octabam
Firmware for Octatrack MKI / MKII (Elektron)
Modular "remixer" build that adds bus and per-track effects, an FM synth machine, 255 kits per project, USB audio and MIDI, and fixes for stock bugs.
by Sam Banks, Contributors credited per module
- Distribution
- Patches a stock file you supply
- Requires stock
- 1.40C
- License notes
- Covers the repository's own code and docs; transcribed third-party DSP sources and carried community modifications keep their own terms.
- Source
- github.com https://github.com/sambanks/octabam
- Homepage
- modwerk.app https://modwerk.app/
- fx
- machines
- usb-audio
- usb-midi
- bugfixes
Description
A modification is a module, a named selection of modules is a remix, and the build composes a remix into a flashable image from your own OS 1.40C: it places the code, wires hooks by symbol, refuses collisions by name and checks every ported module against its author's own build byte for byte. Community mods such as Octatrick, PassOS, midisc and Octaplay are built on it. No firmware is distributed and a built image must not be shared. Pull requests are accepted; issues are disabled.
Install notes
Build from your own stock 1.40C .syx, then flash with Elektron Transfer or from the CF card. Bootloader is not modified.
Version history
| Version | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| REC THRESHOLD (PR #687) | 2026-10-13 | Recorder trig that waits for input (THR, LEV, IN). |
| Outbox 8 support (PR #597) | 2026-10-05 | Adds Outbox 8 expander support via USB audio clock SET_CUR handling. |
| OCTABAM43 | 2026-09-21 | Latest tag. |
| OCTABAM38 | 2026-09-20 |