MacMusic:Resources, searchable links, downloads, updates, classified ads, mailing-list, and articles about making music with your Macintosh.
3ivx.com: A natural video compression system that is compliant with MPEG-4v3.
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 Pro: 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.
Ask the DJ: MP3 player and DJ/mix engine with beats analysis.
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.
Cosmetic: Rhythm sequencer, sampler, synthesizer.
Demystifying the iTunes EQ: Article giving advice about using the EQ setting in iTunes to its full potential.
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.
djay!: Real-time audio mixing over Bonjour networks, with support for .mp3, .aif, .wav, .aac, and .caf file formats.
DSP-Quattro: Professional sound editor.
Emagic: Featuring the Logic series, several virtual instruments and hardware accessories. Products description, support area, company information and news.
Extended iTunes Rating: Analysis of how iTunes deals with ratings of a finer gradient than just the number of stars.
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.
Girl Audio Loop Mixing Software: MIDI-enabled audio loop mixing instrument.
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.
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.
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.
iStream: MP3 Streaming Server for the Macintosh from Arctic Software.
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.
MacWaveMaker Users Group: MacWaveMaker is a nubus card midi synthesizer for Macintosh. Claims every MacWaveMaker thing may be found here.
Make A TestTone: Free Macintosh test tone Generator
Max Magic Microtuner: Microtonal scale editor.
MetroGnome: Freeware metronome for OS X. Customizable settings.
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.
Music Ace: Two education programs covering music concepts.
OS X Audio: Forum provinding information for OS X users.
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.
PlayerPRO: Tracker, composer, and player, all in one.
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.
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.
SoundConverter: Batch audio converter supporting innumerable sample-based and note-based file formats
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.
Talking Panda - iLingo: Language translator for iPod.
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.
TrackPak - Apple Loops for GarageBand and Logic: Apple Loops and full audio tracks from famous hits in classic rock, R&B, hip hop and modern rock, with fully mixed GarageBand projects.
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.
USB-Audio.com: USB Audio software for Macintosh.
Virtual Composer: Shareware multiple track graphical sequencer, allowing files to be exported in AIFF, abc, or MIDI formats.
YamIpod - Yet Another iPod Manager: Freeware application enabling adding and deleting music from the device. Includes software news, development information, and downloads.