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Community developers are writing their own custom firmware, also called alternative firmware, for the Tides (original). 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.
Adds a 16-harmonic additive oscillator (Two Bumps), a dual random walk generator (Two Drunks) and a quantizer with 7 scales that works in every mode.
Calibration moves: power on while holding the Range knob. The plotter easter egg is removed and the Frequency knob is quantized.
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LATEST SEEN v1.121 · 25 OCT 2026
Mutable's own unofficial firmware that turns Tides into a wavetable oscillator: three banks of waves on a 2D grid, scanned with Shape and Slope, with the filter and wavefolder still there.
It replaces the Tides firmware entirely: it is one or the other. Reinstall the official .wav to go back.
LATEST SEEN v1.0 · 25 OCT 2026
The Mutable Instruments Tides (original) 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.
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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.
Yes: load the official 1.1, as described in the official update guide.
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.
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.
