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This list of free software for audio lists notable free and open source software for use by sound engineers, audioproducers, and those involved in sound recording and reproduction.

Contents

1 Audio analysis2 Converters3 DJ Software4 Modular systems5 Platforms6 Players

6.1 Audio players without Database6.2 Audio players with Database

7 Programming languages8 Radio broadcasting9 Recording and editing10 Softsynths11 Streaming12 Technologies13 Trackers14 Other15 See also16 References17 External links

Audio analysis

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Name Creator Linux? Mac OSX? Unix? Windows? Note Licence

Baudline

SigBlipscontract

engineeringdesign and

developmentfirm

Yes Yes Yes

baudlinesignal

analyzer - ascientific

visualizationtool

proprietaryand GPL

source codelicenses are

available

BRP-PACU Yes Yes

Dualchannel FFT

tool forequalization

of soundsystemsusing thetransfer

function.

GPL

Praat

PaulBoersma

and DavidWeenink of

theUniversity

ofAmsterdam

Yes Yes Yes

A programfor the

analysis ofspeech inphonetics.

GPL

Sonic Visualiser

Centre forDigital

Music atQueenMary,

Universityof London

Yes Yes Yes GPL

WaveSurfer Yes Yes Yes Permissivefree software

Converters

Name Creator Linux? Mac OSX? Unix? Windows? Note License

FFmpeg Libav team Yes Yes Yes Yes Audio &video. GPL or LGPL

fre:ac RobertKausch Yes No No Yes formerly

BonkEnc GPL

Libav FabriceBellard Yes Yes Yes Yes Audio &

video. GPL or LGPL

MPlayer Yes Yes Yes Yes Audio &video. GPL

DJ Software

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Name Creator Linux? Mac OSX? Unix? Windows? Note License

MixxxMixxx

DevelopmentTeam

Yes Yes Yes Yes GPL

VirtualDJAtomix

ProductionInc.

No Yes No Yes GPL

Xwax Mark Hills Yes No No No GPL

Modular systems

Name Creator Linux? Mac OSX? Unix? Windows? Note License

aRts Yes Yes Yes Yes GPLLibvisual Yes Yes Yes Yes LGPL

SynFactory No No No Yes GPLVisualAp Yes Yes Yes GPL

Platforms

Various projects have formed to integrate the existing free software audio packages.

Name Creator Description Note License64 Studio Linux distributionAVLinux Linux distribution variousdyne:bolic Linux distribution various

Musix Linux distribution various

Planet CCRMA set of packages (inRPM format)

Ubuntu Studio Linux distribution various

Players

Audio players without Database

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Component GUI Programminglanguage Description

Aqualung GTK+ C

Audacious GTK+ C

Beep Media Player GTK+ C

Muine Mono C# can use GStreamer and xine

qmmp Qt C++

XMMS

Audio players with Database

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Component GUI Programminglanguage Database Description

Amarok Qt C++ MySQL

aTunes Java

Banshee GTK+ C# SQLite

Clementine Qt C++ SQLite3

Exaile GTK+ Python Berkeley DB

Guayadeque wxWidgets C++, C wxSQLite3

JuK Qt C++

Nightingale XULRunner C++ SQLite? fork of Songbird, with Linux support

Quod Libet GTK+ Python ???

Rhythmbox GTK+ C not GNU Data Access

Songbird XULRunner C++ SQLite? support for Linux was dropped

Tomahawk Qt C++ SQLite

Programming languages

Many computer music programming languages are implemented in free software. See also the comparison of audiosynthesis environments.

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Name Creator Linux? Mac OSX? Unix? Windows? Note License

Csound

Csoundcommunity,

BarryVercoe

Yes Yes No? Yes LGPL

ChucK Ge Wang,Perry Cook Yes Yes No? Yes GPL

Nyquist

ComputerMusic

Project atCarnegieMellon

University,Roger B.

Dannenberg

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Pure Data

PdCommunity,

MillerPuckette

Yes Yes Yes Yes BSD-like

SuperCollider

SuperCollidercommunity,

JamesMcCartney

Yes Yes Yes? Yes GPL

Radio broadcasting

See also streaming below.

Name Creator Linux? Mac OSX? Unix? Windows? Note

Airtime Sourcefabric Yes No No Successor toCampcaster

Campcaster Sourcefabric Yes No NoOpenBroadcaster OpenBroadcaster Yes No No

Recording and editing

The following packages are digital audio editors.

Name Creator Linux? Mac OSX? Unix? Windows? Note

Ardour Paul Davis Yes Yes Yes No multi-trackaudio recorder

Audacity DominicMazzoni Yes Yes Yes Yes multi-track

audio recorder

Ecasound Yes Yes Yes

Yes limitedsupportthroughCygwin

audio recorder

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Jokosher Jokoshercommunity

Yes No Yes multi-trackaudio editor

LMMS TobiasDoerffel Yes Yes as of 0.4.0

with Qt4 Yes

Free cross-platform

alternative tocommercial

programs likeFL Studio®,which allow

you toproduce music

with yourcomputer.

Intended as areplacement

for Cubase-likesoftware(DAW)

MusE Yes No No MIDIsequencer

Qtractor Yes No No

A non-destructivemulti-trackaudio and

MIDIWorkstation

(DAW)

Rosegarden Yes No No

MIDIsequencer and

multi-trackrecorder

SoX Yes Yes Yes Yes

command-linemulti-track

audioeditor/processor

Sweep Conrad Parker Yes No Yes No

Traverso DAW Remon Sijrier Yes Yes Yesmulti-track

audio recorderand editor

WaveSurfer

Centre forSpeech

Technology atKTH

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Softsynths

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Name Creator Linux? Mac OSX? Unix? Windows? Note License

FluidSynth Yes Yes Yes YesSoundFont

player /renderer

LGPL

TiMidity++ Yes Yes Yes Yes GPL

ZynAddSubFX Yes Yes YesMac OS Xversion is

limitedGPL

Streaming

These programs are for use with streaming audio.

Name Creator Linux? Mac OSX? Unix? Windows? Note

Firefly Media Server Yes Yes Yes

streams musicto DAAPclients likeiTunes andRhythmbox

Icecast Yes Yes Yes

a broadcastserver, servesaudio signalsto clients over

the HTTPprotocol

PeerCast Yes Yes Yes a peercastingtool

VideoLAN Yes Yes Yes Yes

media andserver

programs forvideo and

audiostreaming

Technologies

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Name Creator Linux? Mac OSX? Unix? Windows? Note

Advanced Linux SoundArchitecture (ALSA) Yes

a sound cardmanagementsystem in theLinux kernel

DSSI Yes

a pluginarchitecture for

softwaresynthesizers

GStreamer Yes No Yes Yesa graph-based

multimediaframework

JACK Audio Connection Kit(JACK)

JACK Team,Paul Davis Yes Yes (JACK OS

X) Yes (jackdmp) a sound server

Linux Audio Developers SimplePlugin API (LADSPA) Yes

a pluginarchitecture fordigital signalprocessing

Open Sound System Yes Yes

a standardinterface formaking andcapturing

sound in Unixoperatingsystems

PulseAudio Yes YesYes(Solaris,FreeBSD,NetBSD)

Yes a sound server

Trackers

These music sequencer programs allow users to arrange notes (pitch-shifted sound samples) on a timeline: seetracker (music software).

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Name Creator Linux? Mac OSX? Unix? Windows? Note

MilkyTracker Yes Yes Yes Yes

Also runs onvarious other

platformsincluding butnot limited to

WindowsMobile,

PlayStationand AmigaOS

4.

OpenMPT OlivierLapicque No No No Yes

released asfree software

in 2004

Psycle No No No Yes

a trackercombined with

modularcapabilities

SoundTracker Yes No Yes No Fast Trackerclone

Other

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Name Creator Linux? Mac OSX? Unix? Windows? Note

Aria Maestosa Auria Yes Yes Yes Yesa multi-track

MIDIsequencer

Giada Monocasual Yes Yes Yes Yes

Loop machine,drum machine,sequencer, live

sampler,plugin/effecthost for live

performances.

Gnaural Yes Yes Yes YesBinaural beat

and pink noisegenerator

GNU LilyPond

Han-WenNienhuys and

JanNieuwenhuizen

Yes Yes Yes Yesa music

engravingprogram

Hydrogen Yes Yes Partial Partial an advanceddrum machine

Impro-Visor Bob Keller Yes Yes Yes Yes

lead sheetnotation, jazzimprovisation,

auto-accompaniment

LevelatorThe

ConversationsNetwork

Yes Yes No Yes

Tool that usesa compressor,normalizer and

limiter tonormalize

volume levelsin audio

recordings ofpublic talks.

libsndfile Yes Yes Yes Yes

library forreading andwriting many

sound formats

See also

abc notationList of Linux audio software

References

External links

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Consortium of free Linux audio software makers (http://www.linuxaudio.org)

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