Questions tagged [music]
Software for music playback and musical performance. Media players and media libraries are included.
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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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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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Program that can listen to a song and find out what it is?
I am looking for a program similar to Shazam on mobile, but for Windows 7 that can do exactly what it does on mobile which is:
Identifying music being played in the surroundings.
Ideally I would ...
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foobar2000-like audio player for OS X (and bonus: GNU/Linux)
I am considering migrating to Mac OS X. But I like music too much, so I must find an audio player that will be comparable to foobar2000.
Some features that I will miss when using another audio player ...
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Music software for writing scores
I would like a software that I will be able to write music sheets/scores.
Nothing really fancy, just to be able to write all kinds of notations.
I would prefer a free one for Windows.
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Increase volume of PC?
If I download any video, I can get enough volume because of VLC player. But when I play video online, like on YouTube or any other site, volume is really less.
Can you please suggest any software ...
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Purchase iTunes music on Android and sync it to iPod
My wife has given up a standard laptop and now only has an Android phone and an Android tablet. However, she still loves her iPod nano and is struggling to function without a Windows version of ...
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Software to trim every ID3 fields of my mp3
Many of my mp3s have ID3 fields that contain spaces at the beginning or at the end of the field. I'm looking for an application that:
can trim (= remove start and end spaces) every ID3 field of each ...
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iTunes alternative on Ubuntu [closed]
I like iTunes, but unfortunately it is not available for Linux/Ubuntu.
Some features I am looking for:
Playlists
Ability to change song from taskbar
Album covers
CD import
Notification when the song ...
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Program to fully tag any song automatically
Is there any software which can recognize songs by the title (eg:Ron Pope-Home) and to tag it automatically?
I've got the songs in my PC,but they are untagged,you know...I download them from the ...
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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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Software to play a tone and show me when I hit it when singing
Here's what I think will solve my problem:
I want to be able to sing and hit notes. I'd like a program (for almost any platform; in order of preference, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, Windows, Linux) that ...
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Windows phone music player with good playlist capabilities
The built-in music player of Windows Phone 8.0 has an option to create a playlist from the now-playing list but it is extremely rigid. It only allows you to create the playlist, without any options of ...
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Software to delete music duplicates
I have many music files downloaded from my different sources into my hard drives. I need a reliable, free piece of software to recognise and delete duplicate files. By duplicated,
I mean similar ...
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Open source music player for windows
I'm looking for a music player (not video player) for windows which is:
open-source
simple to use
easy to organise albums
support .mp3, .flac sound formats
It should not have a lot of features or be ...
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OCR for sheet music
I have photos and scanned images of music notation (in JPG format, but I could create any other format as well, if needed).
Now I need a program that
examines the music on the picture
generates a "...
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Game to learn piano play
I want to start learning piano, but I would like to do this in interactive kinda way.
It would be nice to have some game with some kind of achievements, multiplayer, progress etc. and ability to use ...
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App that keeps track of what music files I listen fully / partially / skip
I'm looking for an application that can keep track of music that I listen to, and show:
Files that I like to hear more often than others (listen count)
Files that I skip (bad track in playlist)
Files ...
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Linux music player for huge music collection
This question seems silly, so easy to answer! Well... Hold on! What if I tell that my music folder is... 15GB.
I have Xubuntu 64 bit, Clementine isn't indexing all my songs. Banshee freezes when I ...
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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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CD Ripping Software for OS X
When I was primarily a Windows user, I used a program called CDex to rip CDs to my hard drive. I loved this program primarily because of the following features:
Automatic ID3 tagging using CDDB
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What's the best (simplest) free software to beat-match and mix two tracks?
I want to mix a few tracks (in .mp3 format for example) together to create a seamless bit of dance music for a performance. I'd like to pick a particular section in two songs and the software should ...
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Browser-based music player (self-hosted)
Locally, I have a huge music collection managed by Quod Libet, which works great. Now I’d like to listen to all of my music from other computers, e.g. when visiting a friend.
I don’t want to stream ...
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Program to merge two MP3s
I'm looking for a program than can:
merge two MP3s. E.g. I have a 5-minute track which is split in two MP3s that overlap: the 1.5 first minutes is in one MP3 file (128 kbps), and the 4 last minutes ...
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Guitar chords application with a catalogue of fingering charts and alternate chord symbols
The title pretty much says it all.
I am looking for a web application to display fingering charts for chords on the guitar that
has all the chords (including advanced jazz chords) with
alternative ...
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Ear training Software
I am looking for a (music) ear training program.
What I (mostly) need is:
Interval Training
Chord Progression Training
Rhythm Training
I am looking a free or rather cheap on for Windows.
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Open source Android music player that supports Opus codec/files
Opus is a rather new codec that has better performance in terms of quality per bitrate than MP3 or Vorbis and it's open and royalty-free.
Android can play it since Android 5, but my native ...
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Linux tool that lets the media keys control web media sites
What tool could I use to get the media keys on my keyboard (pause, skip, etc.) to control web media services like YouTube and Rdio. At the moment they only work with local apps like rhythm box.
It ...
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Is there a lightweight desktop music player app/solution that reads directly from my iDevice iTunes library?
I have an iPod touch 4G (jailbroken) dedicated for storing music.
To clarify, I want an app/solution that:
runs on OS X Mavericks/Windows 8.1
reads from the itunes library on my iDevice, which is ...
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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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Python library for rendering music notation
I was looking at Python In Music but I'm not sure whether any of listed libraries actually supports
rendering of music notes
export the result as a PNG
Background: I want to train children reading ...
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Software for deleting music from directory rather than playlist
My dad has 700+ MP3 and WMA files on a memory stick which he sticks into his truck's radio system, now there are a bunch of songs he wants deleted however the radio system just reveals a track number (...
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Is there a default music editor/library that is used to display sheet music on the web?
I have found this one abcjs, but I don't have enough information about this topic.
Requirements:
I want to use this with a markdown editor.
Musicians should know how to edit sheet music on it.
It ...
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Songbook text processing: Repeat chord lines for recurrent parts automatically?
With written-down songs in the form of lyrics together with chord names,
the chord names are often left out for recurrent parts.
(Due to limited paper space - you try to minimize the need for turning ...
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iOS Equalizer for all applications
I'm looking for an equalizer application for my iPhone (iOS). Bonus points if there is an equivalent application for Android.
My key requirement is that the application provides equalization for all ...
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iTunes replacement for Ubuntu, hierarchical playlists and Android syncing?
I've waded through the profusion of "iTunes on Linux" questions on this site and the recommendations (as well as searching Google extensively) but have not seen the combination of features that are ...
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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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Lyrics extractor (speech recognition) from a song
I have some songs in English that do not have published lyrics due to those are not popular.
So I'm looking for an online service or a standalone app that can extract (recognize) lyrics (as text) from ...
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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 software/device would return ...
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Tool for limiting the maximum loudness
I am looking for a tool which limits the maximum loudness* of all applications to a custom value. It should ideally clamp the loudness to the specified value or – if such a feature is not ...
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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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Ripping software for audio CDs on Linux
I have a collection of several hundreds audio CDs (strange as it might sound: yes, I really bought those ;) While in the past it was "convenient" to have them served using a CD juggler, that piece of ...
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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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Mulitchannel music creation program with samples
I want to create songs with melodies. As I don't have a band at hand I need to synthesize the instruments (I'll record the singing).
So, I need a program that
Has multiple channels where I can add ...
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Commandline Music Volume Normalisation
Our organisation has a very large, nested, directory of music.
However most of the songs have been recorded at different volumes.
This means that when playing songs (from different albums etc), you ...
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Mobile, hands free (audio only) ear training
I have a commute that lasts 20-60 minutes. During that commute, I want my Android phone to play ear training exercises for me. Since I will be driving, it is required that I do not need to interact ...
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Music player natively supporting .lrc lyrics files
Is there any music player program that supports lyric (LRC) files painlessly?
I tried PotPlayer, KMPlayer, WMP and foobar2000 without success. I know MiniLyrics can be used but I am looking for a ...
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Looking for a piano sight reading app that listens to your instrument
I've been looking around for a sight reading app. I found this rather excellent iPad app and it has helped a lot. I'd really like an app that allows me to practice using my instrument instead of an ...
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Appropriate Clustering software
I am writing my master's thesis on Music Information Retrieval and Visualisation of music collections. In order to visualise a collection of music tracks, I am looking for an appropriate (and ...
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Keyboard note setting for children
I am looking for a simple music note editing software which can be used by children, so
it has very limited feature set compared to professional systems like Cubase
violin key only
1/1, 1/2, 1/4 ...
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