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This entry describes how to handle audio data.
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Music and Audiobooks can be obtained by buying the digital files or by
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[extracting them off of a CD](#extract-audio-files-from-cds).
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Podcasts need a so called Podcatcher.
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A Podcatcher is used to subscribe to podcasts and download them automatically.
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Podcasts need a podcast client.
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A podcast client is used to subscribe to podcasts and download them automatically.
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For Linux specific music software navigate to the corresponding
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[wiki entry](/wiki/linux/audio.md).
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[wiki entry](/wiki/linux/audio_%28linux%29.md).
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For voice based communication, social platforms or messengers navigate to the
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[communication article](/wiki/communication.md) and the corresponding
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[section](/wiki/communication.md#social-platforms-messengers-and-voip-services).
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For headphones navigate to the [headphones article](/wiki/headphones.md):
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And for headphones navigate to the [headphones article](/wiki/headphones.md):
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## Speech Recognition and Synthesis
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[Speech recognition and synthesis](/wiki/speech_recognition_and_synthesis.md) describe processes to
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understand and convert spoken language to text aswell as the reverse process.
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understand and convert spoken language to text as well as the reverse process.
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## Technical Specifications
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This section aswell as its subsections address all technical things about audio, like connections,
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This section as well as its subsections address all technical things about audio, like connections,
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cables and devices.
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The most frequently used audio formats are also addressed.
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Unbalanced audio uses a wire for the positive signal for audio transmission and one for ground.
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This is the most frequently used type of cable bound audio transmission.
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Usually they are connected with jack connections like 3.5mm and 6.25mm.
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Usually they are connected with jack connections like 3.5 mm and 6.25 mm.
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Balanced audio uses one wire for the positive signal, one for negative and another one for the
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ground.
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Due to this extra cable a balanced connection can cancel out noise that entered the cable and
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affected both the positive and the negative signal.
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Balanced uses connectors like 4-pin XLR aswell as 2.5mm and 4.4mm jacks
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Balanced uses connectors like 4-pin XLR as well as 2.5 mm and 4.4 mm jacks
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### Audio Formats and Encoding
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Usually this appears together with a single file for the whole CD.
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The audio file can then be split according to the `.cue` file.
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For splitting of `.flac` files on a Linux system check the
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[a flac (package) entry](/wiki/linux/flac_%28package%29.md#splitting-flac-file-according-to-cue-file)
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for further informations.
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[flac (package) entry](/wiki/linux/flac_%28package%29.md#splitting-flac-file-according-to-cue-file)
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for further information.
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## Media Software
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If you want to keep your system clean of much data, you can use this kind of
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setup.
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There are differences depending on your preffered software interface.
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There are differences depending on your preferred software interface.
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### Import Playlist to Spotify
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Importing a playlist to Spotify can be challenging.
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An easy way to do it is using [Spotlistr](https://www.spotlistr.com/search/textbox) using the
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Textbox function.
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text box function.
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A List of Songs can be input and after connecting to Spotify, it will be imported automatically.
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### Digital Audio Workstations and Recording Software
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### Software for Music/Podcasts/Audiobooks
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The following is a list of server software, that is featured in this wiki.
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The corresponding client software is handled in the server softwares wiki entry.
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The corresponding client software is handled in the server software wiki entry.
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- [Subsonic](/wiki/subsonic.md) is a media streamer for music, podcasts and
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audiobooks.
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Subsonic is self-hostable.
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Subsonic that can be dockerized and has a web-interface aswell as several
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It is self-hostable and can be dockerized and has a web-interface as well as several
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clients that can be used.
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There are also the free and open-source implementations – that feature all the
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same features and using its API – named [Airsonic](/wiki/airsonic.md) (no longer
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maintained) and its inofficial successor [Airsonic-advanced](/wiki/airsonic.md).
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maintained) and its unofficial successor [Airsonic-Advanced](/wiki/airsonic.md).
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### Software for Podcasts
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- [Podgrab](/wiki/podgrab.md) is a free and open-source podcatcher that can also be
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- [Podgrab](/wiki/podgrab.md) is a free and open-source podcast client that can also be
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used to listen to them.
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It is self-hostable and can be dockerized.
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It has a web-interface and does not feature client software.
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[YouTube](/wiki/youtube.md) features a wide variety of uploaded music and audiobooks.
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Using programs like [yt-dl](/wiki/youtube.md#downloading-youtube-videos) they can be downloaded.
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[Audible](https://www.audible.de/) is a popular service that makes sells audibooks.
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[Audible](https://www.audible.de/) is a popular service that makes sells audiobooks.
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After purchasing an audiobook it can be downloaded directly from Audible after navigating to the
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`Library` tab and selecting `Download`.
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Another option is to use [OpenAudible](/wiki/openaudible.md).
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## Digitalizing and Analyzing Physical Mediums
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This section focusses on physical audio mediums like CDs, their digitalization to a digital audio
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This section focuses on physical audio mediums like CDs, their digitalization to a digital audio
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file of [specific format](#audio-formats-and-encoding) and conversions between them.
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### Detect Bad Conversions
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The bitrate, format and the sample rate can be usually checked with simple
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The bit rate, format and the sample rate can be usually checked with simple
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tools.
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For Linux a simple software solution for this is the `file` command.
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Running it will display these features of a given audio file.
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This will however only display the format features.
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Bad convserions as described in
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Bad conversions as described in
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[the previous section](#audio-formats-and-encoding) can not
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be detected by this.
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A spectral analysis can detect bad conversions.
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For this a audio analyzer like
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For this an audio analyzer like
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[Sonic Visualizer](https://www.sonicvisualiser.org/) is needed.
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Select a audio file and press `Add Spectogram` under `Layer`.
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This will display a spectogram.
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Select an audio file and press `Add Spectogram` under `Layer`.
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This will display a spectogramm.
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Music off of a retail CD and lossless songs have frequencies that extend up to
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22kHz and can extend even further for hi-res music.
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If the frequency extends up to at least 22kHz the file is lossless for sure.
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- [Exact Audio Copy](https://www.exactaudiocopy.de) for windows can rip music
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and automatically tag it with the help of a list of databases.
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- [fre:ac](https://freac.org/downloads-mainmenu-33) is a free cross-platform
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- [The fre:ac project](https://freac.org/downloads-mainmenu-33) is a free cross-platform
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audio converter and CD ripper with support for various popular formats.
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- [metaflac](/wiki/linux/flac_%28package%29.md) for [Linux](/wiki/linux.md) is a program to edit
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- [The metaflac package](/wiki/linux/flac_%28package%29.md) for [Linux](/wiki/linux.md) is a program to edit
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the tags of [flac](/wiki/flac_%28codec%29.md) files from the command line.
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It is bundled in the `flac` package for [Debian](/wiki/linux/debian.md) and arch based systems.
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- [MusicBrainz Picard](/wiki/picard.md) for [Linux](/wiki/linux.md) is a graphical user interface
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While deciding on what version of an album is the best visit
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[Dynamic Range DB](https://dr.loudness-war.info).
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It shows dynamic range scorings of each version.
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It shows dynamic range scores of each version.
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### Get Additional Data to an Album/Single
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If additional information for an album is needed, visit [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com).
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Discogs has tracklists, dates and more information to nearly all versions of albums and singles.
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Discogs has track lists, dates and more information to nearly all versions of albums and singles.
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### Naming Convention
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These album directories are placed in directories named after the album artist.
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Files can be named in the following scheme.
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- music: `[<discnumber>.]<tracknumber>._<artist>_-_<title>`
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- audiobooks: `[<discnumber>.]<tracknumber>._<artist>_-_<album>_<tracknumber>`
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- Music: `[<discnumber>.]<tracknumber>._<artist>_-_<title>`
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- Audiobooks: `[<discnumber>.]<tracknumber>._<artist>_-_<album>_<tracknumber>`
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### Sheet Music
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Music has moved more and more into the computer realm.
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An easy and intuitive software that can be used for this is [MuseScore.org](https://musescore.org/)
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which features notating music aswell as a wide catalogue of available sheet music.
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which features notating music as well as a wide catalog of available sheet music.
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MuseScore is free and open-source and is cross-platform.
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On [Linux based systems](/wiki/linux.md) it is available on most distributions via the `musescore`
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package or their [website](https://musescore.org/download) and can be run with the command `mscore`.
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Another option for music notation is [LilyPond](https://lilypond.org/).
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It is free software and also features
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[a plugin](https://github.com/martineausimon/nvim-lilypond-suite) for [NeoVIM](/wiki/linux/vim.md).
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[a plugin](https://github.com/martineausimon/nvim-lilypond-suite) for [Neovim](/wiki/linux/vim.md).
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From the `.ly` files typical for LilyPond `.midi` files can automatically be generated.
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These can in turn be played using [FluidSynth](https://www.fluidsynth.org/).
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Select the corresponding object and export it after right-clicking it as a `.gpx` file.
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The resulting file can be imported into
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[mobile navigation applications](/wiki/navigation.md#mobile-navigation).
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### Manual and Automatic Routing
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QMapShack supports both automatic and manual route creation.
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These options are dependent on the [routing engine](#routing-engine).
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Automatic routing follows the configured routing engine and can be enabled with `Ctrl+A` or disabled
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by pressing the shortcut again.
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Manual routing places route segments exactly as clicked without automatic path calculation and can
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be toggled with `Ctrl+M`.
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Both modes are independent and can be switched on or off at any time using their respective keyboard
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shortcuts.
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