SuperCollider

SuperCollider facilitates a user-friendly working environment for programming code when it comes to real-time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition. It features some standard text editing tools and supports multiple tabs.

After a brief and uneventful setup procedure, SuperCollider pops up a large window that includes a panel for editing code, along with a help browser for reviewing documentation on the class tree, classes and methods that can be used in projects.

The editing part is quite basic, since all you have to do is write it on the left side of the panel. After saving the document as a SuperCollider document, class file or help source, you can recompile the class library, reboot the interpreter, boot and reboot the server, evaluate the entire file, current selection, line or region, as well as look up implementations and references.

It is possible to save the current session under a different name and manage multiple sessions, use a search-and-replace function, toggle comments and the overwrite mode, increase or decrease the font size, enter full screen mode, remove the current or all splits, and more.

No error messages were shown in our evaluation, and the app did not freeze or crash. It has a good response time and minimal impact on computer performance, thanks to the fact that it runs on low CPU and memory. To sum it up, SuperCollider provides users with a clean and intuitive interface real-time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition programming.