Open Source BSD Sound Synthesis Software

AlsaModularSynth is a MIDI controlled realtime modular synthesizer and effect processor with support for LADSPA and JACK.

CECILIA is an environment for music and signal-processing that uses Csound as its underlying audio processing engine. One can think of CECILIA as a completely programmable sound-processing tool, with real-time interactive processing on soundfiles or live

Glame is targeted to be the GIMP for audio processing. Glame supports non destructive multitrack editing, recording and mixing; realtime effects using native or LADSPA plugins; OSS, ALSA or SGI audio and WAV, Mp3 and Ogg file formats.

Wave Maker is a cell based sound synthesiser. It\'s the equivalent of a raytracer but for sound. Wave Maker is fully expendable by plugins and can generate all sound file format or apply all transformation on a sound.

An Open Source Guitar Tube Amplifiers and effects simulator, we are now a small team of five developpers, we have a working source code, and we are looking for ways to improve it and make it sound better and better.

Csound is a sound and music synthesis system, providing facilities for composition and performance over a wide range of platforms. It is not restricted to any style of music, having been used for many years in at least classical, pop, techno, ambient. Csound is now hosted at https://github.com/csound Binary and source-code releases: http://csound.github.io/download.html Mailing lists are hosted by HEAnet at https://listserv.heanet.ie/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CSOUND and https://listserv.heanet.ie/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CSOUND-DEV Archives: mail lists at http://dream.cs.bath.ac.uk/Csound-archive releases: http://dream.cs.bath.ac.uk/Csound-archive/OldReleases/

GnomeNibus is a realtime audio patch synthesizer for Linux. It consists of objects (wavs, effects, controls...) you can link together in a window called a patch. You can open several patchs at the same time.

LMMS is a free cross-platform software which allows you to produce music with your computer. This covers creating melodies and beats, synthesizing and mixing sounds and arranging samples. You can have fun with your MIDI keyboard and much more – all in a user-friendly and modern interface. Furthermore LMMS comes with many ready-to-use instrument and effect plugins, presets and samples.

A buzz-like modular synthetic music software

RockIt is a complete music composition studio featuring software based synthesis of several instruments, multiple audio effects and export to standard audio file formats.

Meta Language for FM sound synthesis. No modulator limits, a functionnal syntax (like ML)...

SynthLab is a sound synthesis witch provide several modules you can plug to each over via a graphical interface such as a VCO, a VCF, a VCA, an envelop, ... You can use a direct sound output or save to a file

Virtual Analog Synthetizer, with a modular architecture and an user friendly approach.

VST Preset Generator has moved to http://vst-preset-generator.org

gMax graphic tools for jMax

grrbl (pronounce 'grumble') is a set of tools to make music. it aims to be the instrument set of groolot artist. everything is based on PureData.

Wired aims to be a professional music production and creation software running on the Linux operating system. It brings musicians a complete studio environment to compose and record music without requiring expensive hardware.