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{{Short description|API for audio synthesis}}

The '''Synthesis Toolkit''' ('''STK''') is a [[open source]] API for [[real time]] [[audio synthesis]] with an emphasis on classes to facilitate the development of [[physical modelling]] synthesizers. It is written in [[C plus plus|C++]] and is written and maintained by [[Perry Cook]] at [[Princeton University]] and [[Gary Scavone]] at [[CCRMA]]. It contains both low-level synthesis and [[signal processing]] classes ([[oscillator]]s, [[filter]]s, etc.) and higher-level [[instrument]] classes which contain examples of most of the currently available physical modelling [[algorithm]]s in use today.

The '''Synthesis Toolkit''' ('''STK''') is aan [[open source]] [[Application programming interface|API]] for [[Real-time computing|real time]] [[audio synthesis]] with an emphasis on classes to facilitate the development of [[physical modelling]] synthesizers. It is written in [[C plus plus|C++]] and is written and maintained by [[Perry Cook]] at [[Princeton University]] and [[Gary Scavone]] at [[CCRMAMcGill University]]. It contains both low-level synthesis and [[signal processing]] classes ([[oscillator]]s, [[audio filter|filter]]s, etc.) and higher-level [[Tool|instrument]] classes which contain examples of most of the currently available physical modelling [[algorithm]]s in use today. STK is free software,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/stk/faq.html|title=The Synthesis ToolKit in C++ (STK)}}</ref> but a number of its classes, particularly some physical modelling algorithms, are covered by patents held by Stanford University and Yamaha.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/stk/classstk_1_1Mandolin.html#_details|title = The Synthesis ToolKit in C++ (STK)}}</ref>

The STK is used widely in creating [[software]] synthesis applications, many of the hardware [[implementation]]s of which would be protected by [[patent]]s by [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] and other synthesizer [[manufacturer]]s. Versions of the STK instrument classes have been integrated into [[CSound | Csound]], [[Real-Time Cmix]], and [[Max/MSP]] (as part of [[PeRColate]]).

The STK is used widely in creating [[software]] synthesis applications. Versions of the STK instrument classes have been integrated into [[ChucK]], [[CSound|Csound]], Real-Time Cmix, [[Max/MSP]] (as part of [[PeRColate]]), [[SuperCollider]] and [[FAUST (programming language)|FAUST]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://code.google.com/p/stk-faust/|title=Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting}}</ref> It has been ported to [[SymbianOS]] and [[iOS]] as well.<ref>Georg Essl, Michael Rohs, [http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~gessl/georg_papers/icmc2006mobilestk.pdf Mobile STK for Symbian OS] Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, TU-Berlin</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==

* [http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/software/stk/ STK Home Page at CCRMA]

* [https://code.google.com/p/stk-in-as3/ STK in AS3 - ActionScript port of The Synthesis ToolKit in C++]

* [https://github.com/thestk/stk/ The STK repository on GitHub]

* [https://arielelkin.github.io/articles/mandolin Tutorial on using the STK on iOS]

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