Music Programming Tools
| Software | Description | OS | License | File Date | Comments | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impromptu v2.5 | Programming environment for composers, sound artists, VJs and graphic artists with an interest in live or interactive programming. [Hosts AU Plugins] | Mac | Freeware | 2013-01-21 | 0 | 80db |
| AFsp | Library for reading and writing sound files | Linux | Freeware | 1996-08-27 | 0 | 40db |
| AlsaPlayer v0.99.80 | A new type of PCM player. It is heavily multi-threaded and tries to excercise the ALSA library and driver quite a bit. | Linux | Freeware | 2007-11-05 | 0 | 50db |
| Aglaophone 080102 | A system of interconnectable modules for the recording, processing, and playback of real-time audio. | Linux | Freeware | 2002-08-01 | 0 | 55db |
| Plugin Consultant v1.1 | VST debug software for plug-in and host developers. | Windows | Free | 2006-01-03 | 0 | 55db |
| jMusic v1.5 | Music composition library for Java. | Linux | Free | 2004-03-23 | 0 | 45db |
| Isadora v1.2 | Real time video and audio processing | Mac | Demo | 2007-01-12 | 0 | 45db |
| SuperCollider 3.5.1 | Environment and programming language for real time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition. | Mac | Free | 2012-04-04 | 0 | 50db |
| Prashant's MIDI Control | Play fully controllable MIDI music from your software using this easy to use ActiveX control | Windows | Freeware | 2001-03-24 | 0 | 45db |
| Synthmaker v2.0.4 | Create virtual software synthesizers - VST | Windows | Demo | 2011-05-03 | 0 | 60db |
| SonicBirth v1.3.0 | Design your own AudioUnit/VST plug-ins. | Mac | Freeware | 2007-11-18 | 0 | 60db |
| Open Sound World v1.2.7 | Graphical programming environment for real-time music and audio applications. | Windows | Free | 2005-05-27 | 0 | 65db |
| VST Plugin Analyser v1.0.1 | Analyse your VST plugins. | Windows | Freeware | 2005-08-30 | 0 | 60db |
| Sfront v0.91 | MPEG 4 Structured Audio Decoder (source) | Mac | Freeware | 2006-07-30 | 0 | 45db |
| Open Sound World v1.2.7 | Graphical programming environment for real-time music and audio applications. | Mac | Free | 2005-05-27 | 0 | 50db |
| SynthEdit v1.015 beta | Modular Synthesiser - Make your own VST synths and effects. | Windows | Demo | 2006-04-21 | 0 | 45db |
| Plugin Consultant v1.1 X | VST debug software for plug-in and host developers. | Mac | Free | 2006-01-03 | 0 | 40db |
| PolyPhontics GB v1.2.1 | Builds Software Instruments for GarageBand. | Mac | Shareware | 2007-04-02 | 0 | 45db |
| MissWatson v1.0 | VST host designed for debugging and batch processing. | Mac | Freeware | 2008-11-20 | 0 | 50db |
| Music Machine v1.0 | Music generating programme with preset parameters. | Mac | Freeware | 2006-10-12 | 0 | 60db |
| Matrix v1.0.0.5 | Programmable pattern arpeggiator. [VST] | Windows | Shareware | 2007-05-18 | 0 | 55db |
| SuperCollider v3.5rc1 | Environment and programming language for real time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition. | Windows | Free | 2012-02-16 | 0 | 55db |
| SuperCollider v3.5.1 | Environment and programming language for real time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition. | Linux | Free | 2012-04-04 | 0 | 45db |
| DSSI 1.1.0 | API for audio processing plugins, particularly useful for software synthesis plugins with user interfaces | Linux | Free | 2010-09-24 | 0 | 40db |
| FluidSynth 1.1.5 | A real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications | Windows | Free | 2011-09-05 | 0 | 85db |
| FluidSynth 1.1.5 | Real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont 2 specifications | Linux | Free | 2011-09-05 | 0 | 45db |
| Lilv 0.14.4 | A library for using LV2 plugins. | Linux | Freeware | 2012-08-27 | 0 | 40db |
| Suil 0.6.10 | A lightweight C library for loading and wrapping LV2 plugin UIs | Linux | Freeware | 2012-11-21 | 0 | 45db |
| FAUST 0.9.43 | Faust AUdio STreams is a functional programming language for realtime audio signal processing - translates to C++ code. | Linux | Free | 2011-07-25 | 0 | 35db |
| Conduit Mobile Beta | Coduit Mobile is a cool online tool for making mobile music apps. | iPad | Freeware | 2011-10-06 | 0 | 60db |
