Free Music Software & Audio Application Info - Info, Links & Screenshots for Mac (OS X, 9/8), Windows (XP, NT, ME, etc.), Linux, UNIX, BSD

Free Online Language Resource Website Launched

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 03:38:06 -0600

Every now and then something exciting enough happens here at Conscious Manifestations to announce it on all our sites. This is one of those occasions.

Wikipedia Free Audio Software Article

Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:28:43 -0500

Wikipedia has an article on Free Audio Software that might be of interest to the folks on this site.

Upgrading to Drupal 4.7 and More Changes

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:10:11 -0500

It has been a while since I have updated this site. I have been quite busy with the flow of life.

I am getting back into the swing of things with Conscious Manifestations, and Free Music Software is near the top of the priority list.

What does this mean?

Well...

1) Free Music Software gets a much-needed and overdue upgrade to Drupal 4.7.
2) More softwares get added to the line-up. Many more.
3) The information architecture of the site gets a serious upgrade.
4) Tags and tag clouds are implemented.

And so much more.

All of this... coming soon. :)

Ciao for now.

Free Music Software

Added Csound

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:37:40 -0600

I finally had a moment to add another software, so I added Csound, a sweet application with so many faces in so many places.

Csound

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:33:45 -0600

From Csound Developer Website:

"Csound is a programming language created for sound rendering and signal processing in Linux, Mac, and Windows. It amazingly consists of over 450 operational codes used to build 'instruments.' Csound has an SCO generator for percussion tracks (Drumachine), an audio file DSP utility, a Bol Processor BP2 that simultaneously processes MIDI, QuickTime, and Csound via OMS on Macs. There are different versions of Csound for each platform as well as CsoundAV which allows 3D graphics and animations besides normal real-time audio."

Csound Screenshots: Keep in mind there are several versions of Csound. The one you download might not look like any of these!

Csound Mac Screenshot:

Csound Blue Screenshot:

Csound Cecilia Screenshot:

More Mac Csound Screenshots
More Csound Blue Screenshots
More Csound Cecilia Screenshots
CSoundAV GUI Screenshots

Download
Download Csound
Download Csound Source Code

General Resources
Csound General Information

Csound for Linux
Csound Linux
Csound5

Csound for Mac
Mac Csound
Csound Development Preview
Csound 4.23f12gbs8 (FLTK) for OSX
Csound VST

CSound for Windows
CsoundAV
Dream Front Door
Csound VST

Documentation
Csound Online Manual
Csound AV Manual

Help and Support
Csound Beginner Tutorials
CsoundAV Video Tutorials
Csound Forum
Csound MIDI Resources

Contact Information
Contact Csound Developers

More Project Information
Csound on Sourceforge
Csound on Freshmeat

In the News
Csound Review 1
Csound Review 2
Csound Review 3

Reviews
Csound Review at LinuxJournal
Csound Review at MIT 1
Csound Review at MIT 2

Extras and Other Links
Csound Mailing Lists
Csound Credits
Csound Publications
Buy Csound on CD
Donate to Csound
Blue: A java program for use with CSound
Cecilia

Other Languages
Csound Français
Csound Italiano
Csound Português

Tweaking the Menus

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:47:37 -0600

Today I spent a while tweaking out the menus on the top to give people a better way to quickly access to the free music software applications on the site. I categorized them by actions.

When I get another moment, I am going to seriously clean up the category structure which is a little crazy right now. This will be done when the new Drupal 4.7 stable release comes out.

In the next week I will be adding a few more really nice applications.

Added Hydrogen

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:11:02 -0600

I added Hydrogen to the line-up today.

Hydrogen

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:04:22 -0600

From Hydrogen Developer Website:

"Hydrogen is advanced drum machine software that provides intuitive pattern-based programming. It is fast, with graphical interface based on QT 3 and can import sound samples in .wav, .au, .aiff and supports samples in compressed FLAC files. Hydrogen will play multiple patterns at once with the ability to weave patterns into a song. There are thirty-two instrument tracks with volume, mute, solo, and pan capabilities. When you're finished you can export your song to a .wav or .midi file."

Hydrogen Screenshots:

More Hydrogen Screenshots

Download
Download Hydrogen
Download Hydrogen Source Code

General Resources
Hydrogen Features
Hydrogen General Information
Hydrogen Reference Guidelines

Documentation
Hydrogen Developer Docs
Hydrogen Online Manual

Help and Support
Hydrogen Tutorial
Hydrogen Forum(s)

Users Links
Hydrogen User Community

Contact Information
Contact Hydrogen
Contact Hydrogen Developers

More Project Information
Hydrogen on Sourceforge
Hydrogen on Freshmeat

Reviews
Hydrogen Review on Linux Journal
Hydrogen Review on Softpedia

Extras and Other Links
Hydrogen Mailing Lists
Hydrogen on Wikipedia
Hydrogen Credits
Donate to Hydrogen
Hydrogen Drum Kits

Other Languages
Hydrogen Italiano
Hydrogen Українська
Hydrogen Русский

Added Beast to the Line-Up

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:13:15 -0600

I added Beast to the lineup!

Beast

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:27:40 -0600

From Beast Developer Website:

"Beast is a really snazzy music composition and modular synthesis software program. It runs under unix and can run files saved in MIDI, WAV, AIFF, MP3, and OggVorbis. Beast has unlimited undo/redo support, real-time synthesis, multitrack editing, 32bit audio rendering, full duplex support, multiprocessor support and on and on. Interestingly Beast is an abbreviation for Bedeviled Audio System."

Beast Screenshots:

More Beast Screenshots

Download
Download Beast
Download Beast Source Code

General Resources
Beast General Information
Beast FAQs
Beast Quick Start

Features
Beast Feature List
Creating Beast Plugins

Documentation
Beast Developer Docs
Beast Online Manual

Help and Support
Beast Discussion
Beast Help Desk
Beast Wiki
Beast Forum(s)

Contact Information
Contact Beast

More Project Information
Beast on Freshmeat

In the News
Beast Reviews

Extras and Other Links
Beast Sound Archive
Beast Mailing Lists
Beast Links Page
Beast Translation Info
Beast Credits are displayed on the program during runtime.

Other Languages
Beast Deutsch

Mixxx

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:33:11 -0600

From Mixxx Developer Website:

"Mixxx is an open source DJ tool. Mixxx is designed for DJ'ing for both professional and semi-professional users. Mixxx was started in early 2001 as one of the first digital DJ systems. Today Mixxx includes many features common to digital DJ solutions, but also some very unique features: It is free, and runs on all major desktop operating systems. Futhermore Mixxx has a number of key features to help the DJ in the live mix: Beat estimation, parallel visual displays, and support for many DJ input controllers.

At the moment we are working on Mixxx 2.0 bringing some major new features, including waveform summary displays, new sound effects, and support for pitch independent time stretch.

Mixxx reads most popular sound formats, including MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Wave and Aiff. For communication Mixxx supports MIDI and standard input devices such as Joysticks and mice.

Mixxx is available on all major desktop operating systems, including Linux, Windows and MacOS X. Mixxx is Open Source and can be used and downloaded for free. Mixxx is distributed under the GPL.

Mixxx is designed with a strong focus on interaction. Mixxx is easy to use for novice and professional DJ's, also when going live. Integration with Prokyon3, a music management application, is now possible for efficient access to your music library."

Mixxx Screenshots:

More Mixxx Screenshots

Download
Download Mixxx (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows)
Download Mixxx Source Code
All (Current and Older) Mixxx Downloads

General Resources
Mixxx General Information
Mixxx News

Features
Mixxx Features

Software License
GNU General Public License (GPL)

Documentation
Mixxx Docs

Help and Support
Mixxx Manual (PDF)
Mixxx Tutorial
Mixxx Tutorial Image
Mixxx Help/Support
Mixxx Forum

System Requirements
There is no page for the system requirements. Mixxx can run on Linux, Mac OS C and Windows.

Hardware Requirements
There is currently no page for hardware requirements. Mixxx can run on x86 and PPC architectures.

Development Links
Mixxx Developer Mailing List

Users Links
Mixxx Forum

Contact Information
Contact Mixxx

More Project Information
Mixxx on Sourceforge
Mixxx on Freshmeat

Reviews
Mixxx Review on Softpedia
Mixxx Review on Media in Linux

Extras and Other Links
Mixxx on Digg
Mixxx Mailing List
Mixxx Credits
Mixxx "Project" Page

Language Support
English

OpenSebJ

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:43:29 -0600

Description from OpenSebJ Developer Website:

"OpenSebJ is a free real time audio sample mixer that runs on Microsoft Windows. The source code for OpenSebJ is released under the GNU General Public License.

Features include:
(o) Supports loading of 255 Audio samples (wave format), which can be played in real time
(o) Sample properties such as, Volume, Pan and Frequency can be adjusted individually for each sample (even during mid play)
(o) A composition tool is provided, presented in a familiar multi-track sequencer environment. Looping compositions are also supported.
(o) Samples can be linked to keys on the keyboard and trigged in real time when a key press occurs
(o) Each sample can also have the play cursor position adjusted while the sample is playing, to provide a virtual needle to be moved
(o) Stream to disk recording, allows all audio played from OpenSebJ to be saved
(o) Pitch shifter roll, allows an order to be setup, so that each time a sample is played the next pitch shift in the sequence is undertaken before the sample is played. I.e. set up a sample to key '1', then setup a pitch shift sequence, high,mid,low,higher etc (using frequency values which are transposed to on screen 'ranges' to allow easier utilisation)"

More OpenSebJ Screenshots

Download:
Download OpenSebJ

Contact Info:
Contact OpenSebJ

Forums:
OpenSebJ Forums

More Links:
OpenSebJ Blog
OpenSebJ Sourceforge Listing
OpenSebJ Feature Requests

Ardour

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:20:05 -0600

From Ardour Developer Website Homepage:

"Ardour is a digital audio workstation. You can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. Produce your own CD's. Mix video soundtracks. Experiment with new ideas about music and sound. Generate sound installations for 12 speaker gallery shows. Have Fun.

Ardour capabilities include: multichannel recording, non-linear, non-destructive region based editing with unlimited undo/redo, full automation support, a mixer whose capabilities rival high end hardware consoles, lots of plugins to warp, shift and shape your music, and controllable from hardware control surfaces at the same time as it syncs to timecode. If you've been looking for a tool similar to ProTools, Nuendo, Cubase SX, Digital Performer, Samplitude or Sequoia, you might have found it.

But wait. Ardour is not just a digital audio workstation. Let's compare it with ... an automobile.

Imagine that you bought a car and were told that the manufacturer was the only place you could get it fixed. None of your friends are allowed to use the car, and there's a good chance that it won't work on certain kinds of roads. As for customizing it: neither you nor your car-wise friends could do anything, because the hood is welded shut ...

If this sounds a little odd, that's because it is. But if you already own a digital audio workstation, you know all about products that work this way. Only the company that created it can fix it. Only that company can improve it. The company doesn't trust you as a customer, requiring product activation keys and hardware dongles. The list of inconviences goes on and on.

No Copy Protection
We'd like you to pay for Ardour - we've put a lot of work into it, and we'd like to keep doing that (you can use that PayPal button over there on the right). But whether you pay for Ardour or not, you are welcome to make copies for your friends. Hopefully, they'll want to pay for it too. No dongles, no activation keys, only trust.

Open Development Process
Anyone can participate in the development of Ardour. Because everyone can get the source code, Ardour will continue to be developed and supported with or without the involvement of its original authors. Contrast this to the collapse of a company, or a discontinued product. Moreover, anyone with programming skills can add features to Ardour, or fix problems.

Platform-Neutral Technology
Ardour will can be ported to just about any system that complies with the POSIX operating system standard. It has already been ported to Mac OS X with very few changes.

Rather than being a product of a particular company, it's a center around which a community can focus its interest and effort. A program for which new releases can happen as often as necessary to bring new functionality and improvements. A program to build the future with."

More Ardour Intro Info...

Ardour Screenshots:

More Ardour Screenshots

Download:
Download Ardour

Features:
Ardour Features List

Docs:
Ardour Online Manual and Wiki
Ardour Documentation Project

System Requirements:
Ardour System Requirements for Linux
Ardour System Requirements for Mac OS X

Frequently Asked Questions:
Ardour FAQs
Ardour OSX-Specific FAQs

Source Code:
Download Ardour Source Code

Helpful Ardour Links:
Ardour Plugins
Ardour Help/Support
What's different about Ardour?
Ardour Basic Concepts
Ardour MIDI Configuration
The Ardour Editor
The Ardour Mixer
Ardour Recording Setup
Ardour Basic Recording
Ardour Video Synchronization
Ardour and Native Processing

Mailing Lists and Tracking Info:
Ardour Developers Mailing List
Ardour Users Mailing List
Ardour Issue Tracker

Other Info Regarding Ardour:
How to Build Ardour from Source
Ardour News
Ardour Status
The Ardour Community Page, Contact Info, Credits and Contributors
Donate to Ardour
Ardour on Wikipedia
Ardour on Sourceforge
Ardour Freshmeat Listing

Even More Ardour Stuff:
Installing Ardour on Gentoo OS X
Ardour Debian Unstable Package
Some Music Recorded with Ardour
A Weird Video of Ardour in Action

Ardour Press:
Introducing Ardour on Linux Journal
Ardour Review on LinuxSoft.cz
Ardour as Part of AGNULA

Growing Links Page for More Info on Free Music Software for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 17:04:46 -0600

As this site is a growing resource in its early infancy, we are keeping a growing list of links here that will lead users to web pages and sites that have a variety of information, reviews and links to all sorts of free and non-free music software goodies. Have at it! :)

Sourceforge Links:
Software Map of Sound and Audio Analysis Software
Sourceforge Map of Sound and Audio Capture and Recording Software
Sourceforge Map of Sound and Audio Editors

Free Music Software Links for Linux:

Linux Sound's "Interesting Sound & MIDI Software For Linux"
music-ir.org's "The Tools We Use

Free and Non-Free Music Software Links for Mac:

Freshmeat's OSX Categories Matching "Audio"
Apple's Mac OSX Audio Downloads Area

Mostly Non-Free Music Software Links for Windows:

WinAppsList for Audio Editors
WinApps List for Audio Recorders
WinAppsList for MIDI Software
WinAppsList for Music Notation Software

Free and Non-Free Music Software Links for All Platforms:

Vorbis List of 3rd Party Software
"Making Music" List of Free Music Making Softwares

Random:
Musix GNU+Linux User's Manual
Audio Asylum Homepage

More to come as we have time!

ANGULA

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:31:47 -0600

Description from the Official AGNULA Developer Website:

"The AGNULA project is a volunteer based project aiming to spread Libre Software in the professional audio and video arena.

AGNULA's main task is the development of a reference multimedia distribution for the GNU/Linux operating system completely based on Free Software as approved by the Free Software Foundation. It's called DeMuDi and is based on Debian."

AGNULA Screenshot:

Slideshow of AGNULA Screenshots on OSDir.com

Software Applications (Packages) Included in AGNULA:
ALSA Modular Synth
Cecilia - A Graphical User Interface for cSound
Jack Audio Connection Kit
jMax Visual Programming Environment
LADCCA (Linux Audio Developer's Configuration and Connection API)
Nyquist - A Sound Synthesis and Composition Language
TkECA
Click here to view descriptions of these applications on the AGNULA website.

AGNULA Development Information

Additional Links and Info:

AGNULA Documentation
AGNULA News
AGNULA Contact Information
Direct Link to Browse AGNULA ISO Images