Melodic Mix – Mixer and Digital Signal Processing Application

Melodic Mix is a mixer and digital signal processing application for Linux.

It is oriented towards live audio and other situations where users need an accessible collection of processors in a configurable signal chain. The project originated from Easy Effects but follows its own direction, concentrating on mixing and real-time effects rather than attempting to mirror the broader desktop-processing workflow of its parent project.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Arrange audio processors in a user-defined signal chain.
• Reorder effects without rebuilding the complete processing setup.
• Bass enhancer adds controlled emphasis to low-frequency content.
• Bass loudness processing changes perceived low-end weight at suitable listening levels.
• Compressor reduces the dynamic range of signals exceeding a configured threshold.
• De-esser targets excessive sibilance in speech and vocal material.
• Delay processor creates configurable time-based echo effects.
• Exciter adds harmonic content to increase perceived brightness and presence.
• Pitch processing allows the incoming signal to be shifted up or down.
• Reverberation can add room, ambience and longer decay characteristics.
• Level metering provides visual feedback while configuring processing chains.
• Low-pass filtering attenuates content above the selected cutoff frequency.
• High-pass filtering reduces frequencies below the selected cutoff.
• Band-pass filtering restricts output to a selected range of frequencies.
• Band-reject filtering suppresses a chosen frequency region while retaining surrounding content.
• Individual effect controls expose parameters relevant to each processor.
• Qt and QML provide the application’s graphical interface.
• Kirigami components help provide a responsive layout across different window sizes.

Website: gitlab.com/hannescam/melodicmix
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Developer: Hannes Campidell
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

Melodic Mix is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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