N.B. SuperCollider is now hosted at GitHub, and the most recent versions can be downloaded from there. http://supercollider.github.io

A real time audio synthesis engine, and an object-oriented programming language specialised for music.

SuperCollider was created in 1996 by James McCartney, now (since version 3) released as free software.

Features

  • Highly efficient real-time audio synthesis
  • Expressive musical pattern system
  • Efficient object-oriented programming language implementing features of modern functional languages
  • Expressive multichannel support (massive numbers of input/output streams)
  • Supports diverse stylistic and technical requirements
  • Interacts with other systems using MIDI or Open Sound Control (OSC)
  • Essential part of numerous art and science projects

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