Category Archives: Software

MusicRepair ~ Linux Audio File Tagging

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Adds and fixes music metadata and adds album art.

Features:
  1. Fixes songs in nested directories recursively.
  2. Fetches metadata from Spotify
  3. Multiple options to format file (Options to revert file back)
  4. Simple binary

github.com/kalbhor/MusicRepair

Scope ~ Windows Soundcard Oscilloscope

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The PC based Soundcard Oscilloscope receives its data from the Soundcard with 44.1kHz and 16 Bit resolution. The data source can be selected in the Windows mixer (Microphone, Line-In or Wave). The frequency range depends on the sound card, but 20-20000Hz should be possible with all modern cards. The low frequency end is limited by the AC coupling of the line-in signal. Be aware, that most microphone inputs are only mono.

The oscilloscope contains in addition a signal generator for 2 channels for sine, square, triangular, sawtooth wave forms and different noise spectra in the frequency range from 0 to 20kHz. The signal can be defined by a mathematical formula as well. The signals are available at the speaker output of the sound card. These can be fed back to the oscillocope in order to generate Lissajous figures in the x-y mode.

Features:

  • Trigger modes: off, automatic, normal and single shot
  • Triggerlevel can be set with the mouse
  • The signals of the two channels can be added, subtracted and multiplied
  • x-y mode
  • Frequency analysis (Fourier spectrum)
  • Waterfall diagram (frequency spectrum as function of time)
  • Frequency filter: low-, high-, band-pass and band-stop
  • Cursors to measure amplitude, time and frequency in the main window
  • Audio Recorder to save data to a wave file
  • For multi soundcard system, the used card can be selected in the settings tab

www.zeitnitz.eu/scope

VintageRadio ~ Graphical Player For FM Radio Devices

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VintageRadio is a GUI front-end for the fm command-line application included with fmtools <http://benpfaff.org/fmtools>. It is written in [incr Tcl/Tk], an object-oriented extension package for Tcl/Tk. VintageRadio is not part of fmtools.

Features:

  • A vintage 70s-era look, inspired by a number of stereo tuners and receivers with the classic silver face.
  • A rotary tuning dial that actually works.
  • Ability to store up to 6 stations as presets.
  • Keyboard shortcuts for all application functionality.
  • Configurable colors.

sourceforge.net/projects/vintageradio

midisport-macos ~ M-Audio MIDISPORT USB 64-bit MIDI Device Driver For MacOS

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This project provides an open source MacOS v10.14, v10.15, v11.6 (Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur) compatible CoreMIDI 64 bit device driver for M-Audio’s MIDISPORT range of USB MIDI interfaces. This driver supports the following devices:

  • MIDISPORT 1×1
  • MIDISPORT 2×2
  • MIDISPORT 4×4
  • MIDISPORT 8×8/S
  • Oxygen 8 Keyboard

Other devices which are compatible may also work, although presently, these are the only ones which have been tested.

github.com/leighsmith/midisport-macos
sourceforge.net/projects/midisport-macos

TAL-NoiseMaker ~ Virtual Analog Synthesizer

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TAL-NoiseMaker is a virtual analog synthesizer with great sound and low CPU usage.

FEATURES:

  • 3 Oscillators
    Osc 1, +- 24 semitones, fine tune, phase control (saw, pulse, noise).
    Osc 2, +- 24 semitones, fine tune, phase control (saw, rectangle, triangle, sine).
    Sub Osc (rectangle).
  • Osc 1 PM for pulse waveform.
  • Osc 2 FM controled by Osc 1.
  • Osc 1 & Osc 2 sync to sub osc (saw, pulse, rectangle, triangle(bipolar sync)).
  • Adjustable master tune and transpose.
  • Up to 6 voices.
  • Portamento in mono and poly mode (off, auto, on).
  • Ringmod modulates Osc 1 with Osc 2
  • Self resonating 4x oversampled filters (24 dB LP, 18 dB LP, 12 dB LP, 6 dB LP, 12 dB HP, 12 dB BP, Notch)
  • Filter ADSR (negative and positive)
  • Volume ADSR
  • Routable ADSR, modulates Filter, Osc 1, Osc 2, PW, FM (negative and positive)
  • 2 LFO’s with different running modes: free, sync to host, triggered by note.
    Modulates filter, osc 1, osc 2, fm, pw, lfo rate, panorama and volume.
    Sine, triangle, saw square, s&h, noise.
    Positive and negative modulation.
    Phase control.
  • Adjustable Velocity dependent control over volume filtercontour and cutoff.
  • Adjustable Pitch Wheel control over Cutoff and Pitch.
  • One pole HP filter.
  • Detune, detunes notes randomly.
  • Juno chorus with different modes.
  • A built in reverb.
  • A built in delay.
  • Adjustable filter drive.
  • Bitcrusher, affects osc 1 and osc 2. Its a pre the filter stage effect.
  • Midi learn for all knobs.
  • Panic button.
  • Easy to use, no hidden panels.
  • 256 great presets (Presets by Frank “Xenox” Neumann / Particular – Sound, The Unshushable Coktor, Alexandra Sendy, TAL, Patrick Kunz).

tal-software.com/products/tal-noisemaker

Charlatan ~ Virtual Analog Synthesizer Plugin

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Charlatan is a polyphonic, subtractive virtual analog (VA) synthesizer VSTi plugin with focus on sound quality and easy usability. It comes with a flexible, yet not overwhelming feature set which encourages artists to start tweaking instead of just relying on presets. In spite of it’s simplicity, Charlatan’s architecture is flexible enough to create both classic sounds and rather experimental noises. While making no compromise about sound quality, the sound engine has been highly optimized for efficient CPU usage making Charlatan well suited as a “bread and butter” synth even in projects with a large number of plugin instances. Best of all, it’s freeware! Enjoy!

Key Features:

  • 2 oscillators with shape modulation
  • Oscillator hard synchronization and ring modulation
  • Unison mode with up to seven voices and stereo spread
  • Stereo noise generator
  • 2 ADSR envelope generators
  • LFO with host tempo synchronization
  • 3 filter types modeled after classic analog hardware: 4-pole (24 db/oct) and 2-pole (12 db/oct) lowpass, bandpass
  • 3 voice modes: Monophonic, Monophonic Legato and 8-voice Polyphonic
  • Ultra-low CPU usage

www.blaukraut.info

FMAVC ~ Free Music Album Video Creator

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Transform an album image into a video with songs tracks.

Select your favorite artist’s albums or your own picture with songs or sounds effects and transform it into a video with audio tracks that you can upload to YouTube.

Features:

  • Supported image format (PNG)
  • Supported audio format (MP3 / WAV)
  • Multiple audio tracks
  • Written in Visual Basic

sourceforge.net/projects/free-music-album-video-creator

wrk2mid ~ Convert Cakewalk™ To MIDI

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wrk2mid is a command line utility for translating WRK (Cakewalk) files into MID (standard MIDI files). This project depends on Qt and Drumstick libraries.

Features:

  • Reads WRK (Cakewalk) files
  • Writes MID (Standard MIDI Files)

sourceforge.net/projects/wrk2mid

foo_pggb_rt ~ Foobar2000 Realtime Resampler

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foo-RT – A PGGB-RT foobar2000 (Windows) component up samples or down samples your audio tracks in near real-time fashion using insanely long linear filters. We are able to do this by using hardware acceleration PGGB-RT SDK. We say ‘near real-time’ because remastering using insanely long filters require a finite time. Depending on the length of your track and the filter length (in millions of taps) you choose, the very first track will take anywhere from a few seconds to a few ten seconds to start. The subsequent tracks would play in a gap-less fashion

www.remastero.com/foo-pggb-rt-guide
www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_pggb_rt

Baby Comeback ~ Delay Plugin

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Baby Comeback is a free delay plugin developed in collaboration between BABY Audio and Computer Music Magazine. It offers a stripped-down version of our award-winning Comeback Kid delay/echo plugin.

The plugin includes an on-board ducker as well as four wet signal flavors: Wide, Analog, Saucey and Cheap.

babyaud.io/freebies

Pano ~ An Android Scrobbler For Last.FM

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Scrobble from anything including video streaming apps, less known audio players or even a song playing in your IM app. (if they send audio metadata to the Android system)

Features:

  • No Ads ever
  • Scrobble from anything which produces audio with metadata, including Youtube, Chrome, Telegram etc.
  • Scrobble to last.FM, LibreFM, GNU FM and Listenbrainz
  • View scrobble count in notification
  • Verify the metadata with last.FM’s records before scrobbling
  • View track, album, artist and album artist details
  • View scrobbles from a specified date
  • Work with scrobbles (love a track, cancel a scrobble)
  • Edit recent scrobbles for free
  • Delete existing scrobbles
  • Offline caching and scrobbling
  • Check what your friends are listening to and view their profiles
  • Scrobble a song from mic or the S app (Android 8+)
  • Supports TVs (Oreo and lower needs adb commands)
  • Supports Pixel Now Playing
  • Import & export settings and saved edits
  • Intents for apps like Tasker, Macrodroid, etc.
  • View top artists, albums or tracks
  • View daily, weekly, monthly or yearly scrobble count graphs
  • I’m feeling lucky, a shuffle all for your entire listening history
  • Fetch albums and album artists from last.fm, if missing, before scrobbling
  • Search
  • Weekly / monthly top scrobble notifications
  • Add / remove personal tags
  • Customizable home screen widget
  • Mix and match themes
  • Block metadata from scrobbling
  • Pattern edits (up to 30)

github.com/kawaiiDango/pScrobbler
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arn.scrobble

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last.fm#Scrobbling

EffectPanel ~ Add Sounds To Live Performances

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Theater Effect Panel (EffectPanel) is small open source software used to play sounds during live performances. You can use this program for free and it can be used with a mouse, a touch panel or over a midi interface with a keyboard or a button pad.

sourceforge.net/projects/effectpanel