Media Apps

1. MPD   music

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ID: 9df7a344-14a4-4d14-939a-b59894d7e676
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AKA: Music Player Daemon


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docs
archwiki


  • defacto standard for music servers, paired with one or more MPD clients
  • supports simultaenous system-wide and user configs
  • may broadcast on a network using something like Icecast.

2. Icecast

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Icecast
>> Xiph


A program for streaming media such as audio and video over a network.

3. MPV   video

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ID: 349e75df-c3e3-4c1d-90e0-161e014ecaff
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archwiki


A Media player based on MPlayer and the unmaintained mplayer2

4. Bitwig Studio   daw

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ID: dce6eee4-1b5e-46b0-bc16-36803e3ca410
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Bitwig | Home | Bitwig


5. Ableton Live   daw

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ID: 62dd0033-f7d3-47ba-a42a-b48a7bbbc11a
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Creative tools for music makers | Ableton


  • 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 asd

    Keys:
    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-0fb3d08a8e03
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The Linux Sampler Project


7. Schism Tracker   music

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ID: c2070931-d7b2-4967-8839-a34fc07b740f
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Schism Tracker


7.1. Impulse Tracker   ms dos asm

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ID: 010ba610-1fcf-4d48-b030-35fa82fbf0ac
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Impulse Tracker · schismtracker/schismtracker Wiki · GitHub


7.2. MilkyTracker

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ID: 93ddb271-71b9-4e93-94f9-1eb421988f33
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GitHub - milkytracker/MilkyTracker: A Fasttracker II compatible music editor


8. Renoise   daw

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ID: c0a50a82-a1bb-4dc6-a0f8-6191701ae69e
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Home | Renoise


  • formerly a tracker?

9. FL Studio   win

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ID: 0c1b92be-522e-43bc-a00d-c54e762dd399
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AKA: Fruity Loops


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home


Fruity Loops

10. Picard   music

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ID: d52e885a-ce1f-48b4-a111-73c04dcf7d3d
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docs
MusicBrainz Picard


11. OpenMPT   win

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ID: 2db1be6b-196a-4ba4-ba3d-c3440d314762
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OpenMPT - Discover the music inside… | OpenMPT - Open ModPlug Tracker


12. GStreamer   audio video

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ID: a24e5fac-1d67-4a47-99b6-c7aefa11644c
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GStreamer: open source multimedia framework
<- Pipeline


13. FFmpeg   audio video

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ID: 0df3a71a-f52b-4789-ae0c-ead38fb5ca35
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FFmpeg
FFmpeg Bug Tracker and Wiki
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