Developer Tools

Software tools and SDKs that help software and web developers with music and audio projects.

If you're looking here, you may also be interested in the various music and audio file format specifications available from the File Formats.

 
Complete List
 
Title Rating Download
AudioLib - A library for Visual C++ intended to simplify the programming of Windows audio applications. n/a Freeware 24.4 KB
Buzz -

A tracker/synth creator/sampler/softsynth that uses a unique method of instrument creation and sequencing.

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FMOD Sound and Music System - A digital sound and music system with an extensive list of features and support for most popular music and audio file formats. n/a Other 876.6 KB
GenMidi Library - A DLL that helps programmers add "Instrument Definition" support to their applications. Includes C examples and docs. n/a Freeware 269.6 KB
Intel Signal Processing Library - Provides a rich set of generic DSP functions for Intel Architecture processors in the form of standard DLLs and static libraries. n/a Link
JSyn Developer Kit - Software developer kit for a Java-based modular real-time audio synthesis engine for adding software synthesis to web pages. n/a Shareware 801.7 KB
MidiFile Library - A DLL that helps programmers create Win32 apps that easily read/write MIDI (sequencer) files. Includes C and C++ examples and docs. n/a Freeware 216.0 KB
Miles Sound System SDK - SDK that completely handles all aspects of sound - digital audio, 3D audio, decompression, MIDI, CD-audio, and more. n/a Demo 2.8 MB
Multimedia Tools - A powerful component library created especially for developing audio/video/mp3 applications. n/a Link
RiffView - Displays the internal structure of RIFF files (WAV, DLS, SF2, etc.). n/a Freeware 27.9 KB
SEAL SDK - 32-bit multichannel audio system for DOS, Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2, BeOS and Linux platforms. Plays MOD/MTM/S3M/XM modules and WAV files. n/a Other 252.9 KB
sfront - A command-line translator that converts MP4-SA files into efficient C programs that generate audio. n/a Freeware 3.9 MB
SynthMaker - Create your own instruments and effects to use in your music or to share with others. n/a  
Virtual Sampler SDK - A low-latency, fully programmable wavetable module capable of playing both sound effects and music, even on systems without a wavetable card. Works with Watcom C/C++, Visual C/C++, C++ Builder, Delphi and Visual Basic. n/a Shareware 923.3 KB
WinSee - A simple file viewer which displays ASCII and 'waveform' representations of binary data. n/a Freeware 5.9 KB
Xaudio SDK - Software Development Tookit for adding MP3 playback support directly into applications with very little effort. n/a Link