Alternatives

Products that do what Mac-hardware toys, control your Mac's hardware like a modular synth does

1
Palette Gear ▲213
Build your own tactile controller for your computer
2015
2AF
Artful for Mac▲229
2014 · artfulmac.com
3
Ambify▲113
Turn music into light
2016
4
Keys▲92
Musical Keyboard with Gesture Controls, Modularity, and LEDs
2015
5PM
Program Microcontrollers from Your Headphone jack▲107
2014 · forum.espruino.com
6
TheBoringNotch▲205
Open source Dynamic Island for your Mac's Notch
Oct 2025
7
NotchFlow▲167
Pomodoro and music controls in your notch
2025
8
Plug▲117
Lightweight OSX player for Hype Machine
2013
9
Hawkeye Access for Mac▲279
Control your Mac using head movements
2020
10
Plug Two▲207
Lightweight OS X player for Hype Machine
2015
11
Remote-Lite▲93
Control your Mac from phone - RC, trackpad and keyboard.
2016
12MS
Make Sound: Music Player for Mac▲5
2021 · aud1fy.github.io
13
Maccess▲199
Your Mac, in your pocket — trackpad, screen, and AI
15d ago · maccess.io
14
Sound Blocks▲163
A lego inspired music making app for non-musicians & gamers
2024
15
SoundSource 3.0▲102
The sound control that should be built into MacOS
2017
16
Ableton▲89
Music production software and hardware.
2015
17
Beatport Pro for Mac▲105
Buy and organize all your music. For DJs, by DJs.
2015
18AJ
A JavaScript emulator of the Synthi A synthesizer▲68
2016 · alexnisnevich.github.io
19
Keeby▲150
Mechanical keyboard sounds for your Mac
Apr 2026
20CO
cmus-osx – Tightly integrates cmus command line music player into macOS▲48
2017 · github.com
21
Soundkit▲151
Professional sound effects library designed for UI projects
2014
22
Jammer▲97
Turns songs into musical instruments anyone can play
2017
23
Keeby for Windows▲94
Satisfying mechanical keyboard sounds, now on Windows
May 2026 · getkeeby.com
24
Spinbox▲76
A DIY portable turntable kit
2017

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