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OCR for sheet music

This is really two steps... 1st -- "Sheet Music" >>into>> "Data" (i.e. Music XML) Open Source! https://audiveris.kenai.com/ Shareware/Trials/Commercial Software: Capella Scan Photoscore ...
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Python library for rendering music notation

LilyPond is the go to for musical notation engraving - there are several python libraries that interface with it such as Abjad. Gratis - Yes python - can be interfaced with raspberry-pi - Yes output ...
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MIDI to music sheet converter for Linux

There is a music notation program called Lilypond which includes a command line interface and a command line midi2ly converter that will read in a midi file and output a lilypond file. Should work on ...
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Mulitchannel music creation program with samples

I suggest taking a look at LMMS: Has multiple channels Yep 64 of them Sample capabilities for instruments I don't have (at least piano, drum, violin, trumpet) Cello, Organs, pianos, flute, ...
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No-nonsense mp3 player for Mac?

VLC Media Player is the best for your requirement Doesn't ask for any "Import" or "Creating Music Libraries"
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Music Player with Web Remote

There is another music player backend called Music Player Daemon (MPD). You can find binaries for Windows and Linux. There is a Web interface also, I did not try that though. Instead I used my phone ...
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Gratis Audio Visualization and Analysis Software

The sort of analysis & customisation that you are looking for are available with the combination of python, and PyAudioAnalysis which uses a combination of numpy/SciPy & matplotlib, you can ...
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A music player program/operating system that plays YouTube videos for the Raspberry Pi

You could use Kodi on the Raspi. Their Wiki gives instructions for this, and mentions 4 Kodi-centric OS distributions for that: LibreELEC OpenELEC OSMC XBian They all come with Kodi already ...
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WinAmp-like music player for Linux?

Audacious is a relatively simple, lightweight audio player - similar in function to WinAmp 2.x. It supports, as an option, using a WinAmp-like skinnable interface: You can read about it on Wikipedia ...
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Music Player with Web Remote

The VLC player supports also a web interace. Please check out: https://wiki.videolan.org/Control_VLC_via_a_browser/ https://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Modules/http_intf/
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Offline music player for Androids without ads?

First one that comes to mind is VLC, the epitome of free open source software, champion of playing media. It is widely known on desktop for its video playing capabilities, but can play audio as well, ...
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Software to detect BPM and tag MP3 files

Mix Meister BPM is great if you have an iTunes library as you can pick the music folder and it will analyze all songs within. Simple and effective. https://download.cnet.com/MixMeister-BPM-Analyzer-...
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Software to detect BPM and tag MP3 files

I'm a developer of the free BPM Counter that was mentioned above. Few months ago, we released an improved version - tuneXplorer. It's much more faster and accurate. update ID3 tags (yes) run on ...
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App to play YouTube music videos in the background while multitasking

Since Firefox for Android is hit and miss with YouTube background play, I've been using: NewPipe instead. It's free and open source, can do background play (saves data by only downloading audio), ...
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App to play YouTube music videos in the background while multitasking

Firefox for Android can play YouTube videos in the background, even with the screen off. It even provides a notification with a play/pause button.
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Mobile, hands free (audio only) ear training

I have developed an app that does just what you describe. Currently it features intervals, chords, scales, and perfect pitch training. There is also a random mode where you can shuffle all the above. ...
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Free alternative to Anvil Studio

This is possible with MuseScore 2. edit scores with everything mentioned before and a lot more print scores and export as PDF, PNG and some others play songs export songs as WAV, MP3 and MID works ...
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Ubuntu YouTube music player with playlist search and download

Olivia is a opensource(github link) online/offline cloud based music player like iTunes, Spotify, Youtube Music etc, Olivia allows you to search any music online stream it, You can set player to save ...
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Software to play a tone and show me when I hit it when singing

No special software needed. To get started, a tuner (or tuner app, e.g. Semitone or GuitarTuna) and an instrument should suffice. Play a note on the instrument and check its pitch on the tuner. Then ...
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VST Host for live keyboard performance

As far as I know, Akai Pro's VIP has all the features you mentioned. The very, very cool part about it is that you can run it either as a standalone app, or run it inside you DAW as a VST. You might ...
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Music Player for Linux with ability to read and write custom ID3 Tags

The music player Quod Libet (GitHub · Wikipedia) comes with the tag editor Ex Falso (Wikipedia). Both are free/libre software, available cross-platform, and gratis. Inline editing is not possible, ...
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Music player supporting resumption after close

Clementine is my preferred music player. It fits all your needs and many more. Resume playback (check) Support playlists (check) Be able to open an m3u playlist (check) Be able to open a directory as ...
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Music player supporting resumption after close

Audacious supports resuming playback in the song, position in that song, and the playlist in which the song was located once you open it again and press the green play icon in the toolbar to resume ...
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Read song name into earphones

Tune Announcer speaks the track name and artist when playing music using the built in media players, or others that support scrobbling. Gets annoying after a while, but definitely announces each ...
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Software for testing chords?

Ear Training Practice at tonedear.com has several online exercises: Intervals: In this exercise, you will hear two notes in sequence. Your goal is to identify the interval between the two notes.<...
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DAW fit for composing/recording in standard music notation?

I would suggest taking a look at Denemo which seems to fit a lot of your requirements: Music input from teh PC Keyboard, MIDI Controller or acoustically Produces sheet music in various notations vial ...
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Android music player that doesn't show full-screen album art

Pulsar has the ability to disable artwork (Settings->Show Artwork). It comes in both a Free and Pro version. The Pro version adds more themes and things like an equalizer, but even the free version ...
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