Open Source Mac Sound Synthesis Software

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.

This kangaroo-themed program allows the user to create their own music and sound effects, effectively from scratch. There are two variants of the program: Kangas Sound Editor which requires MySQL for its database, and Kangas Sound Editor QI which does not (it uses an internal database - HSQLDB - instead). Kangas Sound Editor (QI) uses a system of boxes or cells, which are placed by the user onto a timeline using drag-and-drop, and which represent entities such as chords, repetition, and individual sounds or notes. The program's database allows the user to create and store harmonics, used for constructing melodic instruments, and anti-harmonics, which are used for constructing percussion instruments. Users can collaborate with and build on the work of others via an XML import/export facility.

LNX_Studio is a way of bring people together to make music with new and innovative tools. It's all about creating and sharing ideas. There are many features in LNX_Studio and it's strength lies in putting the creative process at the forefront of a networked collaboration. Making music with your friends is now wonderfully simple.

Just download the above zip file, extract it and then open the respective index.html file on your favourite internet browser and follow the instructions shown.

A unique desktop music composing application for PC/Mac/Linux/Android with a tracker style interface and a simple modular Java plugin based design allowing rapid improvement and endless expansion.

Compose chiptunes with text files! And make mp3 and wav files of your songs to share with the world :) The audio synthesizer engine comes with 10 channels (9 music + 1 drum). The retro "beep" sounds reminiscent of old video game consoles and vintage PCs will take you back to the 8-bit era. You can shape your sound with waveforms - square, sawtooth etc. - and add LFO, delay and volume envelopes. Enjoy the 80's-ish synth drums, also! Demo songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB6FUTQ5Oz4&list=PLXBNhaAeM7Lxf7ysrFzYFwPYRZM1JCrZr SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/beepcomp Orfium: https://www.orfium.com/profile/beepcomp/ What your music composition will look like: https://sourceforge.net/p/beepcomp/code/ci/master/tree/userdata/ (Similar to MML) Your First Tutorial: http://hiromorozumi.com/beepcomp/learn.html User's Guide: http://hiromorozumi.com/beepcomp/documentation/beepcomp_users_guide.html

ISS: a toolset for visual artists, composers and researchers in the area of: artificial life, sound synthesis, interactive art installations, immersive user interaction, sound spacialization. More information can be found on http://swarms.cc

A C++ library and Python module for audio synthesis featuring dynamic digital filters. Nsound lets you easily shape waveforms and write to disk or plot them. Nsound aims to be as powerful as Csound but easy to use.

A software music synthesizer inspired by 8-bit Atari Softsynth. It can import, edit and play Atari Softsynth tunes on PC. You can write your music in BASIC-like language and create your instruments with graphic editor. Now available for Raspberry Pi 2

Rubato Composer is a music software based on the concepts and models of mathematical music theory and equally suited for music composition, analysis, performance, and logical or geometric operations.

Fractal/Scripting VSTi synthesizer, written on Java with jVSTwrapper

A compiler library for a language integrating all that is needed for completely defining whole sound/music compilations. From very basic stuff as defining oscillators etc in all their parameters up to note events and more.

A binary waveform synthesizer derived from and based upon Timewave Zero theory by Terence McKenna. His theory proposes that the structure of time is a complex wave with a scalar potential, and the King Wen sequence of the I Ching is the 64 hexagram code from which the waveform of time is derived; that the King Wen sequence maps the linear progression of the human states of mind, which ultimately substantiates this waveform. This theory is the basis for the well-known novelty computer program he and others had developed. This program synth was made in supercollider.

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

foo is a sound synthesis framework which provides high-level abstracted ways of creating and manipulating sounds via a scheme language interface. foo is designed for highest audio quality rather than highest performance.

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.