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New firmware, new boards, new controllers

12 October 2020

Due to everything that’s going on right now it feels like ancient history the last time I’ve talked about new OpenDeck firmware. Or new boards. Or new controllers. In fact,...

Creating custom OpenDeck board variants

11 June 2020

One of the questions I get asked a lot is: “How do I create my own custom board which uses OpenDeck firmware?”. There was never really a stable way of...

OpenDeck on ARM

27 February 2020

A little over two years ago, I’ve announced that OpenDeck firmware started supporting various Arduino boards. It was a major milestone - the firmware design was modular enough that it...

Looking for a Web developer

16 February 2020

Web configurator is among the most loved features of OpenDeck. It’s basically its selling point. Without it, OpenDeck would be just another open-source project where you need to mess with...

Building DubFocus controllers

06 August 2019

I’ve built two new controllers which I’ve named DubFocus (dub producers are really keen into very knobby MIDI controllers), even though the name can’t be seen anywhere on them.

Status of OpenDeck on Arduino

02 July 2019

This will be short post clearing up the confusion around the status of Arduino boards and OpenDeck firmware on them.

OpenDeck software v4.0.0 - What's new?

21 June 2019

There were few interesting additions to OpenDeck software from my last post which was about v3.1.0, so I’ll recap everything noteworthy in this post, as well as some other stuff....

OpenDeck software v3.1.0 - Presets

19 November 2018

Presets are one of features I’ve been asked the most about. In this post I’ll talk about the implementation of presets in OpenDeck software.

Touchscreen-based MIDI controller

14 October 2018

I’ve built myself a new controller - Bergamot, which is my first controller based on a touchscreen.

OpenDeck software v2.1.1

22 August 2018

Yesterday I’ve released OpenDeck v2.1.1. Time for another OpenDeck release feature roundup!