Yamaha RX5
A drum machine made by Yamaha in 1986. Thanks to GliGli's reverse engineering work we can now load custom samples into this machine.
- gligli/rx5usb: GliGli's reverse engineering project for the RX5. Contains hardware designs for the RX5USB programmable memory cartridge and Windows GUI software to create RX5 ROM images.
- jacobvosmaer/rx5rom: alternative software to create RX5 ROM images and program the RX5USB board. Runs on macOS and Linux, command line only.
- RX5 on Yamaha Black Boxes
Blog posts:
2025-12-21 Solving two RX5 mysteries
2025-11-23 Making my own software for the RX5USB
2025-10-11 A MIDI velocity mapping gadget