Nowadays you can make music on on your browser – even if you can’t really play real instruments. I have earlier written about Patatap, and here are some new finding on this field:
ACID MACHINE BETA is a in-browser tool (uses HTML5 “magic”) that emulates Roland’s TB-303 bass synthesizer with built-in sequencer. It brings the essence of building a bass, lead and drum sequence to you without the need to install any additional software! (works well on Firefox and Chrome) It allows you to easily make your own ACID house music as the well-known “acid” sound is typically produced by playing a repeating note pattern on the TB-303 (like in this classic track).
According to Make acid house in your browser with Acid Machine article Acid Machine is described by developers Errozero as a “work in progress”, but it’s already working better than a faulty TB-303 found on eBay. As well as featuring two of the famous bass synthesisers, Acid Machine also features a drum machine. Acid Machine is making the dream of writing acid house tracks in the office a reality. Play with it for few minutes and you have some interesting sounding results!
Want some more drum machines? Emulate four classic drum machines in your browser article tells about HTML 5 Drum Machine Emulator that that can emulate five different kits: Roland’s iconic TR-808 and TR-909, the Linndrum, Elektron’s Machinedrum and an acoustic drum kit. You can create multiple 16-step patterns, manipulate the pitch and volume of each individual drum sample and even save patterns for the next time you visit the page. Once you’ve laid down your beat, you can even export the whole thing as a WAV file.
Or do you want to try to play with hip hop samples? Turn your computer keyboard into an MPC and recreate hip hop beats from Dilla, Kanye and 9th Wonder with interactive hip hop sampler Sample Stitch. Sample Stitch lets you reinterpret, record and even share your creations to Facebook and Twitter.
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Tomi Engdahl says:
https://hackaday.com/2025/08/14/rediscovering-microsofts-oddball-music-generator-from-the-1990s/
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AI used to create music
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/167gFkYAE3/
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Making it ridiculously easy
BREAKING: Songer AI users reportedly “ruining” traditional music creation by making it ridiculously easy. Local man seen creating professional tracks while in pajamas. Grandmother accidentally composed symphony after misclicking mouse. Music teachers everywhere confused as students produce “suspiciously good” songs without practicing scales for 10 years!
Create your masterpiece at https://songer.co
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https://songer.co/
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On https://onlinepiano.cc/ , you can simulate playing the piano. It’s for beginners. You can practice at any time. It’s a great way to start learning the piano. Try it now!
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https://onlinesequencer.net/
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https://onlinesequencer.net/3853133
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https://onlinepiano.cc/
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Tidal Cycles
Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns
https://tidalcycles.org/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunVox
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https://bvker.com/producer-memes/
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https://www.thomann.de/blog/en/inspire/10-bands-that-made-masks-their-trademark/
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https://www.musicradar.com/news/best-free-daws-music-production-software#section-best-for-pc
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https://www.tracktion.com/products/waveform-free
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AI sample generator
https://www.waves.com/illugen
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Metal music
https://youtu.be/Ga7FWlBiqh8?si=iQp9tAVDSqB5mhoZ
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https://tomlehrersongs.com/
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“It is unlikely that extreme metal musicians are trying to increase mating success through their music.” A study suggested that men who play guitar in extreme metal bands mainly do it to impress other men
https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/it-is-unlikely-that-extreme-metal-musicians-are-trying-to-increase-mating-success-through-their-music-a-study-suggested-that-men-who-play-guitar-in-extreme-metal-bands-mainly-do-it-to-impress-other-men
Time to smash those preconceptions about playing guitar to show off to girls, lads
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Suno allows you to upload existing audio files (6–60 seconds, up to 8 minutes for subscribers) or record directly to use as a base for new music.
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This is my final stand on AI-generate music as a musician, singer and songwriter myself:
People who use AI music tools aren’t trying to replace musicians — they’re trying to express something they’ve carried inside for years. The intention comes from them. The meaning comes from them. The emotion comes from them. The tool simply gives them a way to express what they already knew they wanted to say.
Musicians create through craft.
AI creators create through direction.
Both are human. Both are valid. Both come from the same impulse to make something that didn’t exist before.
Calling AI music “slop” misunderstands the relationship between tool and creator. A tool can generate sound, but it cannot generate intention, taste, or emotional truth. Those come from the person using it — the same way a keyboard doesn’t write a novel and a camera doesn’t take a meaningful photograph on its own.
And none of this erases the lineage of musicianship.
Nothing replaces the blood, sweat, and tears of the greats — the people who shaped music with their hands, their breath, their bodies, their lives. They remain the foundation. They remain the heart. They remain the ones we bow to.
AI doesn’t diminish musicians.
It expands the circle of who gets to create.
If we can hold both truths at once — honoring musicians while recognizing the humanity in AI‑assisted creators — the whole conversation becomes calmer, kinder, and more honest. There’s room for everyone, and no one has to lose for someone else to express themselves.