FM6, Shapes, Sophie, Drums, Acid Bass, Comet Kit, Crater Kit, Drawbar, Trio, Phase Bend and Test Sine, with every parameter, and four sounds at once.
  6. 6EffectsEvery effect, two inserts on each sound and two on the master bus, the mix, the memory meter and the limiter.
  7. 7SequencerSteps, parameter locks, conditions, swing, clips, scenes, recording, Capture, tracks and routing.
  8. 8ModulationThe rack of LFOs, envelopes and other modules, the cables, and the gesture that makes them.
  9. 9MIDIWhat Lunar Modulator receives and sends over MIDI.
  10. 10Settings and storageThe global page, and how sounds and patterns are kept.
  11. 11Updating and recoveryWhy nothing is installed yet, the recovery dongle, and the firmware your FM-1 has now.
  12. 12TroubleshootingSymptoms and remedies for the simulator and the desktop tools.
  13. 13SpecificationsThe instrument and the firmware in figures.
  14. 14Credits and licencesWhose work Lunar Modulator builds on, and the terms.
  15. 15The advanced editorThe editor in the browser simulator: the flow, sounds and effects, the modulation table and its patch-bay Map, files, memory and undo, and how to reach it by keyboard and on a phone.
  16. GlossaryThe terms this manual uses.
  17. Index of controlsEvery control, with the sections that describe it.