Editing List of audio programming languages

{{Short description|Programming languages optimized for sound production}}
This is a list of notable [[programming language]]s optimized for [[Audio editing software|sound production]], [[algorithmic composition]], and [[sound synthesis]].

* [[ABC notation]], a language for notating music using the ASCII character set
* [https://bolprocessor.org/ Bol Processor], a model of [[formal grammar]]s enriched with polymetric expressions for the representation of time structures 
* [[ChucK]], strongly timed, concurrent, and on-the-fly audio programming language
* Real-time Cmix, a [[MUSIC-N]] synthesis language somewhat similar to Csound
* [https://cmajor.dev/ Cmajor], a high-performance JIT-compiled C-style language for DSP
* [[Common Lisp Music]] (CLM), a music synthesis and signal processing package in the Music V family
* [[Csound]], a [[MUSIC-N]] synthesis language released under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]] with many available [[unit generator]]s
* [[Extempore (software)|Extempore]], a live-coding environment that borrows a core foundation from the [[Impromptu (programming environment)|Impromptu]] environment
* [[FAUST (programming language)|FAUST]], Functional Audio Stream, a functional compiled language for efficient real-time audio signal processing
* [https://glicol.org GLICOL], a graph-oriented live coding language written in Rust
* [[Hierarchical Music Specification Language]] (HMSL), optimized more for music than synthesis, developed in the 1980s in [[Forth (programming language)|Forth]]
* [[Impromptu (programming environment)|Impromptu]], a [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]] language environment for [[Mac OS X]] capable of sound and video synthesis, algorithmic composition, and 2D and 3D graphics programming
* [[Ixi lang]], a programming language for live coding musical expression.
* [[JFugue]], 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
* [[jMusic]]
* [[JSyn]]
* [[Keykit]], a programming language and portable graphical environment for MIDI music composition
* [[Kyma (sound design language)]]
* [[LilyPond]], a computer program and file format for music engraving. 
* [[Max/MSP]], a proprietary, modular visual programming language aimed at sound synthesis for music
* [https://www.timohoogland.com/mercury-livecoding/ Mercury], a language for live-coding algorithmic music.
* [[Music Macro Language]] (MML), often used to produce [[chiptune]] music in Japan
* [[MUSIC-N]], includes versions I, II, III, IV, IV-B, IV-BF, V, 11, and 360
* [[Nyquist (programming language)|Nyquist]]
* [[OpenMusic]]
* [[Orca (music programming language)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca|title=GitHub - hundredrabbits/Orca: Esoteric Programming Language}}</ref>
* [[Pure Data]], a modular visual programming language for signal processing aimed at music creation
* [[Tidal Cycles]], a live coding environment for algorithmic patterns, written in Haskell and using Supercollider for synthesis
* [[Reaktor]]
* [[Sonic Pi]]
* [[Structured Audio Orchestra Language]] (SAOL), part of the [[MPEG-4 Structured Audio]] standard
* [[SuperCollider]]
* [[SynthEdit]], a modular visual programming language for signal processing aimed at creating [[audio plug-in]]s

== See also ==
* [[Comparison of audio synthesis environments]]
* [[List of music software]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://timthompson.com/tjt/plum.html PLUM - Programming Languages Used for Music]

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