Apple - GarageBand
Perform, record and create music from virtual instruments and pre-recorded loops.
Apple - iTunes
Audio player with multiple playlist functions, native burn support, visual effects, and file conversion.
Apple - Soundtrack
Audio sequencer designed for video, DVD, and web projects. Includes instrument loops and sound effects.
Apple Quicktime
Apple's free media player supporting innumerable audio and video formats. The pro version includes an abundance of media authoring capabilities.
Audio Units
Open guide to applications, utilities, instruments, effects, and devices currently compatible with Audio Units, the native Mac OS X standard format for DSP plug-ins.
Audiocorder
VOX program audio recorder. Can set volume sound must reach to begin recording and volume at which it should stop.
Audiomac
Reviews of hard disk recording and digital audio post-production software.
Audion
Audio player for MP3 files, CDs, and streaming audio from the Internet. Skins/faces available.
Autoscore
Audio-to-MIDI music program that allows you to compose by simply singing or playing an instrument.
Barbabatch
Institutes a Quicktime 4.0 codec that converts MP3 files. Demo download available.
BIAS Inc.
Peak Studio for editing, processing, and mastering. Deck, a DAW. Vbox for multi-effects. Freq, a 4-Band EQ.
Bitcartel Software
Developers of iRecordMusic and RadioLover, utilities to record audio streams to AAC and MP3.
Cacophony
Digital audio editor for OS X. Supports many different file formats and multi-track editing.
CellSynth
Synthesizer, MP3 and AIFF sample player, DSP processor, and sequencer, which outputs stereo CD quality audio.
CMN Common Music Notation
Free western music notation package written in Common Lisp.
Digidesign
Creators of industry standard audio/MIDI sequencers Pro Tools HD and Pro Tools LE, as well as numerous RTAS plug-ins for the applications.
Emagic
Featuring the Logic series, several virtual instruments and hardware accessories. Products description, support area, company information and news.
Felt Tip's Sound Studio
Shareware digital audio editing and recording application.
FingaMIDI
Replacement open-source driver that allows a PowerBook or iBook trackpad to be used as a 3-axis MIDI control surface.
fLOW Ambient Sound
Generates a changing soundscape in realtime suggestive of timbres of water, fire, earth, and air. Freeware for Mac G3.
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.
Granted Software
Developers of the AudioUnit host Rax, AudioUnit Manager, and ReVision, a tool to sunchsonize audio from Propellerhead Software's Reason or Ableton's Live with QuickTime movies. All are exclusively Mac OS X applications.
iDrum
Drum machine for OS X, running as both a standalone application and as plug-in. Overview, screenshots, features, downloadable demo and purchasing information.
Intuem
MIDI music authoring solution for OS X with Aqua interface, music notation, intended mostly for musical amateurs.
iPod Free File Sync
Utility for Mac OS 9 which allows synchronization of music from different iPods or any other source to computer.
Jasmine Audio
Stereo multi-track audio editor and converter supporting AAC/MP4, AVI, System 7, AIFF, WAV, Quicktime, and other formats.
Lexikon Sonate
Generates piano music in realtime, can also be used as a meta-instrument for improvising complex piano music.
Lime
Music Notation software for Macintosh. Also available for Win32. (CERL Sound Group)
Macintosh Music Programs
Briefly annotated link compilation.
Macintosh Music Software Site
Many freeware and shareware applications available for download.
MacMusic
Resources, searchable links, downloads, updates, classified ads, mailing-list, and articles about making music with your Macintosh.
MacWaveMaker Users Group
MacWaveMaker is a nubus card midi synthesizer for Macintosh. Claims every MacWaveMaker thing may be found here.
Microsoft Media Player 7
Support among others Microsoft MPEG-4 (version 2.0 and 3.0)and the ISO MPEG-4 video (version 1.0) video codecs.
MRAC Publishing - Symbolic Composer
Programming language/expert system for MIDI music composition, including the VLISP Lisp Visualization System.
MusicCatalog
Organize your music collection. Track, sort, use artwork and sound, enter lyrics, publish on the Web.
OS X Audio
Provides information for OS X users as descriptions of software and hardware, news and a forum.
OSS 3D for iTunes
Adds bass frequencies, spatialization, 3D surround sound and other real-time enhancements to iTunes.
Ovolab
Develops applications for Mac OS X, particularly software that converts MP3 songs to AAC format. Includes support and downloads.
QDesign
Audio compression solutions for digital music, new media, and Internet streaming.
Red Barn Goat Farm
Li'l Miss' Scale Oven (LMSO), an ethnic and microtonal scale editor/synth retuner. Also DSP holophonics plug-ins.
RhapsOGL visual effects
RhapsOGLApp X visual effects generator for MacOSX - This is a visual plug-in for SoundJam MP and MACAST
Rocket Science
Bundle of real-time plugins for Mark of the Unicorn's Digital Performer and Audio Desk.
Roxio's Jam Software
Sound editing software for Macintosh allowing users to easily create 100% Red Book compliant audio CDs.
Sagan Technology Metro
Sequencer with MIDI, audio, and video functionalities. Includes support for CoreAudio, CoreMIDI, Audio Units, Music Devices, Music Effects, VST, and Premiere.
SimpleChord
Handy reference to chords for musicians. For Mac OS X.
SoundApp
Norman Franke's sound player and converter for the Macintosh. (PowerPC native, freeware)
SoundHack
Shareware sound processing program does various conversions including sample rate, changes file headers, plays headerless files.
Soundminer
Audio file management system for Digital Audio workstation networks having a Mac attached.
Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments
Creators of Atmosphere, Stylus, and Trilogy virtual instruments/plug-ins, each with vast core libraries.
Syd - Software Synthesizer
A software synthesizer for Mac and Windows. Similar to CSound in capabilities, but easier to use.
The GarageDoor
Tips and suggestions for Apple's GarageBand. Covers live and MIDI recordings, effects, mixing, mastering and links to free loops.
thOnk_0+2
Freeware application uses Granular Synthesis to produce very diverse sounds based on a user provided sound file.
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.
U and I Software
Developers of MetaSynth, a composition and sound design program using a strictly visual interface, with customizable tunings and image synthesis.
Virtual Composer
Shareware multiple track graphical sequencer, allowing files to be exported in AIFF, abc, or MIDI formats.
XO Play iPod Text Adventures
"Choose your own adventure" style games for the apple iPod.
YamIpod - Yet Another iPod Manager
Freeware application enabling adding and deleting music from the device. Includes software news, development information, and downloads.