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Sort and organize media files with Mediapurge

IN-DEPTH: Distribution Point free

If you have a download folder full of photos and music, Mediapurge can help you sort files and even remove duplicates, but beware of its quirks.

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Figure1: Bluetooth up and operating with music playing.

Configuring Bluetooth on Linux

The Bluetooth Blues

15.10.2019

Getting Bluetooth and PulseAudio to play nicely takes a little work. Bruce walks you through the basics of getting Bluetooth up and running on Linux.

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Figure 1: The Rockbox Utility simplifies installing the free firmware.

Freeing Your Music Player with Rockbox

Musical Freedom

07.08.2018

Turn your music player into open hardware with Rockbox’s free firmware.

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Ogg Vorbis utilities

IN-DEPTH: Command Line – Ogg Vorbis free

With the addition of its supporting utilities, Ogg Vorbis competes with other free audio formats.

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Figure 1: The MPD server configuration takes place in a single file.

Online Jukebox

LINUX VOICE: MPD and Cantata free

The MPD server helps you manage your music collection flexibly and remotely and integrates external content.

audio , Music , sound
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Figure 1: The first soundKonverter window you see is simple and straightforward.

Refound Sound

LINUX VOICE: soundKonverter and fre:ac free

Transfer the contents of audio CDs to your PC and convert the contents of music folders with soundKonverter and fre:ac.

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Figure 6: SuperCollider comes with its own package manager for extensions (Quarks).

Sculpting Sound with SuperCollider

Super Sound Generator

27.01.2014

SuperCollider is a versatile and powerful sound generator that can be used to create, filter, and modulate sound. In this article, we tackle the basics.

audio , sound , SuperCollider
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