Open Source Linux MIDI Software - Page 4

Advanced GTK+ Sequencer is intended to use for music composition. It features a piano roll, as well a synth, matrix editor, drum machine, soundfont2 player, mixer and an output panel. It's designed to be highly configurable, you may add effects to its effect chain, add or remove audio channels/pads. You may set up a fully functional network of engines, therefore exists a link editor for linking audio lines. In conjunction with ags you need a realtime kernel and alsa support. `ags` uses conditional locks to keep several threads in sync that's why you need at least a preemptible kernel.

The MidiRandomizer is a Java Swing application that generates MIDI files (SMF) according to a set of randomization parameters. This allows some measure of control over the random patterns produced.

ABC is a text-based music notation language. This project aims to promote the ABC music notation language by providing cross-platform, open-source tools for manipulating, displaying and playing (via MIDI) ABC files. This project is here for historic reasons and there is not too much activity now. The abcmidi project is updated more frequently.

A command line midi player for ALSA. A simple ALSA sequencer client that as well as playing MIDI files has uses as a general purpose sequencer event source for the ALSA sequencer that can be directed to any sequencer client.

A SoundFont editor and other software for editing, managing and sharing sample based MIDI instrument files for computer music composition. Support for other formats is planned.

LibSMF is a BSD-licensed C library for handling SMF ("*.mid") files. It transparently handles conversions between time and pulses, tempo map handling etc. The only dependencies are C compiler and glib. Full API documentation and examples are included. Note that the development has moved to https://github.com/nilsgey/libsmf.

This program has been superseded by a JVM version. Source is on github: https://github.com/pljones/jTrapKATEditor For further details, click the web site link below.

Java/Swing user interface for interacting with the Boss GT8 guitar effects processor using MIDI

QMidiArp is a MIDI arpeggiator, phrase generator and controller LFO for ALSA and JACK. It can run multiple synchronized arpeggiators, LFOs and step sequencers. The modules are also available as LV2 plugins with Qt user interface. QMidiArp has been growing since june 2009 on top of Matthias Nagorni's original arp idea.

Linux userspace driver to provide ALSA MIDI interface for Dream Cheeky/Dream Link USB Piano

Plays a MIDI file through the internal speakers of the computers in a network.

Runabc is a graphic user interface to the abcMIDI, abc2svg and abcm2ps packages which normally run in a command window. In addition it contains numerous tools for editing and processing and analyzing abc and midi files. Runabc has been included in the sourceforge abc music project. It is now becoming a separate project on its own.

The MIDI Agent System (MAS) uses the interaction between different agents to generate MIDI notes. This software is designed for live use and it enables the performer to have real time control over very complex music.

OSW is a graphical programming environment for real-time music and audio applications. Users connect objects called transforms to form programs called patches. OSW currently runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and SGI platforms.

ctypes Python module for BASS (http://un4seen.com) audio library. Android version (http://www.techshinobi.com/index.php/pybass-bass-audio-api-on-android-trials)

Sysexy MIDI Librarian is a data dump utility for musicians and studio producers. A librarian program allows you to do "sysex dumps" to and from synthesizers, drum machines, effects processors, etc., and archive the data on a computer, containing sounds, configuration settings, sequences which can later be sent back to the originating equipment. This allows a computer to be used as data storage for musical instruments and studio gear.

As a library of classes for generating and manipulating music and sound, jMusic provides a solid framework for computer assisted composition in Java. jMusic has a music data structure based upon note/sound events and methods for modifying and structu

monstrumWaveXL or (mwaveXL) is a Lua based cross platform application which sends MIDI and sysex data to/from the Waldorf Microwave II/XT/XTk from either standalone mode or as a VST in your favorite DAW. This is not a software emulator of a Waldorf synth, it is an editor for the actual synth thus requires a Waldorf microwave (xt xtk or II) synthesizer.

- Basic MIDI monitor, works w/ JACK or ALSA MIDI drivers - Most types of MIDI messages can be filtered from the monitor. - MIDI events can be captured to a text file (SMF planned). - UI Widgets can be hidden to reduce screen clutter.

Presto is a music notation program aimed at making it easy for a composer to rapidly convert a musical sketch (melody, counterpoint, harmonic support and bass) into a complete musical arrangement.

Jack-smf-utils is a set of two utilities - jack-smf-player and jack-smf-recorder - whose purpose is to play and record MIDI streams from/to Standard MIDI Files (i.e. the files with .mid extension) using JACK MIDI. It uses libsmf as a backend.

Simple Sysexxer is a universal tool to exchange MIDI system exclusive data (aka SysEx) with digital musical instruments.

AMPT is a tool for transforming MIDI messages originating from any external MIDI keyboard or other software in a performance or experimental setting. MIDI is routed and transformed in AMPT by linking devices on a virtual canvas. AMPT Filters will offer delay, echo, transpose, and arpeggio. AMPT also works as a MIDI router or loopback.

Arduinome is a collaborative effort to create a clone of the popular and inspiring Monome usb controller using the Arduino micro-controller.

General Sound Interface (GSI). This is a sound interface capable of controlling every detail of sound playing. It can use the following interfaces: OSS, Ultrasound (Linux 2.0.x & 2.1.x), FreeBSD (pcm), and generic /dev/audio.