List of free software for audio. This list of free software for audio lists notable free and open source software for use by sound engineers, audio producers, and those involved in sound recording and reproduction. Audio analysis[edit] Converters[edit] DJ Software[edit] Modular systems[edit] Platforms[edit] Various projects have formed to integrate the existing free software audio packages. Players[edit] Audio players without Database[edit] Audio players with Database[edit] Mixxx Programming languages[edit] Many computer music programming languages are implemented in free software.
Radio broadcasting[edit] See also streaming below. Recording and editing[edit] The following packages are digital audio editors. Softsynths[edit] Streaming[edit] These programs are for use with streaming audio. Technologies[edit] Other[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] LMMS - Linux MultiMedia Studio. Ardour - the digital audio workstation. Www.xoxos.net rev.2011. OpenMPT.org - Home of Open ModPlug Tracker | Discover the music inside... Hitsquad. Virtual Studio Technology.
Overview[edit] VST instruments receive notes as digital information via MIDI, and output digital audio. Effect plugins receive digital audio and process it through to their outputs. (Some effect plugins also accept MIDI input—for example MIDI sync to modulate the effect in sync with the tempo). MIDI messages can control both instrument and effect plugin parameters. Most host applications can route the audio output from one VST to the audio input of another VST (chaining). For example, output of a VST synthesizer can be sent through a VST reverb effect. History[edit] Steinberg released the VST interface specification and SDK in 1996.
Steinberg updated the VST interface specification to version 2.0 in 1999. Neon[3] was the first available VST Instrument (included with Cubase VST 3.7). VST 3.0 came out in 2008. Audio Inputs for VST InstrumentsMultiple MIDI inputs/outputsOptional SKI (Steinberg Kernel Interface) integration VST 3.5 came out in February, 2011. VST plugins[edit] VST hosts[edit]