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Vibe coding is turning the music gear world upside down
Source: The Verge · Published
They’re far more powerful and fun than their bargain price suggests. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge If you spend any time on r/synthesizers or watch a lot of synth videos on YouTube, you've probably noticed the explosion of custom firmware for hardware synthesizers, sample
They’re far more powerful and fun than their bargain price suggests. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge If you spend any time on r/synthesizers or watch a lot of synth videos on YouTube, you've probably noticed the explosion of custom firmware for hardware synthesizers, samplers, and grooveboxes . What unites almost all of them is that they were made possible by increasingly sophisticated vibe coding tools.
These sorts of custom firmware were exceedingly rare in the pre-LLM days, and required both deep expertise and an incredible investment of time. It could take weeks or months to add a simple feature like velocity sensitivity to a Korg Volca . Now, hobbyist hackers are able to turn Temu synths into full-fledged grooveboxes in a matter of days … Read the full story at The Verge.
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