Audio Synthesis

Nsound is a C++ library and Python module designed for audio synthesis featuring dynamic digital filters. The library lets you easily shape waveforms and write to disk or plot them. In Nsound, all audio data is represented as a floating point number between -1.0 and 1.0. In this way, it is... Platforms: Linux

Nsound is a C++ library and Python module designed for audio synthesis featuring dynamic digital filters. The library lets you easily shape waveforms and write to disk or plot them. In Nsound, all audio data is represented as a floating point number between -1.0 and 1.0. In this way, it is... Platforms: Windows

A command line tool for audio synthesis. It creates a sound file from a text file that contains music notes and instrument definitions. Platforms: *nix

Bristol is synth emulation package for a diverse range of vintage synthesisers, electric pianos and organs. The application consists of a multithreaded audio synthesizer and a user interface called brighton. Features . Over thirty emulators to mix and match . Multitimbral engine .... Platforms: *nix

A Java audio synthesis system that allows users to design and interconnect discrete components into flexible and modular sound production systems. Platforms: *nix

caotica2 is a "noise design application", featuring audio synthesis and effects. Platforms: Windows

Extension plugins for the SuperCollider3 audio synthesis server (see ). These third-party plugins provide additional synthesis, analysis, and other capabilities for the sound server. Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

ChucK is a new audio programming language for real-time synthesis, composition, and performance - fully supported on MacOS X, Windows, and Linux. ChucK presents a new time-based concurrent programming model, which supports a highly precise and fundamental level of expressiveness (we call this... Platforms: *nix

Amber-X is a free granular synthesis application for OS X, based upon Amber by Matt McCabe and Jennifer Bernard. Amber-X takes in WAVs and AIFFs and breaks them into tiny grains, or sub-sounds, then reassembles them in interesting ways defined by the user.Amber-X allows for control over grain... Platforms: Mac

AudioMulch is an interactive musician's environment for computers running Microsoft Windows. Bringing together the popular with what has up to now been considered experimental, AudioMulch merges the worlds of mainstream electronica and electroacoustic sound composition to create a fluid sonic... Platforms: Mac

AudioMulch is an interactive musician's environment for computers running Microsoft Windows. Bringing together the popular with what has up to now been considered experimental, AudioMulch merges the worlds of mainstream electronica and electroacoustic sound composition to create a fluid sonic... Platforms: Windows

ChucK/miniAudicle is a new audio programming language for real-time synthesis, composition, and performance. ChucK presents a new time-based concurrent programming model, which supports a more precise and fundamental level of expressiveness, as well as multiple, simultaneous, dynamic control... Platforms: Mac

pcm+ is a C++ platform-independent framework for multi-core processors to develop easily real-time audio processing and synthesis algorithm with high performance and scalability. Platforms: *nix

A free, cross-platform patch editor for the E-MU Proteus 2000 sample based synthesizer family. Written in C++, using FLTK for it's user-interface and portmidi for MIDI communications, prodatum classic is available for Linux, MacOS X and Windows. It features some "hand-made" and optimized widgets... Platforms: Mac

HighC is a graphical music creation tool. It is a synthesizer, a sequencer and a mixer. Its goal is to make music composition as simple and direct as sketching. An entertaining and educational tool... No music experience needed: create stunning soundscapes and crazy ringtones in a matter of... Platforms: Linux

HighC is a graphical music creation tool. It is a synthesizer, a sequencer and a mixer. Its goal is to make music composition as simple and direct as sketching. An entertaining and educational tool... No music experience needed: create stunning soundscapes and crazy ringtones in a matter of... Platforms: Mac

A free, cross-platform patch editor for the E-MU Proteus 2000 sample based synthesizer family. Written in C++, using FLTK for it's user-interface and portmidi for MIDI communications, prodatum classic is available for Linux, MacOS X and Windows. It features some "hand-made" and optimized widgets... Platforms: Linux

A free, cross-platform patch editor for the E-MU Proteus 2000 sample based synthesizer family. Written in C++, using FLTK for it's user-interface and portmidi for MIDI communications, prodatum classic is available for Linux, MacOS X and Windows. It features some "hand-made" and optimized widgets... Platforms: Windows

AMPHIOTIK SYNTHESIS is a powerful audio mixing and mastering system for professionals. It includes Stereo Panning and Binaural Synthesis, a 3D-Audio system based on HRTF, for the generation of binaural signals. It includes transaural audio (cross-talk cancellation), refelections modelling,... Platforms: Windows

Wavosaur is a free and efficient audio editor for Windows : do digital audio editing and recording , add VST effects, repair and clean your audio, perform various operations with audio data, change sound in real time, masters your track, process your sounds with VST effects in real-time.... Platforms: Windows