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 recording and overdubbing
- Braids-inspired oscillator waveforms with timbre modulation: 12 synthesis models, with over 50 variants
- ADSR envelopes with velocity-sensitive segments and amplitude
- Tremolo with variable depth and shape
- New layouts, including a layout that features a 3-voice paraphonic part
- Expanded options for polyphonic voice allocation
- New ways to use the hold pedal, including keyboard latch, sostenuto, and note filtering
- Velocity filtering
- Input octave switch
- Arpeggiator movement can be programmed via sequencer
- More options for how a sequence interacts with keyboard input
- Global control and display of the active part and its play mode
- Expanded CC support: recording control, macro functions, display of received values, relative/disabled mode
- Check the manual for more!
- 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
INIT
from 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.syx
from the latest release's assets - Follow the manufacturer's instructions for installing new firmware
- Discussion thread on the Mutable Instruments forums
- Forks, pull requests, feature ideas, and bug reports are welcome (though I can't guarantee a timely response)
- License: MIT License
- Thanks to forum user
bloc
for beta testing, bug reports, support, and many great ideas - Thanks to forum user
Airell
for the idea of per-part latching - Thanks to forum user
sdejesus13
for encouraging the exploration of clock-based recording - And above all, thanks to Émilie Gillet for making a great open-source module!