orDrumbox

The orDrumbox is a software drum machine, designed to a creative pattern based way of drum programming with automatic music composition capabilities. You can compose beats even with polyrhythms, bass line and complete songs using included drum kits with the audio sequencer functions.

• Pattern oriented: You can create songs by assembling various patterns.
• Automatic composer: You can add melodic scales and semi-random notes to make the orDrumbox compose rhythmic and melodic patterns under your control.
• Automatic sound assignations: The orDrumbox use Natural Language Processing for matching sounds to tracks and to "categorize" sounds.
• Drum Kits: You can import, create, modify and save drum kits. It's a "sound library" in one single file.
• Loops: Just import a loop wav file in your drumkit and the orDrumbox will automatically stretch loops to fit your rhythm
• Sequencer: You can assemble patterns in a song.
• Importing/Exporting: The orDrumbox generates and exports songs and individual patterns in 16 bits /44 Khz/stereo sounds CD-quality, so you can re-use them in any other sound application.

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LMMS

LMMS is a free cross-platform (Windows and Linux) alternative to commercial programs like FL Studio, which allow you to produce music with your computer. This includes the creation of melodies and beats, the synthesis and mixing of sounds, and arranging of samples. LMMS can also connect to any of your MIDI devices and allow you to perform live, all in a user-friendly and modern interface. Check out the "demos" page for an idea of what you can do with LMMS.

Features

• Song-Editor for composing songs
• A Beat+Bassline-Editor for creating beats and basslines
• An easy-to-use Piano-Roll for editing patterns and melodies
• An FX mixer with 64 FX channels and arbitrary number of effects allow unlimited mixing possibilities
• Many powerful LADSPA instrument and effect-plugins out of the box, with more available in many Linux Distributions
• Full user-defined track-based automation and computer-controlled automation sources
• Supports most free or professional VST plugins out of the box.
• Compatible with many standards such as SoundFont2, VST(i), LADSPA, GUS Patches, and MIDI
• Import of MIDI and FLP (Fruityloops Project) files

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Mixxx

Mixxx is free, open source DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes. Mixxx is a complete package for amateur and professional DJs alike, providing everything you need to create live mixes. Mixxx supports advanced features like comprehensive MIDI controller support, vinyl control, and multi-core CPU support.

Full Feature List

• Parallel waveform displays
• Waveform summaries
• MP3, OGG, WAVE, and FLAC playback
• Pitch-independent time stretch (key lock)
• Vinyl emulation
• Wave recording
• Free, open source software
• BPM detection and estimation
• Supported MIDI controllers
• Multichannel soundcard support (playback and capture)
• Multiple soundcard support
• Cross-platform (Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X, Linux)
• Adjustable EQ shelves
• Crossfader curve control
• Skinnable interface with extra skins bundled
• Advanced MIDI scripting engine
• Adjustable pitch range
• Multi-core CPU support
• 24-bit/96000 Hz playback and capture
• Crystal clear audio
• Hardware video acceleration
• Vinyl control support

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MP3Gain

MP3Gain analyzes and adjusts mp3 files so that they have the same volume. MP3Gain does not just do peak normalization, as many normalizers do. Instead, it does some statistical analysis to determine how loud the file actually sounds to the human ear. Also, the changes MP3Gain makes are completely lossless. There is no quality lost in the change because the program adjusts the mp3 file directly, without decoding and re-encoding.

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Audacity

Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. You can use Audacity to:

• Record live audio.
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
• Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
• Change the speed or pitch of a recording.

Audacity is free software, developed by a group of volunteers and distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from cassette tapes, vinyl records, or minidiscs. With some sound cards, it can also capture streaming audio. Import sound files, edit them, and combine them with other files or new recordings. Export your recordings in several common file formats and more.

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