Category Archives: PC

Personal Computer Audioware

Adcd ~ Unix CLI CD Player

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Adcd is a CD player for GNU/Linux with a ncurses (text mode) interface.

Adcd can play all the tracks from a disc in order (linear mode), or in the order specified by the user (playlist mode), and includes all the functions expected in a stand-alone cd player, including random play and loop mode.

Adcd also features a non-interactive mode for those who want to play their CDs while using the console for something else.

Most probably the CD drive needs to be connected to the audio card through an analog audio cable for adcd to be able to play the CD. You may also need a mixer program like rexima or aumix to activate the audio card.

www.nongnu.org/adcd/

repitch ~ MIDI Pitch Shift

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A MIDI-controlled harmonizer audio plugin.

github.com/maxwellpollack/repitch

AGS ~ Advanced Gtk+ Sequencer

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Advanced GTK+ Sequencer is intended to use for music composition. It features a piano roll, as well a synth, matrix editor, drum machine, soundfont2 player, mixer and an output panel.

It’s designed to be highly configurable, you may add effects to its effect chain, add or remove audio channels/pads.

You may set up a fully functional network of engines, therefore exists a link editor for linking audio lines.

In conjunction with AGS you need a realtime kernel and alsa support. `ags` uses conditional locks to keep several threads in sync that’s why you need at least a preemptible kernel.

Features:

  • save or open Advanced Gtk+ Sequencer XML files with XPath support
  • add or remove audio engines with adjustable audio channels and pads
  • link channels with property dialog
  • output panel, mixer, drum and matrix sequencer, soft synth and audio file player
  • piano roll with basic notation editing supporting copy & paste
  • adjustable BPM
  • LADSPA, DSSI and Lv2 support
  • export to WAV, FLAC, OGG and others
  • multiple sinks like Pulseaudio, JACK, ALSA and OSS
  • automation editor
  • waveform editor with copy & paste
  • capture sound with AgsAudiorec machine
  • MIDI instrument input
  • import/export to Standard MIDI Files
  • OSC content format support
  • OSC server for remote control and monitoring

nongnu.org/gsequencer/

sourceforge.net/projects/ags/

KXStudio ~ Cross-platform Audio Production

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KXStudio is a collection of applications and plugins for Linux, Mac and Windows audio production. KXStudio also provides Debian and Ubuntu compatible repositories.

https://kx.studio/

Kwave ~ KDE Audio Editor

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Kwave is a sound editor for the KDE environment. It is written with KDE/QT and is extendable through a powerful plugin interface. For the moment it supports .wav files and many other formats, recording/playback via PulseAudio, Qt Multimedia, OSS and ALSA and some simple effects.

Features:
  • user interface based on KDE Frameworks 5
  • editing of multi track sound files
  • playback via ALSA, OSS, Phonon, PulseAudio
  • recording via ALSA
  • supported file formats: WAV audio, Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, AIFF,Amiga,Mac-Audio, ULAW (Sun)-Audio, Berkeley,IRCAM,Carl Sound Format, MP3-Audio
  • volume control
  • sample rate conversion
  • pitch shift
  • reverse
  • low pass, notch filter
  • normalizing

kwave.sourceforge.net/

sourceforge.net/projects/kwave/

SeekMIDI ~ Graphical Multi-channel MIDI Sequencer

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SeekMIDI is a simple multi-channel MIDI sequencer for quick song creation.

oldtechaa.github.io/SeekMIDI/

github.com/oldtechaa/SeekMIDI

Ample Bass P Lite ~ Fender Bass Plugin

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Ample Bass P Lite aims to bring the Fender Precision Bass sound to your studio.

www.amplesound.net/en/pro-pd.asp?id=19

Ample Guitar M Lite ~ Martin D-41 Plugin

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Ample Guitar M Lite aims to bring a Martin D-41 Acoustic Guitar sound to your studio.

www.amplesound.net/en/pro-pd.asp?id=7

Cloudrum ~ Steel Tongue Drum Plugin

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Cloudrum is a unique and relaxing Steel Tongue Drum with a range of 3 octaves. It produces wonderful tones, add color and a unique moderation to your music no matter the genre.

cloudrum interface

www.amplesound.net/en/pro-pd.asp?id=27

Tomita ~ python-tomita Synthesizer

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tomita is a command-line music and synthesizer package based on PySynth.

github.com/g4brielvs/python-tomita

PySynth ~ Python Synthesizers & Scripts

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PySynth is a suite of simple music synthesizers and helper scripts written in Python 3. It is based on a synth script I found on the Web and then modified for my purposes. The goal is not to produce many different sounds, but to have scripts that can turn ABC notation or MIDI files into a WAV file without too much tinkering.

There are nine PySynth variants now: PySynth A, the oldest variant, only needs Python itself, and sounds somewhat like a cross between a flute and organ. PySynth B is more complex in sound and needs NumPy. It is supposed to be a little closer to a piano. No competition for Pianoteq of course, but a reasonable fit for keyboard music. PySynth E is similar, but an FM-synthesized e-piano so it sounds much brighter than B (slightly DX7 e-piano-like; I used the DX7 presets in hexter as a basis). PySynth S is more comparable to a guitar, banjo, or harpsichord, depending on note length and pitch. PySynth C, D, and P are subtractive synths, reminiscent of 1970s analog synthesizer voices.

The synthesizers are all monophonic, i.e. they can only play one note at a time. (Although successive notes can overlap in PySynth B and S, but not A.) However, two or more output files can be mixed together…

mdoege.github.io/PySynth/

github.com/g4brielvs/python-tomita

libraries.io/pypi/PySynth

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PySynth

AudiQ ~ Format mp3 File Names & Tags

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All the mp3 files of the music albums that you can download have different name formats or the information tags are empty. AudiQ is a very easy to use application that allows you to format the mp3 file names the way you decide. This application also fills the ID3 tags with the information of each song from the filename. Normalize your audio library.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/audiq/