Freetribe
Firmware for Electribe 2 / 2 Sampler (Korg)
Ground-up open-source replacement firmware and API for the Electribe 2, still at a developer stage with basic examples rather than a finished instrument.
by bangcorrupt
- Distribution
- Build from source yourself
- License notes
- README states AGPL-3.0; source file headers grant version 3 or later.
- Source
- github.com https://github.com/bangcorrupt/freetribe
- Homepage
- bangcorrupt.github.io https://bangcorrupt.github.io/freetribe-docs/
- sdk
- os
- midi
Description
Built from original code and open-source components rather than patching Korg's firmware. Hardware initialisation and drivers are largely done: serial MIDI over the TRS port, the 128x64 display, backlight and LED control, panel control callbacks, commands to the Blackfin DSP and an audio module API. USB, SD card, DSP block processing and dynamic app loading are listed as planned. Tags v0.1.0 to v0.1.3 exist but there are no formal releases.
Install notes
Developer-stage project. See the getting started guide in the docs.
Version history
| Version | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| v0.1.3 | 2025-10-29 | Date is the tagged commit. |
| v0.1.2 | 2025-06-28 | Date is the tagged commit. |
| v0.1.1 | 2025-06-21 | Date is the tagged commit. |