KMix ~ Mixer & Volume Control

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KMix is a sound channel mixer and volume control.

apps.kde.org/kmix
github.com/kde/kmix
invent.kde.org/multimedia/kmix
docs.kde.org/trunk_kf6/en/kmix
userbase.kde.org/KMix

JuK ~ Audio Jukebox Application

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JuK is an audio jukebox application, supporting collections of MP3, Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC audio files. It allows you to edit the “tags” of your audio files, and manage your collection and playlists. Its main focus, in fact, is on music management.

Features:

  • Collection list and multiple user defined playlists
  • Ability to scan directories to automatically import playlists and music files on start up
  • Dynamic Search Playlists that are automatically updated as fields in the collection change
  • A Tree View mode where playlists are automatically generated for sets of albums, artists and genres
  • Playlist history to indicate which files have been played and when
  • Inline search for filtering the list of visible items
  • The ability to guess tag information based on the track’s file name
  • File renamer that can rename files based on the tag content
  • Tag reading and editing support for many formats including ID3v1, ID3v2 and Ogg Vorbis

apps.kde.org/juk
github.com/KDE/juk
invent.kde.org/multimedia/juk
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JuK

AudioTube ~ KDE YouTube Music Client

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AudioTube can search YouTube Music, list albums and artists, play automatically generated playlists, albums and allows to put your own playlist together. It is adapted to mobile phones and desktop computers.

apps.kde.org/audiotube
github.com/KDE/audiotube
invent.kde.org/multimedia/audiotube

HydrogenAudio Abuse ~ Audiophiles Slandered

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I’m tired of seeing audiophiles slandered at HydrogenAudio and I just had my fair comments removed so I thought I would continue the discussion here where I can’t be censored.

Original thread hydrogenaudio.org/index.php/topic,129168.0

My response to this is to point out that the term audiophile means an interest in audio technology, sadly, these abusive people use the word as an insult and deliberately confuse and conflate fraud and deceit with a deep involvement with audio technology. I believe they do this out of a false sense of superiority, a lack of understanding and a NEED TO BE ABUSIVE. Sadly, HydrogenAudio allows this abuse to openly continue which is why I no longer post to the site. I cannot afford to associate with bigots and abusers. I also sadly can’t recommend the site anymore due to the open contempt displayed by a few users and moderators.

Audiophile: a person who is enthusiastic about high-fidelity sound reproduction ~ www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/audiophile

An audiophile (from Latin: audΔ«re, lit. ’to hear’ + Greek: φίλος, romanized: philos, lit. ’loving’) is a person who is enthusiastic about high-fidelity sound reproduction. An audiophile seeks to achieve high sound quality in the audio reproduction of recorded music, typically in a quiet listening space in a room with good acoustics. ~ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiophile

Audex ~ KDE CD Ripper

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Audex is a CD ripper application. It lets you extract the audio from your CDs to let you listen to them on your computer and your other devices. It includes CDDB and MusicBrainz integrations to fetch the metadata and covers for your CDs if available.

apps.kde.org/audex
github.com/KDE/audex
invent.kde.org/multimedia/audex
userbase.kde.org/Audex
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_Gear#Playback

K3b ~ KDE Disk Burner

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K3b was created to be a feature-rich and easy to handle CD and DVD burning application. It consists of basically three parts:

  • The projects: Projects are created from the file menu and then filled with data to burn
  • The Tools: The tools menu offers different tools like CD copy or DVD formatting
  • Context sensitive media actions: When clicking on the icon representing a CD/DVD drive K3b will present its contents and allow some further action. 

apps.kde.org/k3b
github.com/kde/k3b
sourceforge.net/projects/k3b
snapcraft.io/k3b
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K3b
K3b Themes

jamailmar ~ Multi-threaded Ogg Vorbis Decoder

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Linux code to decode Ogg Vorbis files with multi-thread support

sourceforge.net/projects/jamailmar

WMP ~ Windows Media Player Goodies

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WMP Goodies is the place where you can find archived and custom skins, visualizations, plug-ins, and older versions of WMP since July 12, 2015. We also have really important guides for repairing and creating features for Windows Media Player.

We have available for download:

  • 269Β Skins
  • 62Β Visualizations
  • 10Β Plug-ins
  • 7Β olderΒ versions of WMP (from 6.4 to 11)
  • 5Β Guides to help you get the most out of Windows Media Player

sites.google.com/view/wmpgoodies/home

Pear Desktop ~ Desktop Client For YouTube Music

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Pear Desktop is an Electron-based desktop client for YouTube Music designed for Windows, Linux and macOS. The project keeps the standard YouTube Music interface while adding desktop integration, plugins, themes and additional playback features.

The application is open source and distributed under the MIT license.

Features:

  • Native desktop-style window and controls
  • Plugin framework
  • Ad blocker
  • Lyrics support
  • Last.fm scrobbling
  • Discord Rich Presence
  • Media key support
  • Custom themes and CSS
  • Audio compressor
  • Equalizer
  • Crossfade
  • Skip silences
  • SponsorBlock integration
  • Video/audio mode toggle
  • Notification support
  • Downloader plugin
  • OBS integration
  • System tray support
  • Global keyboard shortcuts

How It Works

Pear Desktop loads the standard YouTube Music web interface inside a desktop application window and extends it through plugins and Electron desktop integration. It is not a standalone music service and still requires a YouTube Music or Google account for normal use.

Basic Usage

  1. Download the correct installer for your operating system from the Releases page.
  2. Install and launch the application.
  3. Sign into your Google account.
  4. Use YouTube Music normally.
  5. Optional plugins can be enabled or disabled from the Plugins menu.

Platforms

  • Windows
  • Linux
  • macOS

Notes

Because Pear Desktop uses Electron, memory and CPU usage are generally higher than lightweight native audio players such as foobar2000 or AIMP. The project is intended primarily as a feature-enhanced desktop frontend for streaming music from YouTube Music rather than as a traditional local-library music player.

github.com/pear-devs/pear-desktop

CodePen ~ Bitmeter Visualization

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Bitmeter visualization with fixed-point and floating-point modes.

codepen.io/TF3RDL/pen/ZYpbNYZ
hydrogenaudio.org/index.php/topic,129362.0

VUPlayer ~ Freeware Windows Player

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VUPlayer is an open-source multi-format audio player for Windows 7 SP1 or later.

www.vuplayer.com/vuplayer
github.com/jfchapman/VUPlayer

cosmo-pd ~ Phase Distortion Synthesizer

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A monorepo for Casio CZ-101 phase distortion synthesis β€” including a preset manager web/desktop app, an in-browser phase distortion synthesizer, and a VST3/CLAP/AUv2 plugin.

github.com/fpbrault/cosmo-pd