The stuff you hear, like MP3, MIDI, WAV, AMR and suchlike.
| Category | Platform | Link | Notes |
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| Audio | Background Music | An interesting macOS utility that automatically pauses your music player when a second audio source is playing and unpauses the player when the second source has stopped. |
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| macOS | Blackhole | a pass-through audio driver for macOS, reminiscent of Soundflower |
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| Language | Multiple | alda | A Clojure-backed music programming language |
| Live Coding | Extempore | another LISP-like music environment |
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| Supercollider | a platform for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition |
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| overtone | a Clojure environment for Supercollider |
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| Sonic Pi | A live coding environment with its own language |
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| Synths | Linux | Bristol | a set of synth emulators spanning many old-school analog synths |
| synthv1 | an old-school all-digital 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer |
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| Multiple | VCVRack | Eurorack synth emulator (most interesting modules are commercial, but many are free) |
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| SunVox | a modular synth/tracker combo that runs on most mobile and desktop platforms |
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| VST | Mac | Podolski | straightforward analogue synth |
| Multiple | Helm | ||
| Tyrell N6 | |||
| DSK Overture | an interesting orchestral sounds VST |
TODO: move some of these back into Music.