<s>
Software	O
audio	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
environments	I-Application
typically	O
consist	O
of	O
an	O
audio	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
(	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
graphical	B-Language
)	O
and	O
a	O
user	O
environment	O
to	O
design/run	O
the	O
language	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
article	O
compares	O
noteworthy	O
audio	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
environments	I-Application
,	O
and	O
enumerates	O
basic	O
issues	O
associated	O
with	O
their	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Audio	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
environments	I-Application
comprise	O
a	O
wide	O
and	O
varying	O
range	O
of	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
issue	O
may	O
be	O
which	O
interface	B-Architecture
metaphors	I-Architecture
are	O
used	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
bindings	O
for	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
GStreamer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
Camomile	O
plugin	O
may	O
host	O
PD	B-Language
as	O
plugin	O
within	O
DAW	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PD-extended	O
presently	O
has	O
multiple	O
options	O
to	O
host	O
LADSPA	B-Language
plugins	O
within	O
PD	B-Language
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reaktor	B-Application
SuperCollider	B-Application
LADSPA	B-Language
Host	O
,	O
scsynth	O
can	O
be	O
controlled	O
by	O
OSC	O
messages	O
(	O
Haskell	B-Language
,	O
Scala	O
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Ruby	B-Language
,	O
Scheme	B-Language
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Operating	O
system(s )	O
Source	O
code	O
language(s )	O
Programming	O
(	O
plugin	O
)	O
API	O
language(s )	O
Other	O
technical	O
featuresBiduleMac	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
WindowsC++C++	O
ASIO/	O
CoreAudio	O
(	O
Mac	O
)	O
/	O
ReWire	B-Architecture
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ChucK	B-Application
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
C++	B-Language
C++	B-Language
Unified	O
timing	O
mechanism	O
(	O
no	O
separation	O
between	O
audio-rate	O
and	O
control-rate	O
)	O
,	O
command-line	B-Application
access	O
Csound	B-Application
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
C	B-Language
;	O
also	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
Lisp	B-Language
,	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
,	O
C++	B-Language
IDE	O
(	O
QuteCsound	O
)	O
,	O
multitrack	O
interface	O
(	O
blue	O
)	O
;	O
several	O
analysis/resynthesis	O
facilities	O
;	O
can	O
compute	O
double-precision	O
audio	O
;	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
LuaJIT	B-Application
algorithmic	O
composition	O
library	O
;	O
multi-threaded	O
processing	O
Impromptu	B-Language
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Lisp	B-Language
,	O
Objective-C	B-Language
,	O
Scheme	B-Language
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
Objective-C	B-Language
,	O
Scheme	B-Language
Native	O
access	O
to	O
most	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
APIs	O
including	O
Core	B-Operating_System
Image	I-Operating_System
,	O
Quartz	B-Operating_System
,	O
QuickTime	B-Application
and	O
OpenGL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Impromptu	B-Language
also	O
includes	O
its	O
own	O
statically	O
typed	O
(	O
inferencing	O
)	O
systems	O
language	O
for	O
heavy	O
numeric	O
processing	O
-	O
OpenGL	B-Application
,	O
RT	O
AudioDSP	O
etc	O
..	O
Kyma	B-Application
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Smalltalk	B-Application
,	O
C	B-Language
,	O
Objective-CSmalltalkThe	O
Kyma	B-Application
hardware	O
processes	O
user	O
algorithms	O
at	O
sample-rate	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
a	O
vector	O
of	O
samples	O
Kyma	B-Application
has	O
a	O
Frequency	O
resolution	O
of	O
.0026	O
Hz	O
,	O
and	O
large	O
multi-dimensional	O
arrays	O
can	O
be	O
transferred	O
through	O
spectral	O
algorithms	O
at	O
the	O
speed	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
Frame	O
.	O
</s>
