This blog series features the top-performing projects on SourceForge under specific categories. This week, we feature the top 6 Sound/Audio Software of the Week available on SourceForge.
For many people, particularly audiophiles, achieving high quality sound is crucial. A good audio system and software ensure that you always get the perfect mix of sound, and that in turn creates the perfect vibe or feel that you’re going for. Be it for music, movies or videos, you can achieve the right sound with some of these open source audio software.
Here are the top 6 Sound/Audio Software available here at SourceForge, based on weekly downloads:
Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. With Audacity you can record live audio; record computer playback on any Windows Vista or later machine; cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together; and so much more.
MP3Gain analyzes and losslessly adjusts mp3 files to a specified target volume.
It does not simply do peak amplitude normalization. Instead, it performs statistical analysis to determine how loud the file actually sounds to the human ear.
[ Download MP3Gain ]
Universal Media Server is a DLNA-compliant UPnP Media Server able to stream or transcode many media formats with minimal or no configuration. It supports all major operating systems, with versions for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. It is powered by MEncoder, FFmpeg, tsMuxeR, AviSynth, MediaInfo and more, which combine to offer support for a wide range of media formats.
[ Download Universal Media Server ]
TuxGuitar is a multi-track guitar tablature editor and player written in Java-SWT. It can open GuitarPro, PowerTab and TablEdit files.
Hydrogen is an advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. Its main goal is to bring users professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming.
A soundboard that supports almost all MP3s and WAVs. Sounds can be triggered with custom keyboard hot-keys and played through up to 2 outputs. i.e. Your speakers and a virtual audio cable.
Also allows for your mic to pass into the virtual audio cable when enabling Mic Injector.
This soundboard also incorporates a save feature.
See and know more of the many other Audio Software available on SourceForge here.