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Products that do what LocalTune does
local first audio player with EQ band and DSP chains
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2021 · github.com
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10 years ago I began working on Muki, a web-based MIDI and chiptune player which I eventually announced here on HN[0]. It was a fun weekend project. Over the years I received numerous requests from people that wanted more: more music, more features, more playable formats, you name it. Eventually I began working on a complete rewrite of the app (this time for real), and, realizing that each year another chiptune or MIDI website went offline, I decided to start archiving them for preservation. Today, 10 years after the first release, I think it's finally time for the new, nicer version to hit…
2024 · pixeltune.org
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Hey HN, I just released v4 of my gapless playback library that I first built in 2017 for https://relisten.net. We stream concert recordings, where gapless playback is paramount. It's built from scratch, backed by a rigid state machine (the sole dependency is xstate) and is already running in production over at Relisten. The way it works is by preloading future tracks as raw buffers and scheduling them via the web audio API. It seamlessly transitions between HTML5 and web audio. We've used this technique for the last 9 years and it works fairly well. Occasionally it will blip…
Mar 2026 · github.com
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Here is the backstory: I used to use YouTube Music, but then I deleted my Google account. I didn't want Spotify because I hate it for various reasons, and at the same time I wanted to show off my programming skills. So here we are. --- On the client: solidjs + tailwindcss + minisearch. IndexedDB as the database. One web worker to download audio to OPFS. Another web worker for indexing with minisearch. On top of this a service worker to precache static assets and make the app work offline. On the server: bun + astro + sqlite + ffmpeg. Full-text search is implemented with fts5. Astro Actions…
2025 · mayo.clumsy.fish
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Built a browser-based FFmpeg editor that runs entirely client-side via WebAssembly. Your files never leave your device -- all processing happens in a Web Worker. Works offline as an installable PWA after first load.
Jun 2026 · github.com
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An offline first audio deck station Does need online access but can play offline. HTML5 needed. Load local files, up to 2 GB audio. Smooth transition between tracks. EQ. Compressor, pitch and speed controls. Uses tone.js
Sep 2025 · un.bounded.cc
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2022 · muted.io
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