Software Map

AlsaPlayer is a new PCM player written with the ALSA sound system in mind. It also includes support for JACK, OSS, NAS, and ESD. It makes extensive use of multi-threading and supports OGG, MP3, WAV, CDDA (CD Digital Audio), MOD, S3M, IT, and many other input types. Features include a real- time effects stream, variable speed/pitch control, SHOUTcast/icecast streaming support, multiple active visual scopes, command line mode, playlists, plugin architecture, low-latency mode, and more.

Beast is a powerful music composition and modular synthesis application. It offers multiple input methods like multitrack, piano roll, and pattern editing and supports skins. On the technical side, it has a wide range of abilities like sequencing, unlimited undo/redo history, real-time synthesis with multiprocessor support, full duplex 32-bit audio rendering, precise timing down to sample granularity, on demand loading of partial wave files, on the fly decoding of various sample formats, aliasing free oscillators, and full Scheme scripting support.

TerminatorX is a realtime audio synthesizer that
allows you to "scratch" on digitally sampled
audio data (*.wav, *.au, *.mp3, etc.) the way
hiphop-DJs scratch on vinyl records. It features
multiple turntables, realtime effects (built-in
as well as LADSPA plugin effects), a sequencer,
and an easy-to-use GTK+ GUI.

Qsynth is a GUI front-end application for
Fluidsynth. Fluidsynth is a command-line software
synthesizer based on the Soundfont specification.
Qsynth was built with the Qt4 toolkit using Qt
Designer. Eventually it may evolve into a
softsynth management application that allows the
user to control and manage a variety of command
line softsynths, but it currently just wraps the
excellent Fluidsynth program.

gAlan is an audio-processing tool for X Windows
and Win32. It allows you to build synthesizers,
effects chains, mixers, sequencers, drum machines,
etc. in a modular fashion by linking together
icons representing primitive audio processing
components.

Horgand is a graphical FM real time organ with
auto-accompaniment. It is JACK capable, with DSP
effects to emulate and store organ sounds. It is
available either standalone or as a DSSI plugin.

GNU GTick is a metronome application. It features a
scale from 10 beats per minute to 1000 BPM and
arbitrary beat modes (meters). It uses GTK+2 and
OSS.

SoundTracker is a pattern-oriented music editor (similar to the DOS program 'FastTracker'). Samples are lined up on tracks and patterns which are then arranged to a song. Supported module formats are XM and MOD; the player code is the one from OpenCP. A basic sample recorder and editor is also included.

klick is an advanced JACK-based metronome,
supporting tempo changes, meter changes, and more.
It allows you to define complex tempo maps for
entire songs or performances.

Bristol Audio Synthesiser is an emulator for diverse keyboard instruments. Currently about 20 are implemented: various Moog, Sequencial Circuits, Oberheim, Yamaha, Roland, Hammond, Korg, ARP, and Vox algorithms. The application consists of an audio engine and an associated graphical user interface called Brighton which acts as a dedicated master keyboard for each emulation.

CLAM is a multiplatform software framework for research and application development for the Audio and Music domains. It offers a conceptual model for building systems as well as tools for the analysis, synthesis, and transformation of audio signals using high level representation (notes, spectral peaks, etc.). It also provides multiplatform system abstraction and tools for audio and MIDI file handling, device handling, GUI and XML support, and more. It has proper Linux audio architecture integration (Ladspa, Alsa, OSC, Jack, VST, etc.) and rapid graphical prototyping both for the processing core and the user interface (Qt designer integration).

cwtext converts ASCII streams in stdin to ASCII Morse code (dotscii) or to audio suitable for >/dev/dsp on Linux and other platforms. It also has a collection of tools for pulling info from the Internet and presenting it in Morse code.

AZR3-JACK is a port of the free VST plugin AZR-3.
It is a tonewheel organ with drawbars, distortion
and rotating speakers. The original was written by
Rumpelrausch Täips. The organ has three sections,
two polyphonic with 9 drawbars each and one
monophonic bass section with 5 drawbars. The two
polyphonic sections respond to events on MIDI
channel 1 and 2, and an optional keyboard split
function makes the bass section listen to the
lower keys on channel 1. The three sections have
separate sustain and percussion switches as well
as separate volume controls, and the two
polyphonic sections have separate vibrato
settings. All three sections are mixed and sent
through the distortion effect and the rotating
speakers simulator, where the modulation wheel can
be used to switch between fast and slow rotation,
and the fast and slow rotation speeds themselves
can be changed separately for the lower and upper
frequencies.