From Michigan, the land where the TR-808 met techno, comes an open-source effort to extend the 808’s life and expand its features. A new 808 firmware joins firmware for the TR-606 and TR-303. But a brain transplant requires a new chip and a firmware to run atop it. On the contrary, it keeps your vintage 808 running. There’s not video yet of the 808 web editor, but here’s the 303 one:Bjorn Lustic made this happen, assisted by Claude Code.