Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Rhythmo
A DIY cardboard MIDI controller kit
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 2 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Rhythmo launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Make music & play instruments
2017 · ampifymusic.com · its alternatives →
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After two years of development, I'm super excited to release Beat Maker! This is my take on what I hope is the best free, web-based drum machine. My goal was to build something that was not only fun and easy to use for beginners but also powerful enough for serious producers. I did extensive research on existing drum machines, analyzed their UX, and tried to build something that adds something new. It's a nearly 100% client-side app, written in ClojureScript, and is a PWA so you can install it to your home screen for an app-like experience. Besides the standard grid editor, Beat Maker has…
2025 · dopeloop.ai · its alternatives →
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Beatboxer is a drum machine in about 100 lines of html/js/css
2016 · sig.gy · its alternatives →
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I made a tiny device for automatically recording digital pianosfrom $185/mo▲590Hey HN! A few years ago, I left my cushy big tech job to make hardware. And made the device I always wanted - an automatic piano recorder! I usually play piano improvisationally, and manually hitting record never meshed well with that. But there are always moments I wish I recorded, and now they are! Hopefully it scratches a similar itch for some of you as well! A few of the tech details: * built on an esp32-s3 * custom injection molded enclosure * BLE comms, sd card storage, DS1302 RTC * android & ios apps with Flutter * Shadertoy vfx support for video sharing - Chip
2024 · jamcorder.com · its alternatives →
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Beats, a web-based drum machinefree▲160Hello all! I've been an avid fan of Pocket Operators by Teenage Engineering since I found out about them. I even own an EP-133 K.O. II today, which I love. A couple of months ago, Reddit user andiam03 shared a Google Sheet with some drum patterns [1]. I thought it was a very cool way to share and understand beats. During the weekend I coded a basic version of this app I am sharing today. I iterated over it in my free time, and yesterday I felt like I had a pretty good version to share with y'all. It's not meant to be a sequencer but rather a way to experiment with beats and basic sounds,…
Jan 2026 · beats.lasagna.pizza · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I made Beatsync, an open-source browser-based audio player that syncs audio with millisecond-level accuracy across many devices. Try it live right now: https://www.beatsync.gg/ The idea is that with no additional hardware, you can turn any group of devices into a full surround sound system. MacBook speakers are particularly good. Inspired by Network Time Protocol (NTP), I do clock synchronization over websockets and use the Web Audio API to keep audio latency under a few ms. You can also drag devices around a virtual grid to simulate spatial audio — it changes the…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · beatboxingforkids.fun · its alternatives →
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Haxophone▲526I built this during Covid. When I released it, some of the parts went out of stock or skyrocketed in price, no longer making this an economic DIY project. Now that things are getting back to almost normal, I thought I'd share it here and request feedback. This is a very niche project for people who like the same things I do: saxophones, Rust, mechanical keyboards and the Raspberry Pi.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A revolutionary new way of visualizing drum plugin libraries
2019 · xlnaudio.com · its alternatives →
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Custom soundboard creator
2025 · elevenlabs.io · its alternatives →
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BAP Studio▲76An MPC-style drum machine that runs in a browser tab
Aug 2026 · bap.studio · its alternatives →
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Multitrack synth, sampler, drum machine, and looper for iOS.
Aug 2026 · arc24.app · its alternatives →
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2012 · blog.beatmaticapp.com · its alternatives →
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DJ mixing app & beat maker
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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TapPad▲87Turn your Mac's trackpad into a MIDI drum pad
2019 · mohdakram.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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A real-time vocal recognition MIDI controller
2019 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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MIDIpad▲59You gamepad is a musical instrument
Sep 2026 · midipad.stevemitchell.music · its alternatives →
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Do things with a Behringer FCB1010 MIDI pedalboard in MacOS - JamesRyanATX/fcbnerd
Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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