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MP3Packer ~ Shrink Or Change MP3s CBR / VBR

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MP3packer is a program which can rearrange the data within an MP3 to fulfill specific goals. By default, the program generates the smallest MP3 possible (with the least padding). However, many people also use it to turn VBR files into CBR for use with players which don’t support VBR.

It can save space by storing frame data in the smallest possible frame. Usually MP3s are already stored in the most efficient way possible. However, for high-bitrate CBR files (like -b 320) there can be a lot of wasted space. ~ HydrogenAudio

wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=MP3packer

DFasma ~ Compare Audio Files In Time & Frequency

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DFasma is free open-source software which is used to compare audio files in time and frequency. The comparison is first visual, using waveforms and spectra. It is also possible to listen to time-frequency segments in order to allow perceptual comparison. It is basically dedicated to analysis. Even though there are basic functionalities to align the signals in time and amplitude, this software does not aim to be an audio editor.

Features:

  • Can load about 25 different audio formats (thanks to libsndfile or libsox).
  • Shows spectrogram, amplitude, phase spectra and group delay.
  • Can play a filtered sound given a selected frequency band.
  • Rectification of the spectrogram tilt (cepstral lifting).
  • Can create and edit segmentation files.
  • Can create and edit fundamental frequency (F0) files (thanks to REAPER).
  • Runs under Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.

dfasman - ss1.4_2comparison

gillesdegottex.github.io/dfasma

Clementine ~ Modern Player & Library Organizer

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Clementine is a multi-platform music player. It’s inspired by Amarok 1.4, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and playing your music.

  • Search and play your local music library.
  • Listen to internet radio from Spotify, Groovesharks, SomaFM, Magnatune, Jamendo, SKY.fm (radiotunes), Digitally Imported, JAZZRADIO.com, Soundcloud, Icecast and Subsonic servers.
  • Search and play songs you’ve uploaded to Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and OneDrive.
  • Create smart playlists and dynamic playlists.
  • Tabbed playlists, import and export M3U, XSPF, PLS and ASX.
  • CUE sheet support.
  • Play audio CDs.
  • Visualizations from projectM.
  • Lyrics and artist biographies and photos.
  • Transcode music into MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Speex, FLAC or AAC.
  • Edit tags on MP3 and OGG files, organize your music.
  • Fetch missing tags from MusicBrainz.
  • Discover and download podcasts.
  • Download missing album cover art from Last.fm and Amazon.
  • Cross-platform – works on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.
  • Native desktop notifications on Linux (libnotify) and Mac OSX (Growl).
  • Remote control using an Android device, a Wii Remote, MPRIS or the command-line.
  • Copy music to your iPod, iPhone, MTP or mass-storage USB player.
  • Queue manager.
Clementine Version 1.2-1
Playlist tab, while listening to songs from multiples Internet services

www.clementine-player.org
www.clementine-player.org/downloads
github.com/clementine-player/Clementine
flathub.org/apps/org.clementine_player.Clementine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine_(software)
Clementine Music Player Tutorial

F-Droid

An Android remote control for Clementine

f-droid.org/packages/de.qspool.clementineremote

DCue ~ Discogs Cue Sheet Generator

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DCue is an open source command line tool for creating audio cue sheet files using the massive release database at Discogs. DCue is available for both Windows and Linux and is written in C++ with no external library dependencies. It has a very simple command line syntax and creates human-readable and universally compatible cue sheets (.cue files). It also supports the automatic creation of multiple cue sheets for multi-disc albums in an intuitive way.

dcue.sourceforge.net
sourceforge.net/projects/dcue/files/

ListenBrainz ~ Open Source Online Song Logging

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The ListenBrainz project is similar to the original AudioScrobbler®. Unlike the original project, ListenBrainz is open source and will publish its data as open data.

A team of former Last.fm and current MusicBrainz hackers created the first version of ListenBrainz in the space of a weekend. Since the original project was created, technology has advanced at an incredibly rapid pace, which made re-creating the original project fairly straightforward.

listenbrainz.org
List of Listenbrainz apps
Import listens from last.fm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ListenBrainz

LMMS ~ Let’s Make Music

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Produce music with your computer by creating melodies and beats, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples and much more. Playback instruments, samples and plugins with a typing or MIDI keyboard in a user-friendly and modern interface. Bundled with ready-to-use content from an assortment of instrument and effect plugins, presets and samples to VST and SoundFont support.

lmms-main
LMMS – Project View

lmms.io
github.com/LMMS
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LMMS

rePhase ~ Loudspeaker Phase Linearization

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rePhase is a FIR generation tool for building fully linear-phase active crossovers with arbitrary slopes.

It also let you manually compensate for the phase shifts of your loudspeakers and existing crossovers, be it active or passive.

Once generated, the FIR can be applied using any hardware (openDRC, miniSHARC, Najda, …) or software (foobar, convolver, JRiver, …), stereo or multi-way convolution engine.

sourceforge.net/projects/rephase

Additional resources:

Equalizer APO, REW and Rephase WOW! ~ diyAudio
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_room_correction

Subvert Audio ~ Encourage Musical Creativity

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Subvert Audio is a music program designed to try and stimulate creativity in the user. To do this, it imposes certain restraints on the user, in an attempt to encourage more creative thought processes, and solutions to the problem these restraints introduce. In addition to the restraints imposed, Subvert Audio strives to encourage exploration of the program, and reward efforts to discover/create new ways of using it. It is, essentially, a program that is designed to be subverted, the idea being that in the process of doing so, the user’s creativity will be stimulated.

In some ways, the program is similar to graphical music programming languages such as Max/MSP et al. Indeed, prior knowledge of such environments could be seen as beneficial to Subvert Audio’s methods of stimulating creativity.

subvert_audio_linux

subvertaudio.sourceforge.net

Equalizer APO ~ A Windows System Equalizer

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Equalizer APO is a parametric / graphic equalizer for Windows. It is implemented as an Audio Processing Object (APO) for the system effect infrastructure introduced with Windows Vista.

Features:

  • virtually unlimited number of filters
  • works on any number of channels
  • very low latency, which makes it suited for interactive applications
  • low CPU usage
  • modular graphical user interface
  • VST plugin support
  • integrates into Voicemeeter (www.voicemeeter.com)

Equalizer APO is best used in conjunction with Room EQ Wizard (www.roomeqwizard.com ), because it can read its filter text file format.

equalizer apo
sourceforge.net/projects/equalizerapo
Discussion
Documentation
Downloads

User Interfaces:

Peace Equalizer
EQ APO GUI
mega-switcher

Resources:

Room Equalization Tutorial
Equalizer APO issues solver

Foobar2000 ~ DSD & SACD Audio Resources

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Compressing DSD files with WavPack 5:

D.I.Y. Audio Heaven:
Compressing DSD files with Wavpack 5

Hydrogen Audio:
How to properly pack DSF files into WavPack?
DSD, WavPack and Foobar SACD Decoder

Foobar2000 DSD and SACD support:

I’ve successfully followed these steps to get DSD (.dsf filetype) and SACD (.iso filetype) playing at high bit rate using foobar2000 on my S.M.S.L M500 DAC.

gist.github.com/milnak/c3b4148e574fa7828cc7d24e46d6dbe9

Resources:

foo_input_sacd ~ Foobar2000 & SACDs

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DIY-AUDIO-HEAVEN: Playing SACDs with Foobar2000

Foobar2000 for Dummies (Part 1) – General Setup
Foobar2000 for Dummies (Part 2) – Playing DSD – New SACD plugin (0.9.x & 1.x.x)
Foobar 2000 for Dummies (Part 3) – Playing DSD – Old SACD plugin (0.7.x & 0.8.x)

1by1 ~ The Directory Player

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Tired of handling playlists? by1 is a small, fast and handy audio player which is not only small: it provides a smart and versatile environment to handle your file collection and listen to your tracks – with no need for playlists or databases.

1by1

www.mpesch3.de1.cc/1by1