Overtone Alternatives

Overtone is described as 'Open source audio environment designed to explore new musical ideas from synthesnd 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' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Overtone for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Overtone alternative is Bespoke Synth, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Overtone are strudel, VCV Rack, Pure Data and SunVox.

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  1. Tidal Cycles icon

    Tidal Cycles

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    A free/open source live coding environment for algorithmic patterns, written in Haskell. Tidal is using SuperCollider, another open-source software, for synthesis and MIDI.

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  2. Faust icon

    Faust

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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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  4. miRack icon

    miRack

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    miRack is a Eurorack-style modular synthesizer, playground, and fx. It aims to provide user experience and audio quality close to those of the real Eurorack hardware.

    26 miRack alternatives

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    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  5. ORCA icon

    ORCA

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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
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Synthesine icon

    Synthesine

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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

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  7. Klangmeister icon

    Klangmeister

     7 likes

    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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  9. ChucK icon

    ChucK

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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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    miniAudicle is a part of ChucK bundle - it's an IDE.
     
  10. Glicol icon

    Glicol

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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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  11. Cmajor icon

    Cmajor

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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

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    • Windows
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    • Linux
     
  12. Zupiter icon

    Zupiter

     3 likes

    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.

    28 Zupiter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  13. Cabbage Studio icon

    Cabbage Studio

     5 likes

    Cabbage Studio is a sophisticated combination of DAW and audio development environment. The studio offers a modular interface for constructing sounds driven by Csound with the power of .

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    • Mac
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    • Android
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  14. Axiom synthesizer icon

    Axiom synthesizer

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    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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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