Experimental, Free
| Experimental - Here you will find music making software which follows unconventional creation methods. Whether it be using body motion, digital pictures or drawing, all software which uses experimental, unique and sometimes just plain odd ways of creating sound are located in this category. | |
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| Software | Description | OS | License | File Date | Comments | Power |
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| thOnk_0+2 | Free Granular Synthesis for Mac. [VST] | Mac | Freeware | 9 | 75db | |
| Phonogramme - Svelte | Creates WAV files from BMP files | Windows | Freeware | 1997-07-08 | 18 | 50db |
| TEXTURE 3.0 | Generates musical information by stochastic means. | Windows | Freeware | 1998-02-24 | 31 | 55db |
| ThinkSnail .02 | Aleatoric-algorithmic music application | Mac | Freeware | 1998-03-14 | 0 | 55db |
| Gbloink! | Gbloink! is an experimental music composition software. | Windows | Freeware | 1998-12-12 | 0 | 50db |
| Rain | Rain converts gif-image to sound using granular synthesis | Windows | Freeware | 1999-01-01 | 8 | 55db |
| Stoner Sound | StonerSound produces a weirdly hypnotic stream of rippling musical tones. | Mac | Freeware | 1999-01-13 | 4 | 55db |
| SereneSound 0.9.13 | Relax to ambient sounds such as rain, wind, waves and waterfalls | Windows | Freeware | 2001-07-01 | 3 | 45db |
| SBaGen Linux | The theory behind binaural beats is that if you apply slightly different frequency sine waves to each ear, a beating affect is created in the brain itself, due to the brain's internal wiring. | Linux | Freeware | 2003-01-01 | 0 | 50db |
| Coagula Light 1.6 | Industrial Strength Color-Note Organ | Windows | Freeware | 2003-05-08 | 15 | 80db |
| MetaMix v1.1 | Algorithmic audio remixing software. Transform existing music into a new listening experience. | Windows | Freeware | 2003-10-26 | 0 | 55db |
| MetaMix v1.1 | Algorithmic audio remixing software. Transform existing music into a new listening experience [osx] | Mac | Freeware | 2003-10-26 | 1 | 60db |
| MixedGrains | Dual Channel Gapper/Snipper/Mixer to one channel. | Windows | Freeware | 2004-03-04 | 2 | 45db |
| MixedGrains | Dual Channel Gapper/Snipper/Mixer to one channel. | Mac | Freeware | 2004-03-04 | 1 | 40db |
| Thingumajig | Experimental noise generator | Windows | Freeware | 2004-09-06 | 0 | 55db |
| WinGrain | Freaky granular thingy. | Windows | Freeware | 2004-10-28 | 0 | 45db |
| The Great Kazoo v1.3 | Create randomly generated music/noise from directories containing sound files. | Windows | Freeware | 2005-05-25 | 0 | 55db |
| BillaBoop v0.1 | Turns Human beatboxing into drum patterns. | Windows | Freeware | 2005-07-01 | 1 | 55db |
| Pink Ninja v1.1 | Experimental audio slicer. | Windows | Freeware | 2005-10-04 | 0 | 60db |
| The vOICe Learning Edition 1.6.2 | Translate images into sound and provide sensory substitution for blind people. | Windows | Freeware | 2005-10-17 | 0 | 45db |
| Critters v3.0 | Compose original music, no musical ability required. | Mac | Freeware | 2006-04-06 | 2 | 60db |
| TAPPER v999 | Conductor program. | Windows | Freeware | 2006-07-07 | 0 | 45db |
| TAPPER v999 | Conductor program. | Mac | Freeware | 2006-07-07 | 0 | 50db |
| Music Animation Machine MIDI Player Machine MIDI Player v35 | Graphical MIDI file player. | Windows | Freeware | 2006-08-19 | 2 | 60db |
| MDM v3 | MIDI Data Miner. | Windows | Freeware | 2006-09-17 | 0 | 50db |
| MDM v3 | MIDI Data Miner. | Mac | Freeware | 2006-09-17 | 0 | 55db |
| MDM v3 | MIDI Data Miner. | Linux | Freeware | 2006-09-17 | 0 | 45db |
| Seelewaschen v1.2 | Generative sound environment. | Mac | Freeware | 2006-10-20 | 0 | 60db |
| TalkBackToBasics v2.500 | Trigger and manipulate speech-synthesized text from your computer keyboard | Mac | Freeware | 2006-12-12 | 3 | 65db |
| WizardMaster Control Program v3.001 | A very odd experimental loop-based MIDI sequencer and drum machine. | Windows | Freeware | 2006-12-12 | 6 | 65db |
