Category Archives: Freeware

Free To Use Audio Software

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

foo_input_vgmstream ~ Foobar2000 Plays Game Audio

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This Foobar2000 component decodes dozens of streamed ADPCM or other compressed format files extracted from various console and PC games.

www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_input_vgmstream

Supported codec types:

Quick list of codecs vgmstream supports, including many obscure ones that are used in few games.

PCM 16-bit
PCM 8-bit (signed/unsigned)
PCM 4-bit (signed/unsigned)
PCM 32-bit float
u-Law/a-LAW
CRI ADX (standard, fixed, exponential, encrypted)
Nintendo DSP ADPCM a.k.a GC ADPCM
Nintendo DTK ADPCM
Nintendo AFC ADPCM
ITU-T G.721
CD-ROM XA ADPCM
Sony PSX ADPCM a.k.a VAG (standard, badflags, configurable, Pivotal)
Sony HEVAG
Electronic Arts EA-XA (stereo, mono, Maxis)
Electronic Arts EA-XAS (v0, v1)
DVI/IMA ADPCM (stereo/mono + high/low nibble, 3DS, Omikron, SNDS, etc)
Microsoft MS IMA ADPCM (standard, Xbox, NDS, Radical, Wwise, FSB, WV6, etc)
Microsoft MS ADPCM (standard, Cricket Audio)
Westwood VBR ADPCM
Yamaha ADPCM (AICA, Aska)
Procyon Studio ADPCM
Level-5 0x555 ADPCM
lsf ADPCM
Konami MTAF ADPCM
Konami MTA2 ADPCM
Paradigm MC3 ADPCM
FMOD FADPCM 4-bit ADPCM
Konami XMD 4-bit ADPCM
Platinum 4-bit ADPCM
Argonaut ASF 4-bit ADPCM
Ocean DSA 4-bit ADPCM
Circus XPCM ADPCM
OKI 4-bit ADPCM (16-bit output, 4-shift, PC-FX)
Ubisoft 4/6-bit ADPCM
SDX2 2:1 Squareroot-Delta-Exact compression DPCM
CBD2 2:1 Cuberoot-Delta-Exact compression DPCM
Activision EXAKT SASSC DPCM
Xilam DERF DPCM
InterPlay ACM
VisualArt’s NWA
Electronic Arts MicroTalk a.k.a. UTK or UMT
CRI HCA
Xiph Vorbis (Ogg, FSB5, Wwise, OGL, Silicon Knights)
MPEG MP1/2/3 (standard, AHX, XVAG, FSB, AWC, P3D, etc)
ITU-T G.722.1 annex C (Polycom Siren 14)
ITU G.719 annex B (Polycom Siren 22)
Electronic Arts EALayer3
Electronic Arts EA-XMA
Sony ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus
Sony ATRAC9
Microsoft XMA1/2
Microsoft WMA v1, WMA v2, WMAPro
AAC
Bink
AC3/SPDIF
Xiph Opus (Ogg, Switch, EA, UE4, Exient)
Xiph CELT (FSB)
Musepack
FLAC
Others

github.com/losnoco/vgmstream

ASAP ~ Another Slight Atari Player

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ASAP (Another Slight Atari Player) plays and converts 8-bit Atari music (*.sap, *.cmc, *.mpt, *.rmt, *.tmc, …) on modern computers and mobile devices.

ASAP

asap.sourceforge.net
sourceforge.net/projects/asap
asap.sourceforge.net/web
github.com/epi/asap

Podcast Generator ~ Server Publishing Solution

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Podcast Generator is an open source Content Management System written in PHP and specifically designed for podcast publishing. It provides the user with the tools to easily manage all of the aspects related to the publication of a podcast, from the upload of episodes to its submission to the iTunes store.

Features

  • Click & Go: 3-step installation wizard. No MySQL required. Works in any PHP web hosting.
  • Power and simplicity: Easy & intuitive web interface to publish audio and video podcasts.
  • Newbie-proof technology: Just upload your content, all the rest is “automagic”.
  • Customizable: Support for multiple themes and languages. Social Networks integration.
  • Apple friendly: Ready for iTunes Store and all iOS devices.
  • Open Source: 100% free and open source.

www.podcastgenerator.net
sourceforge.net/projects/podcastgen

mp3ext ~ Windows Shell Integration

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This is Michael Mutschler’s famous mp3 shell extension, also available for Windows 7 and 64 bit.

mp3ext

sourceforge.net/projects/mp3ext