Media Apps

1. MPD   music

ID: 9df7a344-14a4-4d14-939a-b59894d7e676
CREATED: <2025-03-22 Sat 20:57>

[2025-03-22 Sat 20:58] docs

Music Player Daemon

2. MPV   video

ID: 349e75df-c3e3-4c1d-90e0-161e014ecaff
CREATED: <2025-04-18 Fri 19:31>

[2025-04-18 Fri 19:32] archwiki

A Media player based on MPlayer and the unmaintained mplayer2

3. Bitwig Studio   daw

ID: dce6eee4-1b5e-46b0-bc16-36803e3ca410
CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:31>

[2025-03-23 Sun 20:33] Bitwig | Home | Bitwig

4. Ableton Live   daw

ID: 62dd0033-f7d3-47ba-a42a-b48a7bbbc11a
CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:33>

[2025-03-23 Sun 20:34] Creative tools for music makers | Ableton

  • No Linux builds available - MacOS/Windows only :'C
  • As of [2025-04-06 Sun] I only use it for ocassional MIDI tracking of sheet music
  • Some interesting file types:
    als
    Ableton Live Set or template set, used for Live Sets and Templates.
    alp
    Ableton Live Pack, a compressed version of an Ableton project containing the live set and related content.
    ams
    Ableton meta sound, used for user-created waveforms in Operator.
    amxd
    Ableton Max for Live device, used for Max for Live devices.
    asd
    Ableton sample analysis file, contains analyzed audio data.
    ask
    Ableton skin file, used for Live Themes.
    adg
    Ableton Device Group.
    adv
    Ableton Device Preset.
    agr
    Ableton Groove.
    alc
    Ableton Live Clip
  • The format of most interest is asd

    Keys:
    TRANSIENTRESOLUTION;
    COMPLEXPROENVELOPE;
    COMPLEXPROFORMANTS;
    FLUCTUATIONTEXTURE;
    GRANULARITYTEXTURE;
    LAUNCHQUANTISATION;
    TRANSITIONENERGIES;
    MEANPROBABILITIES;
    TRANSIENTENVELOPE;
    TRANSIENTLOOPMODE;
    GRANULARITYTONES;
    MARKERSGENERATED; ORIGINALFILESIZE;
    HIDDENLOOPSTART; OVERVIEWVERSION;
    TRANSIENTVALUES; BEATTRACKSTATE;
    VELOCITYAMOUNT; CYCLEENERGIES;
    HASUSERONSETS; HIDDENLOOPEND;
    TIMESIGNATURE; TIMESIGNATUREDENOMINATOR;
    LASTINDICES5; REMOTEABLETIMESIGNATURE;
    SAMPLEOFFSET; SAMPLEVOLUME;
    TIMESIGNATURENUMERATOR; DENOMINATOR; EXTRALENGTH;
    INVNOTELENS; PITCHCOARSE; WARPMARKERS;
    COLORINDEX; INITIALBPM; ISVOLATILE;
    LASTINTERS; LAUNCHMODE; PITCHMARKS;
    POSITIONS5; TONALITIES; NEXTBEATS;
    NUMERATOR; OUTMARKER; PITCHFINE;
    REMOTEABLEDOUBLE; REMOTEABLESTRING; ISWARPED; REMOTEABLEARRAY;
    WARPMODE; BEATTRACKSTATE; REMOTEABLEBOOL; REMOTEABLEENUM;
    REMOTEABLELIST; REMOTEABLEINT; ENERGY; LOOPON; ONSETARRAY;
    ONSETEVENT; PITCHMARKS; SAMPLEDATA; ISSET; USERFLOAT; BPMS;
    FADE; LOCK; NAME; SYNC; ONSETS; HIQ
    
    • When you open audio files in Ableton it automatically analyzes them
    • Stores analysis data in .asd files including loop/transient points, BPM, KEY, etc

5. Linux Sampler   music

ID: 3364b5d7-d09c-4cba-97cf-0fb3d08a8e03
CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:40>

[2025-03-23 Sun 20:40] The Linux Sampler Project

6. Schism Tracker   music

ID: c2070931-d7b2-4967-8839-a34fc07b740f
CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:53>

[2025-03-23 Sun 20:54] Schism Tracker

6.1. Impulse Tracker   ms dos asm

ID: 010ba610-1fcf-4d48-b030-35fa82fbf0ac
CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:53>

[2025-03-23 Sun 20:54] Impulse Tracker · schismtracker/schismtracker Wiki · GitHub

6.2. MilkyTracker

ID: 93ddb271-71b9-4e93-94f9-1eb421988f33
CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 21:04>

[2025-03-23 Sun 21:04] GitHub - milkytracker/MilkyTracker: A Fasttracker II compatible music editor

7. Renoise   daw

ID: c0a50a82-a1bb-4dc6-a0f8-6191701ae69e
CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:57>

[2025-03-23 Sun 20:57] Home | Renoise

  • formerly a tracker?

8. FL Studio   win

ID: 0c1b92be-522e-43bc-a00d-c54e762dd399
CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 20:58>

[2025-03-23 Sun 20:57] home

Fruity Loops

9. Picard   music

ID: d52e885a-ce1f-48b4-a111-73c04dcf7d3d
CREATED: <2025-04-05 Sat 20:57>

[2025-04-05 Sat 20:58] docs [2025-04-05 Sat 20:59] MusicBrainz Picard

10. OpenMPT   win

ID: 2db1be6b-196a-4ba4-ba3d-c3440d314762
CREATED: <2025-03-23 Sun 21:06>

[2025-03-23 Sun 21:07] OpenMPT - Discover the music inside… | OpenMPT - Open ModPlug Tracker

11. GStreamer   audio video

ID: a24e5fac-1d67-4a47-99b6-c7aefa11644c
CREATED: <2025-04-14 Mon 21:18>

[2025-04-14 Mon 21:19] GStreamer: open source multimedia framework [2025-04-15 Tue 15:08] <- Pipeline

12. FFmpeg   audio video

ID: 0df3a71a-f52b-4789-ae0c-ead38fb5ca35
CREATED: <2025-04-07 Mon 19:27>

[2025-04-07 Mon 19:28] FFmpeg [2025-04-07 Mon 19:29] FFmpeg Bug Tracker and Wiki [2025-04-07 Mon 19:30] docs