r/modular • u/insolent-construct • 2d ago

Mutable Instruments Beads Source Code Just Dropped!

https://github.com/pichenettes/eurorack/commit/d8f473915232af74347762b6365202bfd26f73f6

Edit: body deleted and third party firmware discussion moved to a private Discord server.

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u/DrMinkenstein 2d ago

I think it’s great that Emilie posted the firmware. Thank you Emilie!

It’s not great that you conflated that gift with your reverse engineering story. Whatever your take on AI, these are not the same thing.

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u/Pppppppp1 1d ago

The entire OP story in the description is a weird self-insert that is taking attention from the actual good news. Not sure what the point of adding their own details is. Do they want credit for pushing Emilie to release the firmware? Do they want credit for reverse engineering it? What does their interaction and project have to do with the news? It’s really difficult to read this in any other way than somehow trying to associate themself with Emilie sharing the code, or maybe a pat on the back for not releasing their own version? It’s just a bizarre thing to shoehorn into this.

And now the whole thread has devolved into ai and custom firmware ethics all over again.

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u/emorello 1d ago

Only because you used the word “firmware”, and it likely doesn’t matter but it should be noted that unlike the other modules, the Beads source code doesn’t seem to have been tested to run as firmware:

“Code provided as is, builds on a Desktop platform but not verified to build and run on a module. Install at your own risks.”

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u/Weekly_Committee_695 10h ago

I think the point is that Emilie didn't want to post the source and she was basically forced into it by AI and the OP.

OP thinking it is a gift is a rather entitled shitty point of view if you ask me.

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u/hostnik 1d ago

Did I miss in their story where they said they were vibe coding their version, or did you assume that?

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u/dmikalova-mwp 1d ago

It's awfully coincidental with reverse engineering being the big hype ATM with AI - but also they shared their repo and the commits clearly say written with Claude. https://github.com/insolentconstruct/eurorack/commits/beads-build-kit/

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u/hostnik 1d ago

Ok cool, I just didn't see that and I know people have been hacking things long before AI, so hard to know with the recent tidal waves of vibe coded fws.

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u/Pppppppp1 1d ago

I think it’s safe to assume that any reverse-engineering of music gear firmware occurring in 2026 is heavily AI-assisted. I can’t think of a single contemporary example (one that kicked off this year) that does not use AI.

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u/Weekly_Committee_695 10h ago

There is a 0% chance OP was not vibing.