Fabla
OpenAV Productions
Fabla is a sample-based drum instrument for compatible Linux hosts.
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Free Music Software & Plug-ins
Discover free recording tools, virtual instruments, effects and audio utilities. Browse by platform, category, format and license. Every listing links to its developer.
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Luppp
OpenAV Productions
Luppp is a live-looping environment designed around clips and performance control.
View details →TagScanner
Sergey Serkov
TagScanner organizes audio collections through tag editing, file renaming and metadata-related batch operations.
View details →Kid3
Kid3 Contributors
Kid3 edits metadata across common audio-file formats and supports batch operations.
View details →Exact Audio Copy
Andre Wiethoff
Exact Audio Copy extracts audio from compact discs with a workflow focused on reliable reading and error reporting.
View details →CUETools
CUETools Contributors
CUETools provides utilities for working with lossless audio, cue sheets and disc-oriented archives.
View details →r8brain Free
Voxengo
r8brain Free converts audio sample rates and bit depths in a dedicated file-processing workflow.
View details →Soundly Free
Soundly
Soundly Free is a restricted edition of a sound-library search and management application.
View details →Attracktive
Tracktion
Attracktive is a free instrument built around recorded and synthesized sound material with performance controls.
View details →Alter/Ego
Plogue
Alter/Ego is a singing-synthesis instrument for programming vocal parts from notes and text.
View details →Serato Studio Free
Serato
Serato Studio Free provides a permanent, restricted beat-making workspace built around sample, drum and instrument decks.
View details →Pro Tools Intro
Avid
Pro Tools Intro is the permanently free entry edition of Avid’s recording workstation.
View details →LUNA Free
Universal Audio
LUNA Free is a recording and mixing workstation for Windows and macOS with unlimited tracks and no time limit or export watermark.
View details →padthv1
rncbc / Rui Nuno Capela
padthv1 is a synthesizer centered on the PADsynth approach to creating complex sustained spectra.
View details →synthv1
rncbc / Rui Nuno Capela
synthv1 is a polyphonic subtractive synthesizer designed for Linux music systems.
View details →drumkv1
rncbc / Rui Nuno Capela
drumkv1 is a sample-based drum instrument organized for programming and performing percussion.
View details →samplv1
rncbc / Rui Nuno Capela
samplv1 is a polyphonic sample-based instrument for Linux workflows.
View details →FoxDot
FoxDot Contributors
FoxDot offers a Python-oriented approach to live-coded music with pattern objects and performance commands.
View details →Orca
Hundred Rabbits
Orca is a grid-based programming environment for generating musical control patterns.
View details →TidalCycles
TidalCycles Contributors
TidalCycles is a live-coding environment for describing musical patterns as text.
View details →Demucs
Meta Research / Demucs Contributors
Demucs is a music-source-separation project with command-line and Python workflows.
View details →Ultimate Vocal Remover
Ultimate Vocal Remover Contributors
Ultimate Vocal Remover is a desktop interface for machine-learning audio separation.
View details →aubio
aubio Contributors
aubio supplies audio-analysis tools for tasks such as detecting onsets, estimating pitch and following musical timing.
View details →Sonic Annotator
Centre for Digital Music / Sonic Visualiser
Sonic Annotator runs Vamp audio-analysis plug-ins over files in a repeatable batch workflow.
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