Category Archives: Linux

Audioware For Linux

SimpleTAG ~ Massive Audio File Tagger

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SimpleTag is a cross-platform desktop tool, which allows to update the labels of all your music before incorporating it into a musical library or cloud service.

Nowadays, the amount of music we have in our equipment is large, it is no longer possible to manage with the traditional system of filenames and directories. The most convenient way is to use the concept of libraries that handle the big market music players: iTunes, Amarok, Windows Media Player, Google Music, … etc.

The labels of music files contains all the information on artist, album, genre, title, lyrics … etc, associated with a song. This information is used by music players to manage their libraries. A good labeling enhances the user experience.

Do you want your music in the cloud? Then before, you have to check the tag information is correct before incorporating. If you do not, you will be unable to locate many of your songs.

Features:

  • Complete file information from audio fingerprint (AcoustID database). This uses the service provided by AcoustId (http://acoustid.org). One colors simple system gives you information about your search results
  • Locate the covers of your songs by the artist/album the song. The location of the cover image, uses Google image services. It also incorporates images that are in the directory you’re processing, treating them as potential cover images.
  • Allows mass renaming music files on disk, based on the tag information. If in addition to either your tagged songs, you want the file names follow a pattern that identifies them, you can use this feature.
  • Supports MP3, Ogg/Vorbis formats
  • Mass-tagging of multiple files
  • Auto enumerate the selected songs. In many cases, the songs do not have track numbers. With this feature, you can set the sequence numbers for all the songs on an album.

simpletag

sourceforge.net/projects/simpletag

Protoplug ~ Scriptable Audio Plugins

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Create audio plugins on-the-fly with LuaJIT.

Protoplug is a VST/AU plugin that lets you load and edit Lua scripts as audio effects and instruments. The scripts can process audio and MIDI, display their own interface, and use external libraries. Transform any music software into a live coding environment!

Cross-platform: builds for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. This means that all protoplug scripts are compatible with these platforms and can be loaded into a huge amount of audio software (glory to JUCE).

Fast: Use the speed of LuaJIT, and perform DSP tasks as efficiently as old school C implementations.

Free and open source: Want a new feature? Add it yourself. The source is MIT-licensed and available on Github.

protoplug_example_5-6

www.osar.fr/protoplug
github.com/pac-dev/protoplug

Nootka ~ Learn Classical Score Notation

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Nootka is an application to help learn classical score notation. It helps in understanding the rules of reading and writing scores and helps with developing skills of playing and singing notes.

Simply: users looks at piece of a score, plays it, while Nootka is listening to it, checks and shows was it played well. All in real time.

Features:

  • interactive interface to discover the rules of musical notation
  • exercises with possibility to create own sets
  • accurate method for detecting sung and played sounds
  • natural sound of guitars
  • clefs (treble, bass and others) and grand staff
  • analysis of results
  • different kinds of guitars and their tuning
Nootka

nootka.sourceforge.io
sourceforge.net/projects/nootka

Helm ~ Open Source Synthesizer

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Helm runs in GNU/Linux, Mac OSX and Windows. Run Helm as a standalone synthesizer or as an LV2, VST, VST3 or AU plugin. Comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
helm_screenshot

tytel.org/helm

INFAMOUS Plugins ~ Linux LV2 Audio Plugins

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These are audio plugins in the LV2 format, developed for Linux. Most are suitable for live use (exceptions are noted in the description).

  1. Cellular Automaton Synth
  2. Envelope Follower
  3. Hip2B
  4. Cheap Distortion
  5. Stuck

github.com/ssj71/infamousPlugins
ssj71.github.io/infamousPlugins/plugs

GNUitar ~ Multiplatform Guitar Effects

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GNUitar is guitar effects software that allows you to use your PC as a guitar processor. It includes the following effects: wah-wah, sustain, distortion, reverberator, echo, delay, tremolo, vibrato, and a chorus / flanger.

sourceforge.net/projects/gnuitar

PyKaraoke ~ Cross-platform Karaoke Player

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PyKaraoke is a free karaoke player for Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Windows, OSX and GP2X.

You can use this program to play your collection of CDG, MIDI and MPEG karaoke songs. No songs are provided, you must obtain these from elsewhere.

Visit here to find out more about what a CDG or MP3+G file is. In short, CDG is the format of professional karaoke CDs. These CDs can be ripped to your hard disk, and turned into a .mp3 file together with a .cdg file. This player gives you the ability to play those mp3+cdg files.

PyKaraoke Features:

  • CDG (MP3+G, OGG+G, WAV+G) playback – Play standard CDG karaoke files
  • MIDI (.MID/.KAR) playback – Play MIDI format karaoke files
  • MPEG playback – Play karaoke songs and movies in MPEG format
  • Other formats – Play any other video formats by launching an external media player
  • Playlist – Queue up songs, sit back and enjoy
  • Searchable song database – Easily find your songs from the main screen
  • Search inside ZIP files – Play MP3+G/MIDI files wrapped in ZIP files
  • Cross-platform – Runs on Windows, Linux, BSD, OSX and GP2X
  • Mini Frontend – Additional mini-frontend for low res displays and handhelds
  • Export to MPEG – Convert CDG and KAR files to MPG files (command line only)

www.kibosh.org/pykaraoke
sourceforge.net/projects/pykaraoke

Common Music ~ Algorithmic Music Composition

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Common Music (CM) is a real-time music composition system implemented in JUCE/C++ and Scheme. It generates musical output via MIDI, OSC, CLM, FOMUS and CSOUND. Its user application is called GRACE (Graphical Real-time Algorithmic Composition Environment)

Features:

  • Algorithmic music composition environment
  • Runs on Mac, Windows and Linux
  • Real time scheduling of musical algorithms
  • Two coding languages for designing algorithms: S7 Scheme and SAL (an easy-to-learn alternate)
  • MIDI input/output
  • CLM/Sndlib audio system built in (Scottstaedt)
  • CCRMA digital audio instrument definitions built in (Scottstaedt)
  • Open Sound Control input/output
  • Metronomes and running algorithm redefinition for live coding
  • Data visualization
  • Music pattern definitions
  • Fomus system built in for computing music notations (Psenicka)

commonmusic.sourceforge.net
sourceforge.net/projects/commonmusic

PianoBooster ~ Boost Your Playing Skills

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A MIDI file player that teaches you how to play the piano. PianoBooster is a fun way of playing along with a musical accompaniment and at the same time learning the basics of reading musical notation.

Features:

  • Piano Booster follows your playing when playing along to a musical accompaniment. (If you stop then so does the music).
  • Play a single hand and Piano Booster will play the other hand in time with you (and will also play the violins, the bass, the drums etc. in time with you).
  • Change the speed of playback to match your playing ability.
  • Transpose +/- 12 semitones without stopping the play back.
  • Change the Key Signature of the piece.
  • Plays any standard midi or kar file.
  • Play along to any instrument in the midi file.
  • Adjust the volume of the current part or the volume your piano part.
  • See the accuracy of you playing.
  • Change the start bar to start playing from any bar in the music. The repeat bars allows you to practice just a few difficult bars continuously.
  • Timing markers are white crosses that are drawn over each note and show if you are playing ahead or behind the beat.
  • A different instrument sound is used for the right and wrong notes that you play.
pianobooster

pianobooster.sourceforge.net
sourceforge.net/projects/pianobooster

WineASIO ~ ASIO To JACK Driver For WINE

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WineASIO provides an ASIO to JACK driver for WINE. ASIO is the most common Windows low-latency drivers, so it is commonly used in audio workstation programs.

github.com/jhernberg/wineasio
sourceforge.net/projects/wineasio

Sound Juicer ~ Gnome Audio CD Extractor

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Sound Juicer is a CD ripping tool using GTK+ and GStreamer.

soundjuicer

wiki.gnome.org/Apps/SoundJuicer

ripperX ~ Lightweight Unix Ripper

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RipperX is a GTK program to rip CD audio tracks and encode them to the Ogg, MP3, or FLAC formats. It’s goal is to be easy to use, requiring only a few mouse clicks to convert an entire album. It supports CDDB lookups for album and track information.

sourceforge.net/projects/ripperx