DrumGizmo is anopen source,multichannel,multilayered,cross-platformdrum plugin andstand-aloneapplication. Itenables you tocompose drumsin midi and mixthem with amultichannelapproach. It iscomparable tothat of mixinga real drumkitthat has beenrecorded with amultimic setup. Featuresinclude: Stand-alone,Lv2 and VSTiversionsavailable Opendrumkit fileformat,allowing thecommunity tocreate theirown drumkitsDrum velocity,allowing forseveraldifferent hitvelocities for
HelioWorkstation isfree andopen-sourcemusicsequencer,designed to beused on allmajorplatforms. Whyanothersequencer? Most of the DAWinterfacesoften seemovercomplicated,and they onlytend to getmore and morebloated overtime. Many ofthem arecommercial,proprietary-licensedand almost noneof them supportall majoroperatingsystems at thesame time. Helio is anattempt torethink a musicsequencer tocreate a toolthat feelsright. It aimsto be a modernmusic creationsoftwa
Exaile is aGtk+ musicplayer with asimpleinterface. Itallows powerfulmusicmanagement, hassmartplaylists,taggingfeatures, candisplay albumart and lyrics.It can alsoconnect tostreamingservers,downloadpodcasts.Exaile supportssecondaryoutput devices,and there areover 50extensionplugins.It'savailablecross-platform.
Schism Trackeris a free andopen-sourcereimplementationof ImpulseTracker, aprogram used tocreate highquality musicwithout therequirements ofspecialized,expensiveequipment, andwith a unique"fingerfeel" thatis difficult toreplicate inpart. Theplayer is basedon a highlymodifiedversion of theModPlug engine,with a numberof bugfixes andchanges toimprove ITplayback.
Clementine is amodern musicplayer andlibraryorganizerClementine is amultiplatformmusic player.It is inspiredby Amarok 1.4,focusing on afast andeasy-to-useinterface forsearching andplaying yourmusic.
Radium is amodern musiceditor with afresh andresponsiveinterface. Itprovides abettersequencingoverview with awidescreenlayout.Positions andeffects can beeditedgraphically. Itprovides forautomation ofvelocity,effects,pitches andtempo; hassmoothscrolling, MIDIsequencing, amodular mixer,LADSAP and VSTplugins,zooming,microtonality,and anextensionlanguage.
A music jukeboxapp thatdisguisesitself as aniTunesreplacementwithout all theextra baggage,but is actuallya web-first,fullystreaming,anti-cloud,social musicserver thatallows multiplepeople tolisten to thesame stream ofmusic at thesame time andDJ for eachother. Kindalike a privateturntable.fm.
The abcMIDI suite consists of programs for turning ABC music files into MIDI and vice versa, typesetting them as PostScript files, and manipulate them in several ways.
abcm2ps is a command-line program that converts ABC music notation files to sheet music in PostScript or SVG format.
DrumGizmo is an open source, multichannel, multilayered, cross-platform drum plugin and stand-alone application. It enables you to compose drums in midi and mix them with a multichannel approach. It is comparable to that of mixing a real drumkit that has been recorded with a multimic setup. Features include: Stand-alone, Lv2 and VSTi versions available Open drumkit file format, allowing the community to create their own drumkits Drum velocity, allowing for several different hit velocities for
MuseScore is a scorewriter for Windows, macOS, and Linux, comparable to Finale and Sibelius,[4] supporting a wide variety of file formats and input methods. It is released as free and open-source software under the GNU General Public License. MuseScore is accompanied by a freemium mobile score viewer and playback app, and an online score sharing platform.
Ardour is an audio processing and editing application. It integrates broad hardware support, JACK and ALSA backends, flexible recording features, multi-channel nesting, import and exporting various file formats, comes with ready to use samples from freesound.org. It has a pretty editing UI, mixing, routing, monitoring, panning. Ardour allows non-destructive and non-linear editing, can be used for augmenting audio layers in video files even. And comes with many effect, input and output plugins. I
Helio Workstation is free and open-source music sequencer, designed to be used on all major platforms. Why another sequencer? Most of the DAW interfaces often seem overcomplicated, and they only tend to get more and more bloated over time. Many of them are commercial, proprietary-licensed and almost none of them support all major operating systems at the same time. Helio is an attempt to rethink a music sequencer to create a tool that feels right. It aims to be a modern music creation softwa
A collection of Audio plugins
Audacious is an open source audio player. A descendant of XMMS, Audacious plays your music how you want it, without stealing away your computer’s resources from other tasks. Drag and drop folders and individual song files, search for artists and albums in your entire music library, or create and edit your own custom playlists. Listen to CD’s or stream music from the Internet. Tweak the sound with the graphical equalizer or experiment with LADSPA effects. Enjoy the modern GTK-themed interface or
Picard is a cross-platform music tagger written in Python. It supports all common audio formats (MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, WMA). And uses AcoustID audio fingerprints, for automatic music identification; or look up CD images even. For additional features, a wide list of plugins is available; and it's easy to extend.
Siren is a text-based audio player for UNIX-like operating systems. Supported file formats include Ogg Vorbis, MP3, Opus, FLAC, AAC, WavPack, WAVE and AIFF. Playback is possible through sndio, PulseAudio, ALSA, OSS, Sun audio, PortAudio and libao. Siren is known to run on OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux and OS X.
Streamtuner2 is an internet radio browser. It utilizes various directory services like Shoutcast, Xiph, InternetRadio, SurfMusik, MyOggRadio, TuneIn, Dirble, Reddit, or Jamendo and Youtube to present categorized streaming stations. It chains to installed audio players like Audacious or VLC, uses streamripper for recording, but also allows bookmarking, exporting and easy searching.
Exaile is a Gtk+ music player with a simple interface. It allows powerful music management, has smart playlists, tagging features, can display album art and lyrics. It can also connect to streaming servers, download podcasts. Exaile supports secondary output devices, and there are over 50 extension plugins. It's available cross-platform.
Schism Tracker is a free and open-source reimplementation of Impulse Tracker, a program used to create high quality music without the requirements of specialized, expensive equipment, and with a unique "finger feel" that is difficult to replicate in part. The player is based on a highly modified version of the ModPlug engine, with a number of bugfixes and changes to improve IT playback.
Yarock is a modern looking music player for local playlists and music collections, packed with features, that doesn’t depend on any specific desktop environment and only has minimal dependencies. Yarock is designed to provide an easy and pretty music browser based on cover art.
Lollypop is a visual music collection browser and player for Gnome. It supports MP3/MP4, FLAC and OGG Vorbis, presents a genre and album cover browser, sorting and searching by genre and artist, art/cover downloading, a playing queue and different replay modes.
LilyPonds slogan is "Music notation for everyone". A music engraving program, devoted to producing the highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music to computer printouts.
PlayShell is a simple console-based application for playing media files in Linux using known media players like SoX, VLC, MPlayer and FFplay as backend.
EasyABC is an open source ABC editor for Windows, OSX and Linux. It uses abcm2ps and abcMIDI for typesetting the score and playing the music.
Clementine is a modern music player and library organizer Clementine is a multiplatform music player. It is inspired by Amarok 1.4, focusing on a fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and playing your music.
Radium is a modern music editor with a fresh and responsive interface. It provides a better sequencing overview with a widescreen layout. Positions and effects can be edited graphically. It provides for automation of velocity, effects, pitches and tempo; has smooth scrolling, MIDI sequencing, a modular mixer, LADSAP and VST plugins, zooming, microtonality, and an extension language.
A music jukebox app that disguises itself as an iTunes replacement without all the extra baggage, but is actually a web-first, fully streaming, anti-cloud, social music server that allows multiple people to listen to the same stream of music at the same time and DJ for each other. Kinda like a private turntable.fm.
Tomahawk is a music player and audio streaming service frontend for desktop usage. It manages songs, albums, playlists, meta info, social sharing. It supports various cloud services and commercial providers, such as Spotify, Beats, Google play, Soundcloud, LastFM, Hype Machine, Echo Nest, Rdio, Grooveshark, Billboard, OwnCloud, iTunes, Jamendo, Deezer, Ampache, Jabber, and Subsonic.