Category Archives: Windows

MS Windows Audioware

FFmpeg ~ Open Source Audio Video Toolset

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A complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge. No matter if they were designed by some standards committee, the community or a corporation. It is also highly portable: FFmpeg compiles, runs, and passes our testing infrastructure FATE across Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, the BSDs, Solaris, etc. under a wide variety of build environments, machine architectures, and configurations.

ffmpeg.org

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RoughRider 3 ~ Dynamics Compressor VST

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Our RoughRider compressor is one of the most popular dynamics processors on the planet, with well over a half a million downloads over its decade-plus lifespan, and is in heavy daily use by producers the world over. With RoughRider 3, we’ve expanded the original to include an external sidechain input, the ability to turn off the built-in “warming” filter (the FULL BANDWIDTH button), and much more accurate metering.

www.audiodamage.com/pages/free-downloads

Sekaiju ~ Windows MIDI Sequencer & Editor

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“Sekaiju” is free, open source MIDI sequencer / editor software for creating and editing MIDI data. You can record MIDI keyboard or synthesizer playing to the computer, and you can compose music to play with your MIDI modules or synthesizers. Since it allows editing of all kinds of events, and has an unlimited undo and redo feature, Sekaiju can also be used as a powerful MIDI editor. A real-time input which can input each MIDI channel messages into separate tracks at the same time is a popular feature .

Sekaiju4.1_en_S

openmidiproject.osdn.jp/Sekaiju

Piano One ~ Yamaha C7 Concert Grand VST

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Piano One comes from the Yamaha C7 concert grand, a true workhorse in the professional piano world, appearing on famous concert stages, in international competitions and in prestigious music events throughout the world.

By utilizing the Sound Magic Hybrid Modelling Engine, Piano One offers both the Realistic Sound of Sampling and the Playability of Modelling. Hybrid Modelling provides an instantaneous feeling – no delay – and a truer and richer sound than can be created with either sampling or modelling alone.

  • VST on Windows (32Bit&64Bit) and VST and AU on Mac (32Bit&64Bit)
  • Neo Piano Hybrid Modeling Engine (Limited Features)
  • Yamaha C7 Sound
  • Note duration is limited within 18 seconds
  • Some features are limited such as Sympathetic Resonance and noises

neovst.com/piano-one

AudioSwitch ~ Taskbar Volume & I/O Switch

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Switch between default audio input or output + change volume.

github.com/sirWest/AudioSwitch

www.facebook.com/AudioSwitchSoftware

Monkey’s Audio ~ Free Lossless CODEC

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Monkey’s Audio is a fast and easy way to compress digital music.  Unlike traditional methods such as mp3, ogg, or wma that permanently discard quality to save space, Monkey’s Audio only makes perfect, bit-for-bit copies of your music.  That means it always sounds perfect – exactly the same as the original.  Even though the sound is perfect, it still saves a lot of space (think of it as a beefed-up Winzip™ your music).  The other great thing is that you can always decompress your Monkey’s Audio files back to the exact, original files.  That way, you’ll never have to recopy your CD collection to switch formats, and you’ll always be able to perfectly recreate the original music CD.

monkeysaudio.com

References:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey%27s_Audio

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lossless_audio_codecs

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_audio_coding_formats

wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Lossless_comparison#Monkey.27s_Audio_.28APE.29

GNUMP3d ~ GNU Streaming Media Server

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GNUMP3d is a streaming server for MP3s, OGG vorbis files, movies and other media formats.

It is designed to be:

  • Small, stable, portable, self-contained, and secure.
  • Simple to install, configure, and use.
  • Portable across different varieties of Unix, the GNU Operating System, and Microsoft Windows platforms.

www.gnu.org/software/gnump3d/

TEAC Hi-Res Editor ~ DSD/PCM Conversion & Editing

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This two-channel waveform editing software is capable of converting and editing high-resolution DSD and PCM files with support for up to 11.2MHz DSD and 384kHz PCM formats.

audio.teac.com/product/teac_hi-res_editor

Shairport4w ~ Airtunes For Windows

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An AirPlay Audio-Receiver for your Windows-PC. Play audio content from your iPhone, iPad, iPod or iTunes on your PC with Shairport4w. AirPlay lets you wirelessly stream what’s on your iOS device whenever you see the AirPlay symbol.

Features:
  • Stream music wirelessly
  • Integrates with iPod/iPad/iPhone/iTunes

sourceforge.net/projects/shairport4w/

Kitten Player ~ YouTube Audio For Windows

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Kitten Player is a simple music player, based on foobar2000 functionality. It allows user to view, arrange and download tracks from YouTube. Works on Windows Vista / 7 / 8 & 10.

Features:
  • Search music on Youtube
  • Download music
  • Arrange tracks in playlists

sourceforge.net/projects/kitten-player

Volume Limiter ~ Lock MS Windows Volume Control

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Volume Limiter is a small application that allows you to set a maximum volume limit on your windows PC. This is designed to protect children from turning the volume up to a level that would damage their hearing.

The application can be password protected to prevent children from changing your defined limit. The application runs in the background and minimizes to the system tray. Volume settings, the lock or unlocked status, and password information are stored in the windows registry. If the application is set to start up upon login (by placing it in the startup group) it will load the previous settings.

This application is compatible with Windows Vista, 7 and 8 and will run on 32 bit or 64 bit systems.

Features:
  • Can be password protected
  • Volume level and lock status auto-saved to registry
  • Minimizes to system tray rather than task bar
  • Lightweight (Uses 2MB of system RAM when running)

https://sourceforge.net/projects/volumelimiter/

mda VST ~ Cross-platform Effect Plugins

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These free effect plug-ins work with Cubase and other VST compatible applications

The plug-ins:

Bandisto – Multi-band distortion
BeatBox – Drum replacer
Combo – Amp & speaker simulator
De-ess – High frequency dynamics processor
Degrade – Sample quality reduction
Delay – Simple stereo delay with feedback tone control
Detune – Simple up/down pitch shifting thickener
Dither – Range of dither types including noise shaping
DubDelay – Delay with feedback saturation and time/pitch modulation
Dynamics – Compressor / Limiter / Gate
Envelope – Envelope follower / VCA
Image – Stereo image adjustment and M-S matrix
Leslie – Rotary speaker simulator
Limiter – Opto-electronic style limiter
Loudness – Equal loudness contours for bass EQ and mix correction
Multiband – Multi-band compressor with M-S processing modes
Overdrive – Soft distortion
Re-Psycho! – Drum loop pitch changer
RezFilter – Resonant filter with LFO and envelope follower
Round Panner – 3D panner
Shepard – Continuously rising/falling tone generator
Splitter – Frequency / level crossover for setting up dynamic processing
Stereo Simulator – Haas delay and comb filtering
Sub-Bass Synthesizer – Several low frequency enhancement methods
Talkbox – High resolution vocoder
TestTone – Signal generator with pink and white noise, impulses and sweeps
Thru-Zero Flanger – Classic tape-flanging simulation
Tracker – Pitch tracking oscillator, or pitch tracking EQ
Vocoder – Switchable 8 or 16 band vocoder
VocInput – Pitch tracking oscillator for generating vocoder carrier input

mda.smartelectronix.com
sourceforge.net/projects/mda-vst