SotF — Sound of the Future

Features

Everything you need to take control of your sound.

Music Player

FLAC, MP3, AAC, ALAC, Vorbis — full-featured library and playback.

40+ Audio Plugins

EQ, compressor, limiter, upmixer, binaural, XTC, convolution, denoiser...

Room EQ

Measure, optimize, apply live. Stereo to 9.1.6 Atmos.

Headphone EQ

Harman target optimization with live preview.

Spinorama EQ

1000s of speakers from spinorama.org — no mic needed.

Plugin Rack

Visual rack + DAG editor. A/B compare built in.

System-Wide (macOS)

HAL driver routes all system audio through your plugin chain.

Export Everywhere

CamillaDSP, Equalizer APO, EasyEffects, Wavelet, PipeWire, Roon.

Screenshots

See SotF in action.

Terminal Terminal Player

SotF Terminal — music player view — Music player with library and queue

SotF Terminal — plugin chain — Plugin chain manager

SotF Terminal — upmixer plugin — Stereo-to-surround upmixer

SotF Terminal — headphone EQ — Headphone EQ optimization

Desktop Desktop App

SotF Desktop — player view — Desktop player with library

SotF Desktop — parametric EQ — Visual parametric EQ editor

SotF Desktop — upmixer — Upmixer plugin in desktop app

SotF — headphone EQ wizard — Headphone EQ wizard

SotF — room EQ wizard — Room correction wizard

Tutorials

Get started with SotF in minutes.

Terminal App Tutorial

Learn the terminal UI — keyboard-driven, SSH-friendly, and lightning fast. Perfect for headless servers and power users.

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Desktop App Tutorial

Explore the desktop GUI — visual plugin rack, spectrum analyzer, room EQ wizard, and more.

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Built on science,
not guesswork

SotF uses peer-reviewed psychoacoustic research and measurement data to optimize your audio. Every EQ curve, every target function, every optimization algorithm is grounded in real science — not marketing claims or subjective tweaks.

100% open source (GPL-3.0)
Built in Rust — fast and reliable
Science-based optimization
Integrates spinorama.org speaker database
Works with pro hardware (RME, Focusrite, USB)
No subscription, no telemetry, no account

Download SotF

v0.6.6

Stable desktop releases are available on the platform stores. Beta releases and command-line artifacts are available on GitHub Releases.

OS	Architecture	Download	Quality	Signature
macOS	Universal	Desktop app App Store	stable	App Store
	ARM64 (Apple Silicon)	DMG GitHub Mirror GPUI binary GitHub Mirror TUI binary GitHub Mirror	beta	Apple Developer ID
	x86_64 (Intel)	DMG GitHub Mirror GPUI binary GitHub Mirror TUI binary GitHub Mirror	alpha	Apple Developer ID
Linux	ARM64	AppImage GitHub Mirror tarball GitHub Mirror	alpha	cosign (Sigstore)
Linux	x86_64	AppImage GitHub Mirror tarball GitHub Mirror	alpha	cosign (Sigstore)
Windows	ARM64	MSIX Microsoft Store TUI exe GitHub Mirror	alpha	Microsoft Store
Windows	x86_64	MSIX Microsoft Store TUI exe GitHub Mirror	alpha	Microsoft Store