Matchering is an audio matching tool that is designed for audio mastering. The tool uses machine learning algorithms to balance and match the audio samples. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Matchering on POP! OS Latest.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following requirements:
We need to begin by installing the required dependencies for Matchering. Open the terminal and type the following command to update your system:
sudo apt update
Once the update completes, install the dependencies required for Matchering by running the following command:
sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv build-essential libsndfile1 ffmpeg libsox-fmt-all
The above command installs Python, Python3-PIP, and the virtual environment required for Matchering. It also installs several audio libraries, including libsndfile1, libsox-fmt-all, and ffmpeg.
To avoid any conflicts with the system-wide libraries, let's create a separate virtual environment for Matchering. We will use the venv module to create a new virtual environment.
Enter the below command in your terminal:
python3 -m venv matchering-venv
This command creates a new virtual environment directory named matchering-venv. You can change the name of the environment to any desired name.
After the environment is created, the next step is to activate it. Use the following command to activate the environment:
source matchering-venv/bin/activate
If the command runs successfully, you should notice that the terminal prompt changes to the name of the environment.
We need to download the Matchering code from the GitHub repository. Use the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/sergree/matchering.git
In the virtual environment, cd to the Matchering directory clone in the previous step.
cd matchering
Once you are in the Matchering directory, run the following command to install the required dependencies:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
After the dependencies are installed, you can now install Matchering by running the following command:
pip3 install .
This command installs Matchering.
Once Matchering is installed successfully, you can now use it to match the audio files.
To start the Matchering tool, enter the following command:
matchering
This command launches the Matchering tool.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Matchering on POP! OS Latest. You also learned how to install the dependencies, create a virtual environment, and activate it. You then cloned the Matchering repo, installed its dependencies, and installed Matchering. Finally, you were able to run the Matchering tool successfully.
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