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Sonic Visualiser
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Sonic Visualiser
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Free, open-source application · GNU GPL v2 or later
Read 11 Oct 2026 · sonicvisualiser.org
On the record
- Annotations
- Users can add labelled time points, segments, point values, and curves, and overlay annotations on audio views or other annotations.sonicvisualiser.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The project describes it as designed for musicologists, archivists, signal-processing researchers, and others who want to inspect audio files.sonicvisualiser.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Automated analysis
- It can run feature-extraction plugins for analyses such as beat tracking and pitch detection.sonicvisualiser.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Current release
- The download page lists version 5.2.1 as the current release.sonicvisualiser.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Development origin
- The project says it was initiated and developed in the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary University of London.sonicvisualiser.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The project provides a reference manual, tutorials, and tutorial and demo videos.sonicvisualiser.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Download platforms
- The download page lists 64-bit Windows, Linux AppImage, Ubuntu .deb, and Intel/ARM macOS binaries.sonicvisualiser.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- File formats
- The 5.2.1 reference manual says official builds support MP3, WAV, AIFF, Ogg/Vorbis, and Opus on all platforms, MP4/AAC on Mac and Windows, and WMA on Windows.sonicvisualiser.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- It supports importing annotation layers from text files and MIDI note data, and exporting audio regions and annotation layers.sonicvisualiser.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Plugin ecosystem
- Sonic Visualiser can use Vamp analysis plugins and LADSPA and DSSI effects plugins; no plugins are included with the application.sonicvisualiser.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Plugin limits
- The download page says VST, AudioUnit, and LV2 formats are not currently supported.sonicvisualiser.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Sonic Visualiser is for visualising, analysing, and annotating music audio recordings.sonicvisualiser.org · read 11 Oct 2026
- Visualisation
- It can display audio waveforms and spectrograms, with interactive adjustment of spectrogram display parameters.sonicvisualiser.org · read 11 Oct 2026
