Open Source Linux Sound Synthesis Software
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View 16 business solutionsBrowse free open source Sound Synthesis software and projects for Linux below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Sound Synthesis software by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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Hydrogen
An advanced drum machine with pattern-based programming
Hydrogen is an advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. It's main goal is to bring professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming. -
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A multi-platform software synthesiser emulating (somewhat inaccurately) pre-GM MIDI devices such as the Roland MT-32, CM-32L, CM-64 and LAPC-I. In no way endorsed by or affiliated with Roland Corp. Source hosted at: http://www.github.com/munt/
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FluidSynth
A real-time SoundFont software synthesizer
A real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications. It can be used for live audio synthesis of MIDI events or for rendering MIDI files to disk, using SoundFont instruments. It can also be embedded in other applications. This is not a application with a graphical user interface, however there are several GUI applications which utilize FluidSynth. -
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The Pure Data (short Pd) project on SourceForge unifies the extensions (or externals) written for the Pure Data Graphical Computer Music System written by Miller Puckette with contributions from many others.
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Psycle is a Music tracker (like FastTracker 2 or Impulse Tracker) combined with plugin modularity. It supports its own plugin API, the VST2 plugin standard, and a tracker style sampler playback.
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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.
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Tone.js
A Web Audio framework for making interactive music in the browser
Tone.js is an open source Web Audio framework for creating interactive music in the browser. It has advanced scheduling capabilities, synths, effects and more. Tone.js is built to be useful and familiar to both musicians and audio programmers. It has common DAW (digital audio workstation) features for those looking to schedule events and tinker with pre-built synths and effects. There’s also a great selection of high-performance building blocks for signal-processing programmers familiar with languages like Max/MSP. With Tone.js they can create their own synthesizers, effects, and complex control signals. -
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prodatum
patch editor for the E-MU Proteus 2000 synthesizer family
A cross-platform patch editor for the E-MU Proteus 2000 sample-based synthesizer family. prodatum is free software. -
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As a library of classes for generating and manipulating music and sound, jMusic provides a solid framework for computer assisted composition in Java. jMusic has a music data structure based upon note/sound events and methods for modifying and structu
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synthv1
An old-school polyphonic synthesizer
synthv1 is an old-school 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer with stereo fx. -
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DSSI
DSSI is an audio plugin API for soft synths and effects.
DSSI is an audio plugin API for software instruments (soft synths) and effects. It is based on the LADSPA plugin API, the ALSA sequencer event types, and OSC (Open Sound Control) communications with custom GUIs. -
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Frinika
Free open source DAW, MIDI sequencer, software synthesizers
Frinika is a free, complete music workstation software for Linux, Windows, Mac OSX and other operating systems running Java. It features sequencer, soft-synths, realtime effects and audio recording. -
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drumkv1
An old-school drum-kit sampler
an old-school drum-kit sampler with stereo fx. -
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samplv1
An old-school polyphonic sampler
samplv1 is an old-school all-digital polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. -
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A SoundFont editor and other software for editing, managing and sharing sample based MIDI instrument files for computer music composition. Support for other formats is planned.
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midimusic
Music software and a totally non commercial music archive.
Midimusic provides archives of Wurlitzer and Estey music rolls in e-roll format. These are downloadable and the music can be played using eplayOrgan. An archive of Miditzer organ midi files is also provided. All features of the original e-rolls and midis are available including stops and swell. eplayOrgan is a fully featured organ which can also be played from a full midified console or standard midi keyboards. Stops may be set using a touch screen. eplayOrgan operates under Windows. Mac and Linux are supported under Wine. The programs work just the same under Wine on Mac and Linux as they do under Windows. -
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padthv1
An old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer
padthv1 is an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer with stereo fx, padthv1 is based on the PADsynth algorithm, by Paul Nasca, as a special variant of additive synthesis (cf. http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net/doc/PADsynth/PADsynth.htm). -
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jVSTwRapper allows you to develop VST (2.4), Audio Unit (AU) and LADSPA compatible audio plugins and virtual instruments plus user interfaces (Swing) with the Java programming language on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. 5 demo plugins (+src) are included.
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nbo-plugins
An entire virtual orchestra in LV2 plugin format
The No Budget Orchestra Plugins are a collection of virtual (software) musical instruments. comprising a full, classical orchestra There are flute, piccolo, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, trumpet, trombone, tuba, french horn, and various percussion sections. The various sections include articulations. For example, the violin section can play legato, pizzicato, staccato, and tremulo. There are subgroups as well, for example Violins I and II. The plugins are in LV2 (Linux) format for use in Ardour, Muse, QTractoor, etc. They are available in 2 formats; a collection of LV2 plugins, and a collection of linux executables. The plugins can be loaded into a host program such as Ardour, Muse, QTractor, etc. The executables are standalone versions that contain both the samples, and the engine that plays them. -
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JV PatchEd. - JV-880
Patch Editor for Roland JV-880.
Windows and Mac standalone Patch Editor for Roland JV-880. Patch Editor for Roland JV-880 synthesizer. With this panel you will have a complete control of all Patch Configurations Parameters on Roland JV-880 and you will really can explore the power of this fantastic synth. All editions will work on Temporary Patch. For start point, just select a patch from Factory Patch List and then use this patch as your start reference. All the parameters of patch will be imported by JV PacthEd. At the end of edition, if you desire, you can store a new patch on Internal User bank of JV-880, on Data Card or on your computer as a sysex file. The selected user patch position patch o JV-880 will be overwrited! For Roland JV-80 please visit the link below: https://sourceforge.net/projects/jv-patched-jv-80/ Any feedback will be welcome. -
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QSFM Quick Soundfont Manager
Graphical Soundfont Bank Management for Linux.
QSFM QuickSoundFontManager is a GUI for asfxload, a commandline tool on Linux, or Fluidsynth, to quick load several SF2 soundfonts in a EMU10k chip or a software wavetable synth. It is a Linux alternate to the win32-only Creative® Soundfont Bankmanager. -
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BUZZle means Buzz Logic Enhanced and has neither to to with Buzzle.com or the Buzzle-Game. BUZZle is a free (non-commercial) modular music composing and sequencing tool. It is a completely re-written version of the famous Jeskola Buzz.
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GENPO
Organ Emulator
GENPO is the GENeral Purpose Organ, it replicates the main features of many types of organ. GENPO reads a description of an organ to match a soundfont & presents a suitable user interface for playing that organ, i.e. a console of stops,couplers,pistons. -
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monoBristol - Gui for Bristol Synthesiser. Bristol is an emulation package for a number of different 'classic' synthesisers including additive and subtractive and a few organs. System requirements: Linux operating system, Bristol, Mono (with GTK#)
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BeatBox is a Java application in which users use a 16x16 grid of checkboxes to create a beat with various percussion instruments. Beats can be saved and loaded easily. The entire application is as intuitive and user-friendly as possible.
