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Apple - iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Audio player with multiple playlist functions, native burn support, visual effects, and file conversion. |
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Apple Quicktime - http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
Apple's free media player supporting innumerable audio and video formats. The pro version includes an abundance of media authoring capabilities. |
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Microsoft Media Player 7.1 - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/mac/mp71/
Support among others Microsoft MPEG-4 (version 2.0 and 3.0)and the ISO MPEG-4 video (version 1.0) video codecs. |
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Apple - GarageBand - http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
Perform, record and create music from virtual instruments and pre-recorded loops. |
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Apple - Soundtrack Pro - http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/soundtrackpro/
Audio sequencer designed for video, DVD, and web projects. Includes instrument loops and sound effects. |
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Digidesign - http://www.digidesign.com
Creators of industry standard audio/MIDI sequencers Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools LE, as well as numerous RTAS plug-ins for the applications. |
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BIAS Inc. - http://www.bias-inc.com/
Peak Studio for editing, processing, and mastering. Deck, a DAW. Vbox for multi-effects. Freq, a 4-Band EQ. |
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3ivx.com - http://www.3ivx.com/
A natural video compression system that is compliant with MPEG-4v3. |
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Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments - http://www.spectrasonics.net
Creators of Atmosphere, Stylus, and Trilogy virtual instruments/plug-ins, each with vast core libraries. |
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FXpansion - http://fxpansion.com
Creators of BFD drum library module, DR-008 drum sampler, as well as VST to RTAS, VST to Rewire, and VST to AU plug-in adaptors. |
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CMN Common Music Notation - http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/software/cmn/
Free western music notation package written in Common Lisp. |
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Audiocorder - http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/audiocorder.html
VOX program audio recorder. Can set volume sound must reach to begin recording and volume at which it should stop. |
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QDesign - http://www.qdesign.com/
Audio compression solutions for digital music, new media, and Internet streaming. |
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Granted Software - http://www.grantedsw.com/
Developers of the AudioUnit host Rax, AudioUnit Manager, and ReVision, a tool to sunchsonize audio from Propellerhead Software's Reason or Ableton's Live with QuickTime movies. All are exclusively Mac OS X applications. |
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SoundConverter - http://www.dekorte.com/projects/shareware/SoundConverter/
Batch audio converter supporting innumerable sample-based and note-based file formats |
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OSS 3D for iTunes - http://subband.com/sso3d/
Adds bass frequencies, spatialization, 3D surround sound and other real-time enhancements to iTunes. |
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SimpleChord - http://www.wonderwarp.com/simplechord/
Handy reference to chords for musicians. For Mac OS X. |
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MacMusic - http://www.macmusic.org/
Resources, searchable links, downloads, updates, classified ads, mailing-list, and articles about making music with your Macintosh. |
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Emagic - http://www.emagic.de/
Featuring the Logic series, several virtual instruments and hardware accessories. Products description, support area, company information and news. |
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OS X Audio - http://www.bigbluelounge.com/
Forum provinding information for OS X users. |
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U and I Software - http://www.uisoftware.com/PAGES/acceuil_meta.html
Developers of MetaSynth, a composition and sound design program using a strictly visual interface, with customizable tunings and image synthesis. |
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Sagan Technology Metro - http://www.sagantech.biz/
Sequencer with MIDI, audio, and video functionalities. Includes support for CoreAudio, CoreMIDI, Audio Units, Music Devices, Music Effects, VST, and Premiere. |
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Bitcartel Software - http://www.bitcartel.com/
Developers of iRecordMusic and RadioLover, utilities to record audio streams to AAC and MP3. |
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Ovolab - http://www.ovolab.com
Develops applications for Mac OS X, particularly software that converts MP3 songs to AAC format. Includes support and downloads. |
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Virtual Composer - http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/jgal/programming/composer.html
Shareware multiple track graphical sequencer, allowing files to be exported in AIFF, abc, or MIDI formats. |
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Rocket Science - http://www.audioease.com/Pages/RocketScience/RocketMain.html
Bundle of real-time plugins for Mark of the Unicorn's Digital Performer and Audio Desk. |
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How Much Does iTunes Like My Five-Star Songs? - http://www.omninerd.com/2005/08/25/articles/34
Article explores the algorithm iTunes uses to pick what comes next in a Party Shuffle playlist. |
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Lexikon Sonate - http://www.essl.at/works/Lexikon-Sonate.html
Generates piano music in realtime, can also be used as a meta-instrument for improvising complex piano music. |
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Talking Panda - iLingo - http://talkingpanda.com/
Language translator for iPod. |
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djay! - http://algoriddim.net/
Real-time audio mixing over Bonjour networks, with support for .mp3, .aif, .wav, .aac, and .caf file formats. |
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Lime - http://www.cerlsoundgroup.org/cgi-bin/Lime/Mac.html
Music Notation software for Macintosh. Also available for Win32. (CERL Sound Group) |
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Intuem - http://www.intuem.com/
MIDI music authoring solution for OS X with Aqua interface, music notation, intended mostly for musical amateurs. |
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iDrum - http://glaresoft.com/products/idrum/index.html
Drum machine for OS X, running as both a standalone application and as plug-in. Overview, screenshots, features, downloadable demo and purchasing information. |
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fLOW Ambient Sound - http://www.essl.at/works/flow/download.html
Generates a changing soundscape in realtime suggestive of timbres of water, fire, earth, and air. Freeware for Mac G3. |
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Red Barn Goat Farm - http://www.nonoctave.com/
Li'l Miss' Scale Oven (LMSO), an ethnic and microtonal scale editor/synth retuner. Also DSP holophonics plug-ins. |
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PlayerPRO - http://www.quadmation.com/pphome.htm
Tracker, composer, and player, all in one. |
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Girl Audio Loop Mixing Software - http://girl.yowstar.com/
MIDI-enabled audio loop mixing instrument. |
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The GarageDoor - http://www.thegaragedoor.com/
Tips and suggestions for Apple's GarageBand. Covers live and MIDI recordings, effects, mixing, mastering and links to free loops. |
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Syd - Software Synthesizer - http://www.jbum.com/syd/
A software synthesizer for Mac and Windows. Similar to CSound in capabilities, but easier to use. |
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Sound Grinder - http://www.monkey-tools.com/soundgrinder/
Batch audio conversion application with support for a variety of formats, along with the retention of metadata for .mp3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and Quicktime files. |
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MetroGnome - http://www.braxtech.com/metrognome/
Freeware metronome for OS X. Customizable settings. |
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MRAC Publishing - Symbolic Composer - http://mracpublishing.eu/
Programming language/expert system for MIDI music composition, including the VLISP Lisp Visualization System. |
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TunesTracker - http://www.tunestracker.com
Search the iTunes Music Store daily for your favorite artists and send you an e-mail when there are new songs by those artists. |
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RhapsOGL visual effects - http://webrhapso.free.fr/rhapsogl/plug.shtml
RhapsOGLApp X visual effects generator for MacOSX - This is a visual plug-in for SoundJam MP and MACAST |
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Jasmine Audio - http://www.jasmineaudio.com
Stereo multi-track audio editor and converter supporting AAC/MP4, AVI, System 7, AIFF, WAV, Quicktime, and other formats. |