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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