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Old 05-06-2023, 07:45 AM   #1
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Default List your favorite open source Linux audio utilities

Always looking for useful open source audio utilities. I'm not thinking of the "major" items like DAWs and plugins though, but more like utilities and targeted tools that help with managing/organizing/analyzing/playing your audio/music files or related audio tasks on your Linux machine.

For example, here are some useful tools I can think of. Some of these are obvious that probably most Linux users use by default.

Soundconverter
Easytag
GNU GTick
LAME
Asunder
Gpodder
Pavucontrol
VLC
Clementine
Rhythmbox
FFmpeg
Sonic Visualiser
FMIT (Free Music Instrument Tuner)

If I think of some more I'll add them.

I'm curious what utilities you all use?
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Old 05-06-2023, 09:16 AM   #2
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Forgot to mention batch/bulk file renamers I use... not specifically for audio of course, but indispensable for audio work.

KRename

Bulky Renamer - (this one is kind of a newcomer, part of Linux Mint but it's an XApp so it works great in many distros)

Thunar bulk renamer - when in Xfce, Thunar has a renamer built-in.
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Old 05-06-2023, 01:18 PM   #3
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* gimp (use it alot)
* Spectacle (capturing desktop screenshots, use it alot also)
* bpytop (resource monitor)
* neofetch (type via terminal and you get some info about your computer)
* picard (Musicbrainz)
* genney (swedish genealogy software)
* audacity (restoration old LP's) great video about it here under


to name a few
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Old 05-06-2023, 10:19 PM   #4
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Kwave
Polyphone
LoopAuditioneer
Giada
Mixxx
Audacity
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Old 05-07-2023, 02:24 AM   #5
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Reaper

all I need 😁
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Old 05-07-2023, 02:33 AM   #6
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Spleeter - Split audio into stems
Sonic Visualiser - Audio analysys tool, I mostly use it for extracting tempo maps.
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Old 05-07-2023, 06:14 AM   #7
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polyphone
ocenaudio

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Old 05-08-2023, 01:20 AM   #8
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Ocenaudio isn't open source
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Old 05-08-2023, 03:12 AM   #9
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Reaper

all I need 😁
REAPER is also not open source.
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Old 05-08-2023, 04:06 AM   #10
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Good points - I guess since Reaper is one of the few obvious exceptions I make to proprietary software on Linux, I don't consciously *think* of Reaper as an exception to open source. Interesting to see that bias/blind spot creep in on my own question!

I guess if I'm being consistent with my own usage of Reaper, I probably should have phrased the question differently. So I suppose if I'm being honest with myself, I'm curious about *any* of your favorite Linux audio utilities that you guys use, open source or proprietary.

BTW, thank you all for your responses, already seeing things I've never used before, this is very helpful. Very glad this Reaper for Linux subforum exists.
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Old 05-08-2023, 04:53 AM   #11
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...I'm curious about *any* of your favorite Linux audio utilities that you guys use, open source or proprietary...
In that case:

REAPER, obviously, (proprietary)
MuseScore (open source)
Transcribe! (proprietary)

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Old 05-18-2023, 04:30 AM   #12
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sox [ commandline audio editor ]
simplescreenrecorder [ screen recording software ( obviously ) ]
aplay/paplay [ play audio from command line ]
sndfile [ command line audio player/recorder and editor ]
paulstretch [ command line and GUI ( paulxstretch ) audio extreme stretching ]
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Old 05-18-2023, 05:29 AM   #13
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Default Video Conversion

Shutter Encoder

Tons of video conversion options.
Free, opensource, versions for Linux/Windows/Mac.
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Old 05-18-2023, 10:45 PM   #14
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Shutter Encoder

Tons of video conversion options.
Free, opensource, versions for Linux/Windows/Mac.
Wow, nice one, I'd never heard of that, it's amazing all it can do.

Thanks!
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Old 05-18-2023, 11:13 PM   #15
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Shutter Encoder

Tons of video conversion options.
Free, opensource, versions for Linux/Windows/Mac.
Very good tip
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Old 05-19-2023, 12:35 AM   #16
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Shutter Encoder

Tons of video conversion options.
Free, opensource, versions for Linux/Windows/Mac.
Yeah, thanks for the tip, looks awesome!
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Old 05-22-2023, 02:42 PM   #17
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ANS! (of course sonic visualizer) and lots of 90's programs - funny they work on Reaper... sometimes you have to change the extension to '.so' text to voice etc.
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