Software synthesizers

Csound is a computer programming language for sound, also known as a sound compiler or an audio programming language, or more precisely, an audio DSL.

Reason is a digital audio workstation for creating and editing music and audio developed by Swedish software developers Propellerhead Software.

Logic Pro is a digital audio workstation and Musical Instrument Digital Interface MIDI sequencer software application for the Mac OS X platform.

Logic Studio was a music production suite by Apple Inc.

ReBirth RB-338 is a software synthesizer for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS 8-9 and iOS for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

SuperCollider is an environment and programming language originally released in 1996 by James McCartney for real-time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition.

DIN (DIN Is Noise) is a software musical instrument for the Linux, Mac OS X and Windows operating systems.

Cubase is a music software product developed by German musical software and equipment company Steinberg for music recording, arranging and editing as part of a digital audio workstation.

Record is a music software program developed by Swedish software developers Propellerhead Software.

TiMidity++, originally and still frequently informally called TiMidity, is a software synthesizer that can play MIDI files without a hardware synthesizer.

FluidSynth, formerly named iiwusynth, is a free open source software synthesizer which converts Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) note data into an audio signal using SoundFont technology without need for a SoundFont-compatible soundcard.

Sonar is a digital audio workstation created by Cakewalk.

Guitar Rig is a amp and effects modeling software package developed by Native Instruments.

FL Studio (formerly known as FruityLoops) is a digital audio workstation developed by the Belgian company Image-Line.

Magnus Choir is a commercial, proprietary music software synthesizer, for the Microsoft Windows platform, written by Daniel Laiseca and developed by Syntheway Virtual Musical Instruments.

WildMIDI is a free open source software synthesizer which converts MIDI note data into an audio signal using GUS sound patches without need for a GUS patch-compatible soundcard.

Max is a visual programming language for music and multimedia developed and maintained by San Francisco-based software company Cycling '74.

ZynAddSubFX is a free open source software synthesizer for Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

SonicCharge µTonic (MicroTonic) is a pattern based drum-machine plug-in featuring 100% synthetic drum sounds.

amsynth is an open source realtime software synthesizer for Linux.

The Amiga Assampler is a software synthesizer and sample editor.

Bidule is a commercial software application for the creation of interactive computer music and multimedia produced by the Canadian company Plogue Arts and Technology.

KORG DS-10 is a music creation program for the Nintendo DS that emulates the Korg MS range of synthesizers.

Nyquist is a programming language for sound synthesis and analysis based on the Lisp programming language.

Microsoft Research Songsmith is a musical accompaniment application for Microsoft Windows, launched in early 2009.

Harmor is a software synth created by Image-Line Software for the music production program FL Studio.

Yoshimi is a free open source software synthesizer for Linux.

Synth1 is a software synthesizer designed by Ichiro Toda.

Pure Data (Pd) is a visual programming language developed by Miller Puckette in the 1990s for creating interactive computer music and multimedia works.

Reaktor is a graphical modular software music studio developed by Native Instruments (NI).

Extempore is a live coding environment focused on real-time audiovisual software development.

Spire was the first software synthesizer developed by Reveal Sound.

PySynth is a lightweight open source software synthesizer written in Python.

Syntorial is a synthesizer-teaching software created by Audible Genius, a company owned by website programmer, musician and teacher Joe Hanley.

LinuxSampler is a music sampler under active development, aiming to provide a pure software audio sampler with professional grade features, comparable to both hardware and commercial Windows or Mac software samplers and to introduce new features not yet available by any other sampler.

Integra Live is an open source computer program for interactive sound design developed and maintained by the Integra Lab at Birmingham Conservatoire, part of Birmingham City University.

Making Waves (MW) is computer software designed to produce professional quality audio from basic Windows multimedia PCs.

Massive is a commercial wavetable software synthesizer plugin manufactured by Native Instruments for use in professional audio production.

AudioMulch is modular audio software for making music and processing sound.

Mixcraft is a multitrack recording application for Windows.

ChucK is a concurrent, strongly timed audio programming language for real-time synthesis, composition, and performance,which runs on Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and iOS.

SoundFont is a brand name that collectively refers to a file format and associated technology that uses sample-based synthesis to play MIDI files.

Operator is a software synthesizer developed by Ableton.

Digital Performer is a full-featured Digital Audio Workstation/Sequencer software package published by Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) of Cambridge, Massachusetts for the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows platforms.

Cakewalk was a MIDI sequencer developed by Twelve Tone Systems, Inc.

Jamstix is a VST instrument produced by Rayzoon Technologies.