Justin Valer’s Labour of love hacked firmware (and MCL) in bringing the Machinedrum back from the dead has to be one of the most surprising ones, with twists, turns and revolutions. Couldn’t guess the man hours it has taken in evolving from the old Ruin and Wessen MiniCommand, which was already very cool.
If the Octatrack (which also has had a big evolution: didn’t even have midi on release let alone conditional trigs) ever gets discontinued, secretly wishing it can get the same treatment.