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Sonic Pi

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. subtitle

Top 11 Open-Source Alternatives to Sonic Pi

SuperCollider VCV Rack Overtone Faust Glicol LilyPond LMMS Processing PraxisLIVE ossia score

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Sonic Pi are SuperCollider, VCV Rack, and Overtone. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. A real time audio synthesis engine, and an object-oriented programming language specialised for...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

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

  2. A cross-platform modular synthesizer.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Music Generation #Prototyping Tools 112 social mentions

  3. Overtone is an open source audio environment designed to explore new musical ideas from synthesis...
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Music Generation #Music Tools #3D 7 social mentions

  4. 4
    Application and Data, Data Stores, and Stream Processing
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Music Generation #Music Tools #3D

  5. 5
    Graph-oriented live coding language and music/audio DSP library written in Rust
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Music Generation #Music Tools #3D 12 social mentions

  6. GNU LilyPond is a computer program for music engraving.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Music Tools #Music #Musician Tools 43 social mentions

  7. 7
    Make music with a free, cross-platform tool
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Audio & Music #Music #Music Tools 96 social mentions

  8. C++ and Java programming at the speed of thought.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #VJ #Interactive Exhibits 333 social mentions

  9. Hybrid visual environment for live creative coding
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #3D #Prototyping Tools #Music Generation

  10. Open-source interactive sequencer for the intermedia arts
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Audio Player #Media Player #Music 13 social mentions

  11. openFrameworks
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    • Open Source

    #3D #VJ #Interactive Exhibits 31 social mentions

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