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 VCV Rack, Pure Data, SuperCollider and SunVox.

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    The SOUL platform is a language and an API. The language is a small, carefully crafted DSL for writing the real-time parts of an audio algorithm. The API is designed to deploy that SOUL code to heterogeneous CPUs and DSPs, both locally and remotely.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Nyquist icon
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    Nyquist is a language and IDE for sound synthesis and music composition. It is implemented in C and C++ and runs on Win32, OSX, and Linux. Nyquist combines a powerful functional programming style with efficient signal-processing primitives.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. Wavepot icon
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    Wavepot is a live-coding environment for creating sound and music. Build sound and music compositions on-the-fly using JavaScript and save your projects right to GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. DCubix Twist icon
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    Twist is a node-based audio synthesizer that lets you create sound effects and soundtracks. Its modular nature makes it possible to produce any kind of sound by just "connecting the dots". It's built with C++ and available for Windows and Linux desktops.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Gibber icon
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    Gibber is a creative coding environment for audiovisual performance and composition. It contains features for audio synthesis and musical sequencing, 2d drawing, 3d scene construction and manipulation, and live-coding shaders.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Hexen is a virtual modular Eurorack synthesizer for Android featuring 50+ modules in an accessible, touch-focused interface. All of the internal signal paths in Hexen have 32 bit resolution and are clocked at 48KHz. The final rendered audio is 16 bit 48KH.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  7. negasonic icon
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    Negasonic is a live-coding audio software. Learn to code creatively by composing, improvising or performing from your browser. It can be used in any browser, but we recommend using it with Chrome

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Chrome OS
     
  8. Extempore icon
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    Extempore is a programming language and runtime environment designed to support the programming of real-time systems in real-time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Evaluator is an audio creation app that lets you write short C-style programs whose output is used to generate sound! It's available as a standalone app or as a VST plugin for your DAW.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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