Category Archives: Cross-platform

GSatPlus ~ Freeware Saturation Plugin

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GSat+ is derived from the saturation module on the TBProAudio CS5501V2 channel strip plug-in, but adds extra features requested and suggested by the Gearspace.com team. It has several different saturation modes, high tweakability, oversampling, old-school VU meters and cross-platform software compatibility – as well as a button to take you directly to Gearspace.com in case you need any tips, tricks or inspiration or want to swap presets with other users.

Features:

  • Saturation with three different “tube-based” character modes
  • Clip protection
  • VU meters
  • Signal monitoring
  • Over sampling
  • Plug-in bypass
  • Preset management
  • Large and easy to use freely-scalable GUI
  • 64-bit internal processing
  • Very efficient CPU usage design

www.tbproaudio.de/products/gsatplus

Stargate ~ Open Source Digital Audio Workstation

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Stargate is an all-in-one DAW and plugin suite, designed to be a comprehensive solution for music production, with a focus on providing unique and innovative features, especially for EDM production.

Features:

  • A digital audio workstation (DAW) with a powerful pattern-based workflow
  • A comprehensive suite of built-in instrument and effect plugins
  • A basic wave editor
  • Powerful track routing matrix with easy sidechaining
  • Modular mixer architecture. Mixer channels are a type of plugin that can be chosen per track send, mix and match plugins, or skip them when not needed
  • Runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, x86 and ARM. Can be ported to other platforms if there is sufficient demand
  • Everything you need to create music in a single package, no need to install additional software
  • Revolutionary CPU efficiency for DAW and plugins, minimum recommended hardware: Raspberry Pi 4, or a 15 year old laptop with a dual core CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 720p display.
  • Support for display resolution from 720p to 4k and above.
  • Optional portable flash drive install on Windows and MacOS
  • Broad audio and MIDI hardware support using Portaudio and Portmidi

github.com/stargateaudio/stargate
github.com/stargatedaw

MediaHuman ~ Cross-platform Lyrics Finder

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MediaHuman Lyrics Finder is a free software application, which can help you find and add missing lyrics (song text) to all songs in your music library. It’s a safe operation because the app doesn’t overwrite lyrics you’ve already had.

Very easy to use: simply drag & drop some tracks from your favorite music player (e.g. iTunes) and MediaHuman Lyrics Finder will do the rest.

MediaHuman Lyrics Finder will give you access to over a million different lyrics collected from various sources on the Internet.

www.mediahuman.com/lyrics-finder

EffectPanel ~ Add Sounds To Live Performances

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Theater Effect Panel (EffectPanel) is small open source software used to play sounds during live performances. You can use this program for free and it can be used with a mouse, a touch panel or over a midi interface with a keyboard or a button pad.

sourceforge.net/projects/effectpanel

Metronomek ~ Digital Metronome That Tries To Be Analogue

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Trivial looking metronome with natural sounds and ‘classical’ approach.

Features:

  • High quality recorded natural sounds of different beat kinds
  • Handling similar to mechanical devices
  • Changing time signature and visual counting

metronomek.sourceforge.io
sourceforge.net/projects/metronomek
github.com/SeeLook/metronomek
flathub.org/en/apps/net.sf.metronomek

sndcpy ~ Forward Android Audio To VLC

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This tool forwards audio from an Android 10 device to the computer. It does not require any root access. It works on GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS.

The purpose is to enable audio forwarding while mirroring with scrcpy. However, it can be used independently.

github.com/rom1v/sndcpy

Midi Sheet Music ~ Cross-platform MIDI Player

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Midi Sheet Music is a free program that plays MIDI music files while highlighting both the piano keys and sheet music notes. Works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux Ubuntu, iPhone / iPad and Android.

midisheetmusic.com
sourceforge.net/projects/midisheetmusic

TASCAM Hi-Res Editor ~ Mac & Windows Freeware

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TASCAM Hi-Res Editor is a new, free application for Windows and Macintosh computers, that plays and edits up to 11.2MHz DSD or 384kHz WAV files. The software allows playback and export of DSD files without converting to PCM audio. This app is available now as a free download for Windows and Mac. Ideal for users of TASCAM’s hi-resolution recorders like the DA-3000, TASCAM’s Hi-Res Editor is one of the only ways to edit native DSD master recordings.

TASCAM Hi-Res Editor Interface

tascam.com/us/product/hi-res_editor/top
www.tascam.eu/en/downloads/Hi-Res+Editor

TDR Nova ~ Cross-platform Equalizer Plugin

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NOVA is a parallel dynamic equalizer. Appearing in the familiar layout of a parametric equalizer, each band also includes a full featured dynamics section allowing the processor to cover an impressively wide range of applications. Be it a master lacking density, the drum bus asking for more crispiness, or a sibilance problem in your perfect take: NOVA has an elegant answer.

A user friendly WYSIWYG drag and drop display paired with a classic “knob” interface gives quick and smooth access to the various parameters driving NOVA’s powerful processing capabilities. With its four dynamic EQ bands and additional high-pass and low-pass filter sections, NOVA can meet the most exotic demand. Intuitive equal loudness functions help finding the optimal setting without getting distracted by loudness differences.

In practice, the processor covers a whole bucket of tasks:

  • Parametric equalization
  • Dynamic equalization
  • Frequency selective compression
  • Multi-band compression
  • Wideband compression

Of course NOVA features all helpers and workflow enhancements you’ve come to expect in a TDR plugin: A preset manager, undo/redo, A/B, detailed documentation, copy & paste, and much more.

www.tokyodawn.net
www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-nova

TAL Reverb ~ Cross Platform Reverberation VSTs

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TAL Reverb-II is a super diffuse and lush reverb effect with a fast build up time. Ideal for ambient reverb sounds.

TAL-Reverb-III is an easy to use stereo reverb plugin. It’s popular because it’s very very diffuse sound 😉 It has an additional signal feedback path.

tal-software.com/products/tal-reverb

Cassette Retro Player ~ MP3 Player With Beautiful Cassette Look & Feel

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Transform a set of mp3 files into a virtual cassette and interact with it just like a real cassette.

Live again all that emotional load attached to the cassette format and the way you interacted with these gadgets: press play, rewind, fast forward and reverse the cassette tape. Concepts that do not exist anymore in modern media players in the same way, but they are still wired in your brain with the music you used to listen in the 70s, 80s and 90s and the places and people that were around you at those moments.

Play the music as you used to do it decades ago, and bring a piece of happiness from the past. Nostalgia ensured.

Features:
  • Simple controls: Play, pause, rewind, fast forward, stop, eject and master volume.
  • Customize cassette color and label aspect.
  • Create a cassette library with all your most appreciated music.
  • Edit cassette track list, adding, removing and reordering the audio files.
  • Support for mp3, aac, and all popular audio formats.
  • Because the music sounds better in the format in which you heard it for the first time.

sourceforge.net/projects/cassette-retro-player

CP-GFX ~ Guitar Effect Processor

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CP-GFX is simply a Cross Platform Guitar Effect Processor. The aim of the project is to create an extensible and easy to use program which is easy to port to different platforms and operating systems. Currently in development are both Linux x86 and Win32 builds.

For the Linux build the primary audio API in use is JACK, which allows CP-GFX to work along side and with other programs, such as Ardour, or any other software using JACK without any fuss or problems.

image of the CP-GFX user interface

cp-gfx.sourceforge.net
sourceforge.net/projects/cp-gfx