Sound design tools: Software
Qlab 2 is my favorite live show control software.
This software is the last in the design process.
http://www.figure53.com
Ableton Live 8 is my main DAW.
It is quick and flexible.
http://www.ableton.com
Create your own interactive software with Max/MSP/Jitter.
A great choice for interaction design.
Max for Live is an expasion for Ableton Live.
It makes it possible to make a custom built enviroment.
Sibelius 7 for score writing. When it comes to working with numerious musicians you need to write scores for them to read. http://www.sibelius.com
Audiofinder makes life much easier.
It makes me quickly look through my sample archive.
It is so much easier then working with finder.
Here is a link to a discount-code that worked for me
http://www.icedaudio.com/sale.html
Logic Pro 9 for composition of more traditional music.
I like the synth Sculpture alot.
http://www.apple.com/support/logicpro
And so I have Komplete 7 from Native Instruments.
FM8, Massive, Kontakt och Absynth that I use to create sound scapes. http://www.native-instruments.com
The mouth from Native Instruments is a fun new addition.
Screws up voices or pads. Innovative!
Altiverb is an impulse reverb from Audio Ease in the Netherlands.
I put it on the most things I make to get the right feeling. http://www.audioease.com
Snapper is another program from Audio Ease. I helps you to check out a waveform in seconds and even trim, convert and email it on the fly.
http://www.audioease.com
Sound archive from Sound Ideas.
A good sound archive is important for you to be able to work fast.
http://www.sound-ideas.com
iTunes. internet on the stage is a must.
Then I can search for music direct om iTunes-store and play directly if I need to.
SoundSource This freeware program is used to quickly change the audio routing för the OS X system.
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/
Nocturne is a freeware program that makes your screen dark enough without using a filter.
http://docs.blacktree.com/nocturne/nocturne
Crystal is another freeware VST-synth that creates strange and useful sound scapes.
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/219.html
Other usefull software
Rapidweaver 5 have I been using to build this very website.
http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/
Firefox provides the best surf experience on the mac.
This is the browser that works most of the time.
http://www.mozilla.com
Omnigrafflle is great for most drawing jobs.
I use it for making overviews over plays, and stage plot and so on.
http://www.omnigroup.com
Dropbox went from an mind blowing small program to something that I use almost everyday to transfer and collect files on the internet.
https://www.dropbox.com
MPEG streamclip works fast when I like to cut out a part of a bigger video file.
http://www.squared5.com
Capture me helps out when you want to capture a part of your computerscreen.
http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/captureme/
Word, excel and powerpoint is such an industry standard. You will use them a lot.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/
Music streaming is a great thing.
Check out spotify, Last fm and Winp.