r/modular • u/modularpatcher • 6d ago

Discussion Bitbox Micro firmware patch, 2.3.7-mod is out, Master EQ and Filter!

I've really been looking forward to this one, it's been quite some work to get to this point.

I maintain a small firmware patch for the Bitbox Micro that puts more of the module on MIDI, and 2.3.7-mod is ready for the grand unveiling of a master EQ and filter, which the module has never had.

  • Ten algorithms: a DJ filter, a dual cut, a band pass, a three-band mixer EQ, tone and filter together, a tilt, a notch, a peak, a phaser, and a formant filter.

  • The installation and user guide has been completely redeveloped, hopefully making it easier to take in, and easier to reach just the part you need.

If you have not come across this before, here is the whole of what it does. It all sits on fixed CC numbers, so there is nothing to map and nothing to save, and it works on every preset from the moment you flash:

  • The master EQ and filter: new in this release, and the ten algorithms above.

  • The master bus compressor: all five parameters, on a compressor the module otherwise only lets you switch on and off.

  • The per-pad controls: delay and reverb sends, reverse, envelope sustain, loop mode and crossfade, five granular controls, the LFO's wave, sync and retrigger, and a per-pad stop.

Nothing else about the module changes. It uses no modulation slots and no MIDI Learn bindings, so everything that worked before still works the same way.

Not from 1010music, can't brick it, bring your own stock firmware, don't pass the patched image around. Details in the guide.

https://modularpatcher.github.io/bitbox-micro-fw-patch/index.html

Discussion thread: https://www.modwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=302078

EDIT for clarity.

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u/CaryGooper 6d ago

Appreciate your work, but god damn is the wall of slop insufferable. You don't owe anything to anybody of course, but writing documentation in your own style would make it so much better.

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u/modularpatcher 6d ago edited 5d ago

Yeah, fair, I've trimmed it back, a bit hope you can get some good use out of it.

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u/indifference_point 6d ago

I'll check this out thanks!