M-VAVE
A budget music-gear maker, best known for inexpensive MIDI controllers, footswitches, and audio interfaces sold well below the established brands. The FM-1 pocket FM synth (2026) is its move into sound generation: a six-operator, DX7-class FM engine at ~$75–100. M-VAVE’s angle across its catalogue is the same one the FM-1 embodies — established capability at a budget price and a portable form factor, the low-cost hardware pole against the boutique makers (analogue-solutions, cyma-forma) this spoke started with.