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Partiels is a digital audio file analysis application for signal processing researchers, musicologists, composers, sound designers, etc., offering a dynamic interface for exploring the content and characteristics of sounds.

Design, architecture and development by Pierre Guillot at the IMR department of IRCAM. Contributions by Thomas Barbé, Nolan Dupont, and Guilherme Zanchetta.

Copyright 2026 IRCAM.

The Vamp plugins distributed for Partiels are based on audio engines and models developed by many researchers at IRCAM and elsewhere: see the Vamp plugins page and the manuals of the plugins for their credits.

Partiels is free software distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3. The source code is available on GitHub.

  • Vamp SDK by Chris Cannam, copyright (c) 2005-2024 Chris Cannam and Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary, University of London.
  • Ircam Vamp Extension by Pierre Guillot at IRCAM IMR department.
  • JUCE by Raw Material Software Limited.
  • tinycolormap by Yuki Koyama.
  • JSON C++ by Niels Lohmann.
  • Magic Enum by Daniil Goncharov.
  • ASIO SDK by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.