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modular
Module, modular and modularity may refer to the concept of modularity. They may also refer to:
Computer science and engineering
* Modular design, the engineering discipline of designing complex devices using separately designed sub-components
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software
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The history of software is closely tied to the development of digital comput ...
music studio consists of a
plugin architecture that allows the audio to be routed from one plugin to another in many ways, similar to how cables carry an
audio signal
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between physical pieces of hardware.
All aspects of signal
synthesis
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and manipulation are handled entirely by the plugin system. Signal synthesis is performed by "Generators" such as synthesizers, noise generator functions,
samplers, and
trackers. The signal can then be manipulated further by "Effects" such as distortions, filters, delays, and mastering plugins.
List of software with modular capabilities
Free audio software
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SpiralSynthModular
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Pure Data
Pure Data (Pd) is a visual programming language developed by Miller Puckette in the 1990s for creating interactive computer music and multimedia works. While Puckette is the main author of the program, Pd is an open-source software, open-source ...
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jMax
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SynFactory
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aRts
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Jeskola Buzz
Jeskola Buzz is a freeware modular software music studio environment designed to run on Microsoft Windows using MFC. It is centered on a modular plugin-based machine view and a multiple pattern sequencer tracker.
Buzz consists of a plugin a ...
* Psycle is a tracker combined with modular capabilities
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SuperCollider
SuperCollider is an environment and audio programming language released originally in 1996 by James McCartney for real-time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition.J. McCartneySuperCollider: A new real time synthesis language in Proc. Int ...
is a platform for audio synthesis and algorithmic composition
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Buzztrax
Buzztrax is a free software project designed to create a clone of the Buzz music composer. Its functionality is to preserve the playability of the compositions made with Buzz. Songs are made by adding virtual sound generators and effects, conn ...
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BespokeSynth
BespokeSynth is a free and open-source software modular synthesizer and digital audio workstation.
History
Development of the BespokeSynth software was started in 2011, when Ryan Challinor wanted to learn more about creating music, but did ...
* Aldrin
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Carla
Carla is the feminized version of Carl, Carlos or Charles, from ''ceorl'' in Old English, which means "free man".
People
Notable people with the name include:
* Carla Lazzari (born 2005), French singer and former member of the children's mus ...
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VCV Rack
VCV Rack is a free and open-source cross-platform software modular synthesizer.
Overview
VCV Rack is a free open-source virtual modular synthesizer: multiple modules can be connected to synthesize a sound. By default, the software contains se ...
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FAUST
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Other audio software
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Audulus
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Reaktor
Reaktor is a graphical modular software music studio developed by Stephan Schmidt and Volker Hinz as founders of Native Instruments (NI). It allows musicians and sound specialists to design and build their own instruments, samplers, effects a ...
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AudioMulch
AudioMulch is modular audio software for making music and processing sound. The software can synthesize sound and process live and pre-recorded sound in real-time.
AudioMulch has a patcher-style graphical user interface, in which modules call ...
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Max/Msp
Max, also known as Max/MSP/Jitter, is a visual programming language for music and multimedia developed and maintained by San Francisco-based software company Cycling '74. Over its more than thirty-year history, it has been used by composers, pe ...
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Reason
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SynthEdit
SynthEdit is a modular audio plugin development environment which uses a visual editor. First conceived in 1987 by programmer Jeff McClintock and initially distributed in 1999, it was officially released in 2005.
Along with Native Instruments' ...
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SynthMaker
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SunVox
SunVox, also known as ''SunVox Modular Music Creation Studio'', is a 2008 music creation tool built around the SunVox Engine, a software-based modular synthesizer and tracker-based sequencer. It is available for multiple platforms including Wind ...
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AudioGL
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Integra Live
Integra Live is an open-source software for interactive sound design developed and maintained by the Integra Lab at Birmingham Conservatoire, part of Birmingham City University. This software processes audio inputs from a computer's Sound card, ...
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Modulince
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Jasuto
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Trilobite
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VSTforX
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Metaplugin
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Audulus
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MUX Modular
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CPS
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Cabbage Studio
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Praxis Live
Music software plugin architectures
See also
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LV2
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