Blu

Does anyone use open source in their audio production workflow? There are dozens of free alternatives to M$ Windows and Mac operating systems. Everyone should check out the following free Linux "distributions" that feature complete operating systems bundled with audio production software:

64 Studio
A “collection of software for digital content creation on x86_64 hardware… based on the pure 64-bit port of Debian GNU/Linux” but with a specialised package selection and lots of other customizations.

APODIO
APODIO is a 5 years old Gnu/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, dedicated to multimedia tools for audio/visual creation, to run your own radio, TV, make your own film, animation, art installation, Live Coding and other A/V performance. (This means you can try the fully functional OS before installing it)

ArtistX
ArtistX is a free live GNU/Linux DVD which turns a common computer into a full multimedia production studio.
It is based on Ubuntu GNU/Linux and contains nearly all the available free audio, 2D and 3D graphics, and video software for the GNU/Linux computing platform. (This means you can try the fully functional OS before installing it)

Demudi
The Debian Multimedia project aims to make Debian a good platform for audio and multimedia work. This basically means packaging/maintaining multimedia applications and libraries, and collaborating with other maintainers or teams in order to improve audio/video support in Debian.

Dynebolic
dyne:bolic is shaped on the needs of media activists, artists and creatives as a practical tool for multimedia production: you can manipulate and broadcast both sound and video with tools to record, edit, encode and stream, having automatically recognized most device and peripherals: audio, video, TV, network cards, firewire, usb and more; all using only free software! (This means you can try the fully functional OS before installing it)

Jacklab
An openSuSE media-optimized Linux distribution.

Media Linux
A Knoppix-based Linux distribution focused on multimedia

Musix
A "live" music and sound distro. (This means you can try the fully functional OS before installing it)

CCRMA a.k.a. "Karma"
RPM packages of the Linux sound and music software used at The Stanford University Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics.

Pro Audio
Pro-Audio is an overlay for the Gentoo GNU/Linux portage system.

MDE
Mandriva enhanced audio RPMS by Zé & Thac.

TurnKey Linux Audio
A Linux audio distro from Kevin Ernste at the Eastman Computer Music Center.

Ubuntu Studio
A multimedia editing/creation flavor of Ubuntu
Caveat: It comes default with a realtime kernel and when you run jack interfaced programs, which also sample in realtime, it can cause the system to become unstable.


M-Dist
A SlackWare-based "live" Linux system specially tuned for MIDI and audio use, now very old (based on Slackware 9.1)

Pureyne
PureDyne is a GNU/Linux live distribution based on Debian. (This means you can try the fully functional OS before installing it)

Truth be told, GNU Linux is a completely modular operating system that can be built to suit your needs. You can start with any distribution/distrobution and "roll your own" (a.k.a. install applications as needed). Several of them can be downloaded, burned and used as a "Live CD," so you can experiment with the operating system and software without overwriting your existing system. If you are experimental, tech savvy, on a budget, or a proponent of freedom and personal choice, you owe it to yourself to give open source a try.

More to come...

skooby

Gotta be honest dude, I didn't even know they existed... (besides from Audacity)...

Gonna check this stuff out. Not sure how it would measure up to something like Pro Tools or Logic, but it's sure worth a shot.

Blu

Here are some of the more robust applications...

Ardour


Record, mix, edit and collaborate.
* Unlimited audio tracks and buses
* Non-destructive, non-linear editing with unlimited undo
* Anything-to-anywhere signal routing
* Unlimited pre- and post-fader plugins
* 32 bit floating point audio path
* Automatic track delay compensation
* Sample accurate automation
* Standard file formats (BWF, WAV, WAV64, AIFF, CAF & more ...)
* Full AudioUnit plugin support on OS X
* More than 200 LADSPA & LV2 plugins freely available
* Support for Windows VST plugins available
* MIDI CC control with 1 click
* Level 2 MIDI Machine Control
* MIDI Timecode (MTC) Master or Slave
* Full integration with all JACK applications
* Video-synced playback, pull up/pull down

(Now for the really good part)
* No copy-protection
* Distributed, world-wide development
* Released under the GPL
* Source code for everyone
* Open XML session file format
* On OS X, works with any CoreAudio supported audio hardware
* On Linux, works with any ALSA/FFADO-supported audio hardware
* Network audio (full fidelity over local network or long haul with CELT) via NetJack

DJ Play

DJPlay aims to be a high class live DJing application for Linux. DJPlay is licensed under GNU GPL

BPM DJ
BpmDj is a program that can be used to DJ. It works under Linux and plays Mp3's/Ogg's. It has a fully automatic BPM counter. It can determine the sound color. It has a full fledged QT based interface. It will help you manage a large amount of songs. Further it can help in creating playlist and has proven to be very robust. The program also allows offline automatic mixing and contains a wavelet based beat graph analyzer to visualize audio tracks.

Final Scratch

Final Scratch is a DJ tool created by the Dutch company N2IT with input from Richie Hawtin (aka Plastikman) and John Acquaviva that allows manipulation and playback of digital audio sources using traditional vinyl and turntables. It seeks to cross the divide between the versatility of digital audio and the tactile control of vinyl turntablism.

* Runs on Mac OS X (10.2.3) and PC/Linux*
* Use turntables and vinyl records to control digital audio files
* FS CD Adaptor Kit** enables use of any CD player as controller
* Plays MP3, WAV, AIFF and Audio CD files
* Assign the same file to both decks simultaneously
* Waveform Display give accurate representation of the music
* Dual color waveform indicates peaks and density of sound
* Track mixing and track organization integrated in one application
* Dynamic Playlist (automatically saves all played tracks in a playlist)
* Integrated BPM detection
* Play Counter and Play Time information for each track
* Pitch readout showing current speed of time code record
* Enhanced sound quality with the support of Traktor FS audio engine
* De-emphasis Modeling for authentic scratching sounds
* Automatic Gain Adjustment (plays all files at same volume)
* Time Code Release Function (continues to play at same pitch without time code)
* Single Controller Mode (control both software decks with a single turntable or CD player)
* Improved Search Function (search 10,000 tracks within seconds)
* Shows waveform in real-time for Audio-CD's
* Variable Font Size
* Adjustable output level
* User customizable keyboard shortcuts
* Mix between FS and analog records or CD's
* Play audio CD's from your computer's CD-ROM drive
* Plays two tracks from one CD simultaneously

MIXXX


* Parallel waveform displays
* Waveform summaries
* MP3, OGG, WAVE, and FLAC playback
* Pitch-independent time stretch (key lock)
* Vinyl emulation
* Wave recording
* Free, open source software
* BPM detection and estimation
* Supported MIDI controllers:

* Hercules DJ Console MK2
* Hercules DJ MP3 Control
* Hercules DJ Console RMX
* Hercules DJ Console Mac Edition
* Mixman DM2
* Tascam US-428
* M-Audio X-Session Pro
* M-Audio Xponent
* Evolution X-Session
* Ecler NUO4
* FaderFox DJ2
* Vestax VCI-100
* Numark Total Control
(and more)

* Multichannel soundcard support (playback and capture)
* Multiple soundcard support
* Cross-platform (Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X, Linux)
* Adjustable EQ shelves
* Crossfader curve control
* Skinnable interface with extra skins bundled
* Adjustable pitch range
* Multi-core CPU support
* 24-bit/96000 Hz playback and capture
* Crystal clear audio
* Hardware video acceleration
* Vinyl control support for:

* Serato CV02 vinyl
* Traktor Scratch vinyl
* FinalScratch Standard vinyl
* FinalScratch Scratch vinyl
* Serato CD

Terminator X

For those of you who drop by for the first time: terminatorX is a realtime audio synthesizer that allows you to "scratch" on digitally sampled audio data (*.wav, *.au, *.ogg, *.mp3, etc.) the way hiphop-DJs scratch on vinyl records. It features multiple turntables, realtime effects (buit-in as well as LADSPA plugin effects), a sequencer and MIDI interface - all accessible through an easy-to-use gtk+ GUI
* Scratching
* Multiple turntables
* Built-in Sequencer
* MIDI Interface
* Pitch / Volume settings for each turntable
* Effects (Lowpass/Echo) configurable for each turntable
* Syncing tables to one master turntable
* Broad audiofile-type support
* Record to disk
* Save and Load turntable sets (.tX - files)
* Support for LADSPA plugins.
* Support for the JACK Audio Connection Kit
(and more)

Ultramixer Free

* AAC/M4A file support
* Fullscreen and tray mode
* MiniMode Player
* Variable pitch range (up to -/+ 50%)
* Database-driven file archive
* Realtime-BPM Counter
* Support of skinning for the user interface
* Cue points
* 3-Band-Equalizer / EQ-Kill-Buttons
* Import / Export of M3U lists
* FileArchive detail search
* Manual Talkover
* Monitoring over headhones
* Multi-soundcard support
* Automix function
* Switchable fading modes
* Custom fading mode
(the non-free version has a much larger feature list)

More to come...

Blu

Indamixx

DJ Netbook

Indamixx DJ netbook is netbook based on a Sylvania G Meso. Indamixx DJ netbook has bundled software applications like 3 powerful DAWs, 260 Plug-ins, Drum Machine, Digital DJ Software, Analog Synths, Personal Internet Radio Station and More! its allowing users to record, edit, mix, and publish songs or sound files from the field or on the go. The Indamixx DJ netbook now in stock at Amazon for $499.

Indamixx DJ netbook Full Specifications:

* Genuine Intel Atom 1.6Ghz Porcessor
* 80 GB Hard Drive
* Robust 8.9″ Matte Display at 1024X600
* 1GB RAM
* Ultra Low Latency Recording Using Real Time Optimizations
* 32 Bit Recording At 96 Khz
* High Quality Intel CODEC 100 db Signal to Noise Ratio
* Intel 945 Graphics Card / Chipset
* Audio File Formats: wav, mp3, aiff, ogg, flac
* Over 3 Hour battery Life
* 3 USB 2.0 Ports
* 1 Ethernet Port
* Built in WiFi 802.11g
* RAM Bus 667 FSB
* Built in Microphone
* Built in Speakers
* 1 Headphone Output, 1 Line Out Port, 1 Microphone /Line In Port VGA Port for External Monitor
* 2.2 pounds

Portable Touchscreen DJ


* Samsung Q1 Ultra
* Genuine Intel Processor
* 1Gigabyte of RAM expandable to 2gb (667 FSB)
* 40 Gigabyte Hard drive
* 3 Hour Battery
* Touch Screen
* 2 USB Ports
* Ethernet
* Built-in Wifi
* VGA Port For External Monitor
* 8 Way Joystick
* On Board Mouse
* Split Qwerty Keyboard
* Additional Alpha Keyboard
* Microphone
* Built-in Speakers

30 videos giving you the full on what these devices can do

THE VERDICT:

These are not toys. These are serious mobile production tools. The hardware is solid. The software is great. Both come with the RTS real-time/low latency Linux kernel. These are turn-key solutions ideal for mixing/producing on the go. Taking a flight or riding the train will never be the same.

Of course, you have the option of buying (compatible) hardware, and installing your distro and application suite of choice. This will maximize your budget and give you complete control over your hardware software combo.

For example:
Samsung NP-Q1UAP01/SEA 7-inch Ultra Mobile PC
Samsung Q1 7-inch Ultra Q1U-ELXP

Blu

Networking:

Create Digital Music
"Create Digital Music is an online magazine and community for musicians using technology. Publishing since 2005, we cover the development of the latest products, technologies, and trends that surround how music is produced, performed, and shared. That coverage is produced as it happens, with input from technology leaders and the help of our reader community. We cover how to make the most of digital music technology on computers (Windows, Mac, and Linux), game platforms, mobile devices, electronic hardware, and DIY and handmade inventions, and examine the work of the artists and inventors who explore digital media."

LinuxAudiio
"Linuxaudio.org is a not-for-profit consortium of libre software projects and artists, companies, institutions, organizations, and hardware vendors using Linux kernel-based systems and allied libre software for audio-related work, with an emphasis on professional tools for the music, production, recording, and broadcast industries."

Linux Musicians
"Aims to support the learning and discovery of music composing & production, home recording and audio engineering GNU/Linux. Whether you are a professional or hobbyist; producing or recording; live or canned; new or old; digital or acoustic, we hope you will find valuable resources and references here."
Active forum, live chat, wiki, and mailing list.

Loops, Breaks, Samples & Plugins:

Acid Planet
"At Acidplanet.com you create and upload your own music and videos for the world to experience. Or listen to music created by others, and check out the most popular videos. Enter contests where you remix music by major artists and score your own music videos. You could even get discovered by label reps and studios. It's all about the music, the video, the artists and the community, all the time. You don't need ACID® software, the industry's #1 loop-based music composition tool, to join in the activities at ACIDplanet.com—but it helps. We've made it easy for you, with ACID XPress, our free ten-track mixing and composing application. And we provide plenty of free content; new "loops" (sound samples optimized for use in music software) and complete ACID projects are available weekly on our 8packs page."

Bits Of Beats
"Bitsofbeats.com is a potent and innovative online resource concerning the ever-evolving world of electronic music and its resources including digital music industry feed, audio production, remix contests, free loop and sample downloads and more…"

Free-Instrumentals
"Free-Instrumentals.com is proud to present the newest expansion of the web site, "Free Wav Samples". The samples you download from this page are all high quality industry standard 16 bit .Wav files that are compatible with Acid Pro, Fruity Loops, Sonar, or virtually any other sequencing software or hardware that supports it. Some are Acidized loops some samples are not."

Freeloops
Copyright free hip hop loops and beats from the Booty Beat Crew.

Free Loops
Wav, MP3, Aif, & Midi Sound Files. Music Software & Free VST Plugins.
Not to be confused with freeloops.com (a paid site)

Free Samples & Loops
Hundreds of drum, synth, percussion,bass,guitar,orchestral, reed flute, idiophone, piano, and effect loops released under Creative commons Sampling plus 1.0 licence.

Freesound
"The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focusses only on sound, not songs. This is what sets freesound apart from other splendid libraries like ccMixter" (see below).

Free WAV Samples
224 Freeware samples produced by the Zeta Centauri studio.

Kb6
210 Drum Kits / 14.535 WAV Samples / 1.42 GB. Alesis SR-18, Casio MA-101, Ensoniq EPS, Korg DSS-1, Korg Radias, Roland D-110, Simmons SDS-7, Technics U-90, Yamaha RY-8 and more. Maybe one of the largest repositories on the web?

LoFi Sampler
Thousands of drums, keyboards, brass, woodwinds, sound textures, sound effects, and scratches.

Looperman
"Looperman is a Free pro audio community for musicians, film and video producers, djs and multi media designers. Members can upload and download royalty free music loops, acapellas and vocals, beats and samples to use in any music software such as steinberg cubase, propellerheads reason, sony acid pro, fruity loops studio, Magix, ableton live, apple garageband etc or macromedia flash projects, video game design or movie soundtracks. All files have mp3 previews."

One Laptop Per Child Free Audio Samples
"Free Loops, Grooves, Licks, Stings, Hits, Pads, Melodic Motives/Themes/Phrases, Sound-Effects, City and Country Soundscapes..., Motors, Machines, Toys, Guns, Explosions, Swords, Armor, Cars, Jets, Pot & Pans, Acoustic and Synthetic Noises, Acoustic and Electronic Drums, Voices, Western and World Instruments, Real and Human Animals, Industrial and Natural Ambiences, Film and Game Foley, and more, more, more!"
Their sound collection is now available as a torrent .

VIP Zone
250mb Of free loops, acapellas, refills, WAV files, SF2, EXS, and MIDI samples.

RK Techno Station
Dozens of songs and hundreds of loops By Vitamin.

Spoken Word:

Digium
Open source PBX and telephony software with the world's first open source on-hold music and integrated speech synthesis.

Festival
"University of Edinburgh's Festival Speech Synthesis Systems is a free software multi-lingual speech synthesis workbench that runs on multiple-platforms offering black box text to speech, as well as an open architecture for research in speech synthesis. It designed as a component of large speech technology systems."

Festvox
"This project is part of the work at Carnegie Mellon University's speech group aimed at advancing the state of Speech Synthesis." Several voices and accents to choose from. Online demo.

Shtooka
"A cooperative project with the goal of creating audio material and software tools used to learn foreign languages (Chinese, Czech, English, French, Russian)."

MP3:

Audionautix
"Audionautix free music collection by Jason Shaw is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License."
Primarily for video and film scoring.

BradSucks
Brad has designed audio sounds for the open source Pidgin IM client and is a 'one man band' who has been publishing music on the web since 2001. Enthusiastic fans have downloaded and remixed his music.
"Despite giving my music away for free online, my songs have been licensed for television, played on commercial and campus radio, and I made enough money from licensing and sales to do a real pressing of my first CD: I Don't Know What I'm Doing. I followed that up with Out of It in 2008."

ccMixter
"ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want."

Creative Commons Audio
"Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright. We provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof."

eMusic
Not entirely free
"The groundbreaking digital music retailer was one of the first to sell DRM-free music in the popular MP3 format beginning in 1998 and became the first service to sell audiobooks in MP3 in 2007. MP3 is the only DRM-free digital format that offers all the functions of physical music products such as the CD and is compatible with all digital audio devices, including the iPod and Zune."

FreeMusic Archive
"The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. The Free Music Archive is directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America. Radio has always offered the public free access to new music. The Free Music Archive is a continuation of that purpose, designed for the age of the internet." The new beta site is easy to navigate, well organized, and offers stream and download options.

FreePD
"I produce a lot of audio content, and post much of it to my main site at incompetech.com. After a number of years, and many many downloads - some pieces are clearly not commercially viable in the traditional sense, and just add clutter which hinders people in finding the pieces that they may want.
For these pieces, I've started this site - to distribute the works into the Public Domain. I do not believe music that is not commercially viable has no value - and I would like the music to find as much potential as possible."
64 Free pieces from 3 different composers.

Internet Archive Audio
"The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format."

IODA Promonet
"Free, legal MP3 for your blog or podcast."
A digital marketing and distribution network that supplies itunes, Napster, eMusic, Beatport, Rhapsody, Zune, lala, MySpace Music, and Youtube (amongst others) with free content.

Jamendo
Not entirely free
"Jamendo is a community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Commons licenses.
Share your music, download your favorite artists!" Currently 24,247 Albums available to download. Jamendo has search plugins for popular audio clients like Songbird, Amarok and Rhythmbox.

Josh Woodward
150 Songs available for download licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Lisa DeBenedictis
Not entirely free
"Lisa holds the distinction of being one of the most remixed Internet published artists in the world. Thanks in no small part to a contest held by CCMixter that offered a Magnatune record contract as first prize, and a spot on an album of remixed Lisa DB tunes as a prize for the runners-up. The contest saw so many entries of such quality (the majority by amateur, "bedroom remixers") that two full remix albums were produced as a result."

Magnatune
Not entirely free
Independent music to listen, download, or license. Over 250 artists, with thousands of songs to choose from. Artists receive 50% of the proceeds. Magnatune has search plugins for popular audio clients like Songbird and Rhythmbox.

Muzic / Mp3 4u / Mp3 Jackpot
A multitiered approach to sharing and enjoying Creative Commons music.
"Experience online music fun! Committee members at pick one winning MP3 each day. Sources at scour the web and post their favorite songs. Join and keep track of your favorite music and people! Make songcards and share your favorites with your friends. Artists get free MP3 hosting that doesn't suck, a profile page on our music network, and a songcard for each song uploaded."

NIN - Ghost I-IV
Trent Reznor decided to release Ghosts under Creative Commons license.
"In its first week the new Nine Inch Nails 36-track instrumental album "Ghosts I-IV" had a total of 781,917 transactions, which includes free and paid downloads as well as orders for the physical copy, resulting in $1,619,420 USD. The 2,500 copies of the ultra deluxe edition of the album, which sold for $300, sold out in three days."

NIN - Remixes
Trent Reznor released the MultiTrack files for 21 songs to the public for a collaborative remix project. Several judges voted on over 200 submissions resulting in a powerful LP that is familiar and yet new at the same time.

Open Source Music
"Filtering music is our aim, posting MP3s is our game."
Hundreds of free, Legal mp3 Downloads.

OpSound
"Opsound enjoys open-eared listening, including field recordings, ambiences, incomplete improvisations, monologues & dialogues, unfinished experiments, detached soundtracks, vocal solos, strange noises, bedroom laptop, microsound, generative, glitch dub, idm, minimal techno, blip hop, hip hop, turntablist, downtempo, uptempo, reggae, ragga, raga, roots, breakbeat, basement punk, garage band, indy, shoegazer, psychedelia, noise, song, be-bop, free jazz, modern composition, avant-anything, etc. Sound files can be complete pieces of music, or elements intended be combined into something new.

PublicDomain2ten
A blogger's collection of free MP3.
"I hope by posting these music treasures, their magic will be kept alive. Individualism and creativity will be recognized forever, and should be heard."

Public Domain 4u
"Fine public domain mp3s that humanity has to offer."
Hundreds of free, Legal mp3 Downloads.

Radiohead - In Rainbows
"In Rainbows" was released free on the internet and made an estimated $10 million dollars, discrediting the RIAA's crusade against filesharing and open source music.

Ronald Jenkees
Not entirely free but...
"If someone has no way of paying for my music, or if it's "against their religion" to pay for anything digital (LOL), whatever the reason, I'd personally rather those people be able to enjoy my music rather than to not hear it at all. I'm not going to give a tutorial on how to download torrents of my album (google it, it's simple stuff) but I'm also not going to hate on anyone that downloads my music or shares it with a friend. That said, I still think it's important to support the stuff you like whether that's software, music, whatever."
Dude is really talented. Give him a listen.

SectionZ
A huge selection of loops, samples, and MP3 under creative commons licenses. Excellent search feature and forums.

Soundclick
Billed as "the #1 artist community" on the web, Soundclick is the largest online community of musicians and producers on the internet.

Superfan2009
"I have found a free legal MP3 download for each song I post. The artist approves of the free download. These artists hope you like their music enough to buy some. If you don’t, the artist still thanks you for taking the time to listen to their music. Makes sense, right? So I’m Superfan."
Hundreds of free, Legal mp3 Downloads.


Caveat:

"A copyrighted work has protection under the law for the life of the songwriter, plus 75 years after his/her death,"
so, there is quite a bit of royalty free source material out there if you look hard enough.

more to come...

webdistortion

Be really great if you could have just linked back to the original post, instead of copy pasting from my blog. Net-etiquette and all that. Us bloggers always can tell.

Blu

I have come across a lot of a capella websites, but they are of dubious legality. So after doing a little research we figured out a way to 'remix' our own.

Stereo channels X and Y:
where...
Left = L
Right = R
Center = C

X = L + C
Y = R + C

Formula to rip "instrumental" or "karaoke" track:
X - Y = L + C - R - C = L - R

Studio quality:
X - (L - R) = L + C - L + R = C + R= Y
Y - (L - R) = R + C - L + R = R + C - L - C + R + C = 2*Y - X

more to come...

Blu

1. iNudge
Free Tenori-on like beat machine

2. P22
The P22 Music Text Composition Generator allows any text to be converted into a musical composition. This composition is displayed in musical notation and simultaneously generated as a midi file.

3. Wolfram Tones
WolframTones works by taking simple programs from Wolfram's computational universe, and using music theory and Mathematica algorithms to render them as music. Each program in effect defines a virtual world, with its own special story--and WolframTones captures it as a musical composition.

4. Myna
Use Myna to remix music tracks and audio clips. Apply sound effects and record your own voice or instruments! Trim, Loop, Stretch and Reverse your audio clips, width editable loop points, and interactive time stretch capabilities. Easily add fade-ins, fade-outs, pan from left to right, and modify gain over time, with editable control points. Add non-destructive effects to your audio clips including Pitch Change, Reverb, Delay, Parametric EQ, and more. files. Import your own audio files, or search one of our provided libraries. Mix it down and export directly to your desktop or publish back to your account. Collaborate with other users. Follow step-by-step tutorials to learn new skills.
This is a really awesome online sound editor linked to the APM free sound library, so you can start playing with it right away!