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24 alternatives to Understanding Braids (digital audio synthesis 101)

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Understanding Braids (digital audio synthesis 101) launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1IU
I used AI to recreate a $4000 piece of audio hardware as a plugin▲160
Hi Hacker News, This is definitely out of my comfort zone. I just wanted to show you guys because I'm super proud of it. It's a 100% faithful recreation based off of the schematics, patents, and ROMs that were found online. So please watch the video and tell me what you think https://youtu.be/auOlZXI1VxA The reason why I think this is relevant is because I've been a programmer for 25 years and AI scares the shit out of me. I'm not a programmer anymore. I'm something else now. I don't know what it is but it's multi-disciplinary, and it doesn't involve writing code myself--for…
Jan 2026 · its alternatives →
2
Superpowered 3D Audio Spatializer▲59
Low power, cross-platform 3D audio
2016 · superpowered.com · its alternatives →
3
Audiogram Generator▲80
The future of social audio from WNYC
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
4
Audiologs - 001: Welcome▲55
A personal audio journal experiment
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
5
Singular▲64
Mapping the World's Sounds
2014 · its alternatives →
6
Audio Kit▲96
Open-source audio synthesis, processing & analysis platform.
2014 · audiokit.io · its alternatives →
7
Reasonably Sound - 1: The Ear▲55
A discussion on sound and how we hear things
2015 · americanpublicmedia.org · its alternatives →
8
KRFT 1.5.0▲110
A modular instrument for music production
2017 · studioamplify.com · its alternatives →
9
A realtime node-based audio synth based on LLVM▲78
A powerful realtime node-based audio synthesizer. Contribute to monadgroup/axiom development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
10
AUM▲7
A flexible audio mixer & recorder
2017 · kymatica.com · its alternatives →
11FA
Flow, a WebRTC/Web Audio HTML5 experiment.▲6
2012 · trypwire.flow.jit.su · its alternatives →
12FA
Facile.Audio – A library for live audio streaming from the browser▲7
2016 · facile.audio · its alternatives →
13
99% Invisible - 15: Sounds of the artificial world▲5
Designing organic sounds for iInorganic things
2015 · its alternatives →
14
Waveforms▲6
An interactive, educational guide to the physics of sound
2018 · waveforms.surge.sh · its alternatives →
15BA
BandFu, an experimental audio playground▲5
2013 · bandfu.com · its alternatives →
16
Tone.js▲7
A framework for creating interactive music in the browser
2017 · tonejs.github.io · its alternatives →
17OS
Open-Source Music Streams Made with Loops and Randomness▲9
2020 · celody.com · its alternatives →
18UT
Universal Tone Generator – A Generative Music Experience▲8
Univeral Tone Generator.
2020 · utg.ezralafleur.com · its alternatives →
19AA
Analog audio hardware on the cloud▲6
2018 · watape.com · its alternatives →
20PM
Pretty music visualization in real time with JavaScript and WebAudioAPI▲7
2013 · vizrify.com · its alternatives →
21AC
A collection of phonetic algorithms written in JavaScript with live examples▲5
2016 · yomguithereal.github.io · its alternatives →
22
Localization Cue Correction▲7
SAMPLE EXCHANGE PROTOCOL FOR SPATIAL AUDIO
2020 · its alternatives →
23
audio-circle▲6
High-accuracy distance measurement using html5 audio
2014 · devpost.com · its alternatives →
24VA
VocalVoid – An audio based open forum▲7
2021 · vocalvoid.com · its alternatives →

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