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

• Barton Musical Circuits
• Bastl Instruments
• Befaco
• Circuit Abbey G8 clock divider
• Collidoscope
• deanm1278 on GitHub, various mostly Arduino
• eChanter
• GMSN!
• HackMe
• Hansy1010
• Lush Projects LushOne
• Mad Science Lab SSM1
• MeeBlip anode
• 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,
• PreenFM2
• xnotox on GitHub
• Adafruit Industries, more than just x0xb0x
• Zoybar
• Zynthian

Sequencers

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

Microcontroller based

• Arduinome
• ArduTouch, an Arduino-compatible music synthesizer kit.

Resources

• Adafruit Industries
• Zoybar social network

Tools & test equipment

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

See also

• GitHub 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