SuperCollider Alternatives

SuperCollider is described as 'Platform for audio synthesd algorithmic composition, used by musicians, artists, and researchers working with sound. It consists of:' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to SuperCollider for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best SuperCollider alternative is strudel, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SuperCollider are VCV Rack, Pure Data, SunVox and Sonic Pi.

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  1. Faust icon
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    Faust (Functional Audio Stream) is a functional programming language for sound synthesis and audio processing with a strong focus on the design of synthesizers, musical instruments, audio effects, etc. Faust targets high-performance signal processing applications and audio...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. Synthesine icon
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    Synthesine is a web playground for synthesizing sound waves from scratch. You can use it to create sine waves, white noise, and other building blocks of sound, and then pass these through modular components to synthesize more complex sounds like bells and whistles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  3. Klangmeister icon
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    Klangmeister is a live coding environment for the browser. It lets you design synthesisers and compose music using computer code - without having to install anything on your own computer. Klangmeister works best in Chrome, because the synthesis features that it relies on have...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
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  5. TunePad icon
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    TunePad is a free online platform for creating music with the Python programming language. Our step-by-step tutorials are perfect for beginners, and our advanced production tools power music making for experienced users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  6. ChucK icon
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    ChucK is a programming language for real-time sound synthesis and music creation. ChucK presents a unique time-based, concurrent programming model that's precise and expressive (we call this strongly-timed), dynamic control rates, and the ability to add and modify code...

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Cmajor icon
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    The programming language for writing fast, portable audio software. C-family language designed specifically for writing DSP signal processing code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  8. Overtone icon
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    Overtone is an open source audio environment designed to explore new musical ideas from synthesis and sampling to instrument building, live-coding and collaborative jamming. We combine the powerful SuperCollider audio engine, with Clojure, a state of-the-art lisp, to create an...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  9. Glicol icon
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    Glicol is a computer music language with both its language and audio engine written in Rust . Given its low-level nature, Glicol can run on many different platforms such as browsers, VST plugins and Bela board.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Zupiter icon
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    I wanted to build a music creation tool that is easy to use, accessible and free. Zupiter is a synthesizer and step-sequencer that runs in a browser, meaning you don't even need to download and install any software to use it.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
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