Partiels is an audio analysis suite for studying the content and characteristics of sound files.
It can analyse one or more audio files with Vamp plug-ins, display results as spectrograms, lin data with environments such as Max, Pure Data, and OpenMusic. free and open source software.
Key Features
- Handles multiple audio formats, multiple channels, and multiple audio files.
- Offers textual and graphical editing of analysis results.
- Lets you organise and order analyses in groups.
- Can use a wide range of Vamp plug-ins for analyses such as FFT, LPC, transient, fundamental, formant, tempo, and TTS.
- Imports and exports results in PNG, JPEG, CSV, LAB, JSON, CUE, REAPER, MAX, PUREDATA, and SDIF formats.
- Includes batch processing.
- Provides a command line interface for analysis, export, and conversion tasks.
- Supports consolidating documents for sharing.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/Ircam-Partiels/Partiels
Support:
Developer: Pierre Guillot, IRCAM
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

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