David Johnson-Davies' single-board synth works without a microcontroller.
DIY synths database
Curated collection of DIY-friendly hardware synthesizers and related musical equipment you can build on your own. All open source.
10 Cent Microcontroller Makes Music
Compared to the old 8-bit Arduinos, it’s incredible how cheap modern microcontrollers like the ESP32 have become. But there are even cheaper options out there if you don’t need that kin…
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
Serum 2: Advanced Hybrid Synthesizer
The original motivation for creating Serum was to have a dream synthesizer that did not exist: a wavetable synthesizer with a truly high-quality sound, visual and creative workflow-oriented interface to make creating and altering sounds fun instead of tedious, and the ability to "go deep" when desired - to create / import / edit / morph wavetables, and manipulate these on playback in real-time.
Jimi Hendrix Was a Systems Engineer
How did Jimi Hendrix turn his guitar into a wave synthesizer? Dive into the engineering behind his iconic sound.
Cuelume. Interaction sounds for the web
Cuelume is a tiny, dependency-free library of carefully designed interaction sounds, synthesized live with Web Audio.
Serum 2: wavetable champ becomes much more in huge, free update - CDM Create Digital Music
Serum 2, 11 years in development, is here. And it looks ready to take on its rivals, with an updated interface, arpeggiator expanded oscillator architecture (phase distortion!), granular and multisampler and spectral oscillators, new effects features, and - surprise, even a clip sequencer. It's really an all-in-one synth now without sacrificing its trademark accessibility. Here's everything in a nutshell.
copych/AcidBox
ESP32 synth: all-in-one acid combo of two TB303's, a drum machine with fx chain, cd-quality
Sonic Tau
Live code your music in the browser. A working technical demo by Sam Aaron, creator of Sonic Pi.
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
Bespoke Synth
Bespoke is a software modular synthesizer. It contains a bunch of modules, which you can connect together to create sounds.
Aaron Steven White
computational semanticist. into modular synths and rum. https://aaronstevenwhite.io
BBS: The Documentary