Hackaday [Unofficial]May 23

The Maths Behind A Chord Recognition Engine

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/22/the-maths-behind-a-chord-recognition-engine/

The Maths Behind A Chord Recognition Engine

A key part of any tertiary musical education is learning about all the wonderful (and less wonderful) types of chords out there. Typically this involves a great deal of exercises involving the iden…

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13May 23
The Maths Behind A Chord Recognition Engine https://hackaday.com/2026/05/22/the-maths-behind-a-chord-recognition-engine/
#MusicalHacks #Chord #Chords #Music #Musicalhacks
The Maths Behind A Chord Recognition Engine

A key part of any tertiary musical education is learning about all the wonderful (and less wonderful) types of chords out there. Typically this involves a great deal of exercises involving the iden…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]May 17

NFC Record Player Promotes Intentional Listening

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NFC Record Player Promotes Intentional Listening

Streaming services have enabled many of us to have easy access to the world’s media library at the touch of a screen, but [Coconauts] thinks we’ve lost something along the way. To bring…

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13May 17
NFC Record Player Promotes Intentional Listening https://hackaday.com/2026/05/17/nfc-record-player-promotes-intentional-listening/
#MusicalHacks #ESP32 #NFC #Spotify #Stereo #Streaming #Vinyl
NFC Record Player Promotes Intentional Listening

Streaming services have enabled many of us to have easy access to the world’s media library at the touch of a screen, but [Coconauts] thinks we’ve lost something along the way. To bring…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]May 16

Mixapps: The Mixtape of The Internet Age

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Mixapps: The Mixtape Of The Internet Age

Mixtapes used to be a way that we cultivated a personal selection of music for our own enjoyment, or to give as gifts to those we wanted to impress with a personal touch. These days, we’d typ…

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13May 16
Mixapps: The Mixtape of The Internet Age https://hackaday.com/2026/05/16/mixapps-the-mixtape-of-the-internet-age/
#MusicalHacks #SoftwareHacks #Mixtape #Progressivewebapp #Tape
Mixapps: The Mixtape Of The Internet Age

Mixtapes used to be a way that we cultivated a personal selection of music for our own enjoyment, or to give as gifts to those we wanted to impress with a personal touch. These days, we’d typ…

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13May 9
Win95-Tracker-CYD is a Cheap Yellow Mod Tracker with I2S https://hackaday.com/2026/05/08/win95-tracker-cyd-is-a-cheap-yellow-mod-tracker-with-i2s/
#Microcontrollers #MusicalHacks #CheapYellowDisplay #ESP32 #MODfile #Musicplayer #Trackermusic
Win95-Tracker-CYD Is A Cheap Yellow Mod Tracker With I2S

The Cheap Yellow Display is a great little module to start a project with, but it wouldn’t necessarily be our first choice for an audio device. That’s because the PWM on the ESP32 isn&#…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]May 7

3D Printed Train Whistles Sound Out at Full Scale

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/07/3d-printed-train-whistles-sound-out-at-full-scale/

3D Printed Train Whistles Sound Out At Full Scale

The age of steam is long gone, but there are few railfans who don’t have a soft spot for the old rolling kettles. So you’d best believe when [AeroKoi] talks about 3D printed train whist…

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13May 7
3D Printed Train Whistles Sound Out at Full Scale https://hackaday.com/2026/05/07/3d-printed-train-whistles-sound-out-at-full-scale/
#3dPrinterhacks #MusicalHacks #3dprinted #3dprintedmusicalinstruments #Steamtrains #Whistle
3D Printed Train Whistles Sound Out At Full Scale

The age of steam is long gone, but there are few railfans who don’t have a soft spot for the old rolling kettles. So you’d best believe when [AeroKoi] talks about 3D printed train whist…

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Hackaday [Unofficial]May 6

Taking Polyphony to a New Level

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/05/06/taking-polyphony-to-a-new-level/

Taking Polyphony To A New Level

There are all manner of musical synthesis techniques, from the early electromechanical instruments through analogue tape systhesis, the all-electronic waveform synthesisers of the 1960s onwards, an…

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