Lapin/awesome-music-gear-firmware

A curated list of custom firmware for music gear, plus software mods, tools and research. For physical mods and add-ons, see Awesome Music Gear Mods.

• Ableton
  • Move
  • Push 3 Standalone
• Akai
  • MPC Live, One, X, Key and Force
  • MPC500
  • MPC1000 and MPC2500
  • MPC2000 and MPC2000XL
  • MPC3000
• Arturia
  • BeatStep and BeatStep Pro
  • KeyStep and KeyStep Pro
  • MicroBrute and MiniBrute
  • MicroFreak and MiniFreak
• Behringer
• Casio
• Critter & Guitari
• Dirtywave
• Elektron
  • Analog Rytm
  • Digitakt
  • Digitone
  • Machinedrum
  • Model:Cycles
  • Monomachine
  • Octatrack
  • Syntakt
• Korg
  • logue SDK devices
  • Volca
  • Prophecy
  • SQ-64
• M-VAVE
  • FM-1
  • SMK-37
• Mutable Instruments
• Novation
  • Circuit
  • Circuit Tracks
  • Launchpad
• Polyend
• Roland
  • SP-404MKII
  • SP-404, SP-404SX and SP-404A
  • AIRA Compact
  • Boutique
  • MC-101 and MC-707
  • TR-8S
• Rossum Electro-Music
  • SP-1200
• Sequential
• Synthstrom
• Teenage Engineering
  • EP-133 K.O. II
  • OP-1 and OP-1 Field
  • OP-XY
  • OP-Z
  • Pocket Operators
  • SP-1 Stem Player
• Torso
• Yamaha
• Zoom
  • MultiStomp
• 1010music
• Communities
• Related lists

• Schwung - Framework that runs custom synths, effects and tools next to the stock Move software.
• Schwung installer - Installer for Schwung.
• Schwung catalog - Browsable catalog of Schwung modules.
• Move Anything - The original framework for running your own code on the Move.
• extending-move - On-device web server for set restore, preset editing and kit generation.
• schwung-rnbo - Run Max RNBO exports on the Move.
• Movy - Elektron-style knob UI and 16-track step sequencer.
• dAVEBOx - 8-track MIDI sequencer with a browser editor.
• Taktile - 16-track groovebox module.
• Moveforge - Build Schwung modules in C or Faust, with browser preview.
• schwung-jv880 - JV-880 emulation module. Bring your own ROMs.
• schwung-monomodule - Monomachine emulation module.
• ableton-move-lab - Run the Move software in Docker or on a Raspberry Pi 4.
• ableton-move-hacks - Notes on SSH access and the hardware buses.
• move-set-manager - Set manager.
• schwung-303 - TB-303 emulation with Devilfish mods and neural overdrive.
• 9W9 - 909 drum module.
• schwung-organelle - Run Organelle Pure Data patches on the Move.
• M8 LPP Emulator - Use the Move as an M8 controller.
• Schwung-Eloquence - Eloquence voice for the Schwung screen reader.
• schwung-spi - Library that intercepts the Move's link to its hardware.

• Push Hack - Extensible hack framework, inspired by Schwung.
• push-hack-installer - Installer for Push Hack.
• push-dev-tools - SSH setup, reverse engineering notes and kernel modules.
• push3-standalone-app-example - Example and dev container for AbletonOS apps.
• Tiny-Push-Utility - Manage third-party apps.
• puxenia - Waldorf XT and Monomachine emulations, through Push Hack.
• push-hack-braids - Standalone Braids synth.
• push-hack-audio-loopback - Send audio from other processes into Live.

• MPC-LiveXplore - SSH and bootstrap images, hacks and a wiki for MPC and Force units.
• MockbaMod - Force mod that runs on the factory firmware, with add-ons and apps from the SD card.
• MPC-Force-SSH-Firmwares - Official MPC and Force firmware with SSH and mouse control enabled.
• MPCLiveXplore-libs - Libraries for modded units, including a MIDI and button remapper.
• MPC-LiveXplore-bootstrap - Boot-time customisation scripts from SD card.
• akai_standalone_remap - Remap buttons with double taps, long presses and Shift layers.
• mpc-vst-plugins - Catalog and tooling for native VST2 plugins on MPC OS.
• mpc-vst-machinedrum - Machinedrum engine as a native plugin.
• Granola OpenMPC - Boot an MPC One straight into a granular synth.
• Forcemodding - How to cross-compile your own apps for the Force.
• MPC-One-Control-Mode-MIDI-Protocol - Control mode MIDI protocol notes.
• MPCProjectManager - Project file manager.
• Plugin Manager - Install, update and remove plugins from the MPC screen.
• mpc-vst-monomodule - Monomachine emulation as a native plugin.
• mpc-vst-jv880 - JV-880 emulation as a native plugin. Bring your own ROMs.
• LXRXXL - Sonic Potions LXR drum engine as a native plugin.
• Tributary - Play Elektron Overbridge audio on an MPC track over USB.
• Force Link Audio - Stream Force audio over the network as a Link Audio channel.

• Open500 - Loader and add-ons: auto chop, grid sequencer, master effects.

• MPC Maid - Program editor. Also MPC500.
• mpc1k-seq - Sequence file utility.

• mpc2000_2000xl_mod_pack - Eight firmware mods: tune range, transpose, mute groups, folders and more.
• vmpc-juce - MPC2000XL emulator as standalone and plugin.
• mpc2000xl-emulator - MAME-based emulator that boots your own OS file.
• akaifat - Library for Akai FAT disks.
• pyMPC2000xl - Read and write .PGM and .SND files.
• mpc-2000-floppy-extractor - Extract files from floppies.

• MPC3K-VST - MPC3000 emulator plugin that boots your own firmware.

• beatstep-analysis - Early work toward custom BeatStep firmware.
• beatstep-cli - Control the BeatStep over SysEx.
• beatstep-pro-handler - Read and write every BeatStep Pro setting over SysEx.

• keystep37-research - Firmware research and patch tools, with an extra generator mode.
• keystep37-mod-1-public - Firmware reverse engineering notes.
• KeyStepProPlus - Convert KeyStep Pro projects to and from MIDI.

• MicroDude - Linux editor for settings and sequences.
• midi2mbseq - Convert MIDI files to MicroBrute sequences.

• FreakSwap - Swap a MicroFreak engine for a Plaits-derived one.
• freakout - Preset, wavetable and sample tools over USB.
• microfreak-reverse - SysEx reverse engineering notes.
• managefreak - Preset manager.
• minifreak_sample_conv - Load your own samples on the MiniFreak.
• SuperFreaker (external) - Patcher that adds effects, controls and shortcuts to your own firmware.
• freakpatch - Patch your own MicroFreak update file, with firmware notes.

• Neutron alternate firmware - Replacement firmware with poly LFO, hard sync and waveshaping. Abandoned.
• ConfiguratorModelD - Change the Model D's hidden settings.
• RD-6 Scatter - RD-6 firmware with live Roll, Ratchet, Slice and Cut effects, playback directions and a mute and roll mode, installed from a browser updater. Experimental.

• MoSKito - SK-1 reimplementation.

• stereopsis - Faster engine and new modes for the EYESY.

• m8c - Display client for the M8 and the headless build.
• rm8 - Display client in Rust.
• m8c-rpi4 - Raspberry Pi 4 headless build.
• TrackerKB - Self-contained headless build with keyboard.
• m8-js - Library and CLI for M8 files.
• m8emu - Run the M8 Headless firmware on Linux and ARM64 handhelds.

• elekloader - Mod loader that builds a custom OS from your stock OS. Digitakt, Digitone, Octatrack.
• elektron-firmware-tool - Inspect, verify and rebuild OS .syx containers.
• Elektroid - Sample and SysEx manager for most Elektron devices.
• Overwitch - Multitrack Overbridge audio on Linux.
• Modwerk - Module SDK and web builder for firmware mods, starting with the Octatrack.
• ghidra-dsp56300 - Ghidra module for the DSP56300 used in several Elektron devices.

• rytm1_mods - Per-track low and high cut, euclid accents, velocity humanise. MK1.
• rytm-builder - Build projects from pattern and kit sysex dumps.
• libanalogrytm - Read and write Analog Rytm sysex.
• Chopshop - Browser firmware builder for Rytm and Analog Keys mods, including a chop mode.
• rytm-mods-src - Source for MrScruff's firmware mods. MKII.
• rytm-fw-re - OS container, boot and display notes, plus a from-source firmware. MKII.
• analog-rytm-mkii-research - Reverse engineering workspace with a QEMU machine. MKII.

• digisophie - Four-mode percussive synth machine. Mk1.
• digistring - Karplus-Strong plucked string machine. Mk1.
• DigiFilter - Extra filter modes: BP, BP2, COMB, TRASH. Mk1.
• DigiSplash - Custom boot animations. Also Digitone.
• digiemu - Emulator that runs your own OS behind a clickable panel. Also Digitone.
• digikit - Emulator and analysis tools for Digitakt II and Digitone II.
• digitakt-ii-firmware-research - Architecture notes for Digitakt II.
• digi-roll - Browser piano roll over SysEx. Digitakt II, Digitone II.
• screendump - Capture the screen over MIDI.
• digi1_mods - Synth machines, LFO matrix, scope, tuner, EQ and polyphony. Mk1.
• digislicer - Slice machine with auto-slicing. Mk1.
• DT-FM - Four-operator FM machine. Mk1.
• Digidrum - Machinedrum machines, starting with TRX. Mk1.
• digigrain - Granular playback machine. Mk1.
• digineighbor - Neighbor machine that plays another track's audio. Mk1.
• digihealth - Lower DSP load and a system info readout. Mk1, also Digitone.
• digirta - Octave-band analyzer. Mk1.
• DigiCandy - Full-screen image overlay on a key combo. Mk1.
• digitakt2-perform - Faster perform kit toggle and kept track levels. Digitakt II.
• dt2-machine-lab - Build custom machines, including a Plaits port. Digitakt II.
• DigiSplash-II - Custom boot animations. Digitakt II.

• digitables - M8-style pitch tables with an editor. Mk1.
• Tone+FX - Master effects: ring mod, EQ, lo-fi, wavefolder. Mk1.
• DigiCosm - Microcosm-style effects for the inputs. Mk1.
• DigiChroma - Chroma Console-style effects for the inputs. Mk1.
• dn2_firmware_explore - OS mods such as a fourth LFO, new arp modes and LFO waves, applied in the browser, plus rebuild tools. Digitone II.
• dn2-cfw - Research and tools, with a flanger on the DSP. Digitone II.

• ems-machinedrum-firmware - Per-track lengths, speeds and trig conditions.
• MCL - Firmware for the MegaCommand, a sequencer add-on built around the Machinedrum.
• Kitbasher - Add new machines to the OS in the browser.
• Machinedrum Kit - Firmware format and DSP voice docs for building machines.
• MDS - Load custom machines into MDX 2.0 over SysEx.
• murdenihcam USR machines - Custom machines for MDX.
• gearmulator-md-mm - Machinedrum and Monomachine emulation plugins. Bring your own OS.

• Modded-Cycles - Browser mod picker: 6-channel USB audio, Syntakt engines, sampler.
• Supermodel Edition - Modded-Cycles fork with a 909-style kit, wavetable machine, scale sequence generator, chord keys and a second LFO.
• Model-TG - Sampler machine, resampling and beat repeat.
• model-tweaks - Firmware mods with a web flasher. Also Model:Samples.
• ms-multi-output - Six channels of USB audio. Also Model:Samples.
• plaits-on-models - Plaits engines as a new machine.

• ems-monomachine-firmware - Per-track lengths, speeds and trig conditions.
• Monomodule - Emulation plugin that runs the Monomachine's own DSP code.

• octabam - DSP effects, sequencer and MIDI mods in one build.
• octa-panel - Paraphonic FM machine and scale quantizer, built on octabam.
• ems-octakit - 256 kits per project instead of 4 parts per bank.
• octatrack-kyoti-fw - Sidechain compressor, direct jump and repitch modes.
• midisc - MIDI scene locks.
• OCTAMAX - Reverse engineering toolkit with optional patches.
• octemu - Emulator for developing firmware mods.
• octatrack-manager - Desktop app for projects and samples.
• OctaChainer - Chain samples into one file with slices.
• Octatrick - FM machine, scale quantizer, tuner, USB MIDI and USB audio.
• PassOS - Scale system and a STOP guard. MK1.
• Octaplay - Reverse, pingpong, random and shuffle playhead modes.
• midisc-patcher - Browser patcher for midisc.
• octamachine - Research toward running the Machinedrum OS on the Octatrack.

• SyntHack OS - Modular Syntakt firmware patches adding a master compressor, beat repeat, extra send effects and readable parameter values.
• syntakt-firmware-workbench - Put your own waveforms into SY CHORD.
• sympakt - Browser sample manager.

• logue-sdk - Official SDK for custom oscillators and effects. prologue, minilogue xd, NTS-1, NTS-3, drumlogue.
• eurorack-prologue - Mutable Instruments oscillators for logue devices.
• logue-osc - Oscillator collection, including FM that loads DX7 banks.
• logue-hub - Oscillators for the NTS-1.
• key4 - Polyphonic NTS-1 oscillator modelled on the Volca Keys.
• nts3-rs - Build NTS-3 effects in Rust.

• hj Firmware - Trig conditions, ghost notes, longer swing and bug fixes for the Volca Drum. Modified Korg 1.14.
• Pajen Volca FM firmware (external) - MIDI velocity, SysEx patch transfer, program changes and LFO fixes. Modified Korg firmware, 1.09.
• Pajen Volca Sample firmware (external) - Polyphony, probability, chromatic play and extra reverbs. Modified Korg firmware, Beta 7.
• BEATROOTS - Turns the Volca Beats PCM parts into four synth voices.
• volcasample - Official SDK for sending samples to the Volca Sample.
• volcafmpatchdecoder - Convert Volca FM patch audio to SysEx.
• volca-keys-editor - Web MIDI patch editor for the Volca Keys.

• Profligacy - Prophecy emulator. Bring your own ROMs.

• Korg-SQ-64-Emulator - Browser-based WebAssembly emulator for custom firmware. Bring your own firmware image.

• FM-1 firmware catalog (external) - Catalog of custom FM-1 firmwares, with installers and emulators.
• FM1 Manager (external) - Browser installer for over 100 open source FM-1 firmwares, pulled from GitHub, over USB MIDI.

• FM1 Open - Official open source firmware and SDK from M-VAVE: eight tracks, six sound engines, GPLv3 with an SDK linking exception. The sound engine ships as a binary.
• FM1 Workbench (external) - Official browser editor and flasher over USB MIDI, with a simulator and a way back to the stock firmware.
• Felucca - Multi-engine synth firmware, and the base for many others.
• JIANT FM - Felucca fork for live play and whole songs, with a browser emulator and installer.
• SLOOP - Four-track live groovebox.
• Baud Girl FM-1+VA (external) - Virtual analog engine with four knobs on every screen.
• Groove OS (external) - Eight-track groovebox with effects on every track. Paid.
• X0X - 909, 808 and two 303s with a breakbeat generator and song mode.
• FoMni - Omnichord-style chord harp.
• AMB-1 - Generative ambient machine.
• ORBIT - Groovebox with sample tools and OP-1-style screens, based on SLOOP.
• Jangada - Superwave synth with a modulation matrix, drones and ratchets.
• Fart Machine One - Eleven farts, reverb, delay and a 16-step sequencer.
• MAKU - Always-on ambience machine.
• Rainbow mode - Felucca fork: a music toy for kids with colour-coded notes.
• GHOULBOX - Dungeon synth with drones and a hurdy-gurdy crank.
• ChoralRoot - Chord instrument with strum, arpeggio and pattern modes.
• Polly - QY70-style arranger: a General MIDI band follows the chords you play.
• winampFM - Synth groovebox in the look of Winamp 2.x, based on SLOOP.
• fm1-firmware-patcher - Patch the stock firmware.
• fm1-custom-fw - SysEx docs and a flasher.

• Baud Girl SMK-37+VA (external) - Virtual analog engine for the SMK-37 Pro, Elite and clones.
• SMK-37 firmwares (external) - Browser installer for the SMK-37 firmwares below, and the way back to the stock firmware.
• Makkuro37 - Microtonal drone synth.
• Snoop37 - SLOOP port: four-track live groovebox.
• X0X for the SMK-37 - X0X port: 909, 808 and two 303s.
• FoMni for the SMK-37 - FoMni port: chords on the keys, the pads as the strum plate.
• MAKU37 - MAKU port: always-on ambience machine.
• RAINBOW37 - Rainbow mode port: the music toy for kids, notes lit on the pads.
• GHOULBOX for the SMK-37 - GHOULBOX port: dungeon synth with fader banks.
• ChoralRoot for the SMK-37 - ChoralRoot port: the chord functions on the pads, all 37 keys play.
• ORBIT for the SMK-37 - ORBIT port: groovebox with an event tape.
• AMB-1 for the SMK-37 - AMB-1 port: generative ambient, bells on the pads.
• Polly for the SMK-37 - Polly port: sections and progressions on the pads.
• winampFM for the SMK-37 - winampFM port: the loop on the pads in each track's colour.
• fm1-to-smk37 - Guide and tools to port FM-1 firmwares to the SMK-37, and back.

• pichenettes/eurorack - Official open source firmware and hardware, the base for every alt firmware.
• Parasites - Alternative firmware for Clouds, Tides, Warps and Elements.
• Mutated-Mutables - Bees-in-the-Trees for Braids and Dead Man's Catch for Peaks.
• lylepmills alt firmwares - Mini-Elements for Rings and a Plaits firmware builder.
• qiemem/eurorack - Extra modes for Stages.

• Circuit Extended - Custom firmware with Scale Follow, sample start, distortion type and a filter LFO.

• CIRCUITS-HACKS-RC - Firmware patches, tools and emulator.
• CircuitTracksReverseEngineering - Teardown, debug header and firmware analysis.
• ctpatch - Read and write patches in Python.

• launchpad-pro - Official open firmware API for the original Launchpad Pro.
• lpp-performance-cfw - Performance custom firmware for the Launchpad Pro.
• LP-Firmware-Utility - Web tool to update and patch Launchpad firmware, with custom palettes.
• issho-launchpad-firmware - Sequencer firmware for the Launchpad Pro.

• RETracker - Reverse engineering framework that patches the Tracker firmware.
• tracker-lib - Official library for Tracker project and instrument files.
• pti-tools - Build sliced Tracker instruments from samples.
• play-files - Parse Polyend Play projects in Rust.

• AIRA Switcher - Switch an AIRA Modular unit between Bitrazer, Demora, Torcido and Scooper.
• SYSTEM OSCILLATOR - Custom firmware that puts the SYSTEM-1m oscillator waves on the AIRA Modular Scooper and Demora.
• Roland-Structured-Storage - Read and write ZEN-Core project files.
• OpenMK - MKS-20 and MK-80 piano emulator in the browser. Bring your own ROMs.

• DOOM OS - Custom OS with a graphical sequencer, piano roll, mixer, effect automation and undo.
• DOOM OS MIDI Conductor - Send pads, knobs and steps out over MIDI.
• Tallfree - Screen reader firmware that speaks menus, settings and sample names.
• dm-404 - Emulator that runs your own firmware, with a VST3 bridge.
• OpenSP (external) - Firmware modding project and notes.
• open404 - Toolkit and CLI for files and protocols.
• sp404mk2-tools - File format tools.
• SparkyMK2 - Replacement for the official app.
• doom-os-etc. - DOOM OS fork with a four-voice Sound Generator and an arpeggiator.

• Super Pads - Sample and pad manager.
• spEdit404 - Create and edit pattern files.
• ptn2midi - Export patterns to MIDI.

• j6reader - Read sequence data off the J-6.
• S1Utility - Editor and patch inspector for the S-1.
• aira_pattern_editor - Edit T-8 pattern backups.

• boutique-control - Translate Boutique SysEx into CCs.

• mc101-firmware-re - Firmware analysis and SysEx probe tools.
• mc-programmer - Full SysEx control of sequencer, sounds and projects.
• mctools_sidechain - Experimental sidechain over SysEx.

• TR-8S-SysEx - SysEx reverse engineering notes.
• tr8s-studio - Live studio built on that SysEx.

• mod_pr4x1s (external) - Two-line segment screen, count-in, pad output readout and undo. Builds from your own 1.04 firmware and runs from memory.

• PX-RE - Patcher for the official OS with bug fixes and sample window changes, plus a larger SSD guide. Prophet X.

• DelugeFirmware - Open source community firmware for the Deluge.
• Deluge Community (external) - Downloads, docs and developer guides.
• downrush - File manager and editors for Deluge content.
• delugemu - Deluge emulator that boots the community firmware.

• DigiChain - Build sample chains for OP-1 Field, OP-XY, OP-Z, M8 and others.

• ep-series-sysex - SysEx protocol and project format docs. Also EP-40.
• ep_133_sysex_thingy - Manage samples without the official tool.
• ep133-export-to-daw - Export projects to DAW formats and MIDI.
• ko2-io - Sample I/O and a FUSE filesystem.
• ep-unity - Cross-flash K.O. II and EP-40 firmware. Can brick the device.

• op1r - Browser patcher for the original OP-1: new synths, effects, a quad LFO, Euclidean sequencer, MIDI CC and scale mode.
• op1repacker - Unpack, mod and repack firmware, with ready-made mods.
• op1REpackerGUI - GUI for op1repacker.
• op1-glitter - Custom colour themes.
• op1hacks docs - Firmware and hardware research notes.
• te-op1 - OP-1 Field patch format notes and tool.
• teoperator - Make OP-1 and OP-Z patches from any audio.
• op1.fun (external) - Patch sharing site with a drum kit builder.
• op1emu - Emulator for the original OP-1 that runs your own firmware.

• xy-format - Project format reverse engineering and tools.
• op-xy-vibing - JSON loop editor that drives the OP-XY over MIDI.
• opxy-multisampler-preset-builder - Build multisampler presets in the browser.

• op-z-sysex - SysEx, state sync and file transfer docs.
• libopz - Parse projects and talk to the OP-Z.
• underbridge - Export patterns as per-track audio.
• OP_Manager - Raspberry Pi backup tool. Also OP-1.

• libpo32 - PO-32 data transfer and drum voice in C.
• po-33 - Load sample banks from the browser.
• po-backup-decode - Decode PO-33 backups into samples and patterns.

• marisko - Community custom firmware.
• rome - Flash firmware and manage stems over USB.
• SP-1 Tape Looper - Four-track tape-style looper.
• Wakes - Synth firmware built from Plaits and Marbles.
• SP-1 Remote - Four-fader MIDI controller firmware.

• t1-backup-file-format - T-1 backup format, with MIDI export and import.

• Tenori-on firmware (external) - Over 40 new features: per-layer effects, splits, pitch bend, a grid mode for norns and more. Tenori-on.
• KnobKraft Orm - SysEx librarian for many synths, including the reface DX.
• RDX-Reface-DX-emu - reface DX engine on an ESP32.

• stomphacks - Toolchain to build your own effects in C, with routing effects. MS Plus series.
• ZoomMultistompZDL - Custom effects, NAM and IR loaders and a browser patch editor. Original MS series.
• MIDISTOMP - Custom firmware that adds MIDI CC, program change, MIDI clock and a tempo screen. MS-50G and MS-60B.

• blackbox-mod - Solo, slicer controls, a ducker and chords for the Blackbox.
• bitboxctl - Build Bitbox Micro presets.
• PocketRave Blackbox mod - New sequencer features for the original Blackbox.
• BlueLex - CPU meter and a room reverb for the bluebox eurorack edition.

• Hacktronauts - Forum for hacking, modding and building music hardware.
• Elektronmods - Forum and catalog of Elektron mods.
• ElektronMods subreddit - Subreddit for Elektron mods.
• lines - Forum for music, art and open source tools.
• M-VAVE forum (external) - Official forum.

• Awesome Music Gear Mods - Physical mods, add-ons and circuit bending.
• awesome-te - Teenage Engineering hacks and tools.
• awesome-m8 - M8 headless clients, builds and tools.
• eurorack-awesome - Eurorack resources.
• awesome-fm-1 - M-VAVE FM-1 firmware, tools and resources.

Links only. See CONTRIBUTING.md.

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