# j-p-higgins/SoundThread

Node based GUI for The Composers Desktop Project

Repository: https://github.com/j-p-higgins/SoundThread
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/soundthread
Language: GDScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-05-22T12:16:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 63/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 54, longevity 34
- inputs: {"age_days": 485, "days_push": 103, "days_rel": 305, "gap_med": 1.0, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3107, forks 134 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:43.812684+00:00)

## What it is
SoundThread is a cross-platform node-based GUI for The Composers Desktop Project (CDP), a suite of command-line sound transformation tools. It lets users visually patch CDP processes together to build complex experimental sound design workflows without using the command line.

## Use cases
- design experimental sounds with a visual node interface
- run CDP audio processes without the command line
- patch parallel audio processing chains and mix outputs
- automate sound transformation parameters with drawn breakpoints
- learn musique concrète and electroacoustic sound processing

## When to choose
- you want a friendly GUI front-end for the CDP toolset
- you are new to experimental sound processing and want visual patching
- you need cross-platform (Windows/macOS/Linux) sound design tooling

## When to avoid
- you need real-time audio processing, since CDP is offline only
- you want a fully polished tool - it is still in beta with bugs and missing features
- you don't want to install the separate CDP package it depends on

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, audio-processing, graphics
- domain: media, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: node-based-ui, sound-design, composers-desktop-project, electroacoustic-music, gdscript, beta, audio, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- j-p-higgins/SoundThread (main) score 63

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.812684+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:26:58.507290+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/j-p-higgins/SoundThread (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.812684+00:00, sha 9c8b7bdbca35)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.