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key: pl/supercollider
kind: plang
name: "SuperCollider"
url: https://plangs.page/supercollider
---

# SuperCollider

> Real-time audio synthesis and music composition.

Used for real-time audio synthesis and algorithmic music composition, originally introduced by James McCartney in 1996. It plays a significant role in sound design and music technology.

## Facts

- Appeared: 1996
- Homepage: http://supercollider.github.io/
- GitHub: https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider
- Languish ranking: #264

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Concurrent](https://plangs.page/paradigm/concurrent)
- [Event-Driven](https://plangs.page/paradigm/event-driven)
- [Functional](https://plangs.page/paradigm/functional)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/paradigm/oop)

### Platforms

- [Apple](https://plangs.page/platform/apple)
- [BSD](https://plangs.page/platform/bsd)
- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)

### Type Systems

- [Dynamic](https://plangs.page/type-system/dynamic)

### Influenced By

- [Csound](https://plangs.page/csound)
- [Lisp](https://plangs.page/lisp)

### Influenced

- [ChucK](https://plangs.page/chuck)

### Written With

- [C++](https://plangs.page/c++)

### Licenses

- [GPL](https://plangs.page/license/gnu-gpl)

### Tags

- [Application](https://plangs.page/tag/app)
- [Application Framework](https://plangs.page/tag/framework)
- [Audio](https://plangs.page/tag/audio-dev)
- [DSP](https://plangs.page/tag/dsp)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)