# olilarkin/awesome-musicdsp

A curated list of my favourite music DSP and audio programming resources

Repository: https://github.com/olilarkin/awesome-musicdsp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-musicdsp
License: CC-BY-4.0
License Family: other
Topics: dsp, audio, plugin, vst, vst2, vst3, audiounit
Last push: 2026-05-30T16:10:00+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 85, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3073, "days_push": 95, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2991, forks 110 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:34.548932+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of music DSP (digital signal processing) and audio programming resources, including plug-in frameworks, libraries, books, and tutorials. It serves as a reference directory for audio software developers rather than a usable software artifact itself.

## Use cases
- find resources for learning audio DSP programming
- discover C++ audio plug-in frameworks like JUCE and iPlug2
- learn how to develop VST or AudioUnit plugins
- find books and tutorials on music signal processing
- get started with audio programming as a beginner

## When to choose
- you are starting out in audio plugin development and want a curated starting point
- you need to survey the ecosystem of DSP libraries and plug-in frameworks
- you want a regularly updated reference of audio programming resources

## When to avoid
- you need an actual DSP library or framework rather than a list of links
- you want runnable code or a tool you can integrate into a project
- you need in-depth tutorials rather than a link collection

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: audio-processing, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, dsp, audio-programming, vst, audio-plugins, curated-list, audio

## Member repositories
- olilarkin/awesome-musicdsp (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:34.548932+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:31:20.753276+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/olilarkin/awesome-musicdsp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:34.548932+00:00, sha b90c57dab8bd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.