UNOFFICIAL FIRMWARENOT FROM MUTABLE INSTRUMENTS · COMMUNITY BUILDS
Community developers are writing their own custom firmware, also called alternative firmware, for the Braids. This is a selection, not every fork or experiment: we list the projects with a working build and a real following, and check them every day. FW Radar doesn’t host these files and doesn’t send alerts for their versions: each link opens the developer’s page.
2 PROJECTS · LAST CHECKED 25 OCT 2026
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01STABLE
Bees-in-the-Trees
by Tim Churches
Adds two internal modulators (LFO or envelope), a step meta-sequencer, a built-in Turing Machine and bytebeat models to Braids. A few stock models and the easter egg are removed to make room.
Installing resets calibration, so recalibrate afterwards. Pick the build for your encoder (factory or reversed). To go back, use official firmware 1.7 or later.
Adds two talking SAM speech models, diatonic chord and chord stack models, and wavetable chord models. The text editor, the morse code easter egg and QPSK are removed.
Beta. Installing resets calibration, so you must recalibrate. To go back, install official firmware 1.8 or later. Mutable Instruments does not support it.
READ THIS FIRSTAt your own risk, and it may void your warranty. Read the developer’s install notes, back up your presets, and make sure you know how to go back: official 1.8 and how to install it →
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The Mutable Instruments Braids is no longer made, but Mutable Instruments can still ship firmware for it and we keep checking the official download page. One message per release. No spam, no newsletter.
It’s written by independent developers, not by Mutable Instruments. Some projects are stable, others are early betas: read each developer’s notes before you flash.
We pick the ones worth trying: a build you can install and a real following, from GitHub stars and downloads or from the community. Forks that only rename a project or add a few presets stay out, and brand-new projects get a second look after their first week.
Does FW Radar track custom firmware versions?
We note the latest version each developer has published when we check the list, every day, but we don’t send alerts for it: alerts are only for official Mutable Instruments firmware.
