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Modded Cycles
Elektron Model:Cycles groovebox (2020, last official OS May 2021)
open repo ↗ github.com
- ai
- claude code
- evidence
- public
- reviewed
Elektron stopped updating the Model:Cycles in 2021. 18nelli’s browser flasher takes the owner’s own OS files and builds a modded one: a sampler machine (TinyGregAudio’s Model-TG), Syntakt engines, a Braids-based macro machine, a 303-style acid machine, an arpeggiator, extra LFOs and six-track USB audio. It is reversible.
- ai
- The README points to DEVELOPMENT.md, which names pi as the coding agent, routes it through a Claude Max subscription via Claude Code, and lists the Claude models its subagents use. Several commits list "claude" as author. The Verge quotes the builder saying the first hack, six-track USB audio, was done with Claude Code.
- caveats
- From the README: at your own risk, may void the warranty. Some machines are marked experimental, and OS 2.0 had not run on a real machine at review time. Recovery from a bad flash needs a USB MIDI interface. Elektron still sells the Model:Cycles and banned sharing modified firmware on its forum in September 2026.
- evidence
- Public code, MIT for the project's own code, about 140 stars since September 2026.
- github
- 139 stars, last commit 2026-10-28. As of 2026-11-15. Stars show interest, not safety.
Code or detailed materials are published. Says nothing about safety, quality or maintenance. Not tested by unshittify. Added by unshittify. Wrong or out of date? Send a correction.