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monfree

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Monfree is a sample-based audio sequencer where you trigger sounds, build step patterns, and put them together into a track.

Core Features:

  • 32-pad grid with hands-on keyboard control
  • Step sequencer with 16 steps per pattern and 32 patterns per project
  • Real-time effects including EQ, Compressor, and Saturator
  • Built-in resampling and WAV export

Sequencer:

  • 32 Pads
  • 16 Steps per Pattern
  • 32 Patterns

Samples:

  • 32 Samples
  • Max 10 seconds per Sample
  • WAV format

Effects / Options:

  • Pattern and Song Effects: Gain, BPM, High Pass, Low Pass, EQ Pre, Compressor, Saturator, EQ Post
  • Pad and Step Effects: Gain, Pitch, High Pass, Low Pass, EQ Pre, Compressor, Saturator, EQ Post

Presets:

  • LoFi, EDM, Hardstyle, Phonk, Trap

Resampling:

  • Mono Mix, Reverse, 8 bit 10 kHz, 12 bit 15 kHz

Export:

  • WAV

Controls and Shortcuts:

  • Play / Pause: Spacebar
  • Record: M
  • Stop: N
  • Pad control: 1 2 3 4 | Q W E R | A S D F | Z X C V

Authors: sonm

Usage

monfree is available as an AppImage which means "one app = one file", which you can download and run on your Linux system while you don't need a package manager and nothing gets changed in your system. Awesome!

AppImages are single-file applications that run on most Linux distributions. Download an application, make it executable, and run! No need to install. No system libraries or system preferences are altered. Most AppImages run on recent versions of Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Red Hat, Ubuntu, and other common desktop distributions.

Running monfree on Linux without installation

Unlike other applications, AppImages do not need to be installed before they can be used. However, they need to be marked as executable before they can be run. This is a Linux security feature.

Beware! AppImages are usually not verified by others. Follow these instructions only if you trust the developer of the software. Use at your own risk!

Download the monfree AppImage and make it executable using your file manager or by entering the following commands in a terminal:

chmod +x ./*.AppImage

Then double-click the AppImage in the file manager to open it.

Sandboxing monfree

If you want to restrict what monfree can do on your system, you can run the AppImage in a sandbox like Firejail. This is entirely optional and currently needs to be configured by the user.

Updating monfree

If you would like to update to a new version, simply download the new monfree AppImage.

Integrating AppImages into the system

If you would like to have the executable bit set automatically, and would like to see monfree and other AppImages integrated into the system (menus, icons, file type associations, etc.), then you may want to check the optional appimaged daemon.

Note for application authors

Thanks for distributing monfree in the AppImage format for all common Linux distributions. Great! Here are some ideas on how to make it even better.

Pro Tips for further enhancing the monfree AppImage

Please consider to add update information to the monfree AppImage and ship a .zsync file so that it can be updated using AppImageUpdate. Tools like appimagetool and linuxdeployqt can do this for you easily.

Thanks for shipping AppStream metainfo inside your AppImage. Please open a pull request on https://github.com/AppImage/appimage.github.io/blob/master/data/monfree if you have changed it and would like to see this page updated accordingly.

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