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Audioware For Linux

cdparanoia ~ Linux Digital Audio Extraction

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Cdparanoia is a Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA) Digital Audio Extraction (DAE) tool, commonly known on the net as a ‘ripper’. The application is built on top of the Paranoia library, which is doing the real work (the Paranoia source is included in the cdparanoia source distribution). Cdparanoia reads audio from the CDROM directly as data, with no analog step between, and writes the data to a file or pipe in WAV, AIFC or raw 16 bit linear PCM.

Cdparanoia is a bit different than most other CDDA extration tools. It contains few-to-no ‘extra’ features, concentrating only on the ripping process and knowing as much as possible about the hardware performing it. Cdparanoia will read correct, rock-solid audio data from inexpensive drives prone to misalignment, frame jitter and loss of streaming during atomic reads. Cdparanoia will also read and repair data from CDs that have been damaged in some way.

Cdparanoia is easy to use and administrate; It has no compile time configuration, happily autodetecting the CDROM, its type, its interface and other aspects of the ripping process at runtime. A single binary can serve the diverse hardware of the do-it-yourself computer laboratory from Hell.

www.xiph.org/paranoia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cdparanoia
wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Cdparanoia

Resources:

Documentation
man.archlinux.org/man/cd-paranoia.1.en

Command Line Music Metadata Manager
github.com/krateng/mumema

Zenamp ~ Player With Visualizations & Games

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Multi-format audio player with MIDI, minigames, playlists & many visualizations

Lightweight GTK3 audio player supporting MIDI, WAV, MP3, OGG, FLAC, AIFF, and Opus formats. Features OPL3 FM synthesis for authentic MIDI playback, drag-and-drop playlist queue, real-time spectrum visualization, 10-band equalizer, and M3U playlist support. Built with SDL2 audio backend for cross-platform compatibility across Linux and Windows. Includes intuitive controls with keyboard shortcuts, 5-second seek buttons, and efficient format conversion. Perfect for musicians and audio enthusiasts needing reliable playback of both modern and legacy audio formats. Multi-threaded architecture ensures smooth performance. MIT License.

Features:

  • Music Player
  • Queue Support
  • Playlist Support
  • Visualizations
  • Minigames
Zenamp user interface

sourceforge.net/projects/midiplayer
apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p7ddq785vq2

CLAMPS ~ Common Lisp Aided Music Production System

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Clamps, short for “Common Lisp Aided Music Production System”, is a software system for realtime and non-realtime music production written in Common Lisp. It enables a seamless workflow between high-level structures to define musical processes all the way down to low level DSP definitions for sound creation including browser based interfaces for interactive work and control useable for live performances. In that respect it combines features of systems like OpenMusic, SuperCollider or the Pure Data/Max family of software.

codeberg.org/ormf/clamps
codeberg.org/ormf/clamps-install
github.com/arclanguage/Clamp

Bitter ~ Bitscope & Intersample Clip Monitor

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Bitter shows how many of the available bits are being used by the audio signal, reports clipping samples, and estimates when digital-to-analog conversion would cause inter-sample clips. Typical uses for a bitscope include: verifying that a render dither is working properly; verifying that a particular plugin is not reducing the signal bit depth; testing for faulty audio source data.

Features:

  • Check for Intersample Clipping that may appear during digital-to-analog conversion
  • Detailed display of the usage density of each bit
  • Reveal the bitrate of the digital signal, which may well differ from that of the file’s bitrate or your DAW’s audio engine bitrate
  • Display the audio sample rate

www.stillwellaudio.com/plugins/bitter

DSOAL ~ DirectSound DLL Replacement

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This project is for a DirectSound DLL replacement. It implements the DirectSound interfaces by translating the calls to OpenAL, and fools applications into thinking there is a hardware accelerated sound device. EAX is also implemented (up to version 4) by using OpenAL’s EAX extension, allowing for environmental reverb with sound obstruction and occlusion effects.

Effectively, this allows DirectSound applications to enable their DirectSound3D acceleration path, and turn on EAX. The actual processing is being done by OpenAL with no hardware acceleration requirement, allowing it to work on systems where audio acceleration is not otherwise available.

Or more succinctly: it enables DirectSound3D surround sound and EAX for systems without the requisite hardware.

github.com/kcat/dsoal
github.com/WinterSnowfall/dsoal

OpenMusic ~ Music Composition Language

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OpenMusic (OM) is a visual programming language based on Common Lisp. Visual programs are created by assembling and connecting icons representing functions and data structures. Most programming and operations are performed by dragging an icon from a particular place and dropping it to an other place. Built-in visual control structures (e.g. loops) are provided, that interface with Lisp ones. Existing CommonLisp/CLOS code can easily be used in OM, and new code can be developed in a visual way.

OM may be used as a general purpose functional/object/visual programming language. At a more specialized level, a set of provided classes and libraries make it a very convenient environment for music composition. Above the OpenMusic kernel, live the OpenMusic Projects. A project is a specialized set of classes and methods written in Lisp, accessible and visualisable in the OM environment. Various classes implementing musical data / behaviour are provided. They are associated with graphical editors and may be extended by the user to meet specific needs. Different representations of a musical process are handled, among which common notation, midi piano-roll, sound signal. High level in-time organisation of the music material is proposed through the concept of “maquette”.

openmusic interface

openmusic-project.github.io
openmusic-project.github.io/openmusic
github.com/openmusic-project
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenMusic

OM-SoX

OM-SoX is a library for multichannel audio manipulation and functional batch processing for OpenMusic, a visual programming environment based on CommonLisp / CLOS.

sourceforge.net/projects/omsox

Sequencer64 ~ Live MIDI Looper

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Sequencer64 is a live MIDI looper with a song-creation layout window. Sequencer64 is a reboot of seq24, extending it greatly over the last six years. The heart of seq24 remains intact. It is an old friend with a whole lot of added equipment. It has an extensive manual and Windows installers. Sequencer64 has build options for ALSA, PortMidi, JACK, Gtkmm 2.4, Qt 5, Windows, and a command-line/daemon.

github.com/ahlstromcj/sequencer64

MIDITONES ~ MIDI To Simple Bitstream Conversion

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MIDITONES: Convert a MIDI file into a simple bytestream of notes.

MIDITONES compiles a MIDI music file into a much simplified compact time-ordered stream of commands, so that the music can easily be played on a small microcontroller-based synthesizer that has only simple tone generators. This is on github at www.github.com/LenShustek/miditones.

Volume ("velocity") and instrument information in the MIDI file can either be discarded or kept. All the tracks are processed and merged into a single time-ordered stream of "note on", "note off", "change instrument" and "delay" commands.

MIDITONES was written for the "Playtune" series of Arduino and Teensy microcontroller software synthesizers.

Glimpse ~ Free, Fast & Extensible Player

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The free, fast and extensible music player.

glimpseaudio.co.uk
github.com/aquagoose/Glimpse

Amethyst ~ Audio Player Made With Typescript

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Amethyst is an cross-platform audio player with a node-based audio routing system, the main goal of this project is to make a music player in TypeScript to see how far the language can be stretched to prove it’s possible to provide pro-level features as most DAWs / DAEs, while also providing useful tools and customizability to the end-user.

amethyst.geoxor.moe
github.com/Geoxor/Amethyst

BloomeeTunes ~ Opensource Ad Free & Multisource Music Player

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Bloomee🌸 is my Flutter project, An Open-Source Music app designed to bring you Ad-free tunes from various sources. Dive into a world of limitless music from platforms like YouTube and Jio Savan, with more sources blooming soon! 🌼🎵

Why Bloomee?
🌟 Ad-Free Experience: Say goodbye to interruptions and enjoy uninterrupted musical bliss.

🌍 Multi-Source Player: Access your favorite tracks from diverse platforms, with more sources continually joining our melody garden.

🚀 Flutter-Powered Learning: Bloomee is not just about music; it’s about learning and growing with Flutter and BLoC architecture. Explore the intersection of beautiful design and smooth functionality while mastering the art of app development.

Features:

  • 🎵 Offline Music Experience
  • 🚫 Ad-Free Music
  • 📉 Minimal Data Usage
  • 🎤 Time Synced Lyrics
  • 💾 Space Efficient
  • 🏃 Lightweight App
  • 🎧 Personalized Playlist Creation and Sharing
  • 🔓 Open Source
  • ⏲️ Sleep Timer
  • 🌐 Daily Updated Global Charts
  • 🖥️ Support for Windows

sourceforge.net/projects/bloomee
github.com/HemantKArya/BloomeeTunes

waves ~ Terminal Audio Player

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Terminal music player with library browser, persistent queue, and MP3/FLAC playback. Built with Go and Bubble Tea.

Features:

  • Library Browser: Browse music by Artist > Album > Track hierarchy
  • File Browser: Navigate filesystem to find music files
  • Playlists: Create, organize, and manage playlists with folder hierarchy
  • Playing Queue: Persistent queue with multi-selection and reordering
  • Audio Playback: MP3 and FLAC support with seeking
  • Trigram Search: Fast fuzzy search across library, files, and playlists
  • Mouse Support: Click to navigate, select tracks, and control playback
  • State Persistence: Queue and navigation saved between sessions

github.com/llehouerou/waves