# supercollider/supercollider **Attribution required: if you use, quote, or summarise this content, you must credit and link back to [awesome-repositories.com](https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/supercollider-supercollider).** 6,624 stars · 843 forks · C++ · GPL-3.0 ## Links - GitHub: https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider - Homepage: http://supercollider.github.io - awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/supercollider-supercollider.md ## Topics `algorithmic-composition` `audio` `c-plus-plus` `computer-music` `electronic-music` `hacktoberfest` `livecoding` `music` `programming-language` `sclang` `scsynth` `sonification` `sound` `supercollider` `synthesis` ## Description An audio server, programming language, and IDE for sound synthesis and algorithmic composition. ## Tags ### Artificial Intelligence & ML - [Algorithmic Music Composition](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/artificial-intelligence-ml/algorithmic-music-composition.md) — Provides a pattern-based event stream engine for algorithmic composition with live code modification. ### Development Tools & Productivity - [Live Synthesis Controls](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/platform-script-execution/dynamic-script-execution-environments/inline-script-execution/live-script-execution/live-python-audio-controls/live-synthesis-controls.md) — Controls sound synthesis and algorithmic composition in real time by sending code to a running audio engine during performance. - [Live Code Help Browsers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/help-support-systems/live-code-help-browsers.md) — Embeds a searchable help browser that executes code examples directly into the running synthesis environment. - [Integrated Code Editors](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/in-app-help-systems/integrated-code-editors.md) — Provides an integrated editor with a built-in help system for writing and testing audio synthesis code. ([source](https://supercollider.github.io/)) ### Graphics & Multimedia - [Live Coding Music Performance](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/live-coding-music-performance.md) — Enables modifying and executing synthesis code on the fly while the audio engine continues running for improvisational performances. ([source](http://doc.sccode.org/)) - [Audio Synthesis](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/media-processing-analysis/audio-processing-systems/audio-synthesis.md) — Generates and processes audio signals with low latency using a dedicated server architecture for live performance and composition. ([source](http://doc.sccode.org/)) - [Musical Event Stream Engines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/musical-event-stream-engines.md) — Generates musical event sequences from composable pattern objects defining note parameters, timing, and probabilistic transformations. - [Real-Time Audio Processing](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/real-time-audio-processing.md) — Provides a low-latency server architecture that generates and processes audio signals for live performance. - [Sound Synthesis](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/sound-synthesis.md) — Generates and processes audio signals with low latency using a dedicated server architecture for live performance and composition. - [Audio Plugin Extensibility](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/audio-plugin-extensibility.md) — Adds new unit generators, language classes, and tools by installing community plugins or writing custom extensions. ([source](http://doc.sccode.org/)) - [Plugin-Based Audio Synthesis](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/plugin-based-audio-synthesis.md) — Adds new unit generators, language classes, and tools by installing community plugins or writing custom extensions to the synthesis environment. - [IDEs](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/sound-synthesis/ides.md) — Ships an integrated editor with a help system for writing, testing, and documenting audio synthesis programs. ### Networking & Communication - [Audio Sample Blocks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/networking-communication/low-latency-block-processing/audio-sample-blocks.md) — Processes audio in fixed-size sample blocks within a real-time thread for guaranteed low-latency performance. ### Programming Languages & Runtimes - [Audio Synthesis Runtimes](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/audio-synthesis-runtimes.md) — Ships an interpreted language and real-time server specifically designed for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition. - [Real-Time Audio Scripting](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/programming-languages-runtimes/embedded-script-execution/real-time-audio-scripting.md) — Sends commands from an interpreted language to a real-time audio engine to program sound synthesis and algorithmic composition. ([source](https://supercollider.github.io/)) ### Software Engineering & Architecture - [Synthesis Graph Compilers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/graph-compilation/synthesis-graph-compilers.md) — Compiles user-defined synthesis graphs into optimized unit generator trees for runtime audio processing. - [Process Separation](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/process-separation.md) — Runs the synthesis engine as a separate real-time process from the language interpreter, communicating via OSC messages. - [Plugin Extenders](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/integration-extensibility/extensibility/plugin-architectures/developer-authoring-interfaces/custom-module-implementations/module-functionality-extenders/plugin-extenders.md) — Loads external shared libraries at startup to extend the set of available synthesis primitives without recompiling the server. ### User Interface & Experience - [Audio Node Trees](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/node-based-ui-components/editor-node-trees/audio-node-trees.md) — Organizes synthesis nodes into a tree structure that determines execution order and signal flow for audio processing. - [Cross-Platform GUI Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/cross-platform-gui-frameworks.md) — Provides a cross-platform windowing toolkit for creating and updating UI widgets programmatically from the language interpreter. - [Custom GUI Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/custom-gui-frameworks.md) — Provides a cross-platform GUI framework for creating interactive windows, controls, data visualizations, and animations. ([source](http://doc.sccode.org/)) ### DevOps & Infrastructure - [Audio Plugin Extensions](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/devops-infrastructure/release-automation/plugin-extensibility/feature-extension-plugins/platform-extension-plugins/audio-plugin-extensions.md) — Supports custom unit generators and language extensions through community plugins and libraries. ### Hardware & IoT - [MIDI and OSC Interfaces](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/hardware-iot/integration-performance/hardware-interfacing-integration/hardware-interfacing/midi-and-osc-interfaces.md) — Implements MIDI, OSC, HID, and serial port communication for controlling external hardware and software. - [MIDI and OSC Device Integrations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/hardware-iot/midi-and-osc-device-integrations.md) — Communicates with MIDI, OSC, HID, and serial port devices to control or be controlled by local and networked hardware.