awesome-music-production

A DAW known for its loop-based music creation

A complete software music production environment

Minimal audio tool for DJs, live performers and musicians

GridSound

Free online DAW implemented with the Web Audio API

Libre music composition software

Comprehensive open source, cross platform DAW

Open-source, cross platform DAW

DAW software for Windows

Radium

Tracker-like music editor with additional GUI controls

Complete digital audio production app for Windows and macOS

A dynamic music creation tool that lets you play loops and sounds

Complete, multi-platform DAW with a music-tracker based approach

Music creation software

Stargate DAW

All-in-one DAW and plugin suite for Windows, macOS and Linux

Complete DAW and live show sequencing

Free, AI-powered DAW that provides lyrics/music generation, stem separation, MIDI transcription, as well as full editing and mixing capabilities

A DAW designed for the needs of modern music producers

Cross-platform DAW

Alda

A music programming language for musicians

ATM CLI

Command line tool for generating and working with MIDI files

Segmentation, pitch detection, tapping the beat and producing midi streams

Augmented Audio

Library for audio programming written in Rust

Band.js

Music composer interface for the Web Audio API

Looping and sampling with the Web Audio API

Cane

A small MIDI sequencer DSL designed around vectors and euclidean rhythms

A sound and music computing system

Dplug

Library to make audio plug-ins with the D programming language

In Haskell embedded language for computer music applications

Functional programming language for sound synthesis and audio processing

FourVoices

Automatic music generator for four-part writing

Glicol

Graph-oriented live coding language and music/audio DSP library written in Rust

Gwion

A strongly-timed programming language aimed at music creation. Heavily inspired by ChucK

Houdini Music Toolset

Adding MIDI functionality to 3D program

Klasma

Chiptune music composition kit

Kord

Music theory binary and library for Rust and JavaScript

Cross platform audio input and output library

Online web based music notation

Leipzig

Composition library for Clojure and ClojureScript

Music and Art Generation with Machine Intelligence

Magiclock

Feel MIDI clock beat via the magic trackpad

Megra.rs

A Rust library for algorithmic music composition

meSing.js

JavaScript singing synthesis library

Microm

JavaScript library to convert browser microphone to mp3

Haskell based language for describing music

Nashville

Convert Nashville Number System (NNS) entries to chords

Node Speaker

Output PCM audio data to the speakers

Octavian

Utility to reason about notes, frequencies, and intervals

Esoteric programming language to create procedural sequencers

Overtone

Open Source toolkit for designing synthesizers and collaborating with music

Pedalboard.js

JavaScript framework to develop audio effects for guitars

Computer music with python

PitchFinder

& - Javascript (and node c++ addon) with pitch detection algorithms

Pop audio-based piano cover generation

Web-audio library for interactive media and games

React Music

Create beats with

Repitch

Real-time polyphonic MIDI-controlled audio pitch shifting

Rust Music Theory

A music theory guide written in Rust

Sardine

A music live coding library for Python

Scribbletune

Create music with JavaScript

Sharp11

Music theorization and improvisation engine

Simple audio programming language implemented in JavaScript

Analyze samples of instruments, and combine (morph) them

Spleeter

Source separation library (e.g. extract drums from a track)

Step Sequencer

Elm step sequencer for programming drum beats

Teoria

JavaScript library for music theory

Programming language to describe polyphonic, polyrhythmic, and generative music sequences

JavaScript library for objective sound programming

Tonal

Functional music theory library

Tone.js

A Web Audio framework for making interactive music in the browser

Tuna

An audio effects library for the Web Audio API

Open source virtual modular synthesizer

Music notation engraving library

Vexwarp

JavaSCript library for audio time stretching and pitch shifting

High quality audio in Haskell with SuperCollider

Advanced hybrid synthesis workstation

Synthesizer with a classic subtractive synthesizer topology

Efficient hybrid synthesizer with a massive sound

Simple 3-operator FM synthesizer

GPL licensed polyphonic synth with lots of modulation

Open source AI synth from the Google Magenta team

Open source vocals synthesis platform

Multi-tiered phase distortion system

A simple synthesizer with a clean UI and straightforward functionality

Open source digital synthesizer

Software audio synthesizer

Music production session manager

Modern instruments for mobile creators

Sequencer that combines musical staff paper with an artist's sketchbook (iOS only)

Dragonfly Reverb

Open source audio effects for Linux, macOS, and Windows

Simple SF2 soundfont host and player for Linux

Apps for creating musical instruments and environments

Easily generate dynamic backing tracks for any song

Konfyt

Digital keyboard workstation for Linux

Collection of applications and plugins for audio production

MIDI sequencer based on classical music notation

Line

CLI MIDI sequencer and language for live coding

Luna

MIDI sequencer

Visual programming language for music and multimedia creation

Desktop app to teach playing MIDI keyboards, pads, and e-drums

Shape music performances with multi-touch gestures

Music programming language and desktop app for MIDI generation

Ninjas 2

Sample slicer audio plugin and standalone app

Sequencer for audio-visual and interactive shows

Simple pattern based midi sequencer

A soundfont editor for quickly designing musical instruments

Multi-touch music making app for iPad

Graphical multi channel MIDI sequencer

Minimal loop based midi sequencer

Sonic Pi

Live coding music synth for everyone

Visualize, analyze, and annotate music audio recordings

iOS multitrack recording app with FX & mixing features

App to help transcribe recorded music

AI-powered vocal remover

Minimal beat machine

A smart piano that responds to you

Web Audio Arpeggiator

Audio Motion Interface

Use smartphone motions to control a synthesizer

Procedurally generated classical music

Online music production with built-in parallel drum and synth machine

Simple drum machine

Binary Synth

Binary file interpreter for audio synthesis

Interactive music-making app to build synths and sounds

Chords

Text based chord progression editor

A metal breakdown generator

Frequency Explorer

A microtonal additive synthesizer + sequencer

Drum machine and library of famous drum patterns

Play music live with your friends online

Musical Keyboard - JS Dynamic Audio Synth

Live coding environment for the browser

Sound and animation in the browser using PureScript

Automatic audio mastering

Lissajous

A tool for programmatic audio performance in the browser

Live Electronic Music Performance Software

Cloud based music studio

Check how loud your track is and how much it will be penalised by online streaming services

Check your mixes and masters for common issues

Sketch out musical chord progressions

Background noises and interactive soundscapes

Machine learning augmented piano app

Quasiperiodic tilings of the plane as sound triggers

Keyboard tonnetz

Online DJ controller connected to SoundCloud

An orchestra of repeaters which repeat the conductor

Online playground with emulations of classic Roland devices

Visual scale explorer

Simple step sequencer

Visual sample browser

Music creation and collaboration platform

Web-based environment for live coding algorithmic patterns

Platform for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition

Simple synthesizer

A JavaScript emulator of the legendary EMS Synthi A synthesizer

Online tool to loop, speed up, slow down, and pitch shift sections of an audio file

Programmatic sound generation in the browser

Free browser-based microtonal midi instrument

Play with music in a virtual sound studio

DJ simulation with 8 digital instruments

The infinite instrument

Room scale music creation app

App for music creation and performance

Virtual reality drum kit

Music sandbox built specifically for room-scale VR

Modular synth VR environment

Chordata

A dummy chord-book for mandolin, ukulele and guitar

Fretboard

Online Guitar fretboard viewer to study scales and chords

Virtual guitar amplifier for Linux running on JACK

SmartGuitarAmp

Guitar plugin using neural networks to emulate real world hardware

UkeGeeks

Creates fingering diagrams by reading plain text or ChordPro ukulele songs

Website for identifying chords and showing notes on a fretboard

Source for ukulele tabs, chords, tips, tools, guides

Omnizart

Transcribe vocals, drums, chords, beats, and more

AI-powered music creation platform

AI-powered music composition and production platform

Free music landings for artists, producers, and engineers

Submit your music to bloggers and curators

2800+ Free and Royalty Free Sounds

A place for sharing and preserving sound and music related software, samples, presets and more

Curated, high-quality music and sound effects

Royalty-free music and sound effects for video

Royalty-free samples, one-shots, loops, MIDI, and presets

Free MIDI Chords

Collection of free MIDI chords and progressions

Publicly available datasets for research on source separation

All in one social music creation platform

Online shop for music apps and plugins

Toolkit to create automated analog sounds

8 or 12 voice digital/analogue hybrid 3U rack

A powerful portable music workstation. with sampler, multi-track support, and onboard synth generation

Intuitive controls with a powerful and flexible sound engine

Tiny, low-cost digital instruments

ZynAddSubFX

Polyphonic fully featured musical software synthesizer

Open hardware swiss army knife of synthesis, equipped with multiple engines, filters and effects

Guitar like MPE controller

Computing platform for creating responsive interactive applications

Hexagonal and harmonic table based controller

Linear piano like MPE playing surface

DIY midi controller with simple buttons

Linear and isomorphic MIDI keyboard

Accordion like controller with hexagonal pads

Grid, breath pipe, and touch strip enabled MPE instrument

Seamless polyphonic MIDI Controller with LED touch surface

Haxophone

Electronic musical instrument resembling a Saxophone

Expressive and modular MPE controller

Grid based expressive controller

Hexagonal isomorphic keyboard

MIDILodica

Breath-controlled, 3D printed, open-source MIDI device

Expressive wearable musical instrument

Expressive MPE touch controller with swappable hardware interfaces

Cheap and functional mini keyboard controller

Expressive finger ring

Electronic valve instrument MIDI controller

Electronic aerophone

Hardware platform to build custom MIDI controllers

Small and portable MPE keyboard

Portable snap-together MIDI controller with both desktop and mobile interfaces

Expressive MPE controller with a grid-based layout

USB 16 Channel Fader Bank with CV, I2C, and MIDI

8, 10, or 12 string fret-board tapping instrument

Electric stringed musical instrument

Multi sensor expressive Clarinet like instrument

Tunable guitar-tambourine hybrid

Acoustic realism and effects in a portable guitar

List of DIY instruments

Amplifier tones and effects in a compact device

Ball shaped, hand sized musical instrument

OTTO

Sampler, sequencer, multi-engine synth and effects in a box

Portable grid-based sequencer and synthesizer

Piano and a wide range of sounds in a compact design

Electronic drums in your hands, anytime, anywhere

Authentic saxophone vibes with MIDI for exploring new musical horizons

Compact standalone workstation with a tracker UI

Community-driven, open-source effort to define a machine-reabable music notation encoding

Forum for expressive instruments and controllers

Add advanced sound & music synthesis capabilities to the Open Web Platform

Awesome Livecoding

A curated list of livecoding languages and tools

Awesome Sheet Music

Curated list of tools to create, edit, and display sheet music

Awesome WebAudio

A curated list of awesome WebAudio packages and demos

Jupyter notebooks and a geometric interpretation of digital audio filters

Blog posts, videos, and apps

Interactive tutorial to learn theory fundamentals

Listing of open source audio software for Linux

The exciting universe of music theory

Interactive music theory tools and visual references

Main reference for creating instruments with the SFZ format

Community-managed collection of tips & tricks for music production

The science and mathematics of music

Finding the genre of a song with deep learning

Learn the basics of using synthesizers

The mathematical foundations of music

Information and Art

A Journey Through a Musical Possibility Space

Music Theory for Musicians and Normal People

Controllable Infilling Model for Music

Research group for music and audio technology

Progress towards a scientific theory of music

Rethink how audio software is designed