Media Apps
1. MPD  music
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ID: 9df7a344-14a4-4d14-939a-b59894d7e676CREATED: <2025-03-22 Sat 20:57>
AKA: Music Player Daemon
- defacto standard for
music servers, paired with one or moreMPD clients - supports simultaenous system-wide and user configs
- may broadcast on a network using something like Icecast.
2. Icecast
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ID: 97ff5b91-cf31-4fdb-b563-c24e08c5cd24CREATED: <2026-05-08 Fri 21:30>
A program for streaming media such as audio and video over a network.
4. Bitwig Studio  daw
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ID: dce6eee4-1b5e-46b0-bc16-36803e3ca410CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:31>
5. Ableton Live  daw
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ID: 62dd0033-f7d3-47ba-a42a-b48a7bbbc11aCREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:33>
- No Linux builds available - MacOS/Windows only :'C
- As of I only use it for ocassional MIDI tracking of sheet music
- Some interesting file types:
- als
- Ableton Live Set or template set, used for Live Sets and Templates.
- alp
- Ableton Live Pack, a compressed version of an Ableton project containing the live set and related content.
- ams
- Ableton meta sound, used for user-created waveforms in Operator.
- amxd
- Ableton Max for Live device, used for Max for Live devices.
- asd
- Ableton sample analysis file, contains analyzed audio data.
- ask
- Ableton skin file, used for Live Themes.
- adg
- Ableton Device Group.
- adv
- Ableton Device Preset.
- agr
- Ableton Groove.
- alc
- Ableton Live Clip
The format of most interest is
asdKeys: TRANSIENTRESOLUTION; COMPLEXPROENVELOPE; COMPLEXPROFORMANTS; FLUCTUATIONTEXTURE; GRANULARITYTEXTURE; LAUNCHQUANTISATION; TRANSITIONENERGIES; MEANPROBABILITIES; TRANSIENTENVELOPE; TRANSIENTLOOPMODE; GRANULARITYTONES; MARKERSGENERATED; ORIGINALFILESIZE; HIDDENLOOPSTART; OVERVIEWVERSION; TRANSIENTVALUES; BEATTRACKSTATE; VELOCITYAMOUNT; CYCLEENERGIES; HASUSERONSETS; HIDDENLOOPEND; TIMESIGNATURE; TIMESIGNATUREDENOMINATOR; LASTINDICES5; REMOTEABLETIMESIGNATURE; SAMPLEOFFSET; SAMPLEVOLUME; TIMESIGNATURENUMERATOR; DENOMINATOR; EXTRALENGTH; INVNOTELENS; PITCHCOARSE; WARPMARKERS; COLORINDEX; INITIALBPM; ISVOLATILE; LASTINTERS; LAUNCHMODE; PITCHMARKS; POSITIONS5; TONALITIES; NEXTBEATS; NUMERATOR; OUTMARKER; PITCHFINE; REMOTEABLEDOUBLE; REMOTEABLESTRING; ISWARPED; REMOTEABLEARRAY; WARPMODE; BEATTRACKSTATE; REMOTEABLEBOOL; REMOTEABLEENUM; REMOTEABLELIST; REMOTEABLEINT; ENERGY; LOOPON; ONSETARRAY; ONSETEVENT; PITCHMARKS; SAMPLEDATA; ISSET; USERFLOAT; BPMS; FADE; LOCK; NAME; SYNC; ONSETS; HIQ- When you open audio files in Ableton it automatically analyzes them
- Stores analysis data in .asd files including loop/transient points, BPM, KEY, etc
6. Linux Sampler  music
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ID: 3364b5d7-d09c-4cba-97cf-0fb3d08a8e03CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:40>
7. Schism Tracker  music
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ID: c2070931-d7b2-4967-8839-a34fc07b740fCREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:53>
7.1. Impulse Tracker  ms dos asm
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ID: 010ba610-1fcf-4d48-b030-35fa82fbf0acCREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:53>
7.2. MilkyTracker
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ID: 93ddb271-71b9-4e93-94f9-1eb421988f33CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 21:04>
8. Renoise  daw
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ID: c0a50a82-a1bb-4dc6-a0f8-6191701ae69eCREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:57>
- formerly a tracker?
9. FL Studio  win
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ID: 0c1b92be-522e-43bc-a00d-c54e762dd399CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:58>
AKA: Fruity Loops
Fruity Loops
10. Picard  music
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ID: d52e885a-ce1f-48b4-a111-73c04dcf7d3dCREATED: <2025-04-05 Sat 20:57>
11. OpenMPT  win
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ID: 2db1be6b-196a-4ba4-ba3d-c3440d314762CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 21:06>
12. GStreamer  audio video
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ID: a24e5fac-1d67-4a47-99b6-c7aefa11644cCREATED: <2025-04-14 Mon 21:18>
13. FFmpeg  audio video
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ID: 0df3a71a-f52b-4789-ae0c-ead38fb5ca35CREATED: <2025-04-07 Mon 19:27>