soundbox

A free and cross-platform tool for making music. Essentially BeepBox if it were a native application.

Features

• Pattern-based grid sequencer
• Variable-length patterns
• Support for LADSPA, LV2, and CLAP plugins
• FX Mixer
• Custom tuning
• Automation
• Song change markers (time signature or tuning)
• Sample instrument (including a slicer)
• Channel for playing audio clips
• Many built-in effects

To see which features are not currently implemented, consult TODO.txt. Most features aren't implemented as this is still fairly early into development.

Screenshots

Here are some screenshots of Soundbox

Building

Dependencies:

• FFTW3
• Xlib (Linux)
• libasound (Linux)

Optional dependencies:

• lilv and suil for LV2 plugin support
• GTK2 to support plugin UIs that require GTK2

Linux

Install dependencies:

# debian/ubuntu
apt install cmake libfftw3-dev xorg-dev libasound-dev \
    liblilv-dev libsuil-dev \
    libgtk-2.0-dev

Clone repository and build the project

# clone repository
git clone --recursive https://github.com/pkhead/soundbox
cd soundbox

# build the project
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
make # depends on your build system

# run the program
./soundbox

Windows (Visual Studio)

Make sure the C++ and CMake Tools components have been installed through the Visual Studio installer. It will automatically configure CMake once the folder is opened through Visual Studio. Once open, select soundbox.exe as the startup item.

If you wish to use the VS Native Build Tools Command Prompt, it is recommended to use Ninja as the CMake generator as that appears to be the default build system for the GUI version. To configure CMake and build the project using Ninja, type in the following commands:

cmake -GNinja ..
ninja

If you wish to use NMake, type in these commands instead:

cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" ..
nmake

Every other command should be the same as the process on Linux.

Mac

No build instructions are provided since I don't have a Mac. But I think that, with the use of Homebrew, you should be able to follow the instructions for Linux.

If anyone reading this is on a Mac, I would appreciate it if you helped out by providing a way to build this program.

Contributing

Please report bugs and feature requests to the GitHub issue tracker. Pull requests are welcome.

Thanks to

• PortAudio for the audio library
• GLFW for the graphics backend
• John Nesky's BeepBox