Sonic Visualiser is an impressive free tool for musicians that will aid music learning and analysis of audio files. Recently developed at Queen Mary, University of London, Sonic Visualiser is a program specifically designed for analysing recordings. Unfortunately though, Sonic Visualiser cannot support VST plugins directly because Steinberg's VST license is incompatible with Sonic Visualiser's GPL license although both Mac and Windows users can get support using the Audacity VST Enabler. It can load audio files in WAV, Ogg and MP3 formats, view their waveforms in spectrograms and allows you to annotate audio data by adding time points and markers. The MELODIA - Melody Extraction Vamp plug-in used in Sonic Visualiser. Although its free, Sonic Visualiser is very powerfu. Learn to code creatively by composing or performing music in an incredible range of styles from Classical. Diverse community of over 1.8 million live coders. Free to download with a friendly tutorial. There you will find the latest version of the program, together with information about the program and documentation. Powerful enough for professional musicians. Sonic Visualiser is available for Windows, OS/X, and Linux, but these tutorials have been tested on the Windows version only. The MELODIA - Melody Extraction Vamp plug-in used in Sonic Visualiser. Simple enough for computing and music lessons. Sonic Visualiser can use LADSPA and DSSI effects plugins and Windows users are at a slight advantage over Mac users as they can download some LADSPA plugins from the Audacity plugin page. Sonic Pi is a code-based music creation and performance tool.

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