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So many to choose from (in alphabetical order)...

- Bytebeat: https://dollchan.net/bytebeat/ (https://greggman.com/downloads/examples/html5bytebeat/html5b... !Warning loud!)

- Cardinal: https://cardinal.kx.studio/live

- Glicol: https://glicol.org

- Kabelsalat: https://kabel.salat.dev

- NoiseCraft: https://noisecraft.app

- Strudel: https://strudel.cc (https://github.com/terryds/awesome-strudel)

- Tidal Cycles: https://tidalcycles.org


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nyeah07/31/2025

You're really going to dump a total newbie into simulated rack synths, computer music languages, and whatnot? In order to "save time" over learning a DAW?

I'm sympathetic to some of what you're plugging. Really. I love VCVRack. But have mercy!

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