Tag Archives: music

PsalticTools ~ Byzantine Music Utilities

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A set of utilities for working with Byzantine sheet music.

PsalticTools includes:

• a set of utilities (plugins) for typing of Byzantine notes in parallel double notation (Byzantine and Western), based on MuseScore free music editor;
• the PsalticHelper program for searching for formulas of Byzantine music in music books.
• the UniPsaltica2 font with the characters of the musical Byzantine notation in Unicode.

Features:

  • MuseScore-based editor for creating scores in parallel double notation
  • Simple input neumes from the keyboard
  • Check typed notes for errors
  • PsalticHelper: Search by accents pattern or by musical phrase
  • A small collection of classic psaltic books

sourceforge.net/projects/psaltichelper

References:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_music
sourceforge.net/projects/byzorgan/

GrooveKraft ~ Mac Music Collection Viewer

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GrooveKraft is a fast, lightweight music collection manager that uses Discogs and MusicBrainz to enrich your collection with detailed metadata and artwork.

Features:

  • Import your Discogs collection into a local database
  • View and filter your Discogs collection locally, with artwork
  • Matches releases with MusicBrainz automatically to get release dates
  • “On this day” function shows anniversaries in your collection
  • Randomizer to help you pick something to listen to
  • Missing or incorrect release dates can be manually entered
  • Match quality shown with traffic-light icons (Red, Amber, Yellow, Green)

github.com/v8oholic/groovekraft

Gnomoradio ~ Find, Fetch, Share, & Play Music

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Gnomoradio is a program that can find, fetch, share, and play music that is freely available for file sharing. Gnomoradio is free software, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, which permits modifications and distribution of the source code to the program. It runs on GNU/Linux and other UNIX-compatible systems, but it is no longer actively developed or maintained.

gnomoradio.nongnu.org

midimusic ~ Music Software & Music Archive

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Midimusic provides archives of Wurlitzer and Estey music rolls in e-roll format. These are downloadable and the music can be played using eplayOrgan. An archive of Miditzer organ midi files is also provided.

All features of the original e-rolls and midis are available including stops and swell.

eplayOrgan is a fully featured organ which can also be played from a full midified console or standard midi keyboards. Stops may be set using a touch screen.

eplayOrgan operates under Windows. Mac and Linux are supported under Wine. The programs work just the same under Wine on Mac and Linux as they do under Windows.

sourceforge.net/projects/midimusic

OpenMusic ~ Music Composition Language

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OpenMusic (OM) is a visual programming language based on Common Lisp. Visual programs are created by assembling and connecting icons representing functions and data structures. Most programming and operations are performed by dragging an icon from a particular place and dropping it to an other place. Built-in visual control structures (e.g. loops) are provided, that interface with Lisp ones. Existing CommonLisp/CLOS code can easily be used in OM, and new code can be developed in a visual way.

OM may be used as a general purpose functional/object/visual programming language. At a more specialized level, a set of provided classes and libraries make it a very convenient environment for music composition. Above the OpenMusic kernel, live the OpenMusic Projects. A project is a specialized set of classes and methods written in Lisp, accessible and visualisable in the OM environment. Various classes implementing musical data / behaviour are provided. They are associated with graphical editors and may be extended by the user to meet specific needs. Different representations of a musical process are handled, among which common notation, midi piano-roll, sound signal. High level in-time organisation of the music material is proposed through the concept of “maquette”.

openmusic interface

openmusic-project.github.io
openmusic-project.github.io/openmusic
github.com/openmusic-project
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenMusic

OM-SoX

OM-SoX is a library for multichannel audio manipulation and functional batch processing for OpenMusic, a visual programming environment based on CommonLisp / CLOS.

sourceforge.net/projects/omsox

noban.stream ~ Rights-free Music For Streamers

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NoBan Stream is a music streaming service that offers free copyright free songs for streamers and content creators alike! Improve your streams and create engaging content without the fear of getting hit by a DMCA strike.

Available on all major music platforms!

noban.stream
noban.stream/streaming-blog

StrumPract ~ Various Tools For Musicians

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  • Learn to play drums set in 4 lessons and develop your art.
  • Practice your other instruments with a editable drums machine.
  • Tune your guitar and bass.
  • Play audio files and loop it, adjusting the tempo of the song to what you want.
  • DJ console for auto-mixing, with 2 players and direct-output of mic.
  • Record your ideas-jam.
  • Chords randomizer for jamming.
  • Image Dancer.
  • Tag info with images.
  • Many Layout and Styles.

Features:

  • DJ console
  • Recording
  • Drums set
  • Piano synth
  • Noise producer
  • Image dancer
  • Jam session
  • Chords randomizer

sourceforge.net/projects/strumpract
github.com/fredvs/strumpract
forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?topic=52237.0

scdlbot ~ Music Downloader Telegram Bot

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Telegram Bot for downloading MP3 rips of tracks/sets from SoundCloud, Bandcamp, YouTube with tags and artwork.

github.com/gpchelkin/scdlbot

Jamendo ~ Discover New Independent Artists

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Jamendo is all about connecting musicians and music lovers from all over the world. 

On Jamendo Music, you can enjoy a wide catalog of more than 500,000 tracks shared by 40,000 artists from over 150 countries. You can stream all the music for free, download it and support the artist: become a music explorer and be a part of a great discovery experience!

Jamendo’s mission is to offer the perfect platform for all independent artists wishing to share their creations as easily as possible, reaching new audiences internationally. Our philosophy is that any artist in the world is entitled to share his music and should have a chance to be heard by a greater number of people.

Jamendo is a whole world of music to discover. If you want to discover new emerging talents and be part of a worldwide community of music diggers, you’ve just found the right website.

www.jamendo.com

Musicboard ~ Social Platform & Apps

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Musicboard is a social platform that allows you to keep track of all the music you listen to and grow your passion for music with friends. Write reviews, rate albums, and compile lists in music’s fastest growing community.

musicboard.app

Netlabels ~ Internet Archive Virtual Record Labels

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This collection hosts complete, freely downloadable / streamable, often Creative Commons-licensed catalogs of ‘virtual record labels’.

These ‘netlabels’ are non-profit, community-built entities dedicated to providing high quality, non-commercial, freely distributable MP3 / OGG-format music for online download in a multitude of genres. Styles include:

archive.org/details/netlabels

FMA ~ Free Music Archive

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Free Music Archive (FMA), founded in 2009 by radio station WFMU, offers free access to open licensed, original music. Historically, radio has always offered the public free access to new music. So with the help of curators, netlabels and thousands of independent musicians around the world FMA became a continuation of that purpose. Tens of millions of visitors every month download music for personal use and many share and remix music from FMA in videos, podcasts, films, games, apps and even school projects.

Every MP3 you discover on Free Music Archive is pre-cleared for certain types of uses that would otherwise be prohibited by copyright laws that were not designed for the digital era. These uses vary and are determined by the rights-holders themselves (please see our FAQ) who feel that allowing a degree of free cultural access is beneficial not only to their own pursuits, but to our society as a whole. Free Music Archive is a resource for audiophiles of all stripes, and unlike other websites, all of the audio has been hand-picked by one of our established audio curators.

Free Music Archive is a platform for collaboration between curators and artists, including radio stations, netlabels, venues, artist collectives, museums, music festivals and more. The platform combines the curatorial approach that these organizations have played for the last few decades, with the community-generated approach of many current online music sites.

Inspired by Creative Commons and the open-source software movement, FMA provides a legal and technological framework for curators, artists, and listeners to harness the potential of music sharing. Every artist page will have a bio and links to the artists’ home page for users to learn more about the music they discover via Free Music Archive. We also seek to compensate artists directly where possible. Artist, album and song profiles may contain links to buy the full album from the artist and/or label’s preferred vendor(s). Users can also “tip” an artist if they like what they hear, sending a donation directly to the artists’ PayPal account. FMA is also experimenting with “web monetization” tools.

While Free Music Archive is free and open to anyone regardless of registration or other requirements, written and audio content is curated, and permission to upload/edit content is granted on an invitation basis.

In September 2019, Free Music Archive was acquired by Tribe of Noise, a music platform and licensing company with many common features, facilitating a community of more than 34,000 independent artists across 190+ countries. Both FMA and Tribe of Noise support free to access, Creative Commons licensed, music and offer independent creators a variety of (revenue) opportunities.

freemusicarchive.org