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Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audio editor for recording, slicing, and mixing audio. Site includes help, downloads, and developer information. (C++) [Cross-platform] |
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Songbird - http://www.getsongbird.com/
Music player which integrates with online content via plugins. Site contains project news, download, add-ons directory, help, and how to contribute. (C++) [Cross-platform] |
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http://amarok.kde.org/ - http://amarok.kde.org/
Music player and manager with support for cover art, last.fm integration, and QtScript plugins. Site includes forum, dowloads, help and support, and developer information. [Cross-platform] |
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http://www.ardour.org/ - http://www.ardour.org/
A multichannel digital audio workstation. (C++) [GNU/Linux, Mac OS X] |
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http://www.zinf.org/ - http://www.zinf.org/
An open source audio player for Linux and Win32, supports MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, WAV and Audio CD playback, SHOUTcast/Icecast HTTP streaming, RTP streaming, with a powerful music browser, theme support and a download manager. |
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http://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/snd/ - http://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/snd/
Sound editor modeled after Emacs and can be customized and extended using either Guile, Ruby, or Forth. Site contains source code and a user manual. [Linux] |
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Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) - http://flac.sourceforge.net/
A patent-free lossless audio codec with utilities for editing meta-data. Site includes utility downloads, comparison with other codecs, and links to things that use FLAC. [Cross-platform] |
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http://www.speex.org/ - http://www.speex.org/
Lossy audio codec optimized for speech. Site contains comparison with other codecs, downloads, and a directory of software which uses Speex. [Cross-platform] |
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Buzztard - http://www.buzztard.org/
Tracker meant to clone the features of Jeskola Buzz. Site includes screenshots, downloads, and development information. [Linux] |
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http://lame.sourceforge.net/ - http://lame.sourceforge.net/
Open-source mp3 encoder meant as an educational tool. Site includes development information and project history. [Cross-platform] |
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Ecasound - http://www.eca.cx/
Command line tool designed for multitrack audio processing which can be used for tasks like audio playback, recording and format conversions as well as mixing and signal recycling. Includes documentation and links to third party graphical user interfaces. (C++) [Cross-platform] |
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Audacious - http://www.audacious-media-player.org/
Audio player with support for many formats, and it has support for third-party plugins. Site includes screenshots, developer information, feature list, and downloads. [Linux] |
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Ubuntu-Studio Project - http://ubuntustudio.org/
Contains information for musicians wishing to use Ubuntu-Linux as their Digital Audio Workstation. |
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http://mpeg4ip.sourceforge.net/ - http://mpeg4ip.sourceforge.net/
Now defunct MPEG-4 tools and broadcaster. Site contains screenshots and source-code. [Linux] |
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http://ampache.org/ - http://ampache.org/
Open Source, web-based audio file manager and player. Site includes bug-tracker, support wiki, downloads, and a live demo.(MySQL and PHP) |
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Coolplayer - http://coolplayer.sourceforge.net/
Media player which supports skins and plugins. Site includes downloads, plugins, skins, forum, and developer information. (C) [Windows] |
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http://www.exaile.org/ - http://www.exaile.org/
Music player which supports album art fetching, Last.fm submission, and plugins. Site includes forum, downloads, screenshots, and themes. (Python) [Linux] |
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Hydrogen - http://www.hydrogen-music.org/
Drum-machine for creating patterns-based music. Site contains project news, downloads, example music, forum, and screenshots. [Linux] |
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http://www.mixxx.org/ - http://www.mixxx.org/
Digital DJ software with features like parallel visual displays, beat estimation, beat matching, skins, and Equalizers. Site includes news, downloads, screenshots, and support information. [Cross-platform] |
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Linux MultiMedia Studio - http://lmms.sourceforge.net/
Audio workstation for creating digital music. Site includes demo songs, screenshots, downloads, a wiki, and user created songs. (C++) [Cross-platform] |
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Traverso DAW - http://www.traverso-daw.org/
Audio recording and editing suite with support for CD mastering and non-linear processing. Site includes screenshots, downloads, developer information, and forums. (C++) [Cross-platform] |
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LameDropXPd - http://www.rarewares.org/mp3-lamedrop.php
Mp3 encoder which reads FLAC and Ogg Vorbis files. Site includes download for binaries, source code, and old versions. [Windows] |
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http://canorus.berlios.de/ - http://canorus.berlios.de/
Music score editor, sharing some of the same developers as NoteEdit. Site includes a wiki, downloads, feature list, bug tracker, and development information. (C++) [Cross-platform] |
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http://www.ninjam.com/ - http://www.ninjam.com/
Music collaboration software for having realtime jam sessions over the Internet. Site includes description, software download (with source code), forum, and servers for collaboration. (C++) [Cross-platform] |
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pulpTunes - http://www.pulptunes.com/
A web server for streaming music from iTunes over a network. Site includes downloads, forums, demonstration server, and project information. [Cross-platform] |
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HarddiskOgg - http://www.fridgesoft.de/harddiskogg.php
On-the-fly encoder for recording analog audio sources (i.e. line-in or microphone) directly to Ogg Vorbis/Wave/MP3, featuring auto-normalization and command line support. Site includes news, screenshots, forum, and downloads. (C++) [Windows] |
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http://code.google.com/p/aldrin-sequencer/ - http://code.google.com/p/aldrin-sequencer/
A tracker written in Python, designed to be very similar to Jeskola Buzz. Site includes forum, screenshots, bug tracking and source-code download. [Linux] |
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Open Sound World - http://osw.sourceforge.net
Open-source programming environment that allows musicians sound processing in response to real-time control. Site contains downloads and documentation. [Cross-platform] |
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http://www.iradeo.com/ - http://www.iradeo.com/
Mp3 streaming application for integration with websites. Site includes help and downloads. (PHP) |
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MuseScore - http://www.musescore.org/
Music composition and notation software. Site includes downloads, screenshots, manual, forum, and development information. [Cross-platform] |
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Open Song - http://www.opensong.org/
Application to manage lyrics, chords, lead sheets, overheads, and computer projection. Website includes additional packages such as song, background and language packs, documentation and a support forum. (REALbasic) [Cross-platform] |
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orDrumbox - http://www.ordrumbox.com/
Real-time drum machine and audio sequencer. Site contains online demo, full download, and user manual. (Java) [Cross-platform] |
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http://batman.no/buze/ - http://batman.no/buze/
Tracker designed as a drop-in replacement of Jeskola Buzz. Site includes downloads, forum, and screenshots. [Windows] |
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VortexBox - http://vortexbox.org/
Turns a computer into an easy to use music server/jukebox by automatically ripping CDs to FLAC and MP3 files, ID3 tagging the files and downloading the cover art. Also able to serve the files to a network. Based on Fedora GNU/Linux. |
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http://www.atunes.org/ - http://www.atunes.org/
Audio player and organizer, with a tag editor, and ability to rip Audio CDs. Site includes screenshots, forums, a help wiki, and downloads. (Java) [Cross-platform] |
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http://jbuzzer.sourceforge.net/ - http://jbuzzer.sourceforge.net/
Triggers audio samples (*.mp3 and *.wav files) by pressing a key on the computer keyboard. Site includes screenshots, downloads, and developer information. (Java) [Cross-platform] |
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Music Explorer - http://www.sfu.ca/~gpeters/music/
Spectrum analyzer help musicians transcribe recorded music, analyze and identify frequencies visually. Site includes downloads, screenshots, and descriptions of algorithms used. (C++) [Windows] |
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http://code.google.com/p/macaw/ - http://code.google.com/p/macaw/
MIDI and audio sequencer, synthesizers and FX, and a soundfont sampler and wave editor. Site includes project info, downloads, and a link to the main developer. (Delphi) [Windows] |