Previously I wrote about the third Sonic Visualiser v3.0 beta release: "This may well be the final beta, so if you’re seeing problems with it, please do report them while there’s still time!" Well some very kind people did report problems, and so that was not the final beta. A fourth one is now up… Continue reading Yes, there’s a fourth beta of Sonic Visualiser v3.0 now
Author: Chris Cannam
A third beta of Sonic Visualiser v3.0
Update - 23rd Feb: We have a fourth beta now! After a short break, we have a third beta of the forthcoming v3.0 release of Sonic Visualiser. Downloads here: For 64-bit versions of Windows: https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/2178/sonic-visualiser-3.0beta3-win64.msi For 32-bit versions of Windows: https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/2177/sonic-visualiser-3.0beta3-win32.msi For macOS: https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/2176/Sonic%20Visualiser-3.0-beta3.dmg For Ubuntu 16.04: https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/2181/sonic-visualiser_3.0beta3-1_amd64.deb Source code: https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/2175/sonic-visualiser-3.0beta3.tar.gz Bugs fixed, and other… Continue reading A third beta of Sonic Visualiser v3.0
A second beta of Sonic Visualiser v3.0
Update – 9th Feb: There is now a third beta! See here for details. Here's a second beta release of Sonic Visualiser v3.0: For 64-bit versions of Windows: https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/2159/sonic-visualiser-3.0beta2-win64.msi For 32-bit versions of Windows: https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/2160/sonic-visualiser-3.0beta2-win32.msi For macOS: https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/2156/Sonic%20Visualiser-3.0-beta2.dmg For Ubuntu 16.04: https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/2157/sonic-visualiser_3.0beta2-1_amd64.deb Source code: https://code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/attachments/download/2155/sonic-visualiser-3.0beta2.tar.gz Bugs found in the first beta and fixed for the… Continue reading A second beta of Sonic Visualiser v3.0
Help test the Sonic Visualiser v3.0 beta
A first beta release of Sonic Visualiser v3.0 is now available for download, and we'd love to get your feedback. Sonic Visualiser is a free, open-source desktop application for close study and annotation of music audio recordings, developed in the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary, University of London. It's been available for about… Continue reading Help test the Sonic Visualiser v3.0 beta
Mp3 decoding with the MAD library: We’ve all been doing it wrong
The MAD mp3 decoder library is widely used in open source applications that play or edit mp3 audio files. It's a respected library that consists of high quality C code, has a fairly friendly API, and was evidently written with great care. It's now getting old (last updated in 2004) but people trust it. I… Continue reading Mp3 decoding with the MAD library: We’ve all been doing it wrong
MIREX 2016 submissions
This year, for the fourth year in a row, we submitted a number of Vamp audio analysis plugins published by the Centre for Digital Music to the annual MIREX evaluation. The motivation is to give other methods a baseline to compare against, to compare one year's evaluation metrics and datasets against the next year's, and… Continue reading MIREX 2016 submissions
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