Puredata

gnusb is an open source USB-Sensor Box. gnusb is a combined hardware/software project to provide a platform upon which users can build their own USB input/output devices, primary for connecting Max/MSP and puredata to the outside world via sensors and digital i/o. It is built around an ATMEL... Platforms: Mac

APODIO project is a Mandriva-based specialist live CD designed for musicians and multimedia enthusiasts. The new version 4.2.2 is considered a test release; it contains a large collection of software for audio, video and graphics manipulation. The APODIO live CD boots into French by default,... Platforms: *nix

Virtual Choreographer, or VirChor, for short is an Open Source real time 3D engine that can run on multiple platforms and relies on an XML-based definition of 3D scenes with graphic and sonic components. VirChor is well-documented and offers facilities such as high dimension particle systems... Platforms: Windows

FAUST (Functional Audio Stream) is a functional programming language specifically designed for real-time signal processing and synthesis. FAUST targets high-performance signal processing applications and audio plug-ins for a variety of platforms and standards. The Faust compiler translates DSP... Platforms: Windows, Mac, BSD, Linux

BlueJam is a Java-based algorithmic music composer that uses evolutionary techniques and heuristics. Originally intended to evolve solos on the blues scale. BlueJam interfaces with Pure-Data to give real-time output. Platforms: *nix