Image: Gianducaconte / reddit.com · Algoradix Eurorack front panel and hand-soldered circuit board
Algoradix turns an unused Axoloti Core into a Eurorack synth
The maker used Claude to replace the Axoloti patcher with C firmware and built three hand-soldered 12 HP Eurorack modules.
Credits
- Build author Gianducaconte Source ↗
Earliest dated source: Details reviewed:
The full story
Several Axoloti Cores were sitting unused because the maker spent more time fighting the patcher than making music. Algoradix replaces that software with C firmware written from scratch with Claude and puts an Axoloti Core into a 12 HP Eurorack module.
The module has eight pots, six CV inputs, stereo audio, TRS MIDI and USB keyboard support. Patches live on an SD card and switch without rebooting; the card can also appear as a USB drive. The maker reports building three units by hand and shares hardware and firmware project pages.
The hardware uses the Core's 168 MHz Cortex-M4, codec and 8 MB SDRAM. The maker describes it as an open-source personal project, with no production run offered.
Before and after
- Starting problem
- Unused Axoloti boards and frustration with the original patcher.
- Reported result
- Three hand-built synth modules with SD-card patches and external controls.
Device and compatibility
- Axoloti Core; 12 HP Eurorack moduleSource ↗
What Claude did
- Replacement C firmware for the Axoloti hardwareClaude Source ↗
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Sources
From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: Remember Axoloti? I ditched the patcher, wrote a new firmware and turned it into a Eurorack module t
The maker's post describing the project and reported limitations.
- The project: reverbose.com
Linked in the post.