Amoeba
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Sineqube
Audio manipulation and synthesis.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
apPatch
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Andi Pieper
GUI patch and library for SuperCollider 2, featuring synthesis and various effects. Employed by Mego artists.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
Argeïphontes Lyre
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Akira Rabelais
Highly esoteric and signal processing software, infamously presenting its user with obfuscated parameters.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9 Mac OS XMac OS X
audiomulch
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Ross Bencina
Modular signal processing environment.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Bias Peak
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BIAS, inc.
Audio/waveform editor with many DSP functions.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9 Mac OS XMac OS X
misc.
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Brad Garton
Various software.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9 Mac OS XMac OS X
CamelToe
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Shawn Hatfield
Algorithmic sequencer/looper.
Mac OS XMac OS X
CellSynth
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Living Memory
Unique modular synthesis in a grid format.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
Cloud Generator
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Curtis Roads
Synthesizes granular sounds in units called "clouds" and also "granulates" stereo sound files.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
DataDada
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August Black
Raw data instrument. Transforms the contents of your hard disk into an audio stream.
Mac OS XMac OS X
DecayDance
David Stevens
Delay line program designed in Max/MSP.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Destroy FX
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Tom & Sophia
Various DSP effects in VST/AU format.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9 Mac OS XMac OS X
drool_string_ukelele
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Shawn Hatfield
Algorithmic sample-based drum machine with additional live-looping functionality and FFT effects.
Mac OS XMac OS X
EineKleine
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Charlie Detar
Gamelan music in Max/MSP.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Forester
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Leafcutter John
Node-based sample-mashing playground.
Mac OS XMac OS X
FScape
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Hanns Holger Rutz
Modular DSP environment.
Mac OS XMac OS X
gLik0
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Bertuf
Max/MSP standalone for granular processing, effects and playback.
Mac OS XMac OS X
GrainWave
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Michael Berry
Real-time synthesizer.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
Granular 2.5
Nobuyasu Sakonda
Classic early granular implementation in Max/MSP.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9 Mac OS XMac OS X
Hipno
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Cycling ‘74
Suite of VST/AU effects with unique morphing GUI.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Hudak
David Stevens
Delay line program designed in Max/MSP.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
I Am The Mighty Jungulator
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Matthew Olden
Live-looping/granular system designed in Max/MSP.
Mac OS XMac OS X
IanniX
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IanniX Association
Graphical open-source sequencer.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Ixi
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Ixi
Various esoteric programs coded in SuperCollider.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
ixiQuarks
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Ixi
Modular DSP environment in SuperCollider 3.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Ivy
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Sineqube
Real-time loop player.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
misc.
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Karlheinz Essl
Various software.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9 Mac OS XMac OS X
misc.
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Katsuhiro Chiba
Various synthesis programs designed in Max/MSP.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9 Mac OS XMac OS X
Le Synthe
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Pierre Couprie
Emulation of EMS Synthi designed in Max/MSP.
Mac OS XMac OS X
LiSa
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Michel Waisvisz/Frank Balde
Real-time audio manipulation environment.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9 Mac OS XMac OS X
lloopp/ppooll
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Klaus Filip
Modular DSP environment. Requires Max/MSP to run.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9 Mac OS XMac OS X
MacPOD
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C. Rolfe
Granular synthesis, time-stretching, freezing.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Maestro Frankenstein
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Arvid Tomayko
For the “creation of Geophonic Music”, apparently.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Mammut
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Øyvind hammer/Kjetil Matheussen
Spectral analysis and sound design in FFT domain.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Marcohack
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Marco Pranger
Early DSP application, notably featuring convolution.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
Max/MSP
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Cycling ‘74
Ubiquitous visual programming language.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9 Mac OS XMac OS X
melodie32
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elin/KNFLD
Randomizable MIDI note sequencer written in Max/MSP. May be routed to other applications.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Metasynth 2.0
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U&I
Largely spectral-based DSP software, notably featuring ‘image synthesis’.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
MiniTAPE
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Gleetchplug
Live performance looping program written in Max/MSP.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Mody
Manuel Poletti
Max/MSP esoterica.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
Music Mouse
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Eine Kleine/Laurie Spiegel
MIDI note generator.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
Nato.0+55
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antiorp.
Suite of externals for video processing in Max/MSP. Predates Jitter.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
ondo;music
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Uhito Kiyosue
Various Max/MSP esoterica for processing, synthesis and playback.
Mac OS XMac OS X
ovalprocess
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Unknown author/Markus Popp
Knock-off yet virtually 1:1 port of Markus Popp’s vaporware.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Particularity
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Chris Jeffs
Pulsar and image synthesis, written in SuperCollider.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Pluggo
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Cycling ‘74
Suite of 74 VST/AU effects; also a paradigm for porting Max/MSP patches across to VST format.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9 Mac OS XMac OS X
Pulsar Generator
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Curtis Roads
Pulsar train synthesis, written in SuperCollider.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
Real-Time Granular Synthesizer
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Lownorth
What it says on the tin.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Soundhack
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Tom Erbe
Standalone application for non-realtime processing, alongside various effects in VST/AU format.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9 Mac OS XMac OS X
Soundmaker
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Alberto Ricci
File playback and editor with various DSP functions.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
SonicWORX
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Prosoniq
File playback and editor with various DSP functions.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
SPEAR
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Michael Klingbeil
Sinusoidal Partial Editing Analysis and Resynthesis.
Mac OS XMac OS X
Spongefork
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Spongefork
Softsynth, sampler, live improvisation tool.
Mac OS XMac OS X
SuperCollider 1 & 2
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James McCartney
Programming language for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
SuperCollider 3
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James McCartney
Programming language for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition.
Mac OS XMac OS X
th0nk
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antiorp.
Offline granular synthesis, with GUI by antiorp.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
The Mill
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Chris Muir
Granular file player.
Mac OS XMac OS X
TurboSynth
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Digidesign
Modular environment for synthesis.
Mac OS 9Mac OS 9
Xynthi
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Bhob Rainey
Synthesizer written in SuperCollider, heavily inspired by EMI Synthi.
Mac OS XMac OS X