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/

Fluajho ~ Linux sf2 Player

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“Fluajho” (with jh as in pleasure) means fluid in Esperanto. It is a simple sf2 soundfont host/player for Linux. Behind the scenes the Fluidsynth library is at work, hence the name. .sf2 is an old file format for making MIDI signals audible through virtual instruments, although it is still in moderate use today.

Why does Fluajho exist? There are many soundfont players for Linux, most of them even based on Fluidsynth. Fluajho was written for a clearly defined use case: Load an .sf2 in the New Session Manager (Agordejo) and save the soundfont in the session directory. This makes it possible to archive the session, for example as a backup or to share it. You can load one soundfont file per Fluajho instance. Each instance holds 16 of the soundfonts instruments that can be assigned to 16 MIDI channels. Finally connect external sequencers, such as Laborejo, Patroneo or Vico, through JACK-Midi to play the instruments.

www.laborejo.org/fluajho

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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tomitaΒ 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/

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 πŸ™‚

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/