Sonic Pi AlternativesMusic Production Apps like Sonic Pi

Apps similar to Sonic Pi include strudel, which is free and open source. Other options are SuperCollider, AudioMasher, Web Audio Studio and Faust. You can choose from more than 10 Music Production Apps like Sonic Pi for the web, Windows, self-hosting, Mac and Linux.

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  1. strudel icon
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    strudel is a new live coding platform to write dynamic music pieces in the browser! It is free and open-source and made for beginners and experts alike.

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  2. SuperCollider icon
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    SuperCollider is a platform for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition, used by musicians, artists, and researchers working with sound. It consists of:

    39 SuperCollider alternatives

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  3. AudioMasher icon
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    AudioMasher is a live, in-browser audio and music programming environment. The app is based on the Sporth audio programming language by Paul Batchelor, is open-source and can be used online or via self-hosting.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  4. Write Web Audio API code and instantly see the graph it creates. Inspect signal flow, tweak parameters, and hear every change in real time. Runs entirely in your browser. No account required.

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    • Proprietary

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  5. Faust icon
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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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. Klangmeister icon
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    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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  7. Synthesine icon
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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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  8. TunePad icon
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    TunePad is a free online platform for creating music with the Python programming language. Our step-by-step tutorials are perfect for beginners, and our advanced production tools power music making for experienced users.

    26 TunePad alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  9. ChucK icon
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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...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  10. Overtone icon
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    Overtone is an open source audio environment designed to explore new musical ideas from synthesis and 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...

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    • Open Source

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  11. Glicol icon
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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.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Online
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  12. Csound icon
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    Csound is a sound design, music synthesis and signal processing system, providing facilities for composition and performance over a wide range of platforms. It is not restricted to any style of music, having been used for many years in the creation of classical, pop, techno...

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