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Audio editing and production gathers tools for recording, mixing, and shaping sound. Entries include digital audio workstations, mixers, synthesis tools, sound effect libraries, and small utilities for pitch, tempo, or mastering. They range from full studios to single-purpose tools, so look at what each one does before you build a workflow around it, since track limits, plugin support, and how it handles latency matter more than a long feature list. Sample packs and presets carry their own licences, so check what you are allowed to use in a release. Some entries are free and some are commercial, with very different support.
UltraBox is a mod of BeepBox intended to combine other beepmods into one. Notes are placed in patterns that play simultaneously across rows, with the bottom row for drums. Song data is stored in the browser URL, which updates as changes are made and can be copied to save and share a song.
Petaporon is a browser-based piano roll sequencer for composing music, with songs exportable to mp3. It offers 10 instrument sets and supports saving song data to a text file that can be reloaded by dragging it onto the tool.
8bitbubsy is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
AbyssBox is a browser-based tool for sketching and sharing instrumental music. Notes go into patterns that can be edited and played automatically, and song data is stored in the URL for saving and sharing. It is a mod of BeepBox developed by choptop84.
rFXGen is a sound effects generator based on Dr.Petter's sfxr. It offers predefined presets, multiple wave types and sound slots, and can export wave data as .wav, .qoa, .raw or .h files. It is available as a WebAssembly online tool and as a standalone download for Windows and Linux.
Igorski is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
Dexed is a multi-platform, multi-format plugin synthesizer closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7. It also works as a MIDI cartridge librarian and manager for the DX7, with 144 DAW-automatable parameters and support for DX7 SysEx input and output. It is free software licensed under GPL v3 and is available for OS X, Windows and Linux in VST, AU and LV2 formats.
Amplitude Soundboard is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
GoldBox is an online tool for sketching and sharing instrumental music. Notes are placed into patterns that can be edited one at a time, and several rows of patterns can play simultaneously, with the bottom row reserved for drums. It is a mod of Jummbox developed by Aury, which itself follows BeepBox.
Audacity is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
MK-1 is an audio or music resource for streaming, discovery, editing, production, or library management.
AudioMass is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
SPARTA is a collection of open-source audio plug-ins for spatial audio production and playback, distributed in VST, VST3, AU, LV2 and AAX formats for MacOS, Linux and Windows. The plug-ins support ambisonic processing up to tenth order, and the binaural decoders can load custom HRTFs via SOFA files and support head-tracking via OSC messages.
Bfxr2 is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
Aria Maestosa is an open-source (GPL) MIDI sequencer and editor for composing, editing and playing MIDI files. Its interface offers score, keyboard, guitar, drum and controller views, and it runs on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux/Unix.
Fami Studio is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
Furnace is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
Jummbox is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
Kira Studio Public is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
Maim is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
Milky Tracker is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
Open Utau is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
Openmpt is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
Schismtracker is a GitHub repository or organization with source code, releases, documentation, or project resources.
