A downloadable tracker for macOS and Linux

SunVox is a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern-based sequencer (tracker). It is a tool for those people who like to compose music wherever they are, whenever they wish. On any device. On any system. And it's free for most of the systems.

Key features:

highly optimized synth algorithms, flexible architecture; SunVox works on a variety of devices with different CPUs;
supported systems: Win, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows CE;
SunVox as a plugin: AU instrument/effect for iOS;
support of 16/24/32bit WAV, AIFF and XI samples;
multitrack WAV export;
MIDI In/Out/Import/Export;
XM (FastTracker) and MOD (ProTracker, OctaMED) import;
generative music features: random selection of notes, random values of controllers, probability effects; see examples;
free cross-platform library for developers is available; so it's possible to use SunVox engine in your own applications;
a lot of built-in modules (synths and effects).

Updated	2 days ago
Status	Released
Category	Tool
Platforms	macOS, Linux
Rating	Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (25 total ratings)
Author	NightRadio
Tags	16-bit, 8-Bit, chiptune, daw, Instrument, Music, Music Production, Soundtoy, synth, tracker

Download

SunVox 2.1.2b

External

Install instructions

Windows:

Unpack this archive to the user folder (with read and write permissions; for example, your own folder on the external flash drive).
You will see the new directory sunvox after unpacking - open it, and go to the sunvox/windows_x86 (for 32-bit system) or sunvox/windows_x86_64 (for 64-bit system) directory.
You will find several executable files in the last folder: sunvox (32-bit audio engine), sunvox_lofi_console (16-bit audio engine for slow devices).

Linux:

Unpack this archive to the home user directory (/home/username).
You will see the new directory sunvox after unpacking - open it, and go to the sunvox/linux_X directory, where the X is the name of the architecture of your device.
You will find several executable files in the last folder: sunvox (32-bit audio engine), sunvox_lofi (16-bit audio engine for slow devices).
In case of some errors: open Terminal, go to the sunvox directory (use cd command), enter chmod a+x sunvox and then ./sunvox ; if still not working - copy all error messages from the Terminal and send it to [email protected].

Here is the instruction for Raspberry Pi users

macOS:

You will see the new directory sunvox after unpacking; move it to some another user-created directory; don't use the Applications folder.
Go to the sunvox/sunvox/macos directory.
Read this important information for the macOS 10.12+ users
Launch SunVox.