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• Computers: Open Source: Software: Music and Audio  (9)
• Computers: Software: Operating Systems: Linux: Projects: Multimedia: Music and Audio  (7)

AlsaPlayer :

- PCM player written for ALSA driver and library, supports other outputs like OSS and esd. Plug-in interface.
Audio File Library :

- An API for accessing a variety of audio file formats.
Aumix :

- Adjusts an audio mixer. X and ncurses interfaces.
Baudline Signal Analyzer :

- Realtime signal analysis and spectrum analyzer tool.
BEAST/BSE :

- GTK+/GNOME based front-end to BSE framework to simulate audio synthesis and tracking composition.
Cdgtools :

- Suite of tools for handling CD+G karaoke disks and files.
CoverViewer XMMS Plugin :

- Displays covers or images related to songs. Internet cover retrieval facility. Handles tagged files, CDs, and streams.
Dir2ogg :

- Python script that converts MP3, WAV, and M4A files to Ogg format.
Ecasound :

- Audio software for Unix.
Geoff and Dave's Audio Mixer :

- A digital audio mixing package.
GLAME :

- Free and extensible Linux/Unix audio editor. GNU licence.
GNOMAD :

- GTK+ client program for the NOMAD Jukebox, using libnjb and id3lib to handle communications and ID3 tagging.
Gnome Wave Cleaner :

- An audio cleanup tool for GNOME. Handles WAV, MP3, and Ogg.
GramoFile :

- Assists in moving gramophone records onto CDs. Filters out hiss and pops.
Grip :

- Cd-player and cd-ripper. It also provides an automated frontend for MP3 and other audio format encoders.
KGuitune :

- A program for tuning guitars and other instruments that is available for download.
Lilypond :

- Creates beautiful music notation from text input. Outputs Postscript, SVG or MIDI files. GNU license.
Linux Sampler Project :

- Audio sampler with features similar to hardware samplers. Offers speed, high audio quality rates, supports common sample library formats.
Matti Koskinen Software :

- Programs including a de-noiser, MIDI generation from fractals, sound creation from gifs.
Mixxx :

- Open source DJ mixer.
MusE :

- MIDI/Audio sequencer with recording and editing capabilities.
Orpheus :

- Text and window mode audio player for CDs and MP3 with CDDB interface.
Philip's Music Writer :

- A music typesetter. Input is a plain text file, output is in PostScript.
PyKaraoke :

- CDG/MP3+G karaoke player. Can search inside Zip files.
Rosegarden :

- MIDI sequencer and notation editor for Unix-like systems.
SndStretch :

- Plug-in for XMMS to adjust pitch and tempo of a sound.
Sound Processing Kit :

- An object-oriented class library for audio signal processing.
SoundTracker :

- MOD tracker for X, similar to FastTracker. Includes a sample recorder and editor.
The TAON Project :

- A sound editor for Linux.
TiMidity++ :

- MIDI player, converter to wav. Uses Gravis compatible patches and can play these through soundcards lacking their own patches.
XMMS-SID SIDplay Plugin :

- Plug-in for playing Commodore 64 music (SID tunes) with XMMS. Requires libSIDPlay library (link given).
xmp: Extended Module Player :

- Open source (GNU GPL) portable module player for Unix or Win32.
Zero Tolerance's Cue Creator :

- A small Perl script that allows you to create CUE and MP3/OGG/WAV-files from audio CD's.
ZynAddSubFX :

- Synthesizer with two engines, realtime polyphonic, Midi support, microtonal capability, effects.