Linux, Free
| Software | Description | OS | License | File Date | Comments | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| slicer v0.1.5 Beta | Create rhythms and textures from samples. | Linux | Freeware | 2009-03-27 | 0 | 45db |
| SlimServer v6.5.4 | Stream your music to any software MP3 player. | Linux | Freeware | 2007-08-30 | 0 | 40db |
| Slow MP3 | Slow MP3 is a musician's music player that can slow down, transpose and transcribe songs on the fly. | Linux | Freeware | 2010-09-27 | 1 | 60db |
| Smack v0.3 | Sample-free drum synth. | Linux | Free | 2006-04-29 | 1 | 60db |
| Smurf Sound Font Editor | Sound font editor | Linux | Freeware | 2000-09-15 | 0 | 55db |
| SnackAmp v3.1.3B | Multi-platform music player. | Linux | Freeware | 2006-05-31 | 0 | 50db |
| Snd v11.0 | Sound editor. | Linux | Freeware | 2009-11-26 | 0 | 35db |
| Songprint v1.2 | Identify any piece of music | Linux | Freeware | 2000-12-01 | 0 | 45db |
| Sonic Visualiser v2.1 | View and analyse the contents of music audio files. [Hosts VST Plugins] | Linux | Free | 2013-05-28 | 0 | 65db |
| soniK v1.0.0 | Records, edits and processes sounds on your computer. | Linux | Free | 2006-06-11 | 0 | 40db |
| Sonogram Visible Speech v3.0 | Configurable Visual Sound Analse Program | Linux | Free | 2010-04-06 | 2 | 55db |
| Sooper Looper v1.7.0 | Live looping sampler. | Linux | Freeware | 2013-05-28 | 0 | 60db |
| Sound Studio 0.2c | Record and play back audio files in various formats | Linux | Freeware | 1997-04-29 | 6 | 50db |
| soundgrab | Select and save portions of a long volume of audio. | Linux | Free | 0 | 35db | |
| soundIt | Library for playing back simultaneous sounds | Linux | Freeware | 1994-09-21 | 4 | 40db |
| SoundSmith Linux | Alpha SoundSmith format song player | Linux | Freeware | 1995-06-26 | 1 | 40db |
| SoundTracker v0.6.8 | A music tracking tool for Linux | Linux | Freeware | 2008-03-21 | 1 | 55db |
| SoX-Sound eXchange 12.17.3 | Sox is a general purpose sound converter/player/recorder that supports a number of formats | Linux | Freeware | 2001-12-16 | 0 | 50db |
| SpectMorph v0.2.0 | Analyze samples of musical instruments and morph them together. | Linux | Free | 2011-07-25 | 0 | 45db |
| Spek 0.8.2 | Acoustic Spectrum Analyser/Spectrogram Viewer | Linux | Free | 2013-03-27 | 0 | 60db |
| SpiralLoops | An experimental loop based sampler for Linux or FreeBSD | Linux | Free | 2001-05-07 | 6 | 50db |
| SpiralSynth v2 | A physically modelled polyphonic analogue synthesizer. | Linux | Free | 2 | 60db | |
| spwave 0.6.0-1 | spwave is a speech file editor supporting several sound formats | Linux | Freeware | 2001-01-05 | 0 | 50db |
| SQ8L v0.91 beta | A software model (VST) of Ensoniq's classic 1980s synth SQ80 | Linux | Free | 2010-08-07 | 0 | 45db |
| Strasheela v0.9.10 | Highly expressive constraint-based music composition system. | Linux | Free | 2009-03-30 | 0 | 40db |
| Streamripper 1.64.6 | Records shoutcast-compatible streams | Linux | Free | 2010-08-27 | 0 | 45db |
| StreamWorks 2.02 | For live audio reception on demand | Linux | Freeware | 1996-06-15 | 0 | 40db |
| Stretchplayer v0.502 | Audio file player that allows you to change the speed of the song without changing the pitch. | Linux | Free | 2010-07-16 | 0 | 40db |
| Suil 0.6.12 | A lightweight C library for loading and wrapping LV2 plugin UIs | Linux | Freeware | 2013-02-25 | 0 | 50db |
| SuperCollider v3.5.1 | Environment and programming language for real time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition. | Linux | Free | 2012-04-04 | 0 | 50db |
