PsychoBox
Listed under Others. It does not compute the metrics itself; its results come from MoSQITo.
Desktop application (PySide6 GUI) for playing, editing, filtering and analysing audio. Its psychoacoustic metrics are computed by MoSQITo 1.2.1: Zwicker loudness, ECMA-418-2 loudness, DIN 45692 sharpness, Daniel & Weber roughness and ECMA-418-2 roughness.
| Repository | https://github.com/henriquealende/PsychoBox |
|---|---|
| Documentation | https://github.com/henriquealende/PsychoBox/tree/main/Documentation |
| Language | Python |
| Kind | Application A program to run, with a graphical or command-line interface; no programming needed. |
| Group | other Tools that do not compute the metrics themselves: interfaces, front ends and wrappers that call one of the listed projects. |
| Licence | MIT |
| Latest release | no release |
| Last commit | 2026-03-16 active |
| GitHub stars | 10 |
| AI assistance | not stated |
| How to cite | The project does not say how to cite it. Cite the repository with the version or commit you used. |
| Entry checked | 6 October 2026 |
What it implements
| Metric | Edition | Functions | Validation (as stated) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zwicker loudness | ISO 532-1:2017 stationary | Loudness.loudnessZWK | not stated | Computed by MoSQITo. Calls loudness_zwst of MoSQITo 1.2.1. |
| Sottek Hearing Model loudness | ECMA-418-2:2022 (2nd ed.) Clause 5 hearing-model loudness only | Loudness.loudnessECMA | not stated | Computed by MoSQITo. Calls loudness_ecma of MoSQITo 1.2.1 (ECMA-418-2:2022, Clause 5 only). |
| Sharpness | DIN 45692:2009 | Sharpnes_DIN.sharpnessCalculation | not stated | Computed by MoSQITo. Calls sharpness_din_st of MoSQITo 1.2.1 with the DIN weighting. |
| Roughness (Daniel & Weber) | Daniel & Weber (1997) | Roughness.roughnessDW | not stated | Computed by MoSQITo. Calls roughness_dw of MoSQITo 1.2.1. |
| Sottek Hearing Model roughness | ECMA-418-2:2022 (2nd ed.) | Roughness.roughnessECMA | not stated | Computed by MoSQITo. Calls roughness_ecma of MoSQITo 1.2.1, whose bibliography cites ECMA-418-2:2022. |
How it was validated
As reported by the project; LISQM has not run the code. Two implementations that agree can still share the same error. Kinds of evidence.
The project does not say how any of these were validated.
Notes
requirements.txtpinsmosqito==1.2.1; PsychoBox itself states no standard editions.- Also does recording and binaural playback correction. An install guide and a tutorial (PDF) are in the Documentation folder.
- Listed as an end-user application, although its metric values come from MoSQITo. Wrappers that are neither an application nor an established library are recorded in
data/ignored.yamlinstead.
Before you rely on it
- All metric values come from MoSQITo 1.2.1, whose ECMA-418-2 functions follow the 2nd edition (2022), two editions behind the current one.
Sources
- https://github.com/henriquealende/PsychoBox
- https://github.com/henriquealende/PsychoBox/blob/main/README.md
- https://github.com/henriquealende/PsychoBox/blob/main/requirements.txt
- https://github.com/henriquealende/PsychoBox/tree/main/Psychoacoustics
- https://github.com/Eomys/MoSQITo/blob/master/docs/ref.bib