This comparison of free software for audio lists notable
free and open source software
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for use by sound engineers, audio producers, and those involved in sound recording and reproduction.
Audio analysis
Converters
DJ software
Distributions and other platforms
Various projects have formed to integrate the existing free software audio packages.
Modular systems
Notation
Players
Programming languages
Many
computer music programming languages are implemented in free software. See also the
comparison of audio synthesis environments
Software audio synthesis environments typically consist of an audio programming language (which may be graphical) and a user environment to design/run the language in. Although many of these environments are comparable in their abilities to pro ...
.
Radio broadcasting
See also
streaming
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below.
Recording and editing
The following packages are
digital audio editor
Audio editing software is any software or computer program which allows editing and generating audio data. Audio editing software can be implemented completely or partly as a library, as a computer application, as a web application, or as a ...
s.
Softsynths
Streaming
These programs are for use with
streaming audio
Streaming media refers to multimedia delivered through a network for playback using a media player. Media is transferred in a ''stream'' of packets from a server to a client and is rendered in real-time; this contrasts with file downloadi ...
.
Technologies
Trackers
These music sequencer programs allow users to arrange notes (pitch-shifted sound samples) on a timeline: see
tracker (music software)
A music tracker, or simply a tracker, is a type of music sequencer software for creating music. The music is represented as discrete musical notes positioned in several channels at chronological positions on a vertical timeline.
A music tracker's ...
.
Other
See also
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ABC notation
ABC notation is a shorthand form of musical notation for computers. In basic form it uses the letter notation with –, –, and , to represent the corresponding notes and rests, along with other elements used to place added value on these – ...
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Comparison of 3D computer graphics software
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General information Current software
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Comparison of computer-aided design software
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List of 3D animation software
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List of 3D modeling software
Following is a list of notable software, computer programs, used to develop a mathematical representation of any ''three dimensional'' surface of objects, as 3D computer graphics, also called ''3D modeling''.
See also
* Comparison of computer- ...
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List of 3D rendering software
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List of free and open-source software packages
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List of Linux audio software
The following is an incomplete list of Linux audio software.
Audio players
GStreamer-based
* Amarok is a free music player for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Multiple backends are supported (xine, helix and NMM).
* Banshee is ...
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List of video editing software
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The criterion for inclusion in this list is the ability to perform non-linear video editing. Most modern transcoding software supports transcoding a portion of a video clip, which would count as ...
References
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Audio software
Audio most commonly refers to sound, as it is transmitted in signal form. It may also refer to:
Sound
*Audio signal, an electrical representation of sound
* Audio frequency, a frequency in the audio spectrum
* Digital audio, representation of sou ...