MilkyTracker ~ MOD & XM Music Composition


MilkyTracker is an open source, multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2/3 compatibility.

Milkytracker_606px

milkytracker.titandemo.orgsite
github.com/milkytracker/MilkyTracker
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MilkyTracker

Limited-Z ~ Easy, Fast & Free Limits


Limited-Z is a specialized and easy-to-use limiter, based on the foundation of being a capable look-ahead brickwall limiter suitable for final mixing or mastering.

Limited-Z dynamically combines several unique limiting algorithms to provide transparent limiting on all audio sources. Limited-Z is capable of substantial levels of compression / limiting without inadvertently creating excessive amounts of audible distortion … and, it’s FREE!

Limited-Z

lvcaudio.com/plugins/limited-z

xwax ~ Linux Digital Vinyl System


xwax is an open-source Digital Vinyl System (DVS) for Linux. It allows DJs and turntablists to playback digital audio files (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC and more), controlled using a normal pair of turntables via time coded vinyls.

It’s designed for both beat mixing and scratch mixing. Needle drops, pitch changes, scratching, spinbacks and rewinds are all supported, and feel just like the audio is pressed onto the vinyl itself.

The focus is on an accurate vinyl feel which is efficient, stable and fast.

xwax

xwax.org

MusE ~ Open source MIDI / Audio Sequencer


MusE is a MIDI/Audio sequencer with recording and editing capabilities written originally by Werner Schweer, and now developed and maintained by the MusE development team. MusE aims to be a complete multi-track virtual studio for Linux. It is published under the GNU General Public License.

muse2.1_song-s

www.muse-sequencer.org

Exaile ~ GTK+ Music Player


Simple interface. Powerful music management. Smart Playlists. Advanced track tagging. Automatic album art. Lyrics. Streaming Radio. Podcasts. Secondary output device support. Cross-platform. Easily extensible with 50+ plugins available.

exaile-3.4

www.exaile.org

ocenaudio ~ Powerful, Fast & Easy Audio Editor


ocenaudio is a cross-platform, easy to use, fast and functional audio editor. It is ideal for people who need to edit and analyze audio files without complication. ocenaudio also has powerful features that will satisfy more advanced users including VST plugin support.

ocenaudio editor image

www.ocenaudio.com

VMPK ~ Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard


VMPK is a virtual MIDI piano keyboard for Linux, Windows and OSX. Based on Qt and Drumstick the program is a MIDI event generator using the computer’s alphanumeric keyboard and the mouse. It may also be used to display received MIDI notes.

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vmpk.sourceforge.net

Icecast ~ Open Source Audio Server


Icecast is a streaming media (audio/video) server which currently supports Ogg (Vorbis and Theora), Opus, WebM and MP3 streams. It can be used to create an Internet radio station or a privately running jukebox and many things in between. It is very versatile in that new formats can be added relatively easily and supports open standards for communication and interaction.

www.icecast.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icecast

Ogg Vorbis ~ Free & Open Audio CODEC


Vorbis is a free and open-source software project headed by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The project produces an audio coding format and software reference encoder/decoder (codec) for lossy audio compression. Vorbis is most commonly used in conjunction with the Ogg container format and it is therefore often referred to as Ogg Vorbis. ~ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis

Ogg Vorbis is a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology with all the benefits of Open Source.

www.vorbis.com
www.xiph.org/downloads
github.com/enzo1982/vorbis-aotuv-lancer
www.rarewares.org/ogg
www.rarewares.org/ogg-tools
nouturn.com/oggdrop
Ogg Forums At Hydrogen Audio

VorbisGain is a utility that uses a psychoacoustic method to correct the volume of an Ogg Vorbis file to a predefined standardized loudness.

www.sjeng.org/vorbisgain.html

butt ~ Broadcast Using This Tool


butt (broadcast using this tool) is an easy to use, multi OS streaming tool. It supports SHOUTcast and Icecast and runs on Linux, MacOSX and Windows. The main purpose of butt is to stream live audio data from your computer’s Mic or Line input to an Shoutcast or Icecast server; recording is also possible.

It is NOT intended to be a server by itself or automatically stream a set of audio files.

butt
danielnoethen.de

Mumble ~ Low-latency High Quality VOIP


Mumble is an open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat software primarily intended for use while gaming.

wiki.mumble.info
github.com/mumble-voip/mumble

Kid3 ~ Cross-platform Audio Tagger


Kid3 audio tag editor can edit the tags of MP3, Ogg, FLAC, MPC & WMA files in an efficient way, convert between ID3v1 and ID3v2, set the tags of multiple files, generate tags from file names or vice versa and import from freedb, MusicBrainz and Discogs.

Features

  • Edit and convert between ID3v1.1, ID3v2.3 and ID3v2.4 tags of MP3 files
  • Supports MP3, Ogg/Vorbis, FLAC, MPC, MP4/AAC, MP2, Speex, TrueAudio, WavPack, WMA, WAV and AIFF files
  • Generate tags from filenames and file-, directorynames from tags
  • Mass-tagging of multiple files
  • Import from gnudb.orgMusicBrainz and Discogs
kid3

kid3.sourceforge.io
sourceforge.net/projects/kid3
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid3