Show HN: I used AI to recreate a $4000 piece of audio hardware as a plugin
johnwheeler Saturday, January 03, 2026Hi Hacker News,
This is definitely out of my comfort zone. I've never programmed DSP before. But I was able to use Claude code and have it help me build this using CMajor.
I just wanted to show you guys because I'm super proud of it. It's a 100% faithful recreation based off of the schematics, patents, and ROMs that were found online.
So please watch the video and tell me what you think
The reason why I think this is relevant is because I've been a programmer for 25 years and AI scares the shit out of me.
I'm not a programmer anymore. I'm something else now. I don't know what it is but it's multi-disciplinary, and it doesn't involve writing code myself--for better or worse!
Thanks!
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