Renoise VS ChucK

Not wanting to pay a hefty license fee led me away from Ableton and into the loving arms of Renoise. It has an unlimited free trial with no restrictions, but a full license is $80 per FULL POINT RELEASE. That is: if you pay at v3.2, you don't pay again until v4.2. I paid once in 2012 and still haven't paid again yet. So it's cheap. But it's also fully featured, and surprisingly powerful. It's got a scary UI and... Source: over 1 year ago

If you're in to music creation, give it a go. http://renoise.com. Source: over 2 years ago

There's plenty of software available for PC so it's easy to try out if tracker workflow is your thing :P I think Renoise is the most popular and most powerful tracker and there's a free demo available in https://renoise.com. Source: over 2 years ago

Check out ChucK also (https://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/). It's a very capable language and we'll documented. Source: about 1 year ago

I am a programmer by trade but don't often combine it with my musical endeavors. I briefly messed with https://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/ for live coding shows in college but honestly its very restrictive. Source: over 1 year ago

Also, a programming language geared towards music can help with process-driven composition. Max/MSP or ChucK for instance. Source: almost 2 years ago

I haven't coded music in haskell, but I've coded it in Max/MSP and ChucK and I enjoyed them both https://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/ https://cycling74.com/products/max. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

ChucK: Strongly-Timed, Concurrent, and On-the-Fly Music Programming Language\ (15 comments). Source: over 2 years ago