Controller
Eigenharp
Manufacturer: Eigenlabs
I have an Alpha and a Pico.
Audiocubes
Manufacturer: Percussa
Launchpad
Manufacturer: Novation
Nanokontrol
(not sold anymore)
Manufacturer: Korg
Continuum
I also tried this one, but it was too heavy and too similar to a piano for me.
Manufacturer: Haken Audio
Analog synth
Dark Energy
Manufacturer: Doepfer
Software
Basic Audio (C++)
- STK (Synthesis ToolKit) : open source audio signal processing and algorithmic synthesis classes
- Juce framework for cross-platform development, has GUI and Audio/Midi helper classes, can make Audio Plugins (used by Max/Msp 5)
Stand-Alone modular audio software
- Supercollider : open source audio “scriping” framework
- ChucK : strongly-timed, concurrent, and on-the-fly audio programming language
- Max/Msp : visual audio programming, has also strong video components (Jitter)
- Pure Data : same as Max/Masp but open source, also has a non-GUI library that can be included into your own software
- PWGL : visual audio programming, more composition and synth oriented, based on Lisp
- Open Music : visual audio programming, based on Lisp, by IRCAM
- Plogue Bidule : visual modular synthesizer software
- AudioMulch : software for live performance, audio processing, sound synthesis and music composition
- Reaktor : modular sound studio
Dedicated real-time, interactive audio scripting
Audio Plugins (AU and mostly also VST)
(need DAW or framework to work)
- u-he Zebralette (free)
- u-he TyrellN6 (free)
- u-he Zebra 2 : very modular
- u-he Diva : beautiful sound, but resource hungry
- Camel Audio Alchemy : player free, if you buy it you have much more possibilities
- Spectrasonic Omnisphere : massive syth, large sample library, some modularity
- Circle
- Aalto
Software DAW
(From wikipedia : A digital audio workstation (DAW) is an electronic system designed solely or primarily for recording, editing and playing back digital audio. Modern DAWs are software running on computers.)
- Ableton Live
- Apple Logic Pro
- Apple Garageband
- Steinberg Cubase
- Renoise : pretty different from the rest, but also a DAW
- Audacity : also slightly different but free, open source
iPad / iPhone
- Korg iMS-20
- Animoog
- iKaossilator
- Reactable
- SynthX
- Jasuto (also as AU/VST) Plugin
- Node Beat
- Alchemy mobile
Nintendo DS
- Korg DS-10 , there is a new version out Korg DS-10+
