yarns-loom

Loom

An alternative firmware for the Yarns MIDI interface by Mutable Instruments, with an emphasis on dynamic voicing, flexible composition, and expressive control.

Features

• 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
  • Check the manual for more! →

Caveats

• 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)

Installation

1. Download yarns.syx from the latest release’s assets
2. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for installing new firmware

Community

• Discussion thread on ModWiggler
• Forks, pull requests, feature ideas, and bug reports are welcome (subject to my availability)
• License: MIT License

Acknowledgements

• 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!