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I recently open-sourced my electronic album Everything Is Free (CC0), but I wanted to go a step further than just providing files.

I built Everything Is Remixed, a browser-based stem mixer that lets you mix the raw audio tracks (volume, pan, EQ, reverb, delay) in real-time.

The Tech Stack: - Core: Pure Web Audio API (no external audio libraries) - State: The entire mix configuration (fader positions, effects settings, mutes) uses a custom encoding scheme compressed directly into the URL. There is no database. - Architecture: Cloudflare Workers + R2 for hosting the stems, but the mixing logic is 100% client-side.

You can try the album mixer here: https://evr.ichbinsoftware.com/

Try a pre-configured mix: https://evr.ichbinsoftware.com/hydrogen?mix=0:75:0:0:-3,1:90...

Or load your own audio files in the standalone version: https://mixer.ichbinsoftware.com/

The code is open source and CC0: https://github.com/ichbinsoftware/everythingisremixed

I'd love feedback on the audio engine performance or the compression approach!

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I wrapped my open-source album in an NPM package to treat music as a software dependency.

Why? So you can build visualizers or players without scraping. You get the lyrics, artwork, manifesto, BPM/Key metadata, and direct stream/download URLs programmatically.

- License: CC0 (Public Domain). Install it, commercialize it, remix it. No attribution required.

- Main synth and effects came from hardware (synthesizers/circuits), not software.

- Track names: Hydrogen → Francium (alkali metals).

- Demo: Interactive stem player at https://ev3.ichbinsoftware.com

- NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ichbinsoftware/everything-is-...

Happy to answer questions about the package structure or the hardware workflow.

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The thesis: Music should circulate like electricity, is public infrastructure, not protected content.

What's included:

- Full album browsable in the repo with immediate M4A access

- High-res WAV stems for remixing/sampling/destroying

- Interactive stem player at ev3.ichbinsoftware.com for each track

- CC0 license — copy, remix, commercialize, or repackage without permission or attribution

The process:

All synth and effects audio came from physical hardware (circuits/voltages), not software.

I wanted to capture the timing errors and human decisions of hardware jams, then release that raw data back to the web.

Happy to answer questions about the hardware workflow, the CC0 decision, or how to use these stems in your projects.

Links:

Repo: https://github.com/ichbinsoftware/everythingisfree

Stream/Download: https://software-entwicklungskit.bandcamp.com/album/everythi...

Interactive player: https://ev3.ichbinsoftware.com

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