OtherWindowsPrograms

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OpenSebJ is an Open Source pre and post production music mixing tool; allowing both realtime composition and pre-setup replay. This unique mix makes OpenSebJ a creative and versatile audio tool. Written in C# .Net 2.0 utilising DirectX 9c.

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Another recording program that will record from the sound card whilst listening to streaming radio etc. I have used software that I downloaded from and use it to record streaming audio to listen to later when I don't have an internet connection. The software is aimed at phone recording, but the software works just fine for recording streaming audio. The site talks about 957ADV and 957PRO software, but in fact the two softwares are the same. After you have installed the software, go to the hardware tab and under the input line selection box, choose (probably) StereoMix. Sound cards can vary, so if that does not record the streaming audio, just go through the different choices until you find the one that works.

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Open source modular tracker for Windows, with VST/VSTi support. Great for creating drum beats, synthesizer work, etc... Recommended for people who don't mind learning a new way of writing electronic music. Not necessarily for the technologically impaired (This is a general rule for all trackers)

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Open source program for ripping audio CDs and converting audio between different formats ( WAV/MP3/Ogg and others). CD-ex has the useful and unusual ability to rip partial CD tracks between any two selected time points on the CD. It also has its own real-time single track recorder that I have found to be very efficient, never skipping.

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Exact Audio Copy. Rips wave files from CD. This is not Open Source, but it is freeware. It's reputed to be more accurate at ripping songs than other Open Source ripping software available.

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Free, Open Source, program to mix audio and video. Also useful to extract audio from a video, and compress video files. See also for some extra features.

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Freeware for personal, non-commercial use. It has a very nice GUI interface, supports VST plugin (w/ GUI). Very intuitive to use too.

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Records audio and MIDI, includes full MIDI editing support. The freeware version doesn't have all the features of their commercial product (example: limited to four audio tracks maximum), but it is still quite usable in its own right.

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Anvil Studio&trade; is a freeware program for Windows supporting Vista (32 bit)/XP/2000/ME/98/95 designed for people who want to: record music with MIDI and Audio equipment, compose music for MIDI and Audio equipment, Sequence music with MIDI equipment, or play with music using a computer and sound card.

There is a free version and a commercial version. I use the free version to extract drum and bass tracks from midi files to make .wav file tracks for my recordings. The free version will not convert midi to .wav, but you can use another program to record the midi file to a .wav file as it plays, however it is not accessible for people using a screenreader, due to its design.

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WaveSurfer is an Open Source tool for sound visualization and manipulation. It has been designed to suit both novice and advanced users. WaveSurfer has a simple and logical user interface that provides functionality in an intuitive way and which can be adapted to different tasks. It can be used as a stand-alone tool for a wide range of tasks in speech research and education. Typical applications are speech/sound analysis and sound annotation/transcription. WaveSurfer can also serve as a platform for more advanced/specialized applications. This is accomplished either through extending the WaveSurfer application with new custom plug-ins or by embedding WaveSurfer visualization components in other applications.

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Timidity can turn a midi file into a wav file that can then be edited with Audacity. The program is Open Source. An easy to install Windows version of Timidity is available.

You can use soundfonts from sites like (which has Open Source sound samples and soundfonts) to customize instrument sounds in Timidity.

To create midi and karaoke files yourself, you can use some of the abc notation tools such as. Other abc notation tools let you convert midi back to abc (midi2abc) or create sheet music (abcm2ps) for viewing and printing.

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This is a Karaoke game. It's an Open Source clone of a commercial program.

can be used with Audacity to create songs to use in the game from kar or abc files. Files with .kar extension are MIDI files with embedded lyrics. Use Timidity to turn the kar files into wave files, then use Audacity to save them in Ogg Vorbis or MP3 format. Use to create the txt file needed by UltraStar Deluxe from the kar file. Copy the ogg or mp3 file and txt file to the same subdirectory under the Songs directory, and you're ready to play the new song in UltraStar Deluxe.

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Free open source CD and DVD burning software. GUI interface based on the command line cdrecord tool ported from Linux.

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CD and DVD writing (burning) software. This one is not Open Source, but it is freeware. It works with a wide variety of CD and DVD burners and of all the programs I tried, seems to have the lowest rate of producing unplayable discs.

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Based on Audacity, these community-based ringtone creators allow you to:


 * make your own MP3 ringtones from MP3s or AAC files on your computer using fades and effects
 * download other people's ringtones of the same song
 * upload the ringtone to your mobile phone via SMS or to an iPhone through Apple iTunes. Monthly and annual unlimited plans are available for the SMS version. The iPhone version is a pay-once, unlimited ringtone product.

A free version of Sharetones for iPhone is available to Audacity users: Sharetones for iPhone free version

There are more details about Sharetones Standard and Sharetones for iPhone on the Making Ringtones tutorial in the Audacity Manual.