Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. http://audacity.sourceforge.net
VLC media player
* It is a free cross-platform media player
* It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs
* It can also be used as a streaming server, with extended features (video on demand, on the fly transcoding, ...) http://www.videolan.org/
We are encouraging all using the internet as means of expanding their musical practice to take a minute to let us know about your experiences and how you are using these new tools to extend your musical practices.
Below is a list of Web 2.0 applications that will help you connect online and collaborate online rehearsals and performance planning
Online Sound Skype is an online
VOIP (voice over IP) online telephony service. We have used it to rehearse online with as many as 10 musicians at once.
Online Communication and Services imeem is not unlike myspace, but has a cleaner interface with less ads and hype, although that is changing
SendSpace is a free online file sharing. Registered users can create folders to organize their uploaded files. They can email the link to others and share files up to 2 Gigabytes.
Musicians worldwide are using this to send high fidelity files back and
forth.
Basecamp
is a flexible online project communication tool.