Synth Engines & Sound Design

6 tools

OrcaSlicer

Why I use it: Esoteric livecoding environment using a 2D grid of single-character operators for MIDI/OSC

4.2
Surge XT

Why I use it: Open-source hybrid synth with powerful modulation — fully programmable and patchable

4.5
Vital

Why I use it: Spectral warping wavetable synth — open-source, deeply programmable with mod matrix

4.2
VCV Rack

Why I use it: Open-source virtual modular synth — Eurorack in software with C++ SDK for custom modules

4.2
Tone.js

Why I use it: Web Audio framework for building synths, effects, and sequencers in JavaScript

4.2
Glicol

Why I use it: Graph-oriented live coding language for audio in the browser — Rust-powered, WebAudio-based

4.2