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Bluetooth

EarA – manage Nothing and CMF earbuds

November 9, 2026 Steve Emms Internet

EarA controls Nothing and CMF earbuds on Linux, with battery levels, noise cancellation, equaliser presets, gestures and audio profiles.

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CDROM

10 Best Free and Open Source Graphical Audio Grabbers

November 8, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

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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DJ

Luppolo – multi-track audio looper for musicians

November 6, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Luppolo is a real-time audio looper for recording layered performances, with synchronized tracks, metronome controls and WAV or FLAC export.

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VoIP

DeepFilterNet Plus – noise suppression for microphones and recordings

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

DeepFilterNet Plus suppresses microphone background noise on Linux and cleans WAV recordings on Linux, macOS and Windows using filtering.

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CDROM

RipperX 4 – GTK4 audio CD ripper written in Rust

November 2, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

RipperX 4 is a GTK-based audio CD ripper with MusicBrainz lookups, editable metadata, track selection and six output audio formats.

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CDROM

Rubyripper – secure audio CD ripping and encoding

November 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia

Rubyripper securely extracts audio CDs with repeated reads, error analysis, MusicBrainz tags and support for multiple audio formats.

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VoIP

HushMic – real-time microphone noise suppression

November 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia

HushMic provides real-time microphone noise suppression on Linux, with PipeWire virtual input, local processing and adjustable controls.

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Mixer

pulseaudio-mixer-cli – interactive terminal mixer for PulseAudio

October 25, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

pulseaudio-mixer-cli is a terminal audio mixer for controlling PulseAudio streams, with per-app volume adjustment and automated rules.

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Audio Analyzers

25 Best Free and Open Source Audio Analyzers

October 21, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

This article examines audio analyzers. This type of software lets you visualize audio spectrum for real-time signals. Some of the programs also lets you analyze amplitude and phase spectrum as well.

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Mixer

Bridge – PipeWire crossfade mixer and audio router

October 21, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Bridge is a graphical PipeWire crossfade mixer with two virtual outputs, persistent routing rules, output presets and global shortcuts.

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Mixer

volctl – per-application volume control and OSD

October 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

volctl is a Linux tray mixer for controlling master and per-application volume, with mute controls, VU meters, mouse-wheel support and OSD.

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Mixer

Pulsemeeter – graphical audio routing and mixer application

October 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Pulsemeeter is a GTK4 audio mixer and routing tool for PulseAudio and PipeWire with virtual devices, channel mapping and volume controls.

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Guitar

15 Best Free and Open Source Linux Guitar Tools

September 30, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

This feature recommends the finest Linux applications that are targeted at guitarists. All of the software featured here is open source, free to download, and are easy to install and intuitive to use.

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Podcast

podcast-dl – Download and Archive Podcasts from the Command Line

September 29, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia, Reviews

podcast-dl is a flexible command-line tool for downloading, filtering, archiving and organising podcast episodes from RSS feeds.

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Mixer

wiremix – terminal audio mixer for PipeWire

September 27, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, TUI

wiremix is a terminal PipeWire mixer for adjusting volumes, routing audio, selecting devices and profiles, and monitoring peak levels.

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Configuring music

coppwr – low-level graphical control for PipeWire

September 26, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

coppwr provides low-level graphical control of PipeWire with node graph editing, object inspection, metadata editing and profiling tools.

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Sound Systems

Helvum – graphical patchbay for PipeWire

September 25, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Helvum is a graphical PipeWire patchbay for creating and removing connections between audio, video and MIDI applications and devices.

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How to Download YouTube Videos, Playlists, and Channels on Linux with 4K Video Downloader Plus

September 22, 2026 John O'Donnell GUI, Multimedia, Software

Download YouTube videos, playlists, channels, subtitles and audio on Linux with 4K Video Downloader Plus and its graphical interface.

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Podcast

4 Best Free and Open Source Linux Self-Hosted Podcast Managers

September 22, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia, Roundup

Discover the finest free and open source podcast managers for Linux, offering subscriptions, downloads, playback, and syncing.

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Guitar

AmpForge – guitar amp simulator and effects processor

September 21, 2026 Steve Emms Multimedia

AmpForge is a guitar amp simulator and effects processor with a reorderable pedalboard, NAM support, presets, tuner and multiple plugin formats.

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