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Radium

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Radium is a music editor with a new type of interface.

Radium 6

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  • NO flagNorway

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
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Features

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  1.  Music Sequencer
  2.  Support for VST Plugins
  3.  Dark Mode
  4.  Digital Audio Workstation
  5.  Piano Roll
  6.  Modular System

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  • music-editor
  • music-tracker

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Radium information

  • Developed by

    NO flagKjetil Matheussen
  • Licensing

    Open Source (GPL-2.0) and Commercial product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription ranging between $2 and $10 per month.
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  • Alternatives

    72 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

AlternativeTo Category

Audio & Music

GitHub repository

  •  892 Stars
  •  42 Forks
  •  262 Open Issues
  •   Updated May 1, 2025 
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about Radium, and it has gotten 29 likes

Radium was added to AlternativeTo by Martunov on Aug 29, 2015 and this page was last updated Dec 26, 2020.

Comments and Reviews

   
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CosmoMyzrailGorynych
Oct 23, 2017
1

This is weird — it is both paid and open-sourced.

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Since the source is open, it should be simple to turn the demo into a fully featured version. Please let me know of any problems. (Just compiling the source is cheating!)

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EminoMeneko
Oct 3, 2017
0

This is not future or new GUI. This is inspired by the good old Pro Tracker and Octamed that found their origins at the Amiga era. That said it is cool. A modern software of that kind is Renoise. https://www.renoise.com/products/renoise It is inspired itself by Fast Tracker which I used back in the time.

hced
May 13, 2018

Sometimes old concepts can still be the future ;)

burnx50
Nov 6, 2021

It has little to do with old Pro Tracker and Octamed, and it differs significantly from Renoise or modern trackers because it's not really a tracker. Its vertical layout is one of few things that can confuse users and make it look like a tracker (for first five seconds).

hced
Mar 19, 2017
1

Totally future. Innovative and actively developed!

What is Radium?

Radium is a music editor with a new type of interface.

  • Compared to the normal sequencer interface editing is quicker and more musical data fits on the screen.
  • Compared to trackers, note positions and effects are edited graphically, which should be quicker, provide more vertical space and give a better musically overview.

However, despite its unusual appearance, it's a design goal for Radium to be straightforward to use, and easy to learn. It should not be harder to learn Radium than any tracker or most MIDI sequencers.

Some Features

  • Velocity automation
  • Effect automation
  • Pitch automation
  • Tempo automation
  • Smooth scrolling
  • MIDI sequencing
  • Optional piano roll
  • Tickless.
  • Modular mixer
  • LADSPA and VST plugins (More than 100 LADSPA plugins are included in the OSX and Windows versions)
  • Several built-in effects and instruments (virtual instruments, etc.)
  • Pure Data embedded (Linux only for now)
  • Zooming
  • Microtonality
  • Perfectly tuned default color scheme
  • Extension language support (Write programs that generate music or modify your songs)
  • Scores can be generated with Common Music Notation (CMN)
  • Open source

Quick start

  1. Load the demo song in the File menu.
  2. Play by pressing "Alt Gr". Stop by pressing Space alone.
  3. Add a new note by pressing a key. Change octave with F1 and F2. (Or record from MIDI input)
  4. Delete or stop notes by pressing "Delete" or "a".
  5. Add effects by pressing right mouse button in a track.

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