Category Archives: Freeware

Free To Use Audio Software

Skywave Linux ~ Global Online Listening

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Skywave Linux is a 64 bit live system providing installed and configured software for accessing software defined radio servers locally and on the internet. With this operating system, a person may tune shortwave broadcasts, amateur radio, aeronautical, maritime, or other signals received at remote servers around the world.

SDR software is configured for popular devices, such as the RTL-SDR dongles, Softrocks, Hermes, and other radios.

Skywave Linux is a 64 bit system built over Ubuntu Linux, and may be installed on a bootable USB stick, SD card, DVD, or hard drive.

Features:

  • WebSDR, OpenWebRX radio servers accessible via internet browser.
  • HPSDR servers accessible via QtRadio
  • HPSDR hardware also via cudaSDR
  • RTL-SDR plug-and-play functionality via CubicSDR, Gqrx, and QtRadio
  • RTL-SDR ADS-B tracking and mapping via Dump1090
  • RTL-SDR RDS decoding via Gqrx and Redsea
  • SDRPlay, Airspy radio hardware is supported.
  • LADSPA audio plugins for EQ/Compression/Limiting
  • WSJT -X / WSPR-X weak signal digimode software
  • Weather Satellite Decoding via WXtoImg
  • Satellite tracking with Gpredict
  • Trunked Radio System Reception with SDRTrunk
  • Radio firmware & data management with CHIRP
  • Kodi Media Center for conventional internet streaming

skywavelinux-007

skywavelinux.com
sourceforge.net/projects/skywavelinux

2BusControl ~ Crossplatform Balance Plugin

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A universal L/R plus MONO/DIFF monitor control and Balance / Correlation metering plug-in for stereo bus masters.

2BusControl

www.maat.digital/2buscontrol

foo_logitech_lcd ~ Foobar2000 & Logitech LCDs

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A component to display visualisations and track information on a variety of Logitech LCD screens.

Features:

  • Support for monochrome LCDs (G13, G15, G510 & Z-10)
  • Support for colour LCDs (G19)
  • 11 different visualisations (4 spectrum analysers, 4 oscilloscopes, 3 VU meters)
  • Track info display
  • Massively customisable

www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_logitech_lcd

foo_vis_shpeck ~ Foobar MilkDrop Visualizations

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The foo_vis_shpeck component runs Winamp visualization plugins in a stand-alone window, a Columns UI panel or Default UI element.

Documentation
Download
Hydrogen Audio Topic
Download Winamp

Shpeck enables Foobar2000 to display dynamic graphics that react to the beat. It’s possible to toggle between fullscreen and windowed modes.

Install the foo_vis_shpeck plugin, combined with Winamp’s MilkDrop visualizations.

  1. Download and install Winamp (or at least the folder structure for the plugins)
  2. Download and install foo_vis_shpeck
  3. Download some visualizations
  4. Uncompress visualizations and copy to System > Program Files > Winamp > Plugins
  5. Create a new foobar DUI panel or tab and add the new UI element Playback Visualisation > Shpeck
  6. Configure the plugin at Preferences > Visualisations > Shpeck
  7. Configure visualizations
Preferences: Shpeck

Resources:
www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_vis_shpeck
www.winamparchive.org
archive.org/details/tucows_193563_Winamp
www.mediafire.com/download/8hxarja92q9q99c/foobar2000-milkdrop-2.25c.7z
forums.winamp.com/forum/winamp/winamp-discussion/4615655-winamp-5-9-2-released

Guides:
Milkdrop in Foobar on Windows 8 ~ vault-tec.info/post/51743506694/milkdrop-in-foobar2000-on-windows-8

Additional Presets:
sourceforge.net/projects/mdpresetpack/
www.thefreewindows.com/21777/download-free-milkdrop2-50000-presets-megapack/
archive.org/details/Milkdrop252kPresetCollection.7z

… some archives from this milkdrop contest thread on Winamp forum and put everything into a single archive. Some of the presets are nice and quite original, but most of them are variations. The ones that seemed nice to me I copied and added exclamation mark to their names. ~ hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,59388.msg914054.html#msg914054

Automatic Volume Mixer ~ Windows Utility

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Automatic Volume Mixer is a tool that allows automatization of Windows Volume Mixer based on user rules. You can open the Volume Mixer by right-clicking on the speaker icon in the system tray and selecting Open Volume Mixer. This application is an automatic version of that applet.

Common usage examples:

  • Pausing your audio player (e.g. foobar2000) whenever any other application makes a noise, and resuming playback once the noise is gone. This enables you to keep your audio player running in the background at all times.
  • Briefly muting all applications while a notification is playing.
  • Forcing application’s volume to a set level.
  • Automatically lowering volume during night.
  • Launching processes / popups when some application makes noise.

Features:

  • Detect volume levels of applications and act on that information.
  • Fully configurable rules for detection, filtering, and executing actions.
  • Ability to automatically adjust audio levels of applications.

 

 

Automatic Volume Mixer

github.com/Klocman/Automatic-Volume-Mixer
sourceforge.net/projects/automatic-volume-mixer

XMPlay ~ Extensible Windows Player

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XMPlay is an audio player, supporting the OGG / MP3 / MP2 / MP1 / WMA / AAC / MP4 / WAV / AIFF / CDA / MO3 / IT / XM / S3M / MTM / MOD / UMX audio formats, PLS / M3U / ASX / WAX / CUE playlists, and ZIP archives. A load more audio and archive file formats are also supported via plugins.

When XMPlay was first released in 1998, only the XM file format was supported, hence the name “XMPlay”.

www.xmplay.com
support.xmplay.com
ssz.bitbucket.io (Input & Archive plugins)

Jalv ~ Jack LV2 Host

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Jalv is a simple but fully featured LV2 host for Jack. It runs LV2 plugins and exposes their ports as Jack ports, essentially making any LV2 plugin function as a Jack application.

drobilla.net/software/jalv

Triceratops ~ Polyphonic Synthesizer LV2 Plugin

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Triceratops is an analogue style polyphonic subtractive synthesizer plugin, for use with the LV2 plugin architecture, at this time there is no standalone version. An up to date version of the LV2 library is required along with a suitable host (e.g. Qtractor, Jalv, Ardour).

www.thunderox.com/triceratops
sourceforge.net/projects/triceratops

Server Based ABX ~ Web Audio Evaluation Tool

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A tool based on the HTML5 Web Audio API to perform perceptual audio evaluation tests locally or on remote machines over the web.

code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/projects/webaudioevaluationtool
github.com/BrechtDeMan/WebAudioEvaluationTool
github.com/BrechtDeMan/WebAudioEvaluationTool/wiki/Quick-start

foo_deskband_control ~ Foobar2000 On The Taskbar

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Customizable windows – taskbar deskband control

www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_deskband_controls
hydrogenaud.io/index.php?topic=78234.0

ZX Spectrum ~ Computer Sound Chip Emulator

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This is Windows or Linux program, designed for playing music for AY-3-8912 sound chip (or its analogs are AY-3-8910 and YM2149F). Emulator emulates these sound chips and does not require real ones. Additionally emulator can play CD’s audio tracks and MIDI-files. Optional BASS by Ian Luck can be used for playing MP3 and MOD music.

bulba.untergrund.net/emulator_e

zxtune ~ Cross-platform Chiptunes Player

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Plays audio files from many systems including the ZX Spectrum, Acorn, Amstrad, Amiga, Atari, Commodore 64, GameBoy, MSX, Nes, PC, Phillips, SNES, Sam Coupe, Sega, TurboGrafX, etc.

zxtune.bitbucket.io
github.com/vitamin-caig/zxtune