The paper presents a review of compositional application developed in the last years using a chaotic dynamical system in different
sound synthesis processes. The use of chaotic dynamical systems
in computer music has been a widespread practice for some time
now. The experimentation presented in this work shows the use
of a specific chaotic system: the Chua’s oscillator, within different
sound synthesis methods. A family of new musical instruments
has been developed exploiting the potential offered by the use of
this chaotic system to produce complex timbres and sounds. The
instruments have been used for the creation of musical pieces and
for the realization of live electronics performances.