01 / INSTRUMENTS
Build a sound.
Responsive instruments that make movement, timbre and timing easy to shape.
AUDIO SOFTWARE / INDEPENDENT LAB
Make the signal misbehave.
Instruments, effects and focused browser tools for producers and DJs. Built for deliberate sound design, useful diagnostics and a fast route from idea to track.
LAB MONITOR SIGNAL ACTIVE
INPUT → PROCESS → OUTPUTCDL / 001
INDEPENDENT AUDIO TOOLSENGINEERED TO BE PLAYED
01 / THE WORKBENCH
Tools with a point of view.
Each project starts with a sound or a workflow worth exploring. The controls stay close to the thing they change.
02 / EFFECTS
Bend the signal.
Effects for turning a familiar take into something you could not have recorded twice.
03 / UTILITIES
Keep moving.
Small, focused tools that remove friction between the first idea and the finished track.
FROM THE LAB
Current releases
02 / BROWSER TOOLS
Useful before you open the DAW.
Quick local-first utilities for analyzing libraries, checking MIDI hardware, comparing audio and preparing event artwork.
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TrackStats
Scan a music library locally and graph formats, bitrate, storage, BPM, keys and metadata health.
Open tool ↗ 02Transposition Calculator
Key, semitone, playback-rate, BPM, sample matching and loop timing calculations.
Open tool ↗ 03MIDItest
Monitor MIDI messages and diagnose noisy controls, keybeds, pitch bend and connection behavior.
Open tool ↗ 04LoudnessBatch
Batch compare mixes and references on loudness, peaks, dynamics and stereo measurements.
Open tool ↗ 05PartyPosterGen
Make fast rave, DJ and party posters from templates with local images and multi-size exports.
Open tool ↗ 06BrowserToneGen
Generate independent tones, sweeps, noise and stereo test signals with local presets and WAV export.
Open tool ↗EXPERIMENTS
03 / PROJECT INDEX
Everything on the audio workbench.
Every active Circuit Drift Labs audio project is linked here. Open the live tool when a browser build exists, or jump straight to the source repository.
TrackStats
Local music-library analytics and metadata health.
Transposition Calculator
Key, pitch, BPM, playback-rate and loop calculations.
MIDItest
MIDI controller diagnostics and message monitoring.
LoudnessBatch
Batch loudness, peak, dynamics and stereo analysis.
BrowserToneGen
Multi-tone, sweep, noise and stereo signal generator.
Binaural Web Beats
Browser-based binaural beat and tone experiments.
BabbleForge
Experimental browser audio project.
PluginChek
Inspect DAW project files and recover plugin references.
WebSynth / Terrain Loom
Browser instrument and experimental synthesis playground.
3xOSO
Visual three-oscillator synth with presets, sequencer, effects and an ear trainer.
VisualSynth
Visual modular synth and synthesis learning environment.
Luthier
Audio plugin and sound-design project.
Shelloop
CLI live step sequencer and playable synth.
SnairCreator
Turn source audio into snare or clap sounds.
RoboDrummer
Adaptive virtual drummer for live guitar and jam sessions.
ReverseVerb
Reverse-reverb effect with pre-hit sound design controls.
Interfearance VST
Experimental audio effect and performance plugin.
ReverseBack
Reverse-audio processing application.
GrooveScripting
Command-line groove, drum, bass and lead generation tools.
Audio Command Line Tools
Batch-focused audio processing utilities for shell workflows.
SideForge
Audio-production utility project.
GapFill
Audio-production utility project.
PartyPosterGen
Artwork utility for DJ, rave and event promotion.
03 / THE METHOD
The interesting part is under the panel.
We care about the way a sound changes when you touch it. A useful tool should invite experimentation, show you what it is doing and stay out of your way when you have a track to finish.
Meet the lab
FIG. 02 / SIGNAL PATH STUDY04 / THE LAB
A small lab for sounds and workflows that deserve better tools.
Circuit Drift Labs designs open-source audio tools for people who make music by listening closely, experimenting and solving practical problems. The work spans instruments, effects, diagnostics and browser utilities for the major DAWs and surrounding studio workflow.
Some tools will be subtle. Others will pull a sound apart. The common thread is a direct, useful interface that makes it easy to get somewhere interesting.
Follow the work on GitHub