Amoeba
Sineqube
Audio manipulation and synthesis.
apPatch
Andi Pieper
GUI patch and library for SuperCollider 2, featuring synthesis and various effects. Employed by Mego artists.
Argeïphontes Lyre
Akira Rabelais
Highly esoteric and signal processing software, infamously presenting its user with obfuscated parameters.
audiomulch
Ross Bencina
Modular signal processing environment.
Bias Peak
BIAS, inc.
Audio/waveform editor with many DSP functions.
misc.
Brad Garton
Various software.
CamelToe
Shawn Hatfield
Algorithmic sequencer/looper.
CellSynth
Living Memory
Unique modular synthesis in a grid format.
Cloud Generator
Curtis Roads
Synthesizes granular sounds in units called "clouds" and also "granulates" stereo sound files.
DataDada
August Black
Raw data instrument. Transforms the contents of your hard disk into an audio stream.
DecayDance
David Stevens
Delay line program designed in Max/MSP.
Destroy FX
Tom & Sophia
Various DSP effects in VST/AU format.
drool_string_ukelele
Shawn Hatfield
Algorithmic sample-based drum machine with additional live-looping functionality and FFT effects.
EineKleine
Charlie Detar
Gamelan music in Max/MSP.
Forester
Leafcutter John
Node-based sample-mashing playground.
FScape
Hanns Holger Rutz
Modular DSP environment.
gLik0
Bertuf
Max/MSP standalone for granular processing, effects and playback.
GrainWave
Michael Berry
Real-time synthesizer.
Granular 2.5
Nobuyasu Sakonda
Classic early granular implementation in Max/MSP.
Hipno
Cycling ‘74
Suite of VST/AU effects with unique morphing GUI.
Hudak
David Stevens
Delay line program designed in Max/MSP.
I Am The Mighty Jungulator
Matthew Olden
Live-looping/granular system designed in Max/MSP.
IanniX
IanniX Association
Graphical open-source sequencer.
Ixi
Ixi
Various esoteric programs coded in SuperCollider.
ixiQuarks
Ixi
Modular DSP environment in SuperCollider 3.
Ivy
Sineqube
Real-time loop player.
misc.
Karlheinz Essl
Various software.
misc.
Katsuhiro Chiba
Various synthesis programs designed in Max/MSP.
Le Synthe
Pierre Couprie
Emulation of EMS Synthi designed in Max/MSP.
LiSa
Michel Waisvisz/Frank Balde
Real-time audio manipulation environment.
lloopp/ppooll
Klaus Filip
Modular DSP environment. Requires Max/MSP to run.
MacPOD
C. Rolfe
Granular synthesis, time-stretching, freezing.
Maestro Frankenstein
Arvid Tomayko
For the “creation of Geophonic Music”, apparently.
Mammut
Øyvind hammer/Kjetil Matheussen
Spectral analysis and sound design in FFT domain.
Marcohack
Marco Pranger
Early DSP application, notably featuring convolution.
Max/MSP
Cycling ‘74
Ubiquitous visual programming language.
melodie32
elin/KNFLD
Randomizable MIDI note sequencer written in Max/MSP. May be routed to other applications.
Metasynth 2.0
U&I
Largely spectral-based DSP software, notably featuring ‘image synthesis’.
MiniTAPE
Gleetchplug
Live performance looping program written in Max/MSP.
Mody
Manuel Poletti
Max/MSP esoterica.
Music Mouse
Eine Kleine/Laurie Spiegel
MIDI note generator.
Nato.0+55
antiorp.
Suite of externals for video processing in Max/MSP. Predates Jitter.
ondo;music
Uhito Kiyosue
Various Max/MSP esoterica for processing, synthesis and playback.
ovalprocess
Unknown author/Markus Popp
Knock-off yet virtually 1:1 port of Markus Popp’s vaporware.
Particularity
Chris Jeffs
Pulsar and image synthesis, written in SuperCollider.
Pluggo
Cycling ‘74
Suite of 74 VST/AU effects; also a paradigm for porting Max/MSP patches across to VST format.
Pulsar Generator
Curtis Roads
Pulsar train synthesis, written in SuperCollider.
Real-Time Granular Synthesizer
Lownorth
What it says on the tin.
Soundhack
Tom Erbe
Standalone application for non-realtime processing, alongside various effects in VST/AU format.
Soundmaker
Alberto Ricci
File playback and editor with various DSP functions.
SonicWORX
Prosoniq
File playback and editor with various DSP functions.
SPEAR
Michael Klingbeil
Sinusoidal Partial Editing Analysis and Resynthesis.
Spongefork
Spongefork
Softsynth, sampler, live improvisation tool.
SuperCollider 1 & 2
James McCartney
Programming language for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition.
SuperCollider 3
James McCartney
Programming language for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition.
th0nk
antiorp.
Offline granular synthesis, with GUI by antiorp.
The Mill
Chris Muir
Granular file player.
TurboSynth
Digidesign
Modular environment for synthesis.
Xynthi
Bhob Rainey
Synthesizer written in SuperCollider, heavily inspired by EMI Synthi.