| 📰 Title: | Resources - Audio Production (Instruments, assets, sound effects) | 🕹️ / 🛠️ Type: | Info |
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| 🗃️ Genre: | Development | 👁️ Visual: | Text |
| 🏷️ Category: | Development ➤ Audio Production ➤ Musical Content | 🏝️ Perspective: | Third person |
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| 🐛️ Created: | 2023-02-06 | 🐜️ Updated: | 2025-01-05 |
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| 📜️[en]: | A set of links to resources and / or documentation for music design | 📜️[fr]: | Un ensemble de liens vers des ressources et/ou documentations pour la conception musicale |
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📚️ Docs
• Wikipedia : [Wikipedia (Computer music) [fr] [en] [de]]
• Wikipedia : [Wikipedia (Virtual Studio Technology, aka VST) [fr] [en] [de]]
• Wikipedia : [Wikipedia (SFZ (file format)) [fr] [en] [de]]
• Wikipedia : [Wikipedia () [fr] [en] [de]]
🔘️ Tutorials
• How to record browser audio on Linux (Thanks to Libre Arts): [Homepage]
🍩️ Resources
🔘️ Pulseaudio, Pipewire & Patchbays
• Easy Effects (formely PulseEffects) (Audio effects for PipeWire applications, GPL-3): [Homepage] [Dev site] [Flatpak] 🎬️ gu(202212) gu(202406) gu(202308)
• Pulsemeeter (A frontend to ease the use of pulseaudio's routing capabilities, mimicking voicemeeter's workflow, MIT, Thanks to [Nasra's games (202410)] & [ben329 (202410)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ gu(202206)
• Sonusmix (A tool to easily route and manage audio devices in Pipewire. It intends to enable the same features and workflows as Voicemeeter or Pulsemeeter, but with a more intuitive interface, MPL-2.0, Thanks to [Nasra's games (202410)] & [ben329 (202410)]): [Homepage] [Dev site 1 2] 🎬️ g(202xxx)
• coppwr (Low level control GUI for PipeWire, GPL-3, Thanks to [Nasra's games (202410)] & [ben329 (202410)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] [Flatpak] 🎬️ g(202xxx)
• qpwgraph (A PipeWire Graph Qt GUI Interface, GPL-2, Thanks to [Libre Arts (20241103)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ gu(202204)
• Helvum (a GTK-based patchbay for pipewire, inspired by the JACK tool catia, GPL-v3+): [Homepage] [Dev site] [Flatpak] 🎬️ g(202xxx)
• pw-viz (A simple and elegant, pipewire graph editor, GPL-3, Thanks to [FreshFOSS (20241105)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202xxx)
• RaySession (An audio session manager, it allows you to run and save several programs together, GPL-2, Thanks to [FreshFOSS (202411)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ gu(202011) gu[fr](202202)
• Patchance (a patchbay for JACK or PipeWire, it is a direct alternative to Catia or Patchage, GPL-2): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g[pt](202410)
• 💥️ Overwitch (a set of JACK / PipeWire clients for Overbridge 2 devices, GPL-3, Thanks to [Libre Arts (20241231)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202xxx)
🔘️ Sequencer, Looper, DAW
• Seq66 (a MIDI looper/editor based on Seq24, free, Thanks to [FreshFOSS (202312)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202207) g(202007)
• SooperLooper (a live looping sampler capable of immediate loop recording, overdubbing, multiplying, reversing and more, GPL-2, (Thanks to [FreshFOSS (20231206)])): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ d(200812)
• Giada (a hardcore loop machine, GPL-3, (Thanks to [FreshFOSS (20231218)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] [YouTube] 🎬️ d(202006) ht(201702)
• Stargate (an all-in-one DAW and plugin suite, GPL-3, Thanks to [FreshFOSS (20231208)]): [Homepage] [Dev site 1(GitHub) 2(GitLab) 3(Codeberg)] 🎬️ g(202112)
• Helio (an attempt to rethink a music sequencer to create a tool that feels right, GPL-3, Thanks to [FreshFOSS (20231223)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] [YouTube] 🎬️ d(202208) d(202110) d(201606)
• Stochas (a sequencer plugin, GPL-3, Thanks to [FreshFOSS (202312)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ gu(202009) gu(202212)
• gsequencer aka Advanced Gtk+ Sequencer (a tree based audio processing engine, GPL-3+, Thanks to [FreshFOSS (202401)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202306)
🔘️ Soundfonts
• sfz instruments (a list of instruments in SFZ format classified by license, with repository for some libre projects, thanks to unfa for this information): [Homepage] [Dev site]
• FreePats (a project for the creation of a free and open collection of digital instruments for music production): [Freepats (Soundfonts) (Salamander Grand Piano soundfont)] r(201212)
• The Fluid Release 3 General-MIDI Soundfont (excellent soundfont, by Frank Wen, MIT): [Debian/Ubuntu] [Arch Linux / AUR]
• HammerSound (a website focusing on computer music and the creation of sounds): [HammerSound]
• Christian Collins (SoundFont bank for composing or playing MIDI files): [Christian Collins - GeneralUser GS]
• Linux Sampler (free instruments & samples): [Linux Sampler]
• MuseScore (The site of this libre music score creation software proposes a section "SoundFonts and SFZ files"): [MuseScore (SoundFonts and SFZ files section)]
• Jeux d’orgues (French pipe organ sample sets, recorded on historic organs): [Jeux d’orgues]
• Arachno SoundFont (Always used to think that MIDI music was ugly?): [Arachno SoundFont]
• KarPbo (The site of this free software for converting midi files to audio files offers the 3 SoundFonts: Titanic, KarPbo & Chorium): [KarPbo (SoundFonts section)]
• HiDef (4GiB Roland SC-88Pro SoundFont): [Homepage] [Dev site]
• Soundfonts 4U (Free Quality SoundFonts (sf2), free): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ d(202203)
• Yet Another SplendidGrandPiano SFZ (SFZ instrument that I made using public domain samples by AKAI, by Ivan Yancharkin (yancharkin), free): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202xxx)
🔘️ Synths
• sfizz (SFZ parser & synth c++ library, providing AU / LV2 / VST3 plugins & JACK standalone client, thanks to unfa for this information, recommended by him for use of the sfz format in DAWs): [Homepage] [Dev site]
• Helm (Helm as a standalone synthesizer or as an LV2, VST, VST3 or AU plugin, GPL-3): [Homepage] [Dev site] gu(202011)
• dexed (a multi format plugin synth that is closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7, GPL-3): [Homepage] [Dev site] g(202011)
• TAL-NoiseMaker (a virtual analog synthesizer with a great sound & low CPU usage, free): [Homepage] [Dev site] g(202011)
• Socalabs - Synths section (A collection of AU / VST plug-ins - binaries & sources available for Win, Mac, Linux, by Roland Rabien (FigBug, Socalabs), BSD-3-Clause): [Homepage] [Dev site] d(202206) d(202212) d(202011)
• Minaton-XT (DPF port of Minaton, an analogue style synthesizer. A monophonic, subtractive, beefy analogue style bass and lead synthesizer. Originally written by Nick Bailey (ThunderOx Software) (@thunderox), GPL-3): [Homepage] [Dev site]
• ADLplug (FM Chip Synthesizer — OPL & OPN — VST/LV2/Standalone, BSL-1.0): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202010) g(202010) g(202010)
• VCV Rack (A virtual Eurorack DAW. VCV Rack simulates a modular synthesizer where each module itself can be a challenge to simulate on a modern computer (in short, between synthesizer and DAW), GPL-3, (Thanks to [FreshFOSS (20240409)])): [Homepage] [Dev site] [WIKI] [FAQ] 🎬️ d(202101) gu(202103) gu(202105) gu[fr](202307) gu[fr](202104) gu[fr](201805) ht(202403) ht[fr](201712) ht[fr](201710)
• Apricot (a free compact hybrid synthesizer with a massive sound (CLAP plugin), free): [Homepage] [itch.io] [Dev site] 🎬️ gu(202304) gu(202211) d(202209) d(202303)
• ExtraBold (3-oscillator subtractive beast (CLAP plugin), free): [Homepage] [itch.io] [Dev site] 🎬️ d(202404) d(202404) d(202404)
• Regency (a multi-tiered phase distorting synthesizer (CLAP plugin), free): [Homepage] [itch.io] [Dev site] 🎬️ gu(202402) gu(202403) d(202304)
• Fluctus (a 3-operator FM synthesizer that's incredibly simple yet very flexible in the sounds it can produce (CLAP plugin), free): [Homepage] [itch.io] [Dev site] 🎬️ gu(202406) d(202208) d(202309) d(202304)
🔘️ Drums
• AVL Drumkits (a drum sample player plugin, LV2 plugin, thanks to unfa for this information): [Homepage] [bandshed.net (AVL Drumkits)] gu(201701) d(201804)
• Drumrox (LV2 drummachine & DrMr fork, to load Hydrogen drumkits. The main goal is to keep it compatible with MODERN Hydrogen kit format, GPL-3): [Dev site] [FreshFOSS]
• Drumlabooh (LV2/VSTi drum machine for Linux & Windows, GPL-3): [Homepage] [Dev site] g(202xxx)
🔘️ Sound Effects
• OpenGameArt (Sound effects section): [OpenGameArt (Sound Effects)]
• Freesound (Sound effects with licenses): [Freesound]
• Galactic2 (a super-reverb plug-in, REdesigned specially for pads and space ambient, MIT): [Homepage] [Dev site] gd(202306)
• Socalabs - Sound Effects section (A collection of AU / VST plug-ins - binaries & sources available for Win, Mac, Linux, by Roland Rabien (FigBug, Socalabs), BSD-3-Clause): [Homepage] [Dev site]
• zam-plugins (a collection of LV2/LADSPA/VST/JACK audio plugins for sound processing developed in-house at ZamAudio, GPL-2, Thanks to [FreshFOSS (20231105)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202xxx) g(202xxx)
• Paul's Extreme Sound Stretch (a program for stretching the audio. It is suitable only for extreme sound stretching of the audio (like 50x) and for applying special effects by "spectral smoothing" the sounds, GPL-2): [Homepage] [Dev site] [Flatpak] 🎬️ g(201805) g(201711) g(201008) d(201508)
• PaulXStretch (Extreme Time-Stretching
This application/plugin is based on the PaulStretch algorithm (Paul’s Extreme Time Stretch, originally developed by Nasca Octavian Paul), and specifically the PaulXStretch version from Xenakios. The UI has been updated, adapted for various screen sizes, and built for the latest platforms, GPL-3): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202110) g(202210)
• NIH-plug (a small collection of audio plugins, of which Spectral Compressor, see below, ISC): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202xxx)
• Spectral Compressor (a 16384 band OTT, it can squash anything into pink noise, apply simultaneous upwards and downwards compressor to dynamically match the sidechain signal's spectrum and morph one sound into another, and lots more, Thanks to [unfa (20240302)], ISC): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ gu(202403)
🔘️ SFX, Voice, Pitch
• x42 Autotune plug-in (AT1 is intended to correct the pitch of a voice singing (slightly) out of tune, GPL-2+, binary & source available, thanks to unfa for this information): [Homepage] [Dev site] g(202005)
• MXTune plugins (a pitch correction plugin for VST, GPL-2+, binary & source available, thanks to unfa for this information): [Homepage] [Dev site]
• Linux Studio Plugins Project (LSP, aka LSP plugins) (a collection of open-source plugins compatible with CLAP, LADSPA, LV2 & LinuxVST formats, LGPL-3.0, GPL-3.0, binary & source available, thanks to unfa for this information): [Support their work (Donate)] [Homepage] [Dev site] gd(202307)
• LSP Sidechain Gate Stereo (SCG1S) plugin (gating of stereo input signal, GPL-2+, binary & source available, thanks to unfa for this information): [Homepage] [Dev site] g(202005)
• Voc vocal synth (wacky vocal synth VST, by Roland Rabien (FigBug, Socalabs), BSD-3-Clause): [Homepage] [Dev site]
• SpectMorph (a plugin which allows to analyze samples of musical instruments, and to combine them (morphing), LGPL-2.1, Thanks to [FreshFOSS (202311)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ gu(201709) ht(201907) ht(202009) ht(202305) d(201808) d(201805) d(201907) d(201905) d(201810)
🔘️ Equalizers
• ZLEqualizer (an equalizer plugin, GPL-3, Thanks to [unfa (20240327)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202xxx)
🔘️ Collections of plugins
• LV2 (a partial list of LV2 projects): [LV2 (partial list of LV2 projects)]
• LADSPA (Plugin Libraries section): [LADSPA (Plugin Libraries section)]
• Socalabs - Analysis section (A collection of AU / VST plug-ins - binaries & sources available for Win, Mac, Linux, by Roland Rabien (FigBug, Socalabs), BSD-3-Clause): [Homepage] [Dev site]
• Airwindows plugins (open-source, modular, graphic-less, stripped-down, VST plugins for Win, Mac, Linux, by Chris Johnson, MIT, binaries & sources available, thanks to unfa for this information): [Homepage] [Dev site] [Patreon] [Verbity2 (aka an example of VST plugin)]
• Airwindows Consolidated (an all-in-one solution including all ~400 plugins, MIT, Thanks to [falktx (20240507)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] [WIKI] 🎬️ gd(202405)
🔘️ Tools
• 💥️ Drumstick (a multiplatform MIDI file player, by Pedro López-Cabanillas (pedrolcl), GPL-3): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ gd(202310) gd(202109)
• Elektroid (a sample and MIDI device manager, it can easily upload & download audio files and manage different types of data on different MIDI devices, such as presets, projects or tunings, GPL-3, Thanks to [Libre Arts (20241006)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] [Flatpak] 🎬️ g(202xxx)
• rtpMIDI (To share ALSA sequencer devices on the network using RTP MIDI, & import other network shared RTP MIDI devices, GPL-2&LGPL-2.1+, Thanks to [FreshFOSS (202401)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ d(202004) ht(201204) ht(202212)
• abcMIDI (A suite of tools for converting files in ".abc" format (500k free files available on the web) into ".MIDI" and vice versa, GPL-3, Thanks to [FreshFOSS (202403)]): [Homepage] [Dev site 1 2] 🎬️ g(202xxx) [Bards of a feather (abc music files, tools, infos)] [Henrik Norbeck's ABC Tunes (abc music files)]
• video2midi (a libre utility for creating midi file from Synthesia video and the like, GPL-3, Thanks to [FreshFOSS (20240505)]): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ gu(202106) gu(201907) gu(201907)
• Gnome Sound Recorder aka Vocalis (a simple and modern interface that provides a straight-forward way to record and play audio, GPL-2+): [Homepage] [Dev site] [Flatpak] 🎬️ ht(202409)
• Chordcat (a chord-naming application that helps you identify & name chords based on the notes you've entered, GPL-3): [Homepage] [Dev site] [Flatpak] 🎬️ d(202411) d(202411) d(202402)
🔘️ Development
• SFZFormat.com (the main reference point for anyone who wants to create virtual musical instruments using the SFZ format, thanks to unfa for this information): [SFZFormat.com]
• JUCE (a cross-platform C++ application framework for creating high quality applications, including VST, VST3, AU, AUv3, AAX & LV2 audio plug-ins & plug-in hosts, GPL-3 & commercial): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ ht(201705)
🔘️ Misc.
• Sonic Visualiser (A tool to study a music recording closely, GPL-2, (Thanks to [Chris Cannam & Aleksandr Prokudin on mastodon (20240801) (SotE)])): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ gu(201110) gu(202211) gu(202210) gu[de](202212)
• Sonic Lineup (Comparative visualisation of related audio recordings, GPL-2): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ d(202310) d(202312)
• Tony (High quality melody transcription, GPL-2): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202xxx)
🔘️ Music for games
• OpenGameArt (Music section): [OpenGameArt (Music)]
• Will Godfrey's Music (MP3 & OGG with CC license): [Will Godfrey's Music]
• Linuxaudio.org (Music Made With Linux): [Linuxaudio.org (Music Made With Linux section)]
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