A workbench full of audio apps, 3D-printed signs and hobby projects. I'm Del (aka postmanpat), and I build free, open-source audio software in Rust, with a lot of help from AI agents. Together they're the Wave family: a radio player, a music studio, a recorder for streamers and Wave Hub, a launcher that installs and updates the other three. All four are free. They get better every time someone tries them and tells me what they think, so come and say hello!
🦗 ChipWave Tracker is now ChipWave Studio. It started out as a simple tracker, but it's grown into a much bigger music-making project, with a built-in synth, an arranger, a mixer and MIDI. "Tracker" no longer fits what it is today, so it has a new name to match. Same free app, same cicada, and your old links still work.
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A free launcher that installs, updates and opens all the Wave apps in one click, with checked downloads, Update all and light and dark themes. Platforms: Windows (setup or portable zip) · Linux (deb, rpm, Arch, AppImage) · Mac (dmg) | Rust + egui · MIT ⬇ Download the latest release · 🌐 Website |
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A free internet radio player that streams thousands of stations from radio-browser.info, with mood chips, Rhai plugins and a MilkDrop-style visualiser. Platforms: Windows · macOS (universal) · Linux (deb, rpm, Arch, AppImage) | Rust + egui · MIT ⬇ Download the latest release |
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An OctaMED-inspired music tracker with a built-in synth, a visual arranger, a mixer with sidechain ducking, MIDI input and WAV/MP3 export. Platforms: Windows (installer or portable zip) · Linux (build from source) | Rust + egui · GPL-3.0 ⬇ Download the latest release |
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An audio recorder and editor for streamers and podcasters, with OBS sync, one-click Studio Sound and a rolling buffer so you never miss a take. Platforms: Windows · macOS (universal) · Linux (deb, rpm, Arch, AppImage) | Tauri + Rust · MIT ⬇ Download the latest release |
These apps are built with you, not just for you. Ideas, questions, bug reports, screenshots of your setup, songs you made, streams you recorded: it all helps, and I read everything.
| 💬 Ideas, questions & show-and-tell | 🐞 Feedback | |
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| 🐺 BigWave Radio | Discussions | Report a problem · It works on my system ✅ |
| 🦗 ChipWave Studio | Discussions | Open an issue |
| 🐋 StreamWave | Discussions | Open an issue |
| 🐘 Wave Hub | Discussions | Open an issue |
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Tried BigWave Radio on a Mac or Linux? Those builds are brand new and have only been tested on build servers so far. A quick it works on my system or problem report is the most useful thing you can do for the project. Thank you!
Ways to join in
- 💡 Share an idea for a feature, a theme or a plugin
- ❓ Ask a question: there are no silly ones
- 🎨 Show and tell: your favourite stations, a ChipWave song, a StreamWave setup, a BigWave plugin
- 🐞 Report what works and what doesn't on your system
 🐺 BigWave Radio The wolf finds his pack ▶ Short |
 🦗 ChipWave Studio The cicada's summer song ▶ Short |
 🐋 StreamWave The whale and her calf ▶ Short |
📺 More on the channel: youtube.com/@whatgoesaround1551
The Wave family keeps me busy, but I also like trying out smaller projects. The latest is Sign Maker for SolidCraft, a free companion for SolidCraft that turns a line of text, a font and two colours into a 3D-print sign. It has a live 3D preview, a one-object two-part 3MF export, and a Make button that steams for four seconds.
Website · Source · Download the latest release
A big thank you to storytold, whose open-source PhotoCraft inspired the look of the Wave family icons, and whose ArtCraft Launcher inspired Wave Hub. Open source at its best. Go give them a ⭐!
The Wave apps are free and always will be. If they make your day a little better, you can help keep them going:
Starring a repo ⭐ and telling a friend helps too. Thanks for stopping by! 🌊