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LUMON OS XL

Firmware for volca sample (Korg)

Unofficial firmware for the first-generation volca sample, built from Korg's 1.42 image. Adds per-step eight-bar Predictability, microtiming, ratchets, intra-bar looping, musical pitch scales and a LIVE page with beat repeat, backcue gestures and freeze.

by The DataBeat Project

ActiveSource: binary onlyproprietary
Distribution
Prebuilt image you flash yourself
License notes
The README states that no open-source or redistribution license is granted. The repository holds the LUMON extension sources (C and assembly) but not Korg's firmware; generated images contain Korg code and data.
Source
github.com https://github.com/MicheleDataBeat/lumon-os-xl
Homepage
github.com https://github.com/MicheleDataBeat/lumon-os-xl/releases/tag/v1.0

Description

Version 1.0 is distributed as an updater WAV and a bundle that install through the volca sample's normal audio update; the instrument shows LUMON OS at start-up. Predictability lets each of the 16 steps in each of the ten parts follow one of 16 eight-bar play patterns. Other changes include microtiming of plus or minus 15 units of 1/32 step, trigger echo, up to four ratchet strokes, sixteen SPEED scales, sixteen equal sample zones, audio pattern export, a tempo-synced lo-fi delay and a quantised freeze effect. The author credits Pajen's earlier firmware for research and ideas such as bar filtering and access to extra reverb programs, and states the build input is Korg 1.42, not Pajen's image. The repository publishes the extension sources, but the images also contain Korg's code and the author grants no redistribution license. A companion tool, Volca Studio XL (MIT), can also transfer the firmware.

Install notes

Play the updater WAV from the release into the volca sample using Korg's audio update procedure; Korg 1.41 or 1.42 does not need to be installed first. The README links an installation guide, and the native version check can show 1.60, which is the updater transport version rather than the release number.

Version history

LUMON OS XL version history
VersionDateNotes
v1.02026-10-14First release.

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