Music and Audio

MIDI sequencer for Windows.

Loop based music creation tool.

Fully featured sequencer with MIDI, VST/VSTi and DXi support. Can be used inside other sequencers as a VSTi itself.

Creators of Atmogen, the visual additive software synthesizer.

Develops virtual instrument plug-ins for use with music recording software.

Creators of freeware VST Instruments for Windows.

Virtual instrument from MOTU: overview, technical specifications, audio examples.

Adventus VST synth offers leads, pads, strings, basses, organs and pianos, for live performance work or sequencing. Demo available.

Software synthesizer news, resources, information and reviews.

Recorder includes signal processing to enhance audio, export to MP3 option.

Records streaming music and turns it into playable MP3 song files. Includes song recognition for automated tagging.

Add-on to maintain organized the Itunes library. Also collects and fills missing tags, album arts and lyrics.

An online music parameters converter (such as bpm, khz, sec, note, etc).

Several guides how you can make surround 5.1 out of stereo. For beginners and professionals.

Extended Module Player for Win95.

DirectShow filter suite with MPEG-4 video and multichannel AAC audio encoder based on FAAC as well as decoder, MP4 file format muxer and parser.

The GTK+2 port of XMMS with modern GUI features.

A transcoding application for Linux with a modular structure supporting many input and output formats.

WMP needs external DirectShow filters for AAC/MP4 support like 3ivx, mpegable, CoreAAC or LSX.

Commercial converter using FAAC and FAAD2 for AAC/MP4 support.

Open source version of RealProducer with free HE AAC encoder SDK from Coding Technologies.

Online music generator based on an unrevealed algorithm. Can be used to generate ringtones.

For tuning guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, violin, viola, and cello. Other instruments via the pitch selector.

[Win] Study music theory, discover classical composers, test your musical culture, recognize instruments, with this game. Also in French.

Allows the advancing music student to gain skill in identifying rhythms, intervals, and chords.

Patches for MAX offering compositional techniques like serial procedures, permutations and controlled randomness.

Links, patches, externals and apps.

Two fonts designed to be used with Finale. Includes samples, free demos, and ordering information.

Official site from Propellerhead Software. ReBirth has been discontinued and is now freeware.

A federal judge made a legal error in ordering Napster to ban the trade of copyrighted music on its service, lawyers for the popular file-swapping service told an appeals court today. [News.com]

An easy-to-use tool to edit metadata of common audio formats. It can rename files, replace characters, import/export tag information, create playlists...

Macintosh MP3 encoder based on LAME source code.

Simple freeware application for playing MP3 audio.

Converts audio CDs into WMA 8, OGG or MP3 formats. Features ID3 tag v2 support, jitter correction, and CDDB lookups. Site contains screenshots, support pages, and a downloadable trial version.

New streaming solution for webmasters.

Open-source web-based media streamer and jukebox. Supports MP3, OGG, AAC and other streamable audio and video formats. Runs on Windows, GNU/Linux and Mac.

Creates software which make use of signal processing in order to help guitar players with a guitar tuner and chord finder.

Master guitar scales, improvise in all keys on any chord.

Discussion list about the program and its use.

Dedicated to Finale plug-in development topics.