Navigation — Never Your Sounds (one stop)
Interactive platform
| Section | Website | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Home | Start | Search, goals, toolkit, and all topic guides |
| Discover | Resource explorer | Real catalogue search, filters, sorting and resource details |
| My Studio | Collections | Saved resources, project notes and portable backups |
| Compare | Compare tools | Up to three resources side by side using recorded catalogue details |
| Create | Creator toolkit | Tap tempo, metronome, time math, scales, references and checklists |
| Learn | Learning pathways | Eight practical journeys with optional saved progress |
| Hip-Hop Hub | Explore hip-hop | Culture, styles, scenes, albums, song breakdowns, rap lessons and dictionary |
| Trust | Trust & licensing | Source verification, cost labels, permissions and privacy |
Discovery links support ?q=, ?cat=, ?cost=, ?platform= and ?sort= together. Learning links use anchors: #first-beat, #produce, #artist, #sample-workflow, #game-audio, #podcast, #film, #release. Existing guide URLs remain under /never-your-sounds/site/guides/; existing resource URLs remain under /never-your-sounds/site/resources/.
| I want… | Go to |
|---|---|
| Start | resources/start-here.md |
| Hub (all dev catalogs) | student-dev-catalogs |
| Sister catalogs | resources/sister-repos.md |
| Pages | student-dev-catalogs · oss-programs-and-hackathons · build-grants · hack-safe · ai-catalog · coding-platforms · public-apis · design-for-devs · cloud-student · maker-student · game-dev-student · never-your-sounds |
Hip-Hop Hub
- Culture & history: connected practices, a starting timeline, and archival sources.
- Styles & sounds: 36 styles, eras, and approaches with roots, artists, listening routes, exercises, and related entries. Browse the A–Z index or filter by family and entry type.
- Scenes around the world: eight local entry points across four continents.
- Albums & guided listening: focused questions, release links, and personal notes.
- Learn to rap: original exercises, optional progress, and a verse notebook.
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Hip-hop dictionary: searchable definitions and examples with shareable term anchors.
- Song breakdowns: Lose Yourself, Stan, DNA., DUCKWORTH., Dear Mama and Changes, with song maps, three analysis lenses, original exercises and optional notebook notes.
Styles, scenes, listening, song breakdowns, and dictionary pages support ?q= and ?group= together. Styles also supports ?kind= for entry types; song breakdowns uses it for learning focuses and ?group= for artists. Entries have stable anchors. An anchor takes priority over filters so a shared entry stays visible; style and song anchors open their details. The notebook is temporary until device saving is enabled; download it before leaving the page if saving is off or unavailable.
Topic guides
| Topic | Guide |
|---|---|
| Production & DAWs | guides/production.md |
| Edu pricing | guides/edu-pricing.md |
| Film & video | guides/film-and-video.md |
| Game audio | guides/game-audio.md |
| Accessibility | guides/accessibility.md |
| Podcast / stream | guides/podcast-and-streaming.md |
| Samples & licenses | guides/samples-and-licensing.md |
| Learn & theory | guides/learn-and-theory.md |
| AI audio (bridge) | guides/ai-audio.md |
| Hardware | guides/hardware.md |
| Release | guides/release-and-distribution.md |
| Programs & jams | guides/programs-and-community.md |
Index & safety
| Resource | Link |
|---|---|
| Overview + flowchart | README.md |
| JSON tools | data/sound-resources.json |
| JSON paths | data/tracks.json |
| License checklist | resources/license-checklist.md |
| Film & video | guides/film-and-video.md |
| Accessibility | guides/accessibility.md |
| Maintainers | MAINTAINERS.md |
| Audio scams | resources/audio-scams.md |
| GitHub Pages | jay-lokhande.github.io/never-your-sounds |
| Contribute | CONTRIBUTING.md |