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Mammut will FFT your sound in one single gigantic analysis (no windows). These spectral data, where the development in time is incorporated in mysterious ways, may then be transformed by different algorithms prior to resynthesis.
An interesting aspect of Mammut is its completely non-intuitive sound transformation approach.
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http://www.notam02.no/arkiv/doc/mammut/ (1031 clicks)

Seen it before? As a MIDI instrument? As a VST plugin?
When you play pong, you play music. You can try it as an applet, though that’s not half as cute as connecting it to a nice soft-synth sound, adding a few effects (arpeggiator, anyone?) and letting it play some loops for you.
Note that I’ve used [...]

Get nuts with the Wii remote and your loops..
The Wii Loop Machine is a system for using the wireless Wii remote to sync, control, and manipulate loops in real time.
It uses the aka.wiimote object for Max/MSP by Masayuki Akamatsu.
Download it, unzip it, and follow the directions in the patch (it will probably take [...]

QLab makes it simple to build rich, sophisticated multimedia designs for theatre, dance, or other live performance or installation projects. Use it for sound design, video projection design, or anything where you need to trigger media playback in a precise and flexible manner.
QLab allows you to control audio, video, and MIDI from a single workspace. [...]

Arcade Music Player
M1 plays the music from classic arcade games by running the code in the original ROMs.
Features
Support for over 1100 different games.
Emulation of over a dozen CPUs and more than one hundred boards.
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http://www.bannister.org/software/m1.htm (264 clicks)

Video Game Music Player
Audio Overload emulates the sound hardware of vintage consoles and computers, allowing you to listen to completely authentic renditions of classic video game tunes.
Audio Overload supports music in the following file formats:
AY - Amstrad CPC/Spectrum ZX/Atari ST
COP - Sam Coupe
GBS - Nintendo Gameboy
GSF - Nintendo Gameboy Advance
GYM - Sega Megadrive/Genesis
HES - PC [...]

Simon Extreme is a reinterpretation of the classic 1978 Milton Bradley game Simon, complete with authentic gameplay and sound samples from the original game.
Written for Mac OS X, Simon Extreme features: Mac OS X Aqua-inspired graphics , Alternate sound sets including Metal, Trip Hop, and Windchimes [...]

AudioRack is an open-source radio broadcast automation and live assist system for Mac OS X computers.
The system is composed of three major components (see diagram below):
1. arserver - faceless (daemon) eight bus audio server
2. AudioRack - User interface
3. database server (MySQL 4.x supported)
Optionally, audio files can reside on a separate file server, making a [...]

Software to display lyrics full screen, it was designed to display lyrics in live gigs.
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http://www.geocities.com/kingyco/ (67 clicks)

Not audio, but something for the recording studio… something refreshing for those long night music sessions.. it’s like having a lamp inside your screen.
Black Light ! Your brain will love it.
Black Light allows you to invert the colors on your screen. This is done by inverting the gamma curve of the screen.When you open Black [...]

The Conductor Program — computer-mediated musical performance
Remember how you could record a melody in your casio and how you could play it back only with 2 fingers and with a different timing ? well, this is the basic idea of Tapper.
Give it a midi file to use as a score, select the MIDI input and [...]

An Application for the Creation of Geophonic Music
Have you ever wondered what climate cycles of the last million years SOUND like? What would happen if you turned tide level data into sound waves? If geological cycles could make music - what would the melody be? The harmony?
Maestro Frankenstein is a unique application that is designed [...]

Simple speech synthesis for Mac OS X
Say is a simple program for Mac OS X that allows you to let your computer speak for you…in a wide variety of voices.
- Variable Pitch
- Variable Speed
- Variable Volume
http://nsgn.net/software/say/ (369 clicks)

Ever thought ‘what is this song?’ Let Tunatic hear it and you will get the artist’s name and the song’s title within seconds. Tunatic is the very first song search engine based on sound for your computer. All you need is a microphone and Internet access.
Tunatic can identify music from any genre except classical.
Tunatic can [...]

A drawing software made with max/msp.(WinXP/MacOSX). Not many controls over sound but any suggestion appreciated.
how to:
1. turn it “on” on the left top.
2. draw whatever on the pad.
3. click on “play back”
4. “playback” bar should move left to right.
5. you can choose “randomly” instead of “left to right”,
6. or even grab the “playback” bar and [...]

A binaural beats generator as a Max/MSP standalone.
WARNING AND DISCLAIMER
The full effects of brain wave synchronization are unknown, and possibly dangerous. I cannot be held responsible for any effect this program may have on you. Please consult a physician before using this program.
Don’t use this program if you are:
- suffering from epilepsy
- pregnant
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ccPublisher is a tool that does two things: it will help you tag your audio and video files with information about your license and it allows you to upload Creative Commons-licensed audio and video works to the Internet Archive for free hosting. You also have the option of publishing the licensed and tagged audio works [...]

routes is a community web sound art piece in which visitors to the website download software for recording/creating sound. This software can run on any Apple computer with OSX and sound input although plans exist to port the software to other platforms. The software records sound input into a 30 second buffer. This buffer continuously [...]

BallDroppings is an addicting and noisy play-toy. It can also be seen as an emergence game. Alternatively this software can be taken seriously as an audio-visual performance instrument. Balls fall from the top of the screen and bounce off the lines you are drawing with the mouse. The balls make a percussive and melodic sound, [...]

SetMaker is the ideal computer application for rapid creation and management of Set Lists.
Featuring an intuitive graphic user interface, SetMaker allows users to store song titles, styles, tempos, lengths, and more. It is also the FASTEST way to create and print out Set Lists for any occasion.
Whether youre a gigging musician, a worship [...]

Realtime Music Collaboration Software
NINJAM is a program to allow people to make real music together via the Internet. Every participant can hear every other participant. Each user can also tweak their personal mix to his or her liking. NINJAM is cross-platform, with clients available for Mac OS X,Linux and Windows.
NINJAM uses compressed audio which allows [...]

something a little different this time !
does the vocalist need help when recording a new track ?? Forgetting the lyrics ???
Solution here would be a teleprompt software like used on TV, This is the lite version of Prompt!, a teleprompt application with fullscreen display on black background, scrolls smoothly with big characters and looks [...]