With these tools one can get information about (via mkvinfo) Matroska files, extract tracks/data from (via mkvextract) Matroska files and create (via mkvmerge) Matroska files from other media files. Matroska is a new multimedia file format aiming to become THE new container format for the future. You can find more information about it and its underlying technology, the Extensible Binary Meta Language (EBML), at www.matroska.org
Category Archives: Mac
GarageBand ~ MacOS / IOS DAW
Looking for a great Apple IOS Digital Audio Workstatation? Get Garageband!
www.apple.com/lae/mac/garageband
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GBand ~ Band-Pass Filter
Free VST audio effect plug-in download for music production, broadcasting and general audio editing.
- Set lower and upper cut-off frequencies.
- Create filter sweeps by automating the cut-off frequencies.
- Add resonant boosts at the selected frequencies to accentuate sweeps.
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BeepComp ~ Create Chiptunes
BeepComp is an app that helps you create nice chiptunes.
Write text… compose beep music!
Features:
- Text editor
- Easy MML-inspired syntax
- 9 music and 1 drum channels
- Effects (delay, LFO, envelope etc.)
- Export to mp3, wav, ogg files
- Coping + pasting to/from outside text
- Waveform selection (sine, square, sawtooth, triangle etc.)
hiromorozumi.com/beepcomp
sourceforge.net/projects/beepcomp
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GSnap ~ Pitch Correction Auto-tune Effect
Pitch-correction auto-tune effect – free VST audio effect plug-in download for music production, broadcasting and general audio editing.
- Use with subtle settings to nudge off-key vocals back in line.
- Extreme settings can create sounds like the famous T-Pain or Cher effect.
- MIDI control mode allows you to fit a recording to a new melody.
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shelfelf ~ Web Player Frontend & Remote
The shelfelf is a web frontend to send commands to your music player (iTunes, mpd, squeezebox, xmms2,…). The shelfelf works with all tested browsers (except for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Amiga’s AWeb and lynx), but the interface is designed for tablets (with a browser running in full screen mode) like Apple’s iPad. Linux (or Mac OS X) with Apache webserver, MySQL database and the ability to send commands to your stereo equipment is required.
Features:
- elf at the shelf
- coverflow
- full text search
- record stack
- communication with other shelfelves
sourceforge.net/projects/shelfelf
shelfelf.vaubeh.de
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RPM ~ Turntable Accuracy Checker
RPM – The Turntable Accuracy Checker Now with the World RPM Turntable Database
Test the rpm accuracy of your turntable, whether 16, 33, 45, or 78.
RPM uses the gyroscope in your iPhone to determine the rotation speed of your turntable, automatically determines which speed setting you’re on and reports how accurate it is.
Simply place your iPhone on your turntable, directly over the centre spindle is recommended but close to the centre will still give good results. As the iPhone rotates the display will remain stationary from your perspective for easy reading.
The best, and UNIQUE, thing about RPM is it also shows a scrolling graph of the rpm accuracy variation over time, this shows wow/flutter effects, especially those associated with the turntable not being level, belt wear, etc.
You can even detect the small drag caused by the stylus resting in the grooves of the record.
While other utilities may well show you the average rpm over many revolutions, RPM shows you how the speed is varying within a single revolution, wow/flutter can sound worse to your ears than simply being slightly fast or slow. If you can’t identify and measure it you can’t fix it.
Submit your own turntable readings to the World RPM Performance Database, see how turntable makes and models compare with submissions from around the world. RPM will become the ultimate resource of TT performance out there, a truly crowdsourced turntable database.
apps.apple.com/us/app/rpm-turntable-speed-accuracy/id1030889902
http://rpmapp.info/
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Wave Agent ~ Freeware Audio Workstation
Designed for Production Sound Mixers and Post Production Editors, Wave Agent provides a comprehensive and indispensable range of tools for preparing audio files for problem-free passage through complex production workflows. Available for Mac and Windows.
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Rathole Media Archiver ~ Lossless Compression Utility
EdgeSounds’ RatHole (former GenieSys RatHole) is a free unique nondestructive universal compression utility. Its function is based on a principle of self-training neural networks. EdgeSounds RatHole was especially designed for nondestructive compression of any files containing audio data in PCM 8/16/24 bit or IEEE_FLOAT 32 bit format.
A new EdgeSounds compression algorithm makes it possible to efficiently reduce the size of packed audio data and later unpack exactly same bits, with no difference to the original data. The compression algorithm compresses audio data, considering the bit depth of the digital data contained in the audio file (8/16/24/32 bit). The algorithm is proven to be equally effective on compressing the following file types:
- Audio files WAV, AU, AIFF, SND;
- Ensoniq Paris PAS;
- Sample sound banks such as:
- AVM Apex bank file APEX
- Aureal sound bank ARL
- Creative Labs/E-mu System SoundFont banks format 1&2.x SBK, SF2;
- Downloadable sounds level 1&2 DLS;
- Ensoniq EPS Files EFE, Ensoniq Instruments family files INS, Ensoniq Disk Image GKH;
- Gravis Ultrasound /Forte Patch PAT;
- Kurzweil 2000-2600 files KRZ;
- Nemesys/Tascam GIG;
- Seer Systems Reality banks SEERBANKSET;
- Turtle Beach WaveFront Bank WFB;
- Virtual Sampler bank VSB;
- Multi-track audio data as Cakewalk/Sonar BUN, CWB;
- Impulse Tracker instrument ITI, Fast Tracker 2 instrument XI;
- any other formats containing audio data
The compression ratio of the algorithm depends on the size of audio data, the balance between the tone and noise component, bit depth and other factors, and usually varies from 36% to 78% or even more, with an average of 48-56%. The higher is the bit depth and the fidelity of audio data, the better is the compression ratio.
The RatHole can be successfully used as a common archiving utility for any other file types as well.
www.edgesounds.com/Products/Software/RatHole
www.rarewares.org/others.php#edgesounds-rathole
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DIN Is Noise ~ Synth Of A 3rd Kind
It forgets history, To not repeat it.
It doesn’t hide analog music hardware, In digital music software.
You had pulse, sine, triangle and sawtooth, And went forth and made electronic music.
Now there is just the Bezier curve. Go make your pulse, sine, triangle and sawtooths. Or this, this, this and this.
TOPLAP Nick thinks this is nothing new, His old men did it in the 60s, Punching numbers into cards. Now you edit waveforms with a GUI, And watch the sound change before your ears.
Has it got ADSR? It’s got DADSARSADS.
Filters? No because Additive not Subtractive.
Modulation? Bezier on Carrier and Modulator. Wolf that Chowning.
Notes? Yes + Infinite microtones in between.
Input? MIDI Keyboard. Computer keyboard.
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CueMaster ~ Cue Sheet Generator
This program allows you to find the CD on FreeDB.org and convert it straight into a cue sheet that can be used by musiCutter, CDRWIN or mp3cue. If FreeDB doesn’t have track data for the CD, you can try the unique MP3 scanning feature. It will automatically search through a large MP3 file to find split-points and uses them to recreate a new cue sheet. If possible, it can even extract cue sheets embedded in ID3v2 tags.
You can save the cue sheet to a .cue file or a .xmcd file. You can use musiCutter to split the mp3 file into multiple parts using the .cue file, or Brrrn to burn a CD with correct track-markers. CueMaster can also export the tracklist to a .xml, .html, .csv or .text file. And it can write the cue sheet to an ID3v2-tag inside an mp3 file’s (like mp3cue does).
But it has more: you can use it as a full-featured cue sheet editor. Create a new cue sheet from scratch by adding tracks. Cut, copy, paste, delete and move tracks and edit the titles and durations.
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AudioRanger ~ Automated Tagging & Organizer
AudioRanger is a powerful and versatile music tagger designed to automatically identify and organize your digital music collection. Runs on Windows and Mac. Feature-rich free version available. (Has limits)
musicbrainz.org/doc/AudioRanger
wiki.musicbrainz.org/AudioRanger
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