micknoise/Maximilian

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1699 stars · 284 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Maximilian is a cross-platform C++ audio synthesis and signal processing (DSP) library with JavaScript bindings for Web Audio. It provides oscillators, filters, effects, sample playback, granular synthesis, and real-time MIR analysis, running from desktops to browsers and embedded systems.

Use cases

• synthesize audio and music in C++
• build a browser-based audio app with Web Audio
• do real-time spectrum analysis and MFCC feature extraction
• run granular time-stretch and pitch-shift on audio samples
• generate sound on ESP32 or Raspberry Pi Pico
• apply delay, chorus, flanger, and distortion effects
• mix multichannel audio for 1, 2, 4, or 8 speaker setups

When to choose

• you need a dependency-free, MIT-licensed C++ DSP library
• you want the same synthesis code across native, browser, and embedded targets
• you need real-time MIR features like MFCCs or Bark scale analysis
• you're teaching or prototyping audio synthesis with OpenFrameworks

When to avoid

• you need a full DAW or sequencer rather than a DSP library
• you require GPU-accelerated or offline mastering-grade audio processing
• you rely on the deprecated ScriptProcessorNode examples instead of AudioWorklet
• you need extensive plugin formats like VST/AU hosting

Facets

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audio-processing machine-learning media cross-platform cpp windows browser wasm embedded dsp audio-synthesis music-information-retrieval web-audio granular-synthesis openframeworks esp32 audio macos linux ios

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