Tools

Music on the PC (MP3, FLAC etc.)[edit]

Rip CDs[edit]

Compression[edit]

  • LAME - for creating MP3s (lossy).
  • FLAC - codec for lossless compression

Playback[edit]

  • WinAMP - well known player
  • foobar2000 - also suitable for performing blind tests

Useful stuff[edit]

  • Audacity - free audio editor and recorder
  • MP3Gain - volume adjustment for MP3s (without loss of quality)

Room Acoustics[edit]

  • http://www.hunecke.de/ - room acoustics calculator, determination of room eigenmodes
  • CARA - Computer Aided Room Acoustics - Program for calculation and optimization of room acoustics

Loudspeaker design[edit]

General calculations[edit]

Miscellaneous[edit]