Welcome to the personal website of Nils Hilbricht. Here is a collection of stuff I made, edited, collected and published.

Essays, Tutorials, and Articles

In German

• Analyse der Estampien aus „Chansonnier du Roi“ (ca. 1260) und Kompositionsrichtlinien für Stilkopien
• Musikalische Parameter und andere Begriffe der Musikanalyse
• Kriterien für die Auswahl von Software - Wie man ein gutes Programm aussucht

In English

• Curated list of „truly free and open source sampled instrument libraries“
• The other list of „pretty much open source sampled instrument libraries“
• „Composition after the first minute of creativity is spent“ Video about style-agnostic tricks and techniques of all eras
• „Bardcore Unveiled: From concept to cover (KISS - I was made for lovin' you)“ Video about turning a classic rock music masterpiece into a pseudo-historical „Early Music“ cover.

Music Notation

• Lieder Collection of German songs for children, seasonal events and folklore in general.
• Mittelalternativ My own compositions in the style „Mittelalternative Musik“.

Tools

All tools run in the browser.

• MIDI Diagnostics Test MIDI Hardware
• Audio Diagnostics Generate sounds for tuning instruments by ear, testing speakers in rooms or generating frequencies in general.
• Metronome Visualize musical tempo and meter.
• String Adviser Plucked instrument configurator. It helps you pick sensible strings for your desired pitches.

Events and Organisations

• Sonoj

Software Development

• Laborejo Software Suite (Discontinued)
  • Downloads Here
  • The Laborejo Software Suite was a collection of software I spent my time on from ca. 2012 to 2025. The software suite is no longer in development. It consisted of a few open source music tools such as a sequencer with music notation and a small pattern sequencer.
  • The last LSS source code releases can be found under the link above. This is meant for other software-developers.