Csound vs Falcon
Csound
csound.comFalcon
uvi.netSide by side
| Figure | Csound | Falcon |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | €20/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 3 |
| Spec score · Sound Design Software | 8.9 (#1) | 7.8 (#13) |
| Support | The maker lists user and developer mailing lists, a forum, Discord, Slack, and Stack Overflow as places to get help. | UVI says it will do its utmost to provide necessary support through its support service for technical difficulties. |
Plans
Falcon
- SonicPass Monthly€24 a month
- SonicPass Annual€240 a year
- SonicBundle$799, paid once
In their own words
Csound
Csound is a free sound and music computing system for creating music software and making music. Its uses include electroacoustic works, algorithmic jam sessions, app development, and game audio projects. The programming system offers more than 1,500 opcodes and supports traditional and functional syntax. Getting-started material demonstrates MIDI keyboard input, real-time audio input, synthesis, envelopes, and filtering. Csound code can run in a browser through the Csound Web IDE or be explored interactively in the FLOSS Manual without installing Csound. The project links frontends including Cabbage, CsoundQt, and Blue, plus wrappers or interfaces for JavaScript, Python, Unity, Android, and iOS. Downloads or packages are listed for Windows, macOS, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Android, and Web Assembly. An iOS SDK is also linked, and the latest Csound 7 beta installers for iOS are available through the relevant GitHub Actions page. The download page notes that Apple or Windows may warn that Csound is not trusted because the project cannot pay their licensing costs. Support channels include mailing lists, a forum, Discord, Slack, and Stack Overflow.