WaveCat ~ Combines Multiple WAV Files


Joins one or more WAV files together. If you rip a five CD book on tape, you’ll have a cluttered mess of about sixty audio files. WaveCat can turn your sixty files into one convenient large wav file. Suggestion: CDex –> WaveCat –> WinLame –> Single MP3 file.

Feature

  • Concatenates multiple Wav files into one large file.
sourceforge.net/projects/wavecat

Windows Vista / 7 VU Meters


Windows VU Meter is a standalone application that mimics an old stereo’s VU or audio level meters. Designed for Microsoft® Windows Vista® and up (even tested on Windows 7®), the program has no intervening toolbars or window frames to allow the program to allow a clean interface and make it easy to overlay on top of a program you’re using. Features of the program include:

  • For Microsoft ® Windows Vista ®, and after testing, works with Windows 7 ® as well.
  • Clean interface that includes no toolbars or window dressings
  • Ability to select response time of VU Meter, selectable of 150ms or default 300ms. Response time is the amount of time it takes the needles to make a full swing of the gauge.
  • User selectable interface component coloring. Program saves and remembers settings the next time it’s run.
  • Option setting to allow always-on setting, allowing the program to be laid over another program that you’re monitoring the audio levels for. An example image.
  • User option to alter the maximum value of the VU Meter. This is handy for videos or music that were recorded at a lower value. The above example image is an example of this too.
  • All program options and commands are handled by right-clicking the interface.

windowsvumeter.sourceforge.net
sourceforge.net/projects/windowsvumeter

Volume²~ Advanced Windows Volume Control


Volume² is an freeware app which is an advanced Windows volume control, a complete replacement for the default Volume Control on Windows. This application lets you easily change the sound volume just by rotating the mouse wheel or by using keyboard hot keys or just mouse move on screen border. The app comes with customization themes and interface and also other options like setting hotkey for changing volume.

irzyxa.blogspot.com
github.com/irzyxa/Volume2

Anvil Studio ~ Freeware Digital Audio Workstation


Anvil Studio is a free Windows 11, 10 / 8.x / 7 program designed for people who want to:

  • record music with MIDI and Audio equipment
  • compose music for MIDI and Audio equipment
  • sequence music with MIDI equipment
  • play with music using a computer, and
  • print sheet music from standard MIDI files with the optional Print-Sheet accessory.

anvilstudio.com

Audiodope ~ Freeware Audio Editor


Audiodope is an audio editor. You can load and listen to music files of various formats such as wave, MP3, WMA, etc. You can also edit part or the whole stream with functions like copy, cut, paste, insert and delete. You may modify any part of the stream by applying audio effects and synthesize sound files.

Features:

  • Sound editing functions such as copy, cut, paste, delete, insert, trim.
  • Apply processes like click removal, DC offset correction, compressor, echo, fading, inversion, noise reduction, normalization, pitch scale, pitch shift, reverberation, reversing, sound 3D, tempo, true bass, volume
  • Filters like, moving average, high-pass, low-pass, band-pass.
  • Special effects like flanger, phaser, chorus, gargle.
  • Listen to the audio file with play, pause, stop commands
  • Record from any source
  • Various tools like, frequency analyzer, tone generator, noise generator, DTMF synthesis, text to speech.
  • Process any channel separately or both
  • Apply third party VST plug-ins

www.audiodope.org

Voicemeeter Banana ~ Advanced Audio Mixer


Voicemeeter Banana is an Advanced Audio Mixer Application endowed with Virtual Audio Device used as Virtual I/O to mix and manage any audio sources from or to any audio devices or applications.

vb-audio.com/Voicemeeter/banana

Sekaiju ~ Windows MIDI Sequencer & Editor


“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

Kitten Player ~ YouTube Audio For Windows


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


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/

AAX Audio Converter ~ AAX To mp3 Or m4a


  • Free and Open Source software.
  • Converts Audible proprietary .aax files to plain .mp3 or .m4a/.m4b.
  • Also offers basic support for older .aa files.
  • Windows application, with all the classic features of the Windows eco-system.
  • Requires activated Audible Manager/App or personal activation code.
  • Processing Modes:
    • One output file per input file.
    • Multiple output files per input file, divided by chapter.
    • Multiple output files per input file, divided by chapter and further split into shorter tracks of roughly equal length.
    • Multiple output files per input file, split into shorter tracks of roughly equal length, ignoring chapters.
  • Creates additional playlist if more than one output file is created per book.
  • Handles books with multiple parts.
  • Manages and preserves all meta-tag information.
  • Supports named chapters, for .aax files downloaded with the Audible App.
  • Can adjust inaccurate chapter marks.
  • Allows customization of output naming: files, folders and tags.
  • Delegates all audio processing to powerful FFmpeg, including DRM handling.
  • High performance: Utilizes all available processor cores to run conversion work in parallel.
  • Optionally copies original .aax file to a new location after the conversion, with a customizable name.
  • Automatically launches default media player after conversion has completed.
  • Log facility, optional, to record program activity, activated with program argument.
  • Online update function: Will automatically scan the website for a new version, download and install it.
  • Technical:
    • .Net Framework application, written in C# with Windows Forms, the Task Parallel Library and other goodies from language and framework.
    • Incorporating a number of snippets from the Open Source community.

https://github.com/audiamus/AaxAudioConverter

Wave Corrector ~ Digitize (Rip) Tapes & Vinyl


Transfer your old records and tapes to digital. Wave Corrector offers an integrated solution to record, clean-up and convert your music to digital audio formats. The program uses advanced digital processing to remove noise from old analogue recordings. Files can be transferred to CD or stored in your digital audio library. The program runs on the Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10 platforms and on LINUX under Wine.

wave corrector

www.wavecor.co.uk

Audio Router ~ Open Source Windows Router


Routes audio from programs to different audio devices.

audiorouter

github.com/audiorouterdev/audio-router
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