Max/MSP Alternatives

Max/MSP is described as 'Interactive visual programming environment for music, audio, and media' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Max/MSP for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Max/MSP alternative is Pure Data, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Max/MSP are AudioTool, VCV Rack, Vuo and SuperCollider.

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  1. AudioNodes icon
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    A digital audio workstation, modular synthesizer, and audio editor to create music, audio effects, and audio experiments.

    26 AudioNodes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  2. Csound icon
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    Csound is a sound design, music synthesis and signal processing system, providing facilities for composition and performance over a wide range of platforms. It is not restricted to any style of music, having been used for many years in the creation of classical, pop, techno...

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    • Mac
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  3. Axiom is an extremely flexible node-based real-time audio synthesizer. It operates standalone or as a VST instrument/effect and features a highly configurable, modular canvas where controls can be arranged and routed visually and their code can be edited using a simple but...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. ORCA icon
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    Orca is an Esoteric Programming Language and live-coding environment for musical experimentation. In Orca, each letter of the alphabet is an operation, lowercase letters operate on bang, uppercase letters operate each frame.

    38 ORCA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. FlowStone icon
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    FlowStone is a visual programming tool that allows you to create your own standalone programs quicker and more easily than ever before.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. SynthEdit icon
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    Build your own VST-compatible synthesizers with Synthedit's drag-and-drop, visual development environment.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. VDMX icon
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    VDMX5 was created from the ground up to meet the demands of realtime video performance. Built around a robust data processing architecture it was designed to be used with whatever hardware- or software- you've got available.

    16 VDMX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Pyo icon
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    Pyo is a Python module to help DSP script creation. Pyo contains classes for audio signal processing. With pyo, the user will be able to chain such classes directly in Python, and to manipulate them in real time through the interpreter.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Nyquist icon
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    Nyquist is a language and IDE for sound synthesis and music composition. It is implemented in C and C++ and runs on Win32, OSX, and Linux. Nyquist combines a powerful functional programming style with efficient signal-processing primitives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. Automatonism icon
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    Automatonism is a modular synthesiser that runs in the open source programming language Pure Data. It features a large library of 81 modules (version 2.1).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Cables icon
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    Cables is a tool for creating beautiful interactive content. An easy to navigate, node-based interface provides users with basic operators such as mathematical functions, shapes and materials that can be connected with virtual cables to create practically any imaginable scene.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  12. Usine is a modular environment for live music and real-time installations. You can create and customize your live set to fit it exactly to your needs--spontaneous electronic music creation, including live sampling, effect processing, or sound design.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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