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Music, composition, instruments, synthesis, music software, recording, and creative audio technology.

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

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20261,371 stories
Claude Opus 5.5↗ anthropic.com · HN · 1129 comments · 1804 points · Sep 22, 2026
Dolly Parton has died↗ theguardian.com · HN · 249 comments · 1602 points · Aug 25, 2026
Claude Opus 4.8↗ anthropic.com · HN · 1376 comments · 1774 points · May 28, 2026
Claude Opus 4.7↗ anthropic.com · HN · 1452 comments · 1959 points · Apr 16, 2026
Claude Opus 4.6↗ anthropic.com · HN · 1031 comments · 2346 points · Feb 05, 2026
20251,409 stories
Claude Opus 4.5↗ anthropic.com · HN · 506 comments · 1113 points · Nov 24, 2025
Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter↗ bitsnpieces.dev · HN · 209 comments · 1278 points · Nov 12, 2025
VST3 audio plugin format is now MIT↗ forums.steinberg.net · HN · 177 comments · 663 points · Oct 23, 2025
Claude Opus 4.1↗ anthropic.com · HN · 328 comments · 841 points · Aug 05, 2025
Photos taken inside musical instruments↗ dpreview.com · HN · 55 comments · 1121 points · May 30, 2025
20241,461 stories
Zildjian, a 400-year-old cymbal-making company in Massachusetts↗ wbur.org · HN · 233 comments · 527 points · Dec 31, 2024
The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development↗ pikuma.com · HN · 320 comments · 700 points · Nov 13, 2024
Show HN: I made a tiny device for automatically recording digital pianos↗ jamcorder.com · HN · 194 comments · 590 points · Nov 07, 2024
Show HN: Sonauto – A more controllable AI music creator↗ sonauto.ai · HN · 235 comments · 454 points · Apr 10, 2024
Wintergatan Marble Machine (2016) [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 131 comments · 375 points · Mar 02, 2024
20231,501 stories
Midihum: An ML-Based MIDI Humanizing Tool↗ erichgrunewald.com · HN · 18 comments · 55 points · Dec 30, 2023
Synthesis Methods Explained: What Is FM Synthesis?↗ perfectcircuit.com · HN · 54 comments · 127 points · Dec 24, 2023
Beeper – Moving Forward↗ blog.beeper.com · HN · 813 comments · 490 points · Dec 21, 2023
Alpaca- An Instruct Tuned Llama 7B. Responses on par with txt-DaVinci-3. Demo up↗ crfm.stanford.edu · HN · 17 comments · 53 points · Mar 13, 2023
Audiophile forum debating which versions of memcpy had the highest sound quality (2013)↗ discuss.systems · HN · 64 comments · 98 points · Mar 13, 2023
20221,477 stories
Sound↗ ciechanow.ski · HN · 207 comments · 3053 points · Oct 18, 2022
Show HN: Wavvy – web-based audio editor (Audacity port)↗ wavvy.app · HN · 111 comments · 530 points · Sep 02, 2022
Vangelis has died↗ pitchfork.com · HN · 193 comments · 790 points · May 19, 2022
Horrible edge cases when dealing with music↗ dustri.org · HN · 190 comments · 533 points · Apr 03, 2022
The Casio employee behind the “Sleng Teng” riddim that revolutionized reggae↗ nippon.com · HN · 210 comments · 575 points · Feb 01, 2022
20211,361 stories
Bespoke Synth 1.0 – open-source software modular synthesizer↗ bespokesynth.com · HN · 242 comments · 745 points · Sep 14, 2021
The Alexander: Why did you build such a long piano?↗ alexanderpiano.nz · HN · 186 comments · 884 points · Jul 16, 2021
Dear Google: Public domain compositions exist↗ blog.dbmiller.org · HN · 199 comments · 655 points · Jun 28, 2021
The Endless Acid Banger: algorithmic self-composing acid techno music↗ vitling.xyz · HN · 255 comments · 1109 points · Apr 20, 2021
The Real Book↗ 99percentinvisible.org · HN · 140 comments · 575 points · Apr 08, 2021
20201,436 stories
BBC Sound Effects made available to download for use under RemArc Licence (2018)↗ bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk · HN · 131 comments · 541 points · Sep 25, 2020
New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie↗ kqed.org · HN · 332 comments · 952 points · Jun 06, 2020
AudioMass – free, open source, web-based Audio and Waveform editor↗ audiomass.co · HN · 181 comments · 1011 points · May 28, 2020
Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to prevent lawsuits↗ musictech.net · HN · 330 comments · 829 points · Feb 28, 2020
Nototo – Build a unified mental map of notes↗ nototo.app · HN · 131 comments · 475 points · Jan 18, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Claude Opus 5.5↗ anthropic.com · HN · 1129 comments · 1804 points · Sep 22, 2026
Show HN: Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi↗ loficities.com · HN · 130 comments · 302 points · Sep 27, 2026
Audacity 4.0↗ github.com · HN · 266 comments · 1163 points · Sep 03, 2026
Dolly Parton has died↗ theguardian.com · HN · 249 comments · 1602 points · Aug 25, 2026
Jev-Leftpad↗ github.com · HN · 87 comments · 234 points · Sep 21, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Claude Opus 5.5↗ anthropic.com · HN · 1129 comments · 1804 points · Sep 22, 2026
Audacity 4.0↗ github.com · HN · 266 comments · 1163 points · Sep 03, 2026
Music Theory for Programmers↗ runjs.app · HN · 249 comments · 404 points · Sep 02, 2026
Music Theory for the 21st-Century Classroom↗ musictheory.pugetsound.edu · HN · 152 comments · 306 points · Sep 10, 2026
Show HN: Lofi Cities – Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi↗ loficities.com · HN · 130 comments · 302 points · Sep 27, 2026
Ask HN: Fable hacked my piano, can I release the results?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 166 comments · 299 points · Sep 05, 2026
Jev-Leftpad↗ github.com · HN · 87 comments · 234 points · Sep 21, 2026
Guitar amp and effects pedal built on the Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06↗ github.com · HN · 78 comments · 153 points · Sep 26, 2026
Previously unheard recordings of John Coltrane, captured by Frank Tiberi↗ jazzwise.com · HN · 37 comments · 105 points · Sep 25, 2026
Whistle Synth Mac App↗ jefftk.com · HN · 20 comments · 90 points · Sep 04, 2026

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