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The '''Synthesis Toolkit''' ('''STK''') is an [[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++]] 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, [[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>https://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/stk/faq.html</ref> but a number of its classes, particularly some physical modelling algorithms, are covered by patents held by Stanford University and Yamaha.<ref>https://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/stk/classstk_1_1Mandolin.html#_details</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 [[ChucK]], [[CSound|Csound]], [[Real-Time Cmix]], [[Max/MSP]] (as part of [[PeRColate]]) and [[SuperCollider]].

== References ==