This article selects our pick of the available noise suppression tools. We only explore free and open source software here.
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Category: Multimedia
8 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Audio Grabbers
CD audio grabbers are designed to extract (“rip”) the raw digital audio (in a format commonly called CDDA) from a compact disc.
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BigLinux Microphone – PipeWire microphone enhancement
BigLinux Microphone improves PipeWire microphone audio with neural denoising, voice effects, equalisation, monitoring and smart routing.
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DeepFilterNet – neural speech enhancement framework
DeepFilterNet enhances speech using neural deep filtering for live microphone processing and noise reduction in recorded audio files.
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line – command-line MIDI sequencer for live coding
line is a command-line MIDI sequencer for live coding music, with editable phrases, notes, chords, tempo controls and phrase manipulation.
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20 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based YouTube Tools
Funky developers have created applications that allow you to bypass the web-only barrier of YouTube. Here’s our recommended terminal-based YouTube tools.
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Dynamic Music Pill – GNOME Shell extension
Dynamic Music Pill is a GNOME Shell extension that adds a polished desktop music widget for MPRIS-compatible players.
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asak – terminal audio tool
asak is a terminal audio tool that provides a keyboard-driven interface for working with audio files.
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GopherTube – terminal YouTube browser and downloader
GopherTube searches YouTube from the terminal, with mpv playback, video downloads, quality selection, and a local downloads browser.
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alsamixer – terminal-based mixer for the ALSA sound system
alsamixer is an ncurses mixer for ALSA with keyboard-driven playback and capture controls, multiple sound cards, and customisable keys.
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Mixxc – GTK4-based volume mixer for Linux
Mixxc is a GTK4-based volume mixer for Linux desktop setups that favour compact, widget-style tools rather than full control panels.
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pavucontrol-qt – Pulseaudio mixer in Qt
pavucontrol-qt is a Qt port of pavucontrol, the PulseAudio volume control utility.
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Six Sines – six-operator modulation synthesizer
Six Sines explores six-operator phase, frequency and ring modulation with envelopes, LFOs, programmable routing and expressive control.
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Actuate – synthesizer, sampler and granulizer
Actuate blends subtractive and additive synthesis, sampling and granular processing with FM routing, filters and integrated effects.
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Spek-rs – acoustic spectrum analyser
Spek-rs generates audio spectrograms using FFmpeg, with configurable colour palettes, drag-and-drop support and graphical spectral analysis.
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Partiels – audio analysis and feature extraction
Partiels analyses audio recordings with Vamp plugins, spectrograms, acoustic measurements, annotation tools and data export facilities.
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Open Sound Meter – real-time sound system measurement
Open Sound Meter provides real-time spectrum, phase, impulse response, coherence, delay and SPL measurements for sound system tuning.
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ytm-player – terminal client for YouTube Music
ytm-player plays YouTube Music in the terminal, with synced lyrics, gapless playback, Spotify imports, session resume, and themes.
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Mini EQ – compact system-wide parametric equalizer
Mini EQ is a compact system-wide parametric equalizer for Linux desktops using PipeWire.
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multimon-ng – digital transmission mode decoder
multimon-ng is a command-line decoder for paging, signalling and digital radio modes, with live pipelines, file input and structured output.
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