Music Tribe’s official KICK repository offers more than a teaser image: it includes the workstation application, audio engine, hardware communication code and a Linux build system. That gives developers a way to inspect the design before a finished product is in their hands.
What is public
The application, AudIO engine and ComProtocol use AGPL-3.0-or-later. Buildroot has its own GPL-2.0 terms, and third-party dependencies retain theirs. The Behringer and KICK trademarks are excluded from the software licenses.
What the manufacturer describes
The README lists a touchscreen, 16 pads, sampling, sequencing, a looper, assignable controls and MIDI, USB and CV/Gate connections. It also describes camera-based gestures and effects; these are manufacturer specifications, not features we have independently tested.
An open repository is a starting point
Synthtopia’s October 26 report described the project while noting that a retail price and shipping date were unconfirmed. Our coverage is published October 28. We are treating KICK as a source-available development to follow, not a product recommendation or a download ready for every existing sampler.
The useful next questions are engineering questions: can outside contributors reproduce a build, understand the control protocol and submit a fix that makes it into a maintained release? A public repository creates that opportunity. Community support and long-term releases will determine how far it goes.
Original AiBrainWorX reporting and analysis. Sources checked October 28, 2026. No hands-on hardware or firmware test is implied.
