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Mixxx

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

"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:

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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

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:

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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!

Audacity

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:31:59 -0600

From Audacity Developer Website:

"Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.

* Record live audio.
* Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
* Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, and WAV sound files.
* Cut, copy, splice, and mix sounds together.
* Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
* And more! See the complete list of features."

Audacity Screenshot:

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Download Audacity

Audacity General Resources
Audacity Quick Reference Guide
Audacity Online Manual

Audacity Feature List

Audacity Tutorial

Audacity Plugins

Audacity Documentation

Audacity Help/Support

Audacity Hardware and System Requirements for Mac
Audacity Hardware and System Requirements for Windows

Audacity FAQs

Audacity Source Code