A side-by-side look at the Audio MCP and Comfyui MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Audio MCP for multimedia process work as a local process; choose Comfyui MCP for multimedia process as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
AUDIO_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS, AUDIO_MCP_MAX_SECONDS, AUDIO_MCP_WHISPER_MODEL, AUDIO_MCP_ROOT, AUDIO_MCP_FFMPEG.audio_analyze, audio_events, audio_view.queue, get_system_stats, visualize_workflow.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | A Audio MCP | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Multimedia Process | Multimedia Process |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 64/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | AUDIO_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRSAUDIO_MCP_MAX_SECONDSAUDIO_MCP_WHISPER_MODELAUDIO_MCP_ROOTAUDIO_MCP_FFMPEG | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 795 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 14 | 13 |
| Full listing | View Audio MCP | View Comfyui MCP |
audio_analyzePeak, true peak, RMS, LUFS loudness, clipping, DC offset, a loudness sparkline, silence and noise floor, stereo correlation/width/balance, band energy, brightness, tonal vs. noisy, strongest frequencies as note names, pitch, onsets, tempo, edge clicks, loop-seam quality, and an **`issues`** list in…audio_eventsSplits audio into distinct sounds and describes each one: timing, level, attack, tonal/noisy, brightness, pitch or glideaudio_viewPNG waveform and/or spectrogram, with an optional pitch overlay. Every column covers its full time span, so short clicks aren't skipped on long filesaudio_timelineLevel and brightness over time. Streams the file, so it works on recordings of any lengthaudio_melodySingle-line transcription: notes, timings, cents, compact textaudio_transcribeSpeech to text with local Whisper: timed words, language, speaking rate, long pauses and **uncertain words** *(optional extra)*audio_compareA/B summary, metric deltas, per-band dB changes, issues fixed or introduced, and a **null test** (identical? only a gain change? lightly changed?)audio_processAn ordered chain of edits written to a **new** file: gain, peak/LUFS normalize, true-peak limiter, compressor, noise reduction, RMS normalize, trim, fades, crop, pad, high/low-pass, peaking EQ, shelves, DC removal, polarity, mono/stereo, resample, reverse, seamless-loop crossfade, mix, appendaudio_batch_surveyAudits a folder for consistency (loudness outliers, mixed sample rates/channels/formats, uneven leading silence) and returns ready-to-run fixesaudio_batch_processApplies one edit chain to many files and writes them to an output folderaudio_synthesizeDeclarative synth: band-limited oscillators with phase control, noise colours (pink/brown loop seamlessly), sweeps, ADSR, vibrato, tremolo, filters, pan, note sequences, plus exact test signals (impulse, DC, silence)audio_infoMetadata for a file, or a listing of the audio files in a folderqueueOne action-parameterized tool for the execution queue: `list` (running + pending), `status` (one job by prompt ID), `get_workflow` (a pending job's full payload), `move`/`edit` (requeue a pending job front/back, patched or replaced, with a new prompt ID), `cancel` (interrupt the running job — escal…get_system_statsGet system info — GPU, VRAM, Python version, OSvisualize_workflowOne action-parameterized tool for rendering and converting a workflow you pass in: `render` (Mermaid flowchart, nodes grouped by category), `render_hierarchical` (the same graph sectioned — overview, one section in detail, a listing, or an AI-oriented summary), `mermaid` (a Mermaid diagram back to…create_workflowOne action-parameterized tool for authoring: `create` (from templates: `txt2img`, `img2img`, `upscale`, `inpaint`, `controlnet`, `ip_adapter`, `ace_step_15`, `stable_audio_3`), `modify` (operations: `set_input`, `add_node`, `remove_node`, `connect`, `insert_between`), `validate` (dry-run — missing…get_workflowOne action-parameterized tool for READING a saved workflow file: `list` (the user library, subfolders included), `get` (one workflow's JSON by filename), `analyze` (a structured summary instead of raw JSON), `query` (filter/traverse/aggregate a big graph without dumping it), `strip` (**de-virtualiz…save_workflowOne action-parameterized tool for WRITING to the library: `save` (store a workflow — overwrites a same-filename file), `lock` (record a provenance lock: SHA-256 per model, git commit per node pack), `verify_lock` (report drift against that lock)upload_imageCopy a local image into ComfyUI's `input/` directory for img2img, inpaint, or ControlNetdownload_modelFind and fetch model weights, and track the transfers. `action`: `download` (from a URL, into the correct ComfyUI subdirectory), `status`, `cancel`, `search` (HuggingFace), `search_civitai`, `search_creators`, `download_civitai`, `resolve_missinglist_local_modelsWhat is installed, and where ComfyUI looks. `action`: `list` (installed models by type: checkpoints, loras, vae, upscale_models, controlnet, embeddings, clip, unet, diffusion_models, text_encoders), `remove` (**deletes a model file**), `embeddings`, `list_paths`, `add_path`, `remove_path` (the last…clear_vramFree GPU VRAM by unloading cached models — calls ComfyUI's `/free` endpoint, reports before/after statssearch_custom_nodesSearch the ComfyUI Registry for node packs by keyword (`action: "search"`), or get one pack's full details (`action: "details"`)comfy_cliSearch actual loaded node classes through official `comfy nodes search` (action:"search_nodes")Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"audio-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"audio-mcp"
],
"env": {
"AUDIO_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS": "YOUR_AUDIO_MCP_ALLOWED_DIRS_HERE",
"AUDIO_MCP_MAX_SECONDS": "YOUR_AUDIO_MCP_MAX_SECONDS_HERE",
"AUDIO_MCP_WHISPER_MODEL": "YOUR_AUDIO_MCP_WHISPER_MODEL_HERE",
"AUDIO_MCP_ROOT": "YOUR_AUDIO_MCP_ROOT_HERE",
"AUDIO_MCP_FFMPEG": "YOUR_AUDIO_MCP_FFMPEG_HERE"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"comfyui-mcp-2": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"comfyui-mcp@latest"
]
}
}
}