Audio and music

A search engine for Creative Commons

Don Watkins — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

A search engine for Creative Commons Don Watkins Sat, 04/08/2023 - 03:00

Find images and audio with open licenses.

Are you looking for content that is openly licensed that you can reuse? Then you might be interested in Openverse. Openverse is an innovative tool that searches over 300…

How Linux rescued precious audio files with FFmpeg

Don Watkins — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 08:00:00 +0000

How Linux rescued precious audio files with FFmpeg Don Watkins Sun, 01/22/2023 - 03:00

FFmpeg is a highly versatile tool that supports a range of popular formats like MP3, MP4, and AVI. You can also use it to convert files between different formats.

Recently I was asked by a customer to create compact discs of priceless family recordings. My client insisted that the media be delivered as compact discs and not as digital…

3 open source audio tools for creators

rcheesley — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 08:00:00 +0000

3 open source audio tools for creators rcheesley Mon, 11/28/2022 - 03:00

I came across these helpful open source tools for sampling sounds and creating loops for music.

Finding good quality, open source audio samples can be a challenge. I've been getting increasingly into composition and creating music in my spare time, using the open source…

Make your own music tagging framework with Groovy

clhermansen — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 07:00:00 +0000

Make your own music tagging framework with Groovy clhermansen Wed, 08/31/2022 - 03:00

I'll separate the framework I've been using into a separate class and then write a test program to exercise it.

In this series, I'm developing several scripts to help in cleaning up my music collection. In the last article I wrote and tested a Groovy script to clean up the motley…

Clean up music tags with a Groovy script

clhermansen — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 07:00:00 +0000

Clean up music tags with a Groovy script clhermansen Tue, 08/30/2022 - 03:00

I demonstrate a Groovy script to clean up the motley assembly of tag fields.

Lately, I've been looking at how Groovy streamlines Java. In this series, I'm developing several scripts to help in cleaning up my music collection. In my last article, I used…

Clean up unwanted files in your music directory using Groovy

clhermansen — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 07:00:00 +0000

Clean up unwanted files in your music directory using Groovy clhermansen Mon, 08/29/2022 - 03:00

In this demonstration, I facilitate removing unwanted files in the album directories.

In this series, I'm developing several scripts to help in cleaning up my music collection. In the last article, we used the framework created for analyzing the directory and…

How I use Groovy to analyze album art in my music directory

clhermansen — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 07:00:00 +0000

How I use Groovy to analyze album art in my music directory clhermansen Sun, 08/28/2022 - 03:00

Here's how I use open source tools to analyze my music directory including album cover files.

In this series, I'm developing several scripts to help in cleaning up my music collection. In the last article, I used the framework I created for analyzing the directory and…

My favorite open source library for analyzing music files

clhermansen — Sat, 27 Aug 2022 07:00:00 +0000

My favorite open source library for analyzing music files clhermansen Sat, 08/27/2022 - 03:00

Here's how I use the JAudiotagger library with a Groovy script I created to analyze my music files.

In my previous article, I created a framework for analyzing the directories and subdirectories of music files, using the groovy.File class, which extends and streamlines java…

How I analyze my music directory with Groovy

clhermansen — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 07:00:00 +0000

How I analyze my music directory with Groovy clhermansen Fri, 08/26/2022 - 03:00

To simplify Java's clunkiness, I made a Groovy tool to analyze my music directory.

Lately, I’ve been looking at how Groovy streamlines the slight clunkiness of Java. In this article, I begin a short series to demonstrate Groovy scripting by creating a tool…

Listen to music on Linux with Rhythmbox

Jim Hall — Sat, 16 Jul 2022 07:00:00 +0000

Listen to music on Linux with Rhythmbox Jim Hall Sat, 07/16/2022 - 03:00

Here's how I like to listen to streaming music and MP3 playlists with Rhythmbox on GNOME with Linux.

It's hard for me to work in total silence. I need some kind of background noise, preferably some familiar music. My music-listening needs are pretty simple: I just need a…