Category Archives: Equalization

Audio equalization

ScorchCrafter ~ Guitar FX DAW Plugins

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A group of audio DAW plug-ins targeting Windows (VST), Mac (VST/AU), and Linux, mostly for guitar amplifier simulation, with the C-120 being the flagship product (which started off long ago as a closed-source VST). Open source, mostly under GPL.

Features:

  • Up to 128-bit (internal) Multi-Stage Guitar Amplifier Layered Distortion, also runs in 64 and 32 bit modes
  • Native Mac and Linux ports coming soon
  • Advanced maths for tube-like guitar amplifier distortion, doesn’t use cheap waveshaping
  • Designed with dynamic response that changes according to the input level – Much more than just a basic “sample in, sample out”
  • Up to 12x Internal Oversampling, separate controls for live/online and off-line render
  • Multi-Band EQ – low, mid, high, contour, presence
  • Built-in custom convolution-based cab-mic effect, works with almost any sample rate and/or audio buffer size
  • New version of C120 has less clutter in GUI, separate page for advanced features
  • No commercial bloat!
  • GPL license, but just for the plug-in itself
  • Any rendered/processed audio is YOURS (any license you want)!
  • Hand-Coded in C++, pre-fab code or “wizards” were NOT used to build this!
  • Primarily built with MinGW-w64 and Code::Blocks IDE
  • NEW Jykwrakker plugin also features custom stereo reverb FX you won’t find elsewhere.
  • NEW Source code available under zlib license (long overdue)
scorchcrafter

sourceforge.net/projects/scorchcrafter

AIMP ~ Full Featured Music Player

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AIMP is a powerful free audio player for Windows OS that supports for local files, NAS, clouds and podcasts. Additionally, it includes powerful tools to operate with audio files.

Multi-format Playback:
.CDA, .AAC, .AC3, .APE, .DTS, .FLAC, .IT, .MIDI, .MO3, .MOD, .M4A, .M4B,
.MP1, .MP2, .MP3, .MPC, .MTM, .OFR, .OGG, .OPUS, .RMI, .S3M, .SPX, .TAK,
.TTA, .UMX, .WAV, .WMA, .WV, .XM, .DSF, .DFF, MKA, AA3, AT3, OMA, .WebM,
.MPEG-DASH (YouTube)

Features:

  • CUE Sheet support
  • Output support ~ DirectSound / ASIO / WASAPI / WASAPI Exclusive
  • 32-bit audio processing for the best quality!
  • Listen to internet-radio stations in OGG / WAV / MP3 / AAC / AAC+ formats
  • Capture stream to APE, FLAC, OGG, WAV, WV, WMA and MP3 formats
  • Capture stream as is for MP3 / AAC / AAC+ formats
  • Creating bookmarks and playback queue
  • Rating and auto-marks
  • Collecting statistics about tracks listening
  • Automatic calculations of rating and marks for listened tracks
  • Support for plugins ~ You can add new utilities or extend already existing ones
  • Build-in scrobbler / Last.fm, Libre.fm and ListenBrainz services are supported
  • Clouds / OneDrive, Google.Drive, DropBox, Облако@mail.ru, Яндекс.Диск and Custom WebDAV clouds are supported
  • Podcasts
  • Hot keys ~ Configure local and global hotkeys as you wish!
  • Multi-user mode support ~ Several users working on one computer? No problem!
  • Multi-language interface
  • Great functionality and user-friendly interface
  • Support for 4K and High DPI / Following scale factors are supported: 125%, 150%, 175%, 200%
  • Flexible program options
aimp

www.aimp.ru
aimp2.us

Icons:
aablab.deviantart.com/art/Aimp-3-anthracite-icons-260461145
www.deviantart.com/aablab/art/AIMP3-BW-Icons-190763277

Skins:
aablab.deviantart.com/art/AIMP-3-Skin-Editor-258029733
www.deviantart.com/ddkonstantinov/art/A-Graph-ver-1-0-294252760
www.deviantart.com/merydev/art/MetalikGlass-Light-for-AIMP3-258995954
www.deviantart.com/yamshikoff/art/Metro-for-AIMP3-v3-Final-279912238
www.deviantart.com/raidero1/art/ZiX-for-AIMP3-273232347
www.myaimp.com/skins
angelag.ucoz.ru

VU Meter Skins:
www.aimp.ru/forum/index.php?topic=52865.0

LASTAR ~ Batch File Splitting & Normalization

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LASTAR is a batch (non-interactive) audio processor for loudness adjustment and file splitting of a batch of audio recordings, using an audio transparent maximizer.

At the opposite of usual available software, loudness normalization is done on signal power, which leads to a louder and more homogeneous result than the usual “peak” normalization, in particular on live recordings.

Its purpose is:

  • to split, equalize and normalize digitized analog tapes or vinyl
  • to split, equalize and normalize live recordings from microphones (ex ZOOM H2 recordings)
  • fast and homogeneous normalization of a group of files (compilation for instance)
  • loudness and dynamic reduction for listening in a noisy environment (car…)
  • and so on…

This software aims to be very fast and easy to use : the most efficient computing techniques have been implemented, and there are very few parameters to set (most of them are automatically adjusted by analyzing the file).

It embeds:

  • an automatic RMS normalizer,
  • an Automatic Gain Controller (compressor)
  • a 10 bands automatic equalizer
  • a 3 bands semi-parametric equalizer
  • a file splitter
  • a noise gate
  • preset management
  • a preview function.

www.arthelion.com/index.php/en/windows-en/lastar
sourceforge.net/projects/lastar

Mcool ~ Lightweight Music Player

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Minimalist local music player for windows, transparent, borderless and buttonless.

Features:

  • Portable, free, open-source software. (Delphi, MIT open-source license)
  • Operating System: Windows XP/7/8/10, 简体 / 繁體 / English / Unicode
  • Minimalist, transparent, “no interface, only music”.
  • Optimized for local lossless music playback. Powered by Bass library, with excellent performance and high quality sound effects. Modular design, can be highly customized.
  • Supports lightweight media library, lyrics and visual effects. Can be minimized to the system tray, takes very few system resources, suitable to listening to music when working.
  • These features come from user suggestions: tag editing, automatic switching list, play queue, mouse gestures, equalizer, audio device selection, the global volume wheel (over systray), font settings, minimalist mode, mouse transparent, pin to desktop and a simple layout.
  • Supports APE / FLAC / WavPack / MP3 / OGG / TTA / TAK / Musepack / AAC / AC3 ​​/ WMA / Wav / CD / ALAC / Aiff / MOD / CUE (almost all local music formats from lossy to lossless, and supports video formats by plug-in)

mcool.jpg

mcool.appinn.me

Strawberry ~ Cross-platform Music Player

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Strawberry is a music player and music collection organizer. It is a fork of Clementine released in 2018 aimed at music collectors, enthusiasts and audiophiles. The name is inspired by the band Strawbs. It’s based on a heavily modified version of Clementine created in 2012 and 2013. Strawberry is written in C++ and Qt 5.

  • Play and organize music
  • Supports WAV, FLAC, WavPack, DSF, DSDIFF, Ogg Vorbis, Speex, MPC, TrueAudio, AIFF, MP4, MP3, ASF and Monkey’s Audio
  • Audio CD playback
  • Native desktop notifications
  • Playlists in multiple formats
  • Advanced audio output and device configuration for bit-perfect playback on Linux
  • Edit tags on music files
  • Fetch tags from MusicBrainz
  • Album cover art from Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Discogs, Tidal and Deezer
  • Song lyrics from AudD
  • Support for multiple backends
  • Audio analyzer
  • Audio equalizer
  • Transfer music to iPod, iPhone, MTP or other mass-storage USB player
  • Streaming support for Tidal, Qobuz and Subsonic
  • Scrobbler with support for Last.fm, Libre.fm and ListenBrainz
Strawberry Player User Interface

www.strawbs.org
github.com/jonaski/strawberry
github.com/strawberrymusicplayer
sourceforge.net/projects/strawberry-music-player.mirror
flathub.org/apps/org.strawberrymusicplayer.strawberry

BRP-PACU ~ Acoustic Analysis Tool

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A cross platform dual channel FFT based Acoustic Analysis Tool to help engineers analyze live professional sound systems using the transfer function. One feature is the ability to capture four sample plots, average them, and invert to aid in final EQ.

  • Four capture buffers, with auto-save (in case of crash) and save-as ability
  • Averages buffers to a separate buffer and flips it for analysis
  • Automatic delay calculation
  • Impulse response capturing
  • Pink Noise generation tool to eliminate need for an external Pink Noise source
  • Uses JACK to route and manage audio paths

BRP-PACU

sourceforge.net/projects/brp-pacu

PulseEffects ~ Audio Effects For Pulseaudio

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Limiter, compressor, reverberation, equalizer and auto volume effects for Pulseaudio applications.

pulseeffects

github.com/wwmm/pulseeffects

eqMac ~ Mac System Wide Equalizer

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System-wide audio equalizer for the Mac. Basic edition is free and open source. Improves your audio listening on OSX / macOS. Experience music on your Mac, how it’s meant to be.

eqmac

eqmac.app
github.com/bitgapp/eqMac

DRC Designer ~ Optimize Audio Rooms

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Digital Room Correction Designer was created to ease the process of creating and loading room correction filters for use with two channel stereo systems. DRC Designer includes Denis Sbragion’s DRC for creating room correction filters, John Pavel’s Convolver VST for playing music through the filters, and Simple Automated IR Measuring Tool by Denis Sbragion and Edward Wildgoose for creating the impulse response files needed by DRC.

TargetDesigner

www.alanjordan.org/DRCDesigner
Foobar2000 Setup

Pulseaudio Parametric Equalizer ~ Unix Equalization

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Pulseaudio Parametric Equalizer is a python GUI to insert a fully parametric three band equalizer with high and low shelves into the pulseaudio audio server.

Pulseaudio Parametric Equalizer

Website
Repository

Google Play Music Desktop Player

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The same beautiful Material Design experience you love on the browser, just as a dedicated desktop player.

Google Play Music

www.googleplaymusicdesktopplayer.com

XiX ~ Open Source Music Player

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XiX Player is a free, easy to use, multi-platform music player that currently runs in Linux, Linux ARM (Raspberry Pi), Windows & MacOS Intel

Features:

  • Supports the following file formats: MP3, OGG, M4A (non-DRM), AAC, FLAC, OPUS, APE, DFF, WAV
  • Play & rip your CDs to MP3 or FLAC with CD-Text and CDDB support.
  • Rip CD/DVD tracks to MP3 or FLAC. Needs mplayer.
  • See albums the chosen artist is on and vice versa.
  • Create and use playlists.
  • Online radio stations + presets.
  • Record online radio stations.
  • Schedule Radio station recordings.
  • Listen to & download podcasts.
  • Play license free audio from the Internet Archive.
  • Show the lyrics and CD covers of the song being played.
  • Shuffle and repeat.
  • Reverse play.
  • Crossfading & trimming.
  • Search.
  • Rate your songs.
  • EQ + FXs (Flanger, Echo & Reverb).
  • Set EQ & trim for individual songs.
  • Copy, delete or rename files.
  • Change ID3 tag (only for MP3/OGG/FLAC/APE).
  • Multiple tagging / renaming.
  • Theme support (Basic).
XIX

sourceforge.net/projects/xixmusicplayer