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Tangara - ESP32-powered music player with a battery, an enclosure, a color screen, and a touchwheel
music hardware is a fashion accessory
why is everyone obsessed with audio hardware now?

A dispatch from the dawn of the electronic music age | Aeon Videos
These days, synthesised sound is easy to access – but early electronic music pioneers had to get hands on to produce it

cmus - C* Music Player
cmus is a small, fast and powerful console music player for Unix-like operating systems.
Daisy Seed
Daisy is an embedded platform for music. It features everything you need for creating high fidelity audio hardware devices. Just plug in a USB cable and start making sound! Programming the Daisy is a breeze with support for a number of languages including C++, Arduino, and Max/MSP Gen~. To get started, simply upload an

Tulip Creative Computer. Now available.
An affordable, portable and focused Python device for music, writing and coding.

The Sound Lab Is a Simple Analog Synth
David Johnson-Davies' single-board synth works without a microcontroller.
There is a best Digital Audio Workstation
A DAW, or Digital Audio Workstation, is a big, fancy environment for working with sound. The common truism is, to an extent, true: you can do anything in any DAW. But the more advanced you get, or the more niche your need, the more friction you'll encounter if you
How Big Tech Co-opted DIY – and how to Fight Back | The Quietus
As technology has developed in the last twenty years, it has brought with it a sense of enablement. Over time, access to nearly everything has become simpler, and as such, the message from Silicon Valley and its offshoots was that you can do it all. I have worked in the music industry since the late […]

wimpysworld/sidra
An elegant Apple Music desktop client for Linux, macOS and Windows. No frippery, just quality. A better class of Cider 🍎
DIY synths database
Curated collection of DIY-friendly hardware synthesizers and related musical equipment you can build on your own. All open source.

jooapa/jammer
light-weight CLI music player with Soundcloud, Youtube, Rss, Midi Support for Win & Linux
[Music Assets] FREE Music Loop Bundle
Over 150 seamless music loops for all genres and styles of games

I Spent One Month with the “Boomer” of Music Streaming
If you haven’t quit Spotify yet, Qobuz is a real alternative. One that pays artists far better, but also loves its classics a little too much—just like a boomer.
