Free and open source audio file analysis software that views the waveform of a file and allows you to add annotation to it supporting MP3, WAV and OGG files.
With Sonic Visualiser you can analyze your own and other people's pieces of music down to the smallest detail. This begins with the rather simple representation of the waveform and ends not least with the spectrogram view.
The app demonstrates its real strength in connection with so-called vamp plug-ins, which you can download free of charge for various systems. Among other things, this enables automatic analyzes of the key, tempo, harmonies and many other components of the music.
You can use a controller to adjust the playback speed, you can play back interesting passages more slowly in a loop - this way you can also track down fine details.
You can save all analysis results and text and image notes you have added yourself in a separate SV file and edit them later at any time.
The integration of effect plugins and - to a limited extent - VST plugins is also possible. You can find information on this on the developer website.
Sonic Visualiser supports MP3, AIFF, WAV and OGG audio files.
Features of Sonic Visualiser
- Annotation: Create labels and regions to annotate audio.
- Audio Analysis: Powerful audio analysis and annotation tools.
- Audio Comparison: Compare audio files side-by-side.
- Audio Editing: Cut, copy, paste and mix audio.
- Audio Visualization: Visualize audio data in 3D.
- File Formats: Supports a wide range of audio file formats.
- Layer Editing: Layer multiple audio files together.
- Metadata: View and edit audio file.
- Pitch Detection: Detect and display pitch information.
- Plugins: Use Vamp plugins to analyze audio.
- Spectrogram: View audio data as a colorful spectrogram.
- Time-stretching: Change the tempo or pitch of an audio file.
- Transcription: Transcribe audio with the help of a piano keyboard.
- Waveform: View audio data as a waveform.
Compatibility and License
Sonic Visualiser is available for free and released under the open source GPLv2 license on Windows from sound/audio recorders. The license provides the options to freely download, install, run and share this program without any restrictions. The source code for Sonic Visualiser should be freely available and modifications are certainly permitted as well as the option to inspect the software.
What version of Windows can Sonic Visualiser run on?
Sonic Visualiser can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
Other operating systems: The latest Sonic Visualiser version from 2024 is also available for Mac.
Filed under:
- Sonic Visualiser Download
- Free Sound/Audio Recorders
- Open source and GPL software
- Audio Analyzing Software
