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Does a Sound Effect engine exist? Like what Blender does for visual renders, but using physics for soundwaves?

Freesound SuperCollider Sonic Pi rFXGen
  1. The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Audio & Music #Music #Social Media Apps 422 social mentions

  2. A real time audio synthesis engine, and an object-oriented programming language specialised for...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    SuperCollider (or a wrapper like Sonic Pi). Once a commercial MacOS application, it was open sourced some 20 years ago and runs on everything now.

    #Music Generation #3D #Music Tools 30 social mentions

  3. Sonic Pi is a new kind of instrument for a new generation of musicians. It is simple to learn, powerful enough for live performances and free to download.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    SuperCollider (or a wrapper like Sonic Pi). Once a commercial MacOS application, it was open sourced some 20 years ago and runs on everything now.

    #Music Generation #Music Tools #Live Music Generation 62 social mentions

  4. 4
    Simple and easy-to-use FX sounds generator inspired by sfxr.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    For something a bit more reasonable, if you want game-sounds you can use something like rfxgen (one of many similar tools): https://raylibtech.itch.io/rfxgen.

    #Text Editors #Music #Project Management 1 social mentions

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