BigLinux Microphone is a Linux application for PipeWire that helps improve spoken audio captured from a microphone.
It provides a desktop interface for configuring voice processing, tuning filters, monitoring the processed signal in real time, and keeping microphone settings persistent across sessions.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Uses GTCRN neural network processing for AI-based noise reduction.
- Offers DNS3 and VCTK model options for different levels of background noise suppression.
- Includes EQ presets such as Voice Boost, Podcast, Warm, Bright, and De-esser.
- Provides a noise gate to reduce unwanted sound during silent passages.
- Supports voice enhancement tools including dual mono, radio voice compression, and pitch adjustment.
- Features a real-time spectrum analyzer and headphone monitoring with adjustable delay.
- Applies live parameter updates without requiring a restart.
- Integrates with PipeWire’s filter.smart and automatically saves and restores settings.
Website: https://github.com/biglinux/biglinux-noise-reduction-pipewire
Support:
Developer: BigLinux Team
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
BigLinux Microphone is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Noise Suppression Tools | |
|---|---|
| NoiseTorch-ng | Creates a virtual microphone that suppresses noise |
| noise-suppression-for-voice | Noise suppression plugin based on RNNoise |
| Easy Effects | GTK4 audio manipulation which includes a range of tools |
| noise-repellent | Suite of lv2 plugins for noise reduction |
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