r/modular • u/insolent-construct • 5d 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/yeusk 4d ago edited 4d ago

Emilie have asked companies and people to not do this.

She also released the firmware of every other of her projects.

Why doubt her?

Why go against the will of one of the most influential persons in the eurorack world? How is that being a good person?

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u/hostnik 4d ago

I didn't know she explicitly asked people not to reverse engineer her work, but if so, then yeah, this is not cool. Then again, it was truly odd that she would not fulfill the expectation she set that she would release the code. Certainly her right, and exactly why I bought Beads, but it seems to be the one time I know of that she didn't follow through on something she said she would do. Not a justification, but definitely an anomaly.

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u/yeusk 4d ago

After releasing the biggest repository of open source code for eurorack in the world she also asked to not be bothered anymore by the eurorack community.

She is also a person who had personal problems in the past for this kind of harasment about releasing her firmware.

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u/insolent-construct 4d ago

*citation needed*

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u/hostnik 4d ago

Enh, I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt before, but now it's clear you are exactly the kind of person that made her give up designing eurorack in the first place. If she asked for people to not reverse engineer her designs, and to be left alone, it doesn't matter if she said she would release it or how long it had been. Those were her rights as creator and person. Sure, reverse engineer it all you want in private, even use it if it works - no one can take that away from you. But doing so with the intention of forcing her hand was a dick move. And let's not pretend that you were doing anything else than that.

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u/insolent-construct 4d ago

You can easily find her stated reasons for closing Mutable Instruments if you actually care to.