MP3Gain Express is a port of MP3Gain and AACGain to macOS. It allows you to analyze or apply volume gain to a list of MP3 or AAC files. Anyone who has used the Windows UI for MP3Gain should find this one familiar, as it was designed to look similar to that version.
It’s easy to use. Simply select the files you want to increase or decrease the volume of, enter the desired loudness, and click Apply Gain to update your files.
projects.sappharad.com/mp3gain
github.com/Sappharad/mp3gainOSX
Real-time spatial / object-based audio rendering engine (VBAP + binaural) for multichannel and 3D audio — speakers or headphones.
Omniphony decodes object-based audio, works out where every sound should come from, and drives your real speakers with VBAP — live, with a 3D scene showing each object move and everything streamed over OSC. Nothing’s a black box: formats load as runtime bridges, and the part that decides which speaker gets what is a backend you can rewrite in a single file.
- Write your own panner in one file — it shows up in the UI on its own.
- No formats baked in — decoders load at runtime as bridges.
- PipeWire on Linux, ASIO on Windows, or raw float straight to a file or pipe.
omniphony.mgth.fr
github.com/mgth/Omniphony
mpv with the ad_orender Spatial decoder — Spatial object rendering via liborender (Omniphony)
References:
Resources:
aur.archlinux.org/packages/orender
github.com/harletty/harletty-bridge/tree/main
A macOS menu bar utility that plays the same audio through any number of output devices at once.
macOS gives you a volume slider, a device list, and a tiny speaker glyph — and that’s it. You can’t play to two speakers at once, can’t set a different volume per app, can’t EQ one app without touching the rest. Tutti is the control center that fills the gap: one panel for every output, every app, and every level — riding Apple’s own audio frameworks, with nothing installed into your system.
Record, jam, and capture your creativity whenever and wherever it strikes. Packed with authentic Fender tones, Fender Studio is fast, fun, and free for guitar players and music creators of all types.
fender.com/pages/fender-studio-app
MP3Gain Express is a port of MP3Gain and AACGain to macOS and OSX. It allows you to analyze or apply volume gain to a list of MP3 or AAC files. Anyone who has used the Windows UI for MP3Gain should find this one familiar, as it was designed to look similar to that version.
projects.sappharad.com/mp3gain
OSX Version
github.com/Sappharad/mp3gainOSX
A modern mp3gain / aacgain replacement written in Rust. A native GUI application (mp3rgui) is available for users who prefer a graphical interface.
mp3rgain adjusts MP3 and AAC volume without re-encoding by modifying the global_gain field in each frame. This preserves audio quality while achieving permanent volume changes.
github.com/M-Igashi/mp3rgain
crates.io/crates/mp3rgain
hydrogenaudio.org/index.php/topic,129648.0
github.com/dgilman/aacgain
mp3gain.sourceforge.net
Control the volume of every app independently, boost quiet ones up to 4x, route audio to different speakers, and shape your sound with EQ and headphone correction. Lives in your menu bar. Free and open-source.
github.com/ronitsingh10/FineTune
gPodder is a simple, open source podcast client.
In development since 2005 with a proven, mature codebase.
gpodder.github.io
github.com/gpodder/gpodder
www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3093354
The 90s and early 00s were an era of personal computing, self-expression, rapid technical expansion, the web. We were barreling forward at the speed of innovation and culture, and for a brief period, the utopia of new media and self-expression were fueled by the imagination. And then… it stopped. Hotline, KaZaa, Lime Wire, Napster, Tumblr, ICQ, AOL Messenger, IRC, Usenet, Winamp… remember WinRAR? All became irrelevant really quickly, either due to legal restrictions or gutting of communities and platforms. Many artists have reflected on this, but I feel at this moment in time we’re seeing that passion creep back through the cracks of the corporate chokehold on open web.
Light Crime aims to create modern software with a cozier personal computing approach. Spotify is great. Apple Music is meh but no ICE ads, and yet… they still separate you from your media and personal space. All the tools and technologies still exist, sitting dormant, but maybe people have moved on, or recessed to small corners of the web.
When I started coding it was with BASIC and Visual Basic 3. What a joy! But now, with the advent of paired programming with tools like Claude Caude, I don’t have to worry about the labor intensive time suck of building something that cuts against the grain of modern technology. What I would have said “eh who is going to use that?” is replaced with “Who cares, I can spend an afternoon and be done with it.” So I’m going through my backlog of software and art work I want to see in the world. And am no longer stuck in the mind trap of wondering how it fits into the current culture of social media and people’s relationship to software.
ahem … Anyways, I think curating your music on your computer is fun. Making playlists is fun. And generally, just enjoying your computer rather than a terminal to SaSS platforms is refreshing in 2026. Enjoy. – chris
github.com/chrisallick/light-crime-audio-player
A Compact Disc Digital Audio player simulator for macOS
Delivering an authentic playback of CD rips from Cue Sheet (.cue) files and their paired audio files.
GSonic Reference is a high-quality speaker and room correction tool that generates precision FIR correction filters from in-room measurements. It combines spatial measurement averaging with advanced filter generation to deliver studio-grade correction for any stereo listening environment.
github.com/ObsessiveCompulsiveAudiophile/GSonic
hydrogenaudio.org/index.php/topic,129351.0
Pear Desktop is an Electron-based desktop client for YouTube Music designed for Windows, Linux and macOS. The project keeps the standard YouTube Music interface while adding desktop integration, plugins, themes and additional playback features.
The application is open source and distributed under the MIT license.
Pear Desktop loads the standard YouTube Music web interface inside a desktop application window and extends it through plugins and Electron desktop integration. It is not a standalone music service and still requires a YouTube Music or Google account for normal use.
Because Pear Desktop uses Electron, memory and CPU usage are generally higher than lightweight native audio players such as foobar2000 or AIMP. The project is intended primarily as a feature-enhanced desktop frontend for streaming music from YouTube Music rather than as a traditional local-library music player.
github.com/pear-devs/pear-desktop
