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CLUSTER COMPOSING-DESKTOP-MIDI-2 · 19 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2024-12-04

Composing Desktop Midi

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JUL 2016: 1FEB 2019: 1MAR 2022: 1JUN 2023: 1JAN 2024: 1DEC 2024: 1JUN 2025: 1FEB 2026: 1APR 2026: 1JUN 2026: 1JUL 2026: 1AUG 2026: 5SEP 2026: 1OCT 2026: 2
JUL 2016OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 8 hand-coded · 11 unlabelled

Operator · 4 hobby · 1 indie · 11 open source · 3 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 19 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01FuFumidi24★24 daysliveOffline MIDI workstation that transcribes audio to MIDI and supports piano roll editing, visualization, and film scoring.
  2. 02M-agent16★1 mo—Desktop MIDI creation tool for indie game developers with multi-track piano roll, non-destructive editing, and three agent working modes.
  3. 03piko1★23 days—hand-codedhobbyDesktop MIDI player and piano-roll editor that opens, plays, edits, and saves MIDI files with a bundled General MIDI soundfont.
  4. 04smc-pad-studio0★10 days—hand-codedhobbyA desktop studio for the SMC-PAD MIDI controller that manages RGB lighting, macros, encoder modes, soundboard mixing, and per-application profiles.
  5. 05songzu-music-os0★11 days—hand-codedhobbyLocal-first music creation desktop app for Mac integrating a DAW, recording, reference library, and music production tools in a cyberpunk interface.
  6. 06midicomposer2★1 mo—hobbyDesktop application for composing and editing MIDI music tracks with tools for arranging and playback.
  7. 07donutstudio-bin0★2 moliveopen sourceDesktop workstation for composing harmonic music and editing MIDI using a just-intonation tuning system.
  8. 08arbit-bin0★2 molivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop workstation application for composing harmonic music and editing MIDI sequences for musicians and composers.
  9. 09MIDI-Remixer0★1 mo—MIDI workstation that lets musicians create mashups and arrangements through guided mash, fusion, and assisted workflows.
  10. 10Rosegarden0★4 molivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application for composing, sequencing, and notating music that combines MIDI recording, audio support, and score generation.
  11. 11anklang-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop application for live digital audio synthesis and composition of music and sound.
  12. 12MPK3 Settings0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop utility that reads, edits, and writes program settings for a specific MIDI keyboard controller device.
  13. 13mpk-m2-editor0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceAlternative desktop editor for programming the AKAI MPK Mini MkII MIDI controller.
  14. 14protokol-bin0★5 moliveopen sourceDesktop application for monitoring and visualizing OSC, MIDI, and gamepad messages for audio and creative workflows.
  15. 15SysEx Controls0★6 mostaleliveopen sourceDesktop application for reading and reprogramming buttons, knobs, and pads on supported MIDI controller hardware from several brands.
  16. 16Elektroid0★1 molivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application that manages sample and MIDI transfers between a computer and hardware synthesizers, drum machines, and samplers from multiple manufacturers.
  17. 17buzztrax0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA modular music composer for Linux that connects audio modules visually to create and arrange music tracks.
  18. 18Audovia Lite0★unknownliveindieDesktop application for composing multi-instrument songs using text-based music notation, with playback, staff-based editing, and export to MIDI, WAV, and XML.
  19. 19LMMS0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceMusic production application for creating loops, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples, and composing with a MIDI keyboard.

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