Hacker News with Generative AI: Music Production

Ask HN: If I want to compose my own music, how can I get started? (ycombinator.com)
I'm a programmer, but I've decided I want to make music. Very specific genres of music:

Music Production, Programming, Hobby, Learning

21 points by purple-leafy 10 days ago | 21 comments

Learning Synths (ableton.com)
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Music Production, Synthesizers, Learning, Software

381 points by holdit 11 days ago | 125 comments

Dangerous copyright precedent set by Teenage Engineering [video] (youtube.com)

Copyright, Law, Music Production, Legal Precedents, Teenage Engineering

15 points by Aldipower 13 days ago | 3 comments

Shmøergh Hog – The making of a simple analog synth (peterzimon.com)
We finished the first version of a synthesizer that starts to resemble a real product. It's the same concept that I've already written about – a simple switches-over-knobs style analog synth for live performance, called Hog – but with completely reworked circuitry and enclosure.

Electronics, Music Production, Analog Synthesizers, DIY Projects

209 points by b6dybuyv 18 days ago | 24 comments

Show HN: An Open Source Equilizer Plugin (github.com/ashafq)
a5eq.lv2 is an LV2 plugin featuring a 5-band equalizer that includes a Low Shelf, three Peaking filters, and a High Shelf. It's crafted to assist both amateur and professional audio engineers in precise sound sculpting and can be employed across various audio engineering tasks such as studio production, mastering, or live sound tweaking.

Open Source, Audio Engineering, Music Production, Software, Plugins

20 points by ashafq 31 days ago | 5 comments

Show HN: I made a sampler to make beats from YouTube videos (powierz.art)
Paste the link to a YouTube video and load the video. Find interesting samples and save them by clicking on 'Mark Current Time'. Then assign keys to samples and create a beat.

Music Production, Web Development, Creative Projects

12 points by micouay 32 days ago | 6 comments

YouTuber repairs audiophile preamp, gets copyright strike [video] (youtube.com)

YouTube, Music Production, Copyright, Audio Engineering

8 points by markrages 42 days ago | 1 comments

MilkyTracker v1.05 – Major Release (milkytracker.org)
Today (just in time before Xmas), we’re releasing a new version of milkytracker: version 1.05 ♥

New Releases, Music Production, Software

3 points by subbz 44 days ago | 0 comments

Oscilloscope Music N-Spheres (oscilloscopemusic.com)
We first announced the new EP back in 2018. It took many attempts and reiterations to get to the concept we had envisioned, and just six years later reached it's final form as N-SPHERES.

Music, EP Releases, Music Production

137 points by webmaven 48 days ago | 22 comments

Ableton's Push 3 running Doom in standalone mode [video] (youtube.com)

Ableton, Music Production, Gaming, Doom, Video

5 points by oidar 72 days ago | 0 comments

Are rotary mixers better? (djmag.com)
For years, rotary mixers have been status symbols of superior build and sound quality. But is rotary always ‘better’ by default? Or has the cult of the rotary mixer created a monster? Declan McGlynn investigates

Music Production, DJing, Audio Engineering

32 points by daledavies 83 days ago | 66 comments

Trying Arroost (edibotopic.com)
I've been playing around with an early version of Arroost, a node-based tool for live sampling.

Music Production, Software, Live Sampling

23 points by surprisetalk 83 days ago | 1 comments

DawVert – a DAW project file converter (github.com/SatyrDiamond)
DawVert is a Project File Converter

Music Production, Software, Tools, Open Source

60 points by SatyrDiamond 90 days ago | 21 comments

Show HN: I made tool for slicing up samples to Ableton Move presets (github.com/alexfedosov)
A simple CLI to mangle samples for Ableton Move / Ableton Note

Music Production, Software, Ableton, CLI Tools

50 points by alex_x 91 days ago | 21 comments

Ardour 8.8 Released (ardour.org)
Ardour 8.8 is now available for Linux, Windows and macOS. Version 8.7 was only released a couple of weeks ago, but it turned out to have a couple of major issues that required a hot-fix. Along the way, several other nice improvements happened. Since this is not a typical bi-monthly release, we've prepended the changes to the release notes for version 8.7.

New Releases, Software, Music Production, Linux, macOS

51 points by voxadam 105 days ago | 8 comments

SunVox: Powerful Modular Synthesizer and DAW (warmplace.ru)
SunVox is a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern-based sequencer (tracker).

Music Production, Software, Synthesizers

183 points by timkq 112 days ago | 47 comments

Twenty Years of FM Synthesis Inside Ableton Live (roberthenke.com)
In 2004 I created Ableton's first software synthesiser - Operator. On the occasion of its twentieth birthday, this page provides background, a few tips and a download link to a pack with presets I and a few other Ableton colleagues created for this occasion.

Music Production, Software, Ableton Live, FM Synthesis

188 points by gregsadetsky 118 days ago | 58 comments

Furnace – the biggest multi-system chiptune tracker ever made (github.com/tildearrow)
the biggest multi-system chiptune tracker ever made!

Music Production, Chiptune, Software

223 points by unleaded 119 days ago | 64 comments

Ask HN: Help me restore the LCD displays on classic samplers so I can use them (ycombinator.com)
I have gotten hold of a few classic Akai samplers from the 90ish. Sadly, the lcd screens are either not working, or impossible to read, or faintly visible.

Electronics, Vintage Technology, Repair, Music Production, Sampling

36 points by ThinkBeat 122 days ago | 53 comments

Cardinal – Virtual modular synthesizer plugin (kx.studio)

Virtual Instruments, Music Production, Software

93 points by iscream26 151 days ago | 43 comments

Tell HN: Steinberg shut down their eLicenser service, breaking older software (steinberg.net)

Music Production, Software, Licensing, Steinberg

53 points by TonyTrapp 158 days ago | 22 comments

Lego Product Idea: Technics SL-1200 MK2 Turntable (lego.com)

Lego, Technics, Turntables, Music Production

5 points by teractiveodular 163 days ago | 0 comments

Minimum Viable CD (minimumcd.org)