See also:

  • http://www.macmusic.org/
    MacMusic - Resources, searchable links, downloads, updates, classified ads, mailing-list, and articles about making music with your Macintosh.
  • http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
    Apple - GarageBand - Perform, record and create music from virtual instruments and pre-recorded loops.
  • http://www.apple.com/itunes/
    Apple - iTunes - Audio player with multiple playlist functions, native burn support, visual effects, and file conversion.
  • http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/soundtrackpro/
    Apple - Soundtrack Pro - Audio sequencer designed for video, DVD, and web projects. Includes instrument loops and sound effects.
  • http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
    Apple Quicktime - Apple's free media player supporting innumerable audio and video formats. The pro version includes an abundance of media authoring capabilities.
  • http://www.wildbits.com/askthedj/
    Ask the DJ - MP3 player and DJ/mix engine with beats analysis.
  • http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/audiocorder.html
    Audiocorder - VOX program audio recorder. Can set volume sound must reach to begin recording and volume at which it should stop.
  • http://www.euro.net/ecompany/
    Audiomac - Reviews of hard disk recording and digital audio post-production software.
  • http://www.panic.com/audion/
    Audion - Audio player for MP3 files, CDs, and streaming audio from the Internet. Skins/faces available.
  • http://www.wildcat.com/
    Autoscore - Audio-to-MIDI music program that allows you to compose by simply singing or playing an instrument.
  • http://www.audioease.com/Pages/Barbabatch/BarbaMain.html
    Barbabatch - Institutes a Quicktime 4.0 codec that converts MP3 files. Demo download available.
  • http://www.bias-inc.com/
    BIAS Inc. - Peak Studio for editing, processing, and mastering. Deck, a DAW. Vbox for multi-effects. Freq, a 4-Band EQ.
  • http://www.bitcartel.com/
    Bitcartel Software - Developers of iRecordMusic and RadioLover, utilities to record audio streams to AAC and MP3.
  • http://www.bannister.org/software/cacophony.htm
    Cacophony - Digital audio editor for OS X. Supports many different file formats and multi-track editing.
  • http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/software/cmn/
    CMN Common Music Notation - Free western music notation package written in Common Lisp.
  • http://cosmetic.yowstar.com/
    Cosmetic - Rhythm sequencer, sampler, synthesizer.
  • http://www.methodshop.com/mp3/articles/ituneseq/
    Demystifying the iTunes EQ - Article giving advice about using the EQ setting in iTunes to its full potential.
  • http://www.djay-software.com
    djay - Music player and DJ software with iTunes integration, recording, real-time collaborative mixing and support for multi-touch trackpads.
  • http://www.i3net.it/Products/dspQuattro/Asp/Index_EN.asp
    DSP-Quattro - Professional sound editor.
  • http://www.emagic.de/
    Emagic - Featuring the Logic series, several virtual instruments and hardware accessories. Products description, support area, company information and news.
  • http://www.omninerd.com/2006/02/10/articles/47
    Extended iTunes Rating - Analysis of how iTunes deals with ratings of a finer gradient than just the number of stars.
  • http://felttip.com/products/soundstudio/
    Felt Tip's Sound Studio - Shareware digital audio editing and recording application.
  • http://fingamidi.sourceforge.net/
    FingaMIDI - Replacement open-source driver that allows a PowerBook or iBook trackpad to be used as a 3-axis MIDI control surface.
  • http://www.essl.at/works/flow/download.html
    fLOW Ambient Sound - Generates a changing soundscape in realtime suggestive of timbres of water, fire, earth, and air. Freeware for Mac G3.
  • http://fxpansion.com
    FXpansion - Creators of BFD drum library module, DR-008 drum sampler, as well as VST to RTAS, VST to Rewire, and VST to AU plug-in adaptors.
  • http://www.thegaragedoor.com/
    The GarageDoor - Tips and suggestions for Apple's GarageBand. Covers live and MIDI recordings, effects, mixing, mastering and links to free loops.
  • http://girl.yowstar.com/
    Girl Audio Loop Mixing Software - MIDI-enabled audio loop mixing instrument.
  • http://gregorian.soft.free.fr/
    GregEdit - Software for editing and listening to Gregorian Chant.
  • http://www.omninerd.com/2005/08/25/articles/34
    How Much Does iTunes Like My Five-Star Songs? - Article explores the algorithm iTunes uses to pick what comes next in a Party Shuffle playlist.
  • http://www.intuem.com/
    Intuem - MIDI music authoring solution for OS X with Aqua interface, music notation, intended mostly for musical amateurs.
  • http://www.crispsofties.com/ipodfreefilesync/
    iPod Free File Sync - Utility for Mac OS 9 which allows synchronization of music from different iPods or any other source to computer.
  • http://www.3ivx.com/
    3ivx.com - A natural video compression system that is compliant with MPEG-4v3.
  • http://www.essl.at/works/Lexikon-Sonate.html
    Lexikon Sonate - Generates piano music in realtime, can also be used as a meta-instrument for improvising complex piano music.
  • http://www.cerlsoundgroup.org/cgi-bin/Lime/Mac.html
    Lime - Music Notation software for Macintosh. Also available for Win32. (CERL Sound Group)
  • http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/mac/
    Macintosh Music Software Site - Many freeware and shareware applications available for download.
  • http://members.tripod.com/~proclus/mw.html
    MacWaveMaker Users Group - MacWaveMaker is a nubus card midi synthesizer for Macintosh. Claims every MacWaveMaker thing may be found here.
  • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/16tone
    Max Magic Microtuner - Microtonal scale editor.
  • http://www.braxtech.com/metrognome/
    MetroGnome - Freeware metronome for OS X. Customizable settings.
  • http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/mac/mp71/
    Microsoft Media Player 7.1 - Support among others Microsoft MPEG-4 (version 2.0 and 3.0)and the ISO MPEG-4 video (version 1.0) video codecs.
  • http://www.ovolab.com
    Ovolab - Develops applications for Mac OS X, particularly software that converts MP3 songs to AAC format. Includes support and downloads.
  • http://www.quadmation.com/pphome.htm
    PlayerPRO - Tracker, composer, and player, all in one.
  • http://www.qdesign.com/
    QDesign - Audio compression solutions for digital music, new media, and Internet streaming.
  • http://www.nonoctave.com/
    Red Barn Goat Farm - Li'l Miss' Scale Oven (LMSO), an ethnic and microtonal scale editor/synth retuner. Also DSP holophonics plug-ins.
  • http://webrhapso.free.fr/rhapsogl/plug.shtml
    RhapsOGL visual effects - RhapsOGLApp X visual effects generator for MacOSX - This is a visual plug-in for SoundJam MP and MACAST
  • http://www.audioease.com/Pages/RocketScience/RocketMain.html
    Rocket Science - Bundle of real-time plugins for Mark of the Unicorn's Digital Performer and Audio Desk.
  • http://www.roxio.com/en/products/toastwithjam/index.jhtml
    Roxio's Jam Software - Sound editing software for Macintosh allowing users to easily create 100% Red Book compliant audio CDs.
  • http://www.sagantech.biz/
    Sagan Technology Metro - Sequencer with MIDI, audio, and video functionalities. Includes support for CoreAudio, CoreMIDI, Audio Units, Music Devices, Music Effects, VST, and Premiere.
  • http://www.wonderwarp.com/simplechord/
    SimpleChord - Handy reference to chords for musicians. For Mac OS X.
  • http://www.monkey-tools.com/soundgrinder/
    Sound Grinder - Batch audio conversion application with support for a variety of formats, along with the retention of metadata for .mp3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, and Quicktime files.
  • http://www.dekorte.com/projects/shareware/SoundConverter/
    SoundConverter - Batch audio converter supporting innumerable sample-based and note-based file formats
  • http://www.soundhack.com/
    SoundHack - Shareware sound processing program does various conversions including sample rate, changes file headers, plays headerless files.
  • http://www.soundminer.com/
    Soundminer - Audio file management system for Digital Audio workstation networks having a Mac attached.
  • http://www.spectrasonics.net
    Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments - Creators of Atmosphere, Stylus, and Trilogy virtual instruments/plug-ins, each with vast core libraries.
  • http://www.jbum.com/syd/
    Syd - Software Synthesizer - A software synthesizer for Mac and Windows. Similar to CSound in capabilities, but easier to use.
  • http://talkingpanda.com/
    Talking Panda - iLingo - Language translator for iPod.
  • http://www.audioease.com/Pages/Free/FreeMain.html
    thOnk_0+2 - Freeware application uses Granular Synthesis to produce very diverse sounds based on a user provided sound file.
  • http://www.tunestracker.com
    TunesTracker - Search the iTunes Music Store daily for your favorite artists and send you an e-mail when there are new songs by those artists.
  • http://www.uisoftware.com/PAGES/acceuil_meta.html
    U and I Software - Developers of MetaSynth, a composition and sound design program using a strictly visual interface, with customizable tunings and image synthesis.
  • http://www.usb-audio.com/
    USB-Audio.com - USB Audio software for Macintosh.
  • http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/jgal/programming/composer.html
    Virtual Composer - Shareware multiple track graphical sequencer, allowing files to be exported in AIFF, abc, or MIDI formats.
  • http://www.yamipod.com/
    YamIpod - Yet Another iPod Manager - Freeware application enabling adding and deleting music from the device. Includes software news, development information, and downloads.