TouchPlaited
Firmware for Touch 2 (Simple Touch) (Synthux Academy)
Firmware for the Touch 2 based on Mutable Instruments Plaits: all 24 Plaits models as a touch synth with arpeggiator and recorder, plus a 16-step generative drum sequencer, MIDI and optional OLED.
- Distribution
- Prebuilt image you flash yourself
- License notes
- Based on Mutable Instruments Plaits, copyright 2018 Émilie Gillet, MIT.
- Source
- github.com https://github.com/jonwaterschoot/TouchPlaited
- Homepage
- jonwaterschoot.github.io https://jonwaterschoot.github.io/TouchPlaited/
- synth
- plaits
- mutable-instruments
- drum-sequencer
- arpeggiator
- midi
- oled
- open-source
- touch-2
Description
TouchPlaited has three play modes: basic pitch (one model played from pads or MIDI), arp/melody (an arpeggiator and a layered two-bar note recorder, each with its own sound) and a 16-step generative drum sequencer with preloaded patterns per genre. The modes can sound at the same time, subject to voice stealing. It sends and receives MIDI over USB and TRS, supports MIDI and CV clock, and can drive an optional 128x32 OLED mounted on the faceplate. The firmware is derived from Émilie Gillet's Plaits code (MIT). A web visualizer, pattern editor and manual are published on GitHub Pages.
Install notes
The firmware runs from QSPI flash, so the Daisy bootloader must be installed on the Seed once before the app. The README gives a Web Programmer path (flash.daisy.audio, Chromium-based browser) and a dfu-util path for both the bootloader and TouchPlaited.bin from the releases page.
Version history
| Version | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| v1.9.0 | 2026-08-08 | Adds a bank of eleven fixed kicks. |
| v1.8.0 | 2026-08-07 | |
| v1.7.0 | 2026-08-03 | |
| v1.6.0 | 2026-07-28 | Adds support for a physical OLED screen. |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-07-07 |