SuperCollider Alternatives

SuperCollider is described as 'Platform for audio synthesd algorithmic composition, used by musicians, artists, and researchers working with sound. It consists of:' and is an app. There are more than 25 alternatives to SuperCollider for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best SuperCollider alternative is VCV Rack, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SuperCollider are Pure Data, SunVox, Max/MSP and Sonic Pi.

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  1. VCV Rack icon
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    VCV Rack is a modular synthesizer inspired by Eurorack systems. It acts a host for virtual modules which perform various audio processes. E.G. oscillators, filters, envelope generators, sequencers and more that can be connected freely in almost limitless combinations.

    29 VCV Rack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • VCV Rack is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to SuperCollider.

    • VCV Rack is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to SuperCollider.

    • VCV Rack is Free and Open SourceSuperCollider is also Free and Open Source
  2. Pure Data icon
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    Pd (aka Pure Data) is a real-time graphical programming environment for audio, video, and graphical processing. It is the third major branch of the family of patcher programming languages known as Max (Max/FTS, ISPW Max, Max/MSP, jMax, etc.

    46 Pure Data alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. SunVox icon
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    SunVox is a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern based sequencer (tracker). It is a tool for those people who like to compose music wherever they are, whenever they wish. On any device.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Windows Mobile
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • SunVox is the most popular iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to SuperCollider.

    • SunVox is Freemium and ProprietarySuperCollider is Free and Open Source
    • SunVox is CustomizableSuperCollider is not according to our users
  4. Max/MSP icon
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    Interactive visual programming environment for music, audio, and media

    In use for over twenty years by performers, composers, artists, scientists, teachers, and students, Max is the way to make your computer do things that reflect your individual ideas and dreams.

    Max gives yo.

    44 Max/MSP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • Max/MSP is the most popular commercial alternative to SuperCollider.

    • Max/MSP is Paid and ProprietarySuperCollider is Free and Open Source
  5. Sonic Pi icon
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    Soinc Pi is a live-coding audio software. Learn to code creatively by composing, improvising or performing in an incredible range of styles from classical through to algorave.

    17 Sonic Pi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Raspberry Pi
     
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    Cardinal is a free and open-source virtual modular synthesizer plugin based on VCV Rack but with a focus on being a fully self-contained plugin version. It's available as CLAP, LV2, VST2 and VST3 audio plugin for FreeBSD, Linux, macOS and...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Tidal Cycles icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. 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...

    18 Faust alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Faust is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to SuperCollider.

    • Faust is Free and Open SourceSuperCollider is also Free and Open Source
  9. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  12. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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