Sound Synthesis Theory/Synthesis Software and Tools

Synthesis software / tools Analysis Audacity - Wave editor with analysis and basic synthesis / modification tools. Free Ardour - Digital audio workstation. Free SPEAR - Spectrum analysis and resynthesis tool. Proprietary freeware Hosts (VST, MIDI etc.) VSTHost - Host for VST plugins. Windows. Free Modular / environment Pure Data (Pd) - Audio processing, synthesis and analysis environment. Free OpenMusic - Visual programming language based on CommonLisp / CLOS. Free Kyma - Sound design environment. Proprietary Max / MSP - Audio processing, synthesis and analysis environment. Proprietary Reaktor - Audio processing, synthesis and analysis environment. Proprietary Synthedit - Modular synthesizer / VST plugin builder. Proprietary Programming SuperCollider - Object orientated audio programming language. Free Overtone - Functional audio programming language written in Clojure, interfacing with SuperCollider. Free CSound - Audio programming language. Free Nyquist - Audio programming language. Free ChucK - Strongly-timed, Concurrent, and On-the-fly Music Programming Language. Free Synthesizers SynFactory - Modular software synthesizer. Free SynthEdit - Modular software synthesizers and effects units. Proprietary