Category: Audio Apps
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Fender Launches New Music Creation Software with Linux Support
Fender, renowned for its iconic guitars and amplifiers, has introduced its own music creation software named Fender Studio, which is now available on Linux. This application, while free of charge, is not open-source and is accessible across major desktop and mobile platforms. Fender Studio is built on the foundation of the professional-grade Studio One Pro…
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Turntable: The Universal Scrobbling App for Linux Users
For Linux users seeking a straightforward way to “scrobble” music, the new app Turntable is a noteworthy solution. Scrobbling, a term used primarily on platforms like Last.fm and Libre.fm, involves logging the songs you play in real-time. This allows users to create a record of their listening habits and offers insights into their favorite tracks…
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Ardour 8.8 Release: Exciting New Fixes and Features for Open Source DAW Users
Ardour stands as one of the most acclaimed and robust open-source digital audio workstations (DAW) available, and it has recently undergone a significant update. While I can’t claim to be a prodigy in music production, my late teenage years were spent deeply exploring FL Studio (formerly known as Fruity Loops) in an attempt – albeit…
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What’s New in Audacity 3.6: Master Effects, Enhanced Compressor & Limiter, and More!
A new version of the open-source, cross-platform audio editor Audacity is available to download, kitted out with some major new features. Audacity 3.6 introduces support for master effects. These adjust the sound of the project as a whole (the ‘master mix’ composed of all individual tracks and any realtime effects applied to them) and are…
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Introducing AI Audio Effects to Audacity: Featuring Voice Transcription
Intel has rolled out a series of AI effects for the open-source sound editor Audacity. Intel’s OpenVINO AI plugins for Audacity, as they’re officially called, are designed to function offline and locally, so there’s no need for cloud servers, registrations, or subscriptions to use them, you just need sufficiently good hardware! Among the included are…
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How to Use Reco for Recording System Audio & Microphone in Ubuntu
Looking to record system sounds and your microphone at the same time on Ubuntu, and save it to a single audio file? Reco is a free, open-source audio recording app for Linux, written in Vala and GTK. Although it’s designed for elementary OS it works well on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions, and doesn’t look…
