Links

Research utilities:

• Room impulse response modelling (Matlab):
  • RoomSim (available at Matlab Central)
  • RIR Generator
  • Matlab implementation of Allen & Berkeley's basic image method
• Audio/speech processing (Matlab):
  • Voicebox: speech processing
  • MATAA toolbox: audio analysis and characterisation of loudspeakers
• Other (free, open-source) software:
  R: extensive statistical computing and graphics
  • Octave: equivalent to Matlab
  • PortAudio: cross-platform audio I/O library in C

Useful (free, open-source) software:

• Ardour: DAW
• Rosegarden: DAW
• Goldwave: audio editor (Windows only)
• Audacity: audio editor
• Ubuntu Studio: derivative of Ubuntu (comes with lots of software for multimedia production)
• Blender: 3D modelling
• GIMP: image editor
• VLC: media player
• Virtual Visual Mic: virtual steering of 1st order Ambisonic recordings
• CSound: compiled sound synthesis
• SuperCollider: real-time algorithmic audio synthesis

Gear I'm currently playing with (or have on the wishlist!):

• Zoom H2: there's a plugin to convert the quad-channel surround to 5.1 (VST and Audio Host, Mac OS X only).
• Zoom H4
• Edirol R-44
• CoreSound TetraMic: Fons Adriaensen offers a calibration service.
• Microflown USP-match
• Akustika digital mics
• Soundfield ST350