Open source music hardware projects

This list of open source music hardware projects includes brands or projects relative to electro-music where schematics and firmaware are open-source. However it also includes projects which are not fully open source hardware as defined by the Open Source Hardware Association.

Audio equipment

Amplifiers

• AX84, a variety of music electronics projects.

Mixers

• Aurora, music mixer for DJ's

Electronic music

Controllers

• Monome
• O0SCC – controller that communicates via the open sound control protocol.
• Open Pipe
• OpenPipe
• Vectr 3D Sensing Controller

Enclosures

• Eurorack Lasercut Case

MIDI

• MIDIbox – The MIDIbox project is an open-source modular DIY hardware and software platform for MIDI devices like controllers, synthesizers, sequencers
• MIDIsense

Synthesizers and modules

• Adafruit Industries, has more than just the x0xb0x
• Barton Musical Circuits
• Bastl Instruments
• Befaco
• Circuit Abbey G8 clock divider
• Collidoscope
• Creative Technologies (CTAG), a group of Kiel University of Applied Sciences and external collaborators whose focus includes sound synthesis electronics
• deanm1278 on GitHub, various mostly Arduino
• DSO138 Oscilloscope Eurorack Mount
• eChanter
• Erica Synths DIY Eurorack Modules
• Futur3soundz XFM2
• GMSN! (archived). See JoeEarlam/GMSNPure, an attempt to collate all GMSN's OS designs since it went offline.
• HackMe
• Hansy1010
• JoyfulNoise Tiny Utility Board
• Lush Projects LushOne
• Mad Science Lab SSM1
• MeeBlip
• MiDispositivoMIDI
• Modular Synthesizer
• Music Thing Modular
• Mutable Instruments
• One Bit Groove Box
• Open-Modular.com, Open Source music design hardware and software
• Open NSynth Super
• OTTO - multi-track synth/sampler/sequencer/groovebox
• PreenFM
• RealSIDShield, an Arduino shield to use a MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID to play .SID files.
• TSynth, a Teensy 4.1 based synthesizer
• xnotox on GitHub
• Zoybar
• Zynthian

Sequencers

• Rebel Technology Stoicheia
• Lötklaus Pro – an Arduino based sequencer

Theremins

• Open Theremin

Microcontroller based

• Arduinome
• ArduTouch, an Arduino-compatible music synthesizer kit.
• Bela audio platform and sensor processing
• Goom, an open source multi-timbral polyphonic synthesizer.

Resources

• Adafruit Industries
• Zoybar social network

Tools & test equipment

• DSO Nano, a a pocket size digital storage oscilloscope.

See also

• GitHub
• GitLab
• List of synth DIY repositories

External links

• Open Modules for Open Minds – Open Software and Hardware in the Modular World
• Shared projects, OSH Park
• "Awesome Open Source Synthesizers" list on Github