Comparison of Audio Synthesis Environments - General

General

Name Creator Primary Purpose(s) First release date Most recent update Most recent version Cost License Main user interface type Development status
Audulus Taylor Holliday Realtime synthesis, audio processing, mobile music 2011/09 2013/01 v1.9 $14.99 (iPad), $39.99 (Mac) Proprietary Graphical Stable
ChucK Ge Wang and Perry Cook Realtime synthesis, live coding, pedagogy, acoustic research, algorithmic composition 2004 2012/09 v1.3.1.2 Free GPL Document Immature
Csound Barry Vercoe Realtime performance, sound synthesis, algorithmic composition, acoustic research 1986 2011/12 v5.15 Free LGPL Document, graphical for realtime Mature
Impromptu Andrew Sorensen Live coding, algorithmic composition, hardware control, realtime synthesis, 2d/3d graphics programming 2006 2010/10 v2.5 Free Proprietary Document Stable
Max/MSP Miller Puckette Realtime audio + video synthesis, hardware control 1980s (mid) 2012/02/15 v6.0.1 $400.00 Proprietary Graphical Mature
nsound Nick Hilton Realtime synthesis, offline audio rendering, algorithmic composition, acoustic research 2003 2011/06/26 0.8.1 Free GPL Document Mature
Pure Data Miller Puckette Realtime synthesis, hardware control, acoustic research 1990s 2011/03/29 v0.43 Free BSD-like Graphical Mature
Reaktor Native Instruments Realtime synthesis, hardware control, GUI design 1996 2011/09 5.6.1 $399 Proprietary Graphical Mature
SuperCollider James McCartney Realtime synthesis, live coding, algorithmic composition, acoustic research, all-purpose programming language 1996, March 2012/03 v3.5 Free GPL Document Mature
sfront John Lazzaro MPEG-4/SA implementation, Realtime synthesis, algorithmic composition, structured Web audio. 1997 2010/01/12 0.96 Free BSD-like Document Stable
Usine Olivier Sens Audio manipulation, live coding, algorithmic composition 2006 2010/06 v5.20 Free/120€ Proprietary Graphical Mature

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