Category Archives: PC

Personal Computer Audioware

NoiseGator ~ Simple Noise Gate

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Ever wanted to cut out background noise when talking with others on Skype? Now it’s possible!

NoiseGator is a light-weight noise gate application that routes audio through an audio input to an audio output. In real-time the audio level is analysed and if the average level is higher than the threshold the audio bypasses as normal. However, if the average level goes below the threshold, the gate closes and the audio is cut.

When used with a virtual audio cable it can act as a noise gate for a either a sound input(microphone) or sound output(speakers). Can also be used to gate noise from your own mic or play your microphone through your speakers.

REQUIREMENTS:
– Java 7 or higher for Windows.
– Java 6 or higher for Mac. Java 7 recommended.
– A virtual audio cable is required for use with VOIPs:

For Windows users I recommend the VB-Cable driver (http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Cable/index.htm).
Mac users can use SoundFlower.

Features:
  • Noise Gate for audio input to output.
  • Cuts out background noises when nobody is speaking on VOIPs like Skype.
  • Noise Gate your microphone to kill background noise and hiss.
  • Can be used to feed your microphone through your speakers.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/noisegator/

MyOwnPlayer ~ Organizer, Player & Tagger

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This is a very simple application to organize your files.

MoP does not use a database. It focuses on the files. The aim is to quickly and easily clean up your MP3 tags and filenames but, more important, to find the covers that are missing.

Where other softwares uses the “Album” to retrieve a cover, MoP uses the Artist AND the Title. So when you have huges collections of singles or compilations, you are able to find the covers for that song only.
Of course, it can search for albums covers as well.

MoP as a built in RegEx engine that will allow you to extract the missing tags based on the file name. You will also be able to rename your misformed MP3 files based on the tags according to any pattern you provide.

MoP will always be improved ….. As it will be my main application to manage and edit my huge MP3 collection. I will be more than happy to receive critics, suggestions and demands to make it evolve 🙂

Features:
  • Organize music media files
  • Edit main tags (Artist, Title, Album, Genre, Cover)
  • Search Covers ON-LINE based on the artist and title, NOT ONLY on albums
  • Plays Media file (obviously)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/myownplayer/

Spitfire Labs ~ Series Of Virtual Instruments

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An infinite series of free software instruments, made by musicians and sampling experts in London, for anyone, anywhere. Presented in our own plug-in, they are easy to use, and compatible with any DAW. And in case you missed it — they’re all free.

https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/

AudioStation ~ Old School Player

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With AudioStation you can easily listen to the most common music files like mp3 and wav etc. Just click on the music file and AudioStation will automatically start playing your favorite music.

Features:

  • With original Creative Labs™ sample files (reggae.mid, jaz.mid, etc.)
  • Support for multiple playlists (wpl, pls, m3u, etc.)
  • Track repeat and random shuffle functions
  • Supporting languages: English & Dutch
  • Plays all common audio files like mp3, wav, mid, etc.
  • Midi Player, Wav Player, Mp3 Player & CD Player
  • Also support for cda, m4a, ra, rm, act, caf, wsaud, w64, ogg, amo, voc
  • With Floppy, Tape and CD-ROM animations
  • Working mixing sliders
  • With audio record function
  • With audio capture function to record speaker sound
  • Support for Commodore64 sound files (sid)
Audiostation mp3 interface

www.audiostation.org
github.com/Sibra-Soft/audiostation
sourceforge.net/projects/audio-rack-media-player

cyanrip ~ Accurate & Secure Ripper

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Fully featured CD ripping program able to take out most of the tedium. Fully accurate, has advanced features most rippers don’t, yet has no bloat and is cross-platform.

Features:

github.com/cyanreg/cyanrip

QmidiNet ~ MIDI Network Gateway

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QmidiNet is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA Sequencer and/or JACK MIDI) over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI for Windows.

qmidinet.sourceforge.io

QmidiCtl ~ MIDI Remote Controller

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QmidiCtl is a MIDI remote controller application that sends MIDI data over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI for Windows.

qmidictl.sourceforge.io

AUDMES ~ Oscilloscope & Spectrum Analyzer

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AUDio MEasurement System – multi-platfrom system for audio measurement through a PC sound card. Incorporates generator, oscilloscope, audio spectrum analyzer (FFT) and frequency sweep characteristic. Can be compiled and works under Linux, Windows and MacOS.

Features:
  • Display audio spectrum (FFT)
  • Show wave form
  • Generate tones
  • Only requires a sound card
  • Uses WxWidgets
  • Source code available

sourceforge.net/projects/audmes

Resources:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_analyzer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscilloscope

Tuniac ~ iTunes Styled Windows Player

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Tuniac is an iTunes style media player / manager for Windows, with an advanced playlist editor, search as you type and queue support.

Features:

  • Search as you type
  • Advanced queueing
  • Supports many audio formats
  • OpenGL Sonique Visual Plugin renderer
  • Small cpu and memory footprint

Supports:

  • MPEG-1 Audio (mp3, mp2, mp1)
  • FLAC (flac, fla, oga, ogg)
  • Advanced Audio Coding (aac, m4a, m4b, mp4)
  • Apple Lossless Audio Codec aka ALAC (m4a)
  • Windows Media Audio (wma)
  • Vorbis (ogg)
  • Opus (opus)
  • WavPack (wv)
  • TAK Audio (tak)
  • TrueAudio (tta)
  • Monkeys Audio (ape, mac)
  • Musepack (mpc, mp+, mpp)
  • OptimFrog (ofr, ofs)
  • Shorten (shn)
  • Dolby Digital (ac3)
  • DSD (dff, dfs)
  • PCM (wav, aif)
  • CD Audio (cda)
  • Speex (spx)
  • MOD Formats (mod, mo3, xm, it, s3m, mtm)
  • Game Audio Formats (adx, umx)
  • MIDI (mid)
  • radio streaming of most the above formats.

Polymeter ~ Compose Polymeter Based Music

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Polymeter is a MIDI sequencer for music that’s in multiple prime meters (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, etc.) simultaneously. Each track has its own loop length, and when the lengths differ, the tracks “slip” (or shift phase) relative to each other. The resulting interference pattern is sufficiently intricate that variations similar to the embellishments of a live performer can be generated algorithmically.

Features:

  • Multitrack step sequencer for polymeter
  • Each track has its own loop length
  • Any number of tracks, of any length
  • Full clipboard support (copy/cut/paste)
  • Unlimited undo and redo for all edits
  • Multiple tracks can be edited at once
  • Optionally shows current position within each track
  • Drag reordering of tracks
  • Exports a MIDI file
  • Join adjacent steps to make tied notes
  • Velocity editing
  • Controller tracks
  • Recording of live arrangement
  • Editing of arrangement on timeline
  • Inter-track modulation of mute, note, velocity, duration, position, and more
  • Live performance view with full screen mode
  • Recursive modulation (modulation of modulation) for mute and position
  • Modulation graphing via Graphviz
  • MIDI mapping of all parameters with learn mode
  • Optionally transmits MIDI clock

TspCheck ~ Loudspeaker Thiele / Small Paramaters

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As the program name suggests, TspCheck is a program that checks whether the determined or specified TS parameters of a loudspeaker match. Often you can then find out, for example, that the efficiency has been rounded up a bit too benevolently, or you can estimate the membrane mass, the resilience of the restraint, etc. by cleverly combining the information available.

In addition, the following is determined:

  • Max. Lin. SPL @ 50 Hz in CB – the maximum sound pressure that can be achieved in a closed housing at 50 Hz using the maximum linear stroke
  • SPL_m = SPL_e – the frequency from which the maximum achievable sound pressure at full input power is stroke limited.

http://www.picosound.de/E_SOFT.HTM#tspchk

BallroomDJ ~ Ballroom Audio Player

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BallroomDJ is a ballroom music player. It is designed to be able to play music the entire evening without intervention. Use for your personal training, dance studio, and ballroom, dancesport, Argentine tango, country western, or west coast swing events.