Downloads : 26529
( 35 reviews )

LilyPond is a music typesetter. It produces beautiful sheet music using a high level description file as input. LilyPond prints music in the best traditions of classical engraving with minimum fuss. Don't waste time on tuning spacing, moving around symbols, or shaping slurs. LilyPond is part of the GNU Project and runs on all popular platforms: Linux, MacOS X, and Windows. (more...)

GPL
2.14.2
2.15.38
Downloads : 4670
( 1 review )

Full size midi sequencer with audio support allowing record/play and many edit functions as quantize, copy, transpose ..., multiple undo; two main windows operating on whole tracks and single events; graphic pitch and controller editing, GS and XG sound editing and more.

Shareware
4.1.3
Downloads : 4433
( 8 reviews )

GDAM is a real-time digital dj mixing software package. Any number of mp3 files can be played and mixed simultaneously. Effects can be added, changed, and rearranged dynamically. GDAM features a client-server architecture; all sound is produced by a server, which receives instructions from any number of clients. Libraries are built around glib and the gtk object system. (more...)

LGPL
0.942
Downloads : 4161
( 9 reviews )

GLAME (GNU/Linux Audio Mechanics) is meant to be the GIMP of audio processing. It is designed to be a powerful, fast, stable, and easily extensible sound editor for Linux and compatible systems.

GPL
2.0.1
Downloads : 3956
( 2 reviews )

Denemo is a music notation program for Linux and Windows that lets you rapidly enter notation for typesetting via the LilyPond music engraver. Music can be typed in at the PC-Keyboard, or played in via MIDI controller, or input acoustically into a microphone plugged into your computer's soundcard. (more...)

GPL
0.9.5
Downloads : 3210
( 1 review )

Wired is a professional music production and creation free software running on the Linux operating system. It brings musicians a complete studio environment to compose, record, edit and mix music without the need of expensive hardware. Wired supports unlimited Audio/Midi tracks playback and recording, and introduces a Plugin system for instruments and effects. (more...)

GPL
0.3.1
0.5.1
Downloads : 3205
( 4 reviews )

MidiMountain is a MIDI sequencer aimed to edit standard midi files. The easy to use interface should help even beginners to edit and create midi songs (sequences) with this application. For professionals, MidiMountain is designed to edit every definition known to standard midi files and the midi transfer protocol. (more...)

GPL
0.2.1
Downloads : 2809
( 8 reviews )

SoundTracker is a music tracking tool for Unix / X11 with a design similar to the DOS program FastTracker and the Amiga legend ProTracker. The basic concept is simple: you have a number of sound samples, and you can arrange them on so-called tracks. A track (or channel) can not play more than one sample at the same time. (more...)

GPL
0.6.7
Downloads : 2524
( 5 reviews )

Randomposer is a script, which makes music automatically. Maybe you'll make a hit... No, that could be possible by a chance of 0.1 percent... Read the Documentation! And send me feedback!.

GPL
0.2.6-2
Downloads : 572
( Not rated )

Real-time software musical synthesizer.

GPL
Downloads : 235
( 2 reviews )

Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application. The initial target platform is Linux, using the infrastructure of the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) for audio and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) for MIDI. It is meant to be a fairly-featured Linux desktop audio workstation GUI, specially dedicated to the personal home studio.

GPL
0.5.4
Downloads : 203
( Not rated )

Music sequencer for Gnome.

GPL
Downloads : 107
( 2 reviews )

Realtime software synthesizer and sound processor with realtime user interaction, KDE GUI editor, command line player.

GPL
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