Komposter is a lightweight music composing system for MacOS X, Linux, FreeBSD and possibly other x86 platforms. It's intended mainly to be used in applications where the size of the executable must be minimized, such as 4K and 64K intros which render the audio at runtime.

By using fully modular "virtual analog" model, the composer can build the synthesizers from scratch using simple basic building blocks. This minimizes the amount of code required and relies more on data, which can be compressed more effectively.

A simple pattern-based sequencer is used to create songs which can use up to 24 voices, each of which can use a different synthesizer. Each synthesizer can be programmed with a number of patches that can be changed between patterns.

Komposter includes a song-to-nasm converter and a player with full x86 assembly source code for including to your own programs. The player code should be easily adaptable to other x86 platforms as well.

As the current release is a beta, please report any issues or ideas you may have to help develop Komposter further. Send your feedback by email to jani.halme@gmail.com.

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Aug 16th 2011 : Version r384 released with lots of changes, including a supersaw oscillator. Komposter now works on Linux as well. Source code for Komposter is also now GPL.

Jan 16th 2011 : Version r349 released with major speed optimization

Nov 6th 2010 : Version r332 released with real time playback mode

Komposter is (c) 2011 Jani Halme and licensed under the GNU GPL v2. Standalone player and song converter code is licensed under the MIT license.