An alternative firmware for the Yarns MIDI interface by Mutable Instruments, with an emphasis on dynamic voicing, flexible composition, and expressive control.
- Looper-style sequencer with real-time note recording
- Arpeggiator movement can be programmed via sequencer notes
- Velocity-controlled ADSR envelopes
- New oscillator wave shapes, with amplitude and timbre modulated by LFO and envelope
- Enhanced support for MIDI Control Change events
- New layouts, including a layout with a 3-voice paraphonic part
- More options for polyphonic mapping of notes to voices
- Hold pedal can be used for sostenuto, latching, and more
- Input octave switch
- Installation of this firmware is at your own risk
- Presets saved in this firmware will not load with the manufacturer's firmware, and vice versa. Users are advised to run
INITfrom the main menu after switching firmware - Some changes are not documented
- Some of Yarns' stock capabilities have been downgraded to accommodate new features (e.g. the sequencer holds 30 notes instead of the original 64)
- Download
yarns.syxfrom the latest release's assets - Follow the manufacturer's instructions for installing new firmware
- Discussion thread on ModWiggler
- Forks, pull requests, feature ideas, and bug reports are welcome (subject to my availability)
- License: MIT License
- Thanks to forum user
blocfor beta testing, bug reports, support, and many great ideas - Thanks to forum user
Airellfor the idea of per-part latching - Thanks to forum user
sdejesus13for encouraging the exploration of clock-based recording - And above all, thanks to Émilie Gillet for making a great open-source module!