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Music theory, synthesis & production Videos Recommended on Hacker News (103)
Music theory, synthesis & production is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 103 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2009 and 2026 — 262 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Music making: music theory, synthesizers, sound synthesis, audio production, mixing, guitar tone and amps, DAWs, composition, music notation software, instruments, electronic music.
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3 mo on HN電磁祭囃子 in NEO TOKYO 🏮
ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS!
3 HN recommender · 2020–2026
3 mo on HNSam Aaron live coding an ambient electro set w/ Sonic Pi
Sam Aaron
3 HN recommender · 2017–2023
3 mo on HNPachelbel Rant
RobPRocks
3 HN recommender · 2012–2023
3 mo on HNSam Aaron live coding a DJ set with Sonic Pi
Sam Aaron
3 HN recommender · 2017–2020
2 mo on HNGet Ready to Rock with Sonic Pi - The Live Coding Music Synth for Everyone • Sam Aaron • GOTO 2018
GOTO Conferences
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
3 mo on HNHow Music Works 1 - Melody - Part 1
timegrinder
3 HN recommender · 2009–2016
3 mo on HNDan Deacon - Bromst - In The Studio
Pitchfork
3 HN recommender · 2013–2019
3 mo on HNThe rigs we've created for chipsynth MD's emulation.
plgDavid
3 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNEmulating the DX7 the HARD way
plgDavid
3 HN recommender · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNMicrotonal Guitar (Fixed Fret) - Tolgahan Çoğulu
Microtonal Guitar - Tolgahan Çoğulu
2 HN recommender · 2015–2022
3 mo on HNBach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ
smalin
3 HN recommender · 2010–2026
3 mo on HN4 Chords | Music Videos | The Axis Of Awesome
The Axis of Awesome
3 HN recommender · 2012–2025
3 mo on HNWhy guitarists USED TO play more in tune! (Microtonal Frets)
Brandon Acker
3 HN recommender · 2022–2026
3 mo on HNTeenage engineering OP1 - Live looping [Thoj]
Thoj
3 HN recommender · 2017–2018
3 mo on HNTested: Where Does The Tone Come From In A Guitar Amplifier?
Jim Lill
3 HN recommender · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNSonification & The Problem with Making Music from Data
Tantacrul
2 HN recommender · 2020–2024
2 mo on HNJustin Bieber 800% Slower
turinpt2
2 HN recommender · 2012–2024
2 mo on HNWhat Makes This Song Great? "Into You" MAX MARTIN
Rick Beato
3 HN recommender · 2020–2022
2 mo on HNIn The Bleak Midwinter - Jacob Collier
Jacob Collier
2 HN recommender · 2019–2022
2 mo on HNBobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale | World Science Festival
World Science Festival
2 HN recommender · 2016–2023
2 mo on HNEduard Artemyev - Siberiade theme (1979)
gobodrodiont
2 HN recommender · 2010–2023
2 mo on HNAxis of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song titles)
random804
2 HN recommender · 2012–2025
2 mo on HNJust Intonation vs Equal Temperament
Trippin' on Cookies
2 HN recommender · 2014–2020
2 mo on HNiMUSE Demonstration 2 - Seamless Transitions
Peter Silk (KestrelPi)
2 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HN#VoCo. Adobe Audio Manipulator Sneak Peak with Jordan Peele | Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe Creative Cloud
2 HN recommender · 2016–2024
2 mo on HNMusic Software & Interface Design: Steinberg's Dorico
Tantacrul
2 HN recommender · 2020–2021
2 mo on HNIannis Xenakis - Metastasis
jarkkkoo
2 HN recommender · 2010–2022
2 mo on HNDan Tepfer: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
NPR Music
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
2 mo on HNHow Children Develop Perfect Pitch
Rick Beato
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNRay Kurzweil on "I've Got a Secret"
Sidewinder77
2 HN recommender · 2012–2016
2 mo on HNjacob collier tunes the piano
George Collier
2 HN recommender · 2021–2026
2 mo on HNLarnell Lewis Hears "Enter Sandman" For The First Time
Drumeo
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNJacob Collier Explains Music in 5 Levels of Difficulty ft. Herbie Hancock | WIRED
WIRED
2 HN recommender · 2018–2023
2 mo on HNAmiga Samplers : Budget dance music in 1990
debuglive
2 HN recommender · 2020–2022
2 mo on HNFatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank | Het verhaal achter het nummer
Top 2000 a gogo
2 HN recommender · 2021–2021
2 mo on HNThe Art Of Poison-Pilling Music Files
Benn Jordan
2 HN recommender · 2025–2026