I have a couple of these to add as well: VCVRack - simply one of the most mind-expanding things a synthesizer-nerd can play with. (https://vcvrack.com/) ZynthianOS - another example of a simple software solution to a problem nobody realized existed, opening the door to an absolutely astonishing array of Audio processing tools (https://zynthian.org/). - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

> It’s haven’t bought any Modular’s yet but I’m really looking forward to getting into other on the new year. http://cardinal.kx.studio https://vcvrack.com/ The former is libre and gratis, runs as a standalone or plugin and in the browser!! and is based on the latter. Ther former has a libre and gratis standalone version, the plugin version is non-gratis. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

A music synthesizer. It's a pathway to learning electronics, music, and the nature of sound. There are cheap kits, cheap synths, lots of kinds of synths, and there are much more complicated and expensive systems you can grow into. You can get software synths also, VCV Rack is a free though complex one: https://vcvrack.com/ However I'd recommend an inexpensive hardware one with real knobs you can turn, like one... - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

What really opened my eyes was the Nord Micromodular; it taught me what I just described. It showed me how limited other synths were - but that limitation was a trade-off because it's much faster to make something on a fixed-structure synth than on a modular, in most cases. Nowadays, you can use https://vcvrack.com/ instead of a small limited box that needs Windows 98 to run the editor on. Source: about 1 year ago

Also I would suggest the paid version of VCV rack which works as a VST too ( the free version is just stand alone ) Expecially when experimenting with modular ( believe me, it can save you a fortune whilst you learn what different modules do ) I would also recommend Omri Cohens Youtube channel for learning this too. Source: about 1 year ago

The original Lottie by Airbnb, is offered for free and allows us to implement the bodymovin json files into web and mobile apps, which is also very cool. (https://airbnb.design/lottie/). Source: about 1 year ago

# see https://lottiefiles.com/ for examples and https://airbnb.design/lottie/. Source: over 1 year ago

Sometimes you want the animator/designer to be able to completely own the animation process and build with no-code--and you just embed their creation and own interactivity. Lottie was king here for a while. Rive is in same space and I've heard good things. Source: over 1 year ago

This is a great exercise but for those not familiar with it, production apps should generally use Lottie for something like this: https://airbnb.design/lottie/. Source: over 1 year ago

This is a popular tool to get AE animations on the web Lottie Maybe that could work for you. I know you’re looking to hire someone but it’s just a suggestion. Source: over 1 year ago