One recent favorite of these mentioned in the article is ORCA [1], which is really an incredible little thing. It is essentially a live coding environment for g

One recent favorite of these mentioned in the article is ORCA [1], which is really an incredible little thing. It is essentially a live coding environment for generating MIDI you can send into a synth, with some influence from 2D esoteric languages like Befunge. It's almost unfair to put it on this list, because it's a genuinely cool and fun way to create music, especially if you're inclined to programming. This video [1] shows off the basic idea very nicely, and you can find lots more examples of it on YouTube. I highly recommend playing around with it if this is the kind of thing you find cool. [1]: https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca [2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSFrBFBd7vY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSFrBFBd7vY