Questions tagged [music]
Software for music playback and musical performance. Media players and media libraries are included.
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Any VST for removing harmonic content from audio?
I wonder if there are any VSTs which remove automatically the main harmonic content from an audio source.
For example, if I have a simple sine wave this hypothetical device would return absolutely ...
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Open source multi-user playlist management app
A hypothetical story to set the scene:
Me and a bunch of roommates all share a house. Being at a local technical college, we each have our own personal computers (primarily macOS) and some of us are ...
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A lightweight, native music player for Linux which integrates with Google Play
I'm looking for native music clients for Linux which support integration with Google Play Music. Currently, I'm using the open-source Electron app GPMDP, which is nice, but Electron apps are fairly ...
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App for using Android device as Virtual Instrument host
I want to use my mini MIDI controller keyboard with an Android device for performing live. Therefore, I am in search of an app that would recognize usb-midi keyboard and would be easy to switch ...
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iPhone app for random song play
I am looking for a music app that would play songs at random and once a song is played, it would not get played until all the other songs in the music library have been played. The Apple music app is ...
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Is there a Linux music player which has nestable smart playlists AND syncs with Android?
Background: I'm abandoning OS X for Linux and I've been totally dependent on iTunes for over a decade (since I abandoned Windows for OS X!). My absolute must-have features, which iTunes and an OS-X-...
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Software to detect BPM and tag MP3 files
A friend of mine started using a music player and manager that can dynamically create playlists based on MP3 tags. He is happy with it, but the only thing missing for him (he works as a DJ sometimes) ...
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Pitch detection for multiple voices
I greatly enjoy singing a cappella music with multiple parts (usually 4, but in principle, any number of parts between 2 and 8). It's less enjoyable when we're singing out of tune. We are amateurs: we ...
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Voice/pitch analyzer for two voices
This app can display the pitch of one voice/sound at a time: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tadaoyamaoka.vocalpitchmonitor
It gets messy however if there is more than one sound. I ...
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Software to find cover art for different mp3 in group
I want to ask you for advice some soft to automatically find cover arts for mp3 files.
I tried to use MP3tag, but its not very good solution for me, because it is adjusted to work with whole albums. I ...
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Social media platform for creating, sharing and discovering short music videos (alternative to TikTok)
Tik Tok (formerly known as musical.ly) is a social media platform for creating, sharing and discovering short music videos, think Karaoke for the digital age. The app musical.ly was used by young ...
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Anyone know of an MPD client that stores ratings in the MPD database
Is there an existing MPD client which stores rating information in the MPD database. Plugins are acceptable.
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It was pointed out in the comments that it was not obvious what MPD is.
MPD (https://...
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Better music playlists management on YouTube
As many people, I manage the music I listen to using YouTube playlists. I have quite a lot of them now, but I see unsolved problems regarding them. The main one is that quite often some music videos ...
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VST Host for live keyboard performance
I need a PC-compatible software like MainStage... the features I need:
Be able to add external VST plugins like Omnisphere, Alicia's Keys
Connect my midi keyboard and midi controller (nanokontrol2)
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what's the best way to prepare and share a playlist?
i want to share a playlist with peers. we're collaborating on a project. the peer i'm working with presently has a mac. i'm on kubuntu 20.04. seems likely others might use windows.
some of the ...
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What is a simple folder music player for Windows?
I am looking for a free and simple music player for windows that has the following features:
It is either GUI or command line interface
I can select a folder with music files that the player is ...
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Open Source Alternative to Rave.DJ?
rave.dj is a site that allows you to create mash-ups or mixes of multiple songs automatically. They are closed-source and it can only be operated through their website.
Are there any existing open-...
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Program or app that displays virtual hands playing piano piece?
I currently use Synthesia to learn classical piano pieces. In Synthesia, as well as assigning left and right hand parts, you can also add finger hints to each key and create a visual record (in piano ...
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Could you please suggest free jam app private sessions and lowest latency?
In our company we decided to share talents coworkers have. We were thinking about having some online jam. However, zoom has big latency, so it is not good for online jam.
I am looking for free jam ...
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Media file metadata editor for OS X
In order of priority, I am looking for a piece of software that:
Is not iTunes.
Will allow me to manually edit/create Apple-compatible metadata for audio (MP3, M4A) and/or video (MP4) files.
Has a ...
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Chat app with built-in music compositior and music send/share
I am looking for a chat application with an integrated music composer, where you could also send music on staves.
The recipient sees a stave, with notes, and can click play below (amidst the chat).
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Is there any Free Autotune Software with Graph Mode?
I'm looking for free auto-tune software that, akin to Antares Auto-Tune, has a graph mode that allows you manually adjust which note the vocalist sounds like he's hitting at any given moment in the ...
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Software for testing chords?
I am looking for an application which I can use to self test and improve my chord knowledge.
Yousician has a feature which does this, but it is too simple (the highest level available just tests ...
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Music player for OSX with standard playlist capabilities?
I'm experiencing high frustration looking for a music player for OSX Catalina - can anyone please recommend one? Here's what I'm looking for:
Primarily plays local music files (MP3 / FLAC) - online ...
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BPM and key detection for Android
I am looking for an Android application that can:
perform BPM and key detection
support MP3s
If possible, free.
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Is there an app / streaming service that can play completely random songs?
All music streaming apps I've ever tried are lacking a truly randomized mode, where random songs are played with no specific algorithmic bias.
In fact, most services actively try to do the opposite, i....
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Cloud-based music player with offline mode and web version (alternative to YouTube Music)
I'm looking for a music player that checks all of the following boxes, which is basically what the now gone Google Play Music did and what also seems to be possible with YouTube Music:
☑️ Your own ...
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Free music recognition API
I'm developing an application to recognize the music played by speakers. It records 32 seconds of the sound played and send a request via an API of music recognition. So far I used Echonest. But my ...
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What is a good midi to famicon converter?
I have a couple of midi files that I want to turn Japanese by putting them through a Famicon synth. Is there a program that I can just add the midi files and get some synth sounds? I don't want ...
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iTunes m4a -> MP3 CD?
One of the most frustrating feature omissions in iTunes, IMO, is the fact that there is no easy way to burn an MP3 CD if your songs aren't already MP3s.
Is there any software out there that can take ...
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Android audio player which can mix tracks
I need an audio player for Android which can also mix tracks ("DJ mixing").
I prefer a gratis product but wouldn't mind pay a few bucks to enjoy good software.
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Tone plotter app
In many languages, including English, Chinese, Napolitan, Cantonese, Vietnamese, Thai, tones are used, while speaking (either to convey functional meaning, or to convey coercional or intentional ...
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Shazam, but for music theoretical information
I would like to find an app for the phone which listens to music playing nearby and outputs some information about it:
The song's key
The chords played
The instruments used
The time signature
The ...
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Is there any software that can transcribe MIDIs?
I'm looking for a software that has a spectrogram in the background and allows you to draw a MIDI on top of it, in Audacity I can see the notes but I can't draw over them like in AnthemScore. And ...
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Offline music player for Androids without ads?
I'm looking for a music app for Android to play music I have on my phone, with the usual albums, playlists, shuffle, and background play features, and with basic controls on the lock screen (pause/...
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A beat game where you can create custom levels
Does anyone know a beat game where you can create custom levels with mp3 files? Thank you. (Windows and/or android)
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Tag MP3s using (user-specified) CDDB Disc ID
I'm usually using Tag&Rename to tag MP3 files, however sometimes it doesn't calculate the Disc ID right (and it's not possible to specify a different one myself).
So if I have a Disc ID (and it ...
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I need to alphabitize my CD's and am confusing myself by also trying to go by genre
I've bought 2 soft cases to put my 500 or so CD's which hold 400 each. Is there a program that allows me to speak, rather than type the information to sort them alphabetically?
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Music manager for a mass storage based music player
I'm a bit of a music buff who has been converting his collection to flac - the process is still ongoing so I have a mix of 320vbr and flac files. I also like being surprised, and have a fairly large ...
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Terminal mp3 player with tunable song speed
As the title. I know there have been many similar questions on this, but none of them mention the key feature I want: change the speed of the song. Any idea? To prove that I'm a serious "Terminal ...
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audio pattern search online tool
stumbled upon a piece of instrumental music in a video clip and wondered how I could find the entire audio piece without any information on author/title etc.;
is there any online tool/add-on that ...
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YouTube-to-M4A Downloader/Converter
Background:
Every now and again I need to download my playlists from YouTube. The last time, I used DVDVideoSoft's YouTube-to-MP3 Converter, which did a reasonable job of converting hundreds of ...
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Software for easily editing .mod music files or rather, a sequence oriented editor
The .mod file format was launched on Amiga as part as the main format of Protracker. Instead of complete recorded music, the format contains recorded samples and intructions about the order for ...
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Linux command-line .flac tag editor
I need a Linux bash program that will enable me to type a command that will edit the tags of a .flac file. I've learned so far how to use id3v2 and eyeD3 but I've found them to not be fully compatible ...
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Video conference with soundtrack sharing and playing
Is it possible to play as background music the same soundtrack to all members, controller by the event organizer, and switch sometimes between soundtracks? "Send / share" with other members upfront, ...
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Make calls which does not dampen out musical instruments
I have tried making a regular phone call and using the duo app on android but both of them seems to dampen out non-vocal frequency ranges which makes it really hard to hear my father play the violin ...
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mp3 Player for Windows and Android
I'm looking for an mp3 player that will work for both Windows and Android.
I am keeping my music library (including playlists) in sync using FolderSync, and this works pretty well.
The problem is that ...
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Beginner DJ software compatible with Macbook Pro 2021 (Apple M1 chip processor)
I just got a new Macbook Pro 2021, which I understand uses the Apple M1 chip processor. I am trying to start mixing electronic music as a hobby, and an acquaintance of mine who DJs told me that they ...
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Music player with automatic scoring of music (playing songs increases score, skipping song decreases it) for Linux
I am looking for a music player that will include automatic score field, increased when substantial part of song is played and decreased when song is skipped.
I also need option to sort music by this ...
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Windows music player that supports play folder via context menu
Please recommend a Windows music player that supports play folder via the context menu similar to VLC (see picture).
And please don't recommend player where the user needs to make the context menu ...
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