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List of audio programming languages
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<p>This is a list of notable <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming languages</a> optimized for <a href="/facts/Audio_editing_software/vbbu6a3M">sound production</a>, <a href="/facts/Algorithmic_composition/dGeVh6GP">algorithmic composition</a>, and <a href="/facts/Sound_synthesis/NrmdVrPa">sound synthesis</a>. </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/ABC_notation/nptVRvLb">ABC notation</a>, a language for notating music using the ASCII character set</li> <li><a href="https://bolprocessor.org/">Bol Processor</a>, a model of <a href="/facts/Formal_grammar/QLxaQNAz">formal grammars</a> enriched with polymetric expressions for the representation of time structures</li> <li><a href="/facts/ChucK/CuSNkLhf">ChucK</a>, strongly timed, concurrent, and on-the-fly audio programming language</li> <li>Real-time Cmix, a <a href="/facts/MUSIC-N/MqIaLX5w">MUSIC-N</a> synthesis language somewhat similar to Csound</li> <li><a href="https://cmajor.dev/">Cmajor</a>, a high-performance JIT-compiled C-style language for DSP</li> <li><a href="/facts/Common_Lisp_Music/JcWDkcsL">Common Lisp Music</a> (CLM), a music synthesis and signal processing package in the Music V family</li> <li><a href="/facts/Csound/SWFhJBnw">Csound</a>, a <a href="/facts/MUSIC-N/MqIaLX5w">MUSIC-N</a> synthesis language released under the <a href="/facts/GNU_Lesser_General_Public_License/AXwkz9x3">LGPL</a> with many available <a href="/facts/Unit_generator/nTH8pQw3">unit generators</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Extempore_(software)/u7PR0VNz">Extempore</a>, a live-coding environment that borrows a core foundation from the <a href="/facts/Impromptu_(programming_environment)/JwwuDLch">Impromptu</a> environment</li> <li><a href="/facts/FAUST_(programming_language)/xAsms2ck">FAUST</a>, Functional Audio Stream, a functional compiled language for efficient real-time audio signal processing</li> <li><a href="https://glicol.org">GLICOL</a>, a graph-oriented live coding language written in Rust</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hierarchical_Music_Specification_Language/0CUDyQR7">Hierarchical Music Specification Language</a> (HMSL), optimized more for music than synthesis, developed in the 1980s in <a href="/facts/Forth_(programming_language)/mYtWVNhF">Forth</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Impromptu_(programming_environment)/JwwuDLch">Impromptu</a>, a <a href="/facts/Scheme_(programming_language)/0aGdf3SC">Scheme</a> language environment for <a href="/facts/Mac_OS_X/Y93vVpTm">Mac OS X</a> capable of sound and video synthesis, algorithmic composition, and 2D and 3D graphics programming</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ixi_lang/skzDdaC1">Ixi lang</a>, a programming language for live coding musical expression.</li> <li><a href="/facts/JFugue/uNNWA3uc">JFugue</a>, a Java and JVM library for programming music that outputs to MIDI and has the ability to convert to formats including ABC Notation, Lilypond, and MusicXML</li> <li><a href="/facts/JMusic/UGdvAEtT">jMusic</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/JSyn/wA7PunKc">JSyn</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Keykit/dFmHqxQc">Keykit</a>, a programming language and portable graphical environment for MIDI music composition</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kyma_(sound_design_language)/H581qWD2">Kyma (sound design language)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/LilyPond/AILGy6Ie">LilyPond</a>, a computer program and file format for music engraving.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Max/MSP/3RaJECeF">Max/MSP</a>, a proprietary, modular visual programming language aimed at sound synthesis for music</li> <li><a href="https://www.timohoogland.com/mercury-livecoding/">Mercury</a>, a language for live-coding algorithmic music.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Music_Macro_Language/ceDVCYIb">Music Macro Language</a> (MML), often used to produce <a href="/facts/Chiptune/9F9RQwts">chiptune</a> music in Japan</li> <li><a href="/facts/MUSIC-N/MqIaLX5w">MUSIC-N</a>, includes versions I, II, III, IV, IV-B, IV-BF, V, 11, and 360</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nyquist_(programming_language)/66dKlUNK">Nyquist</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/OpenMusic/DVKLafn5">OpenMusic</a></li> <li>Orca (music programming language)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pure_Data/t5kpU4q0">Pure Data</a>, a modular visual programming language for signal processing aimed at music creation</li> <li>Tidal Cycles, a live coding environment for algorithmic patterns, written in Haskell and using Supercollider for synthesis</li> <li><a href="/facts/Reaktor/D6Gq7bc7">Reaktor</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sonic_Pi/lcmPd85s">Sonic Pi</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Structured_Audio_Orchestra_Language/qlD93XE8">Structured Audio Orchestra Language</a> (SAOL), part of the <a href="/facts/MPEG-4_Structured_Audio/JcncVRoq">MPEG-4 Structured Audio</a> standard</li> <li><a href="/facts/SuperCollider/nTQ1aTQo">SuperCollider</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/SynthEdit/FPkwK6wj">SynthEdit</a>, a modular visual programming language for signal processing aimed at creating <a href="/facts/Audio_plug-in/8csyHGCE">audio plug-ins</a></li></ul>