by Mat Dirjish
Audiotool, a free browser-based multiplayer music production platform, recently launched NEXUS, which it claims is the first open developer platform for collaborative music production. Now, Audiotool is gearing up to introducing its Let’s Build! Series that consists of a series of hackathons online and in person that NEXUS claims will give everyone the ability to make new virtual instruments, plugins, and whatever else they can imagine.
Running from May 11 through July 6, 2026, the global hackathon series will bring together students, musicians, music lovers, and developers to make apps and DAW extensions using AI-powered coding and NEXUS’ Audiotool’s software development kit (SDK). Events will take place online on Audiotool’s Dev Discord, as well as in real life at partnering organizations that will hold hackathon sprints, meetups, and other moments of community connection and creation.
Finished projects will go before a panel of judges that includes Head of Future World Design at BBC Research & Development Manon Dave who focuses on using emerging technologies to help creators better own, control and monetize their work. He is also an award-winning technologist and music producer.
Including music schools like Berklee and NYU in the US, Audiotool will collaborate with its standing supporters such as the Esports World Cup, Esports Nations Cup, and the WHO Youth Council. Let’s Build! Has the support of OpenAI, Base44, ElevenLabs, and others.
Audiotool’s new NEXUS SDK forms the basis for vibe-coding music apps that are as multiplayer and multifaceted as Audiotool. The platform can read and write all separate tracks of a song and gives an AI a system-wide view of a music project. These capabilities promise to make coding plugins, writing remote control programs, and other software simple. Additionally, the SDK is open source and offers documentation, ready-made prompts, and example code.
For greater gleaning and enlightenment, visit the Audiotool website. And to sign up to participate, visit the LetsBuild! information page.
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