See also:
MacMusic - Resources, searchable links, downloads, updates, classified ads, mailing-list, and articles about making music with your Macintosh.
Apple - GarageBand Perform, record and create music from virtual instruments and pre-recorded loops. http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
Apple - iTunes Audio player with multiple playlist functions, native burn support, visual effects, and file conversion. http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Apple - Soundtrack Pro Audio sequencer designed for video, DVD, and web projects. Includes instrument loops and sound effects. http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/soundtrackpro/
Apple Quicktime Apple's free media player supporting innumerable audio and video formats. The pro version includes an abundance of media authoring capabilities. http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
Ask the DJ MP3 player and DJ/mix engine with beats analysis. http://www.wildbits.com/askthedj/
Audiocorder VOX program audio recorder. Can set volume sound must reach to begin recording and volume at which it should stop. http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/audiocorder.html
Audiomac Reviews of hard disk recording and digital audio post-production software. http://www.euro.net/ecompany/
Audion Audio player for MP3 files, CDs, and streaming audio from the Internet. Skins/faces available. http://www.panic.com/audion/
Autoscore Audio-to-MIDI music program that allows you to compose by simply singing or playing an instrument. http://www.wildcat.com/
Barbabatch Institutes a Quicktime 4.0 codec that converts MP3 files. Demo download available. http://www.audioease.com/Pages/Barbabatch/BarbaMain.html
BIAS Inc. Peak Studio for editing, processing, and mastering. Deck, a DAW. Vbox for multi-effects. Freq, a 4-Band EQ. http://www.bias-inc.com/
Bitcartel Software Developers of iRecordMusic and RadioLover, utilities to record audio streams to AAC and MP3. http://www.bitcartel.com/
Cacophony Digital audio editor for OS X. Supports many different file formats and multi-track editing. http://www.bannister.org/software/cacophony.htm
CMN Common Music Notation Free western music notation package written in Common Lisp. http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/software/cmn/
Cosmetic Rhythm sequencer, sampler, synthesizer. http://cosmetic.yowstar.com/
Demystifying the iTunes EQ Article giving advice about using the EQ setting in iTunes to its full potential. http://www.methodshop.com/mp3/articles/ituneseq/
djay Music player and DJ software with iTunes integration, recording, real-time collaborative mixing and support for multi-touch trackpads. http://www.djay-software.com
DSP-Quattro Professional sound editor. http://www.i3net.it/Products/dspQuattro/Asp/Index_EN.asp
Emagic Featuring the Logic series, several virtual instruments and hardware accessories. Products description, support area, company information and news. http://www.emagic.de/
Extended iTunes Rating Analysis of how iTunes deals with ratings of a finer gradient than just the number of stars. http://www.omninerd.com/2006/02/10/articles/47
Felt Tip's Sound Studio Shareware digital audio editing and recording application. http://felttip.com/products/soundstudio/
FingaMIDI Replacement open-source driver that allows a PowerBook or iBook trackpad to be used as a 3-axis MIDI control surface. http://fingamidi.sourceforge.net/
fLOW Ambient Sound Generates a changing soundscape in realtime suggestive of timbres of water, fire, earth, and air. Freeware for Mac G3. http://www.essl.at/works/flow/download.html
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. http://fxpansion.com
The GarageDoor Tips and suggestions for Apple's GarageBand. Covers live and MIDI recordings, effects, mixing, mastering and links to free loops. http://www.thegaragedoor.com/
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. http://www.grantedsw.com/
GregEdit Software for editing and listening to Gregorian Chant. http://gregorian.soft.free.fr/
iDrum Drum machine for OS X, running as both a standalone application and as plug-in. Overview, screenshots, features, downloadable demo and purchasing information. http://glaresoft.com/products/idrum/index.html
Intuem MIDI music authoring solution for OS X with Aqua interface, music notation, intended mostly for musical amateurs. http://www.intuem.com/
iPod Free File Sync Utility for Mac OS 9 which allows synchronization of music from different iPods or any other source to computer. http://www.crispsofties.com/ipodfreefilesync/
iStream MP3 Streaming Server for the Macintosh from Arctic Software. http://www.arcticsw.com/istream/
3ivx.com A natural video compression system that is compliant with MPEG-4v3. http://www.3ivx.com/
Jasmine Audio Stereo multi-track audio editor and converter supporting AAC/MP4, AVI, System 7, AIFF, WAV, Quicktime, and other formats. http://www.jasmineaudio.com
Lexikon Sonate Generates piano music in realtime, can also be used as a meta-instrument for improvising complex piano music. http://www.essl.at/works/Lexikon-Sonate.html
Lime Music Notation software for Macintosh. Also available for Win32. (CERL Sound Group) http://www.cerlsoundgroup.org/cgi-bin/Lime/Mac.html
MacWaveMaker Users Group MacWaveMaker is a nubus card midi synthesizer for Macintosh. Claims every MacWaveMaker thing may be found here. http://members.tripod.com/~proclus/mw.html
Make A TestTone Free Macintosh test tone Generator http://www.audioease.com/Pages/Free/MATTMain.html
MetroGnome Freeware metronome for OS X. Customizable settings. http://www.braxtech.com/metrognome/
Microsoft Media Player 7.1 Support among others Microsoft MPEG-4 (version 2.0 and 3.0)and the ISO MPEG-4 video (version 1.0) video codecs. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/mac/mp71/
Music Ace Two education programs covering music concepts. http://www.harmonicvision.com/products.htm
OS X Audio Forum provinding information for OS X users. http://www.bigbluelounge.com/
Ovolab Develops applications for Mac OS X, particularly software that converts MP3 songs to AAC format. Includes support and downloads. http://www.ovolab.com
PlayerPRO Tracker, composer, and player, all in one. http://www.quadmation.com/pphome.htm
QDesign Audio compression solutions for digital music, new media, and Internet streaming. http://www.qdesign.com/
Red Barn Goat Farm Li'l Miss' Scale Oven (LMSO), an ethnic and microtonal scale editor/synth retuner. Also DSP holophonics plug-ins. http://www.nonoctave.com/
RhapsOGL visual effects RhapsOGLApp X visual effects generator for MacOSX - This is a visual plug-in for SoundJam MP and MACAST http://webrhapso.free.fr/rhapsogl/plug.shtml
Rocket Science Bundle of real-time plugins for Mark of the Unicorn's Digital Performer and Audio Desk. http://www.audioease.com/Pages/RocketScience/RocketMain.html
Roxio's Jam Software Sound editing software for Macintosh allowing users to easily create 100% Red Book compliant audio CDs. http://www.roxio.com/en/products/toastwithjam/index.jhtml
Sagan Technology Metro Sequencer with MIDI, audio, and video functionalities. Includes support for CoreAudio, CoreMIDI, Audio Units, Music Devices, Music Effects, VST, and Premiere. http://www.sagantech.biz/
SimpleChord Handy reference to chords for musicians. For Mac OS X. http://www.wonderwarp.com/simplechord/
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. http://www.monkey-tools.com/soundgrinder/
SoundConverter Batch audio converter supporting innumerable sample-based and note-based file formats http://www.dekorte.com/projects/shareware/SoundConverter/
SoundHack Shareware sound processing program does various conversions including sample rate, changes file headers, plays headerless files. http://www.soundhack.com/
Soundminer Audio file management system for Digital Audio workstation networks having a Mac attached. http://www.soundminer.com/
Spectrasonics Virtual Instruments Creators of Atmosphere, Stylus, and Trilogy virtual instruments/plug-ins, each with vast core libraries. http://www.spectrasonics.net
Syd - Software Synthesizer A software synthesizer for Mac and Windows. Similar to CSound in capabilities, but easier to use. http://www.jbum.com/syd/
thOnk_0+2 Freeware application uses Granular Synthesis to produce very diverse sounds based on a user provided sound file. http://www.audioease.com/Pages/Free/FreeMain.html
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. http://www.tunestracker.com
U and I Software Developers of MetaSynth, a composition and sound design program using a strictly visual interface, with customizable tunings and image synthesis. http://www.uisoftware.com/PAGES/acceuil_meta.html
USB-Audio.com USB Audio software for Macintosh. http://www.usb-audio.com/
Virtual Composer Shareware multiple track graphical sequencer, allowing files to be exported in AIFF, abc, or MIDI formats. http://users.forthnet.gr/ath/jgal/programming/composer.html
YamIpod - Yet Another iPod Manager Freeware application enabling adding and deleting music from the device. Includes software news, development information, and downloads. http://www.yamipod.com/