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Open-Source-Projekt Korg Prologue SDK: http://www.korg.com/us/news/2018/0427/
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wow thats awesome! I'm really curious to look at that source when its released.
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But I'm not really sure if it really is "open source" or just "closed source" company marketing strategy.
If it should be "closed source" corporate marketing strategy >> /dev/null.

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Oh, I think its the same as the Korg Volca Sample which IIUC still has closed firmware but they have an editor/SDK for working with it that is open source. Its much better than a closed source SDK, but I was hoping for a full on open source firmware synth.
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there are quite a lot open hardware / open source instruments and/or DIY kits available nowadays.
i recommend to everyone such kind of projects instead of expecting open source stuff from big manufacturers.
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chaocrator wrote: i recommend to everyone such kind of projects instead of expecting open source stuff from big manufacturers.
Yeah, I get that. But I'll still hope one of the big players will try something fully open. It'd be nice to have the lower cost from their volumes that the little guys simply can't offer. Until then, I'll just keep saving up to buy the 'boutique' open stuff.
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ssj71 wrote:... I'll just keep saving up to buy the 'boutique' open stuff.
hehe ) as a happy preenFM2 owner, i'm saving up to buy some more DIY kits )
the nearest order is going to be a a few axolotis, and then this one http://www.tubeohm.com/page8.html#
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What are all available open source hardware instruments?
Lists these here.

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axoloti (modular graphic programming environment + board that runs the resulting patches) — open hardware design & open source software
bela (similar to axoloti, but runs different kinds of code) — open hardware design & open source software
preenFM2 (FM synthesizer) — open hardware design & open source software
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