[linux-audio-user] Software for Sine Wave Generation

[Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen]

Douglas Ward:

> What program is suggested for replacing this toolchain? I think Csound can
> accomplish this. (Can this be accomplished with Audacity+Nyquist, too? Is
> there a plug-in that will play multiple frequencies at once?) Are there any
> favourite command line applications that can be used to produce multiple sine
> waves at once? Csound seems overly complex for this application, but I do not
> know of alternatives. Is there anything other than Csound? I just want to
> make sure I'm not overlooking a great specialized program before digging into
> Csound.

This should be in a FAQ... Theres a lot of programs that let you do this.
Yes, it can be done with Nyquist or CSound. Other alternatives are pd,
supercollider, clm, snd, galan, ecasound.
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/LA_SynthesisTools
But there are many others, Octave for example.

For the job you want, a graphical program such as pd, galan
or spiralsynthmodular might be the quickest solution. (others?)


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