A list of software and resources for professional audio/video/live events production on the Linux platform.
This list is provided to help you build your own GNU/Linux based A/V production environment. Most of the listed software is packaged for Debian, and should be directly installable with sudo aptitude install softwarename. Software that can be run on other GNU/Linux distributions may also be added to the list. This list focuses on sound, video, lighting and live applications.
Unpackaged
▒ Only in KXStudio repositories
Non-free/closed source
- DAW/Sequencers
- Audio Editors
- Samplers
- Effects/Processing
- Instruments
- Audio utilities
- System utilities
- Transcoding/streaming/transport
- Lighting
- Video
- Signal processing/electronics
- Score Editors
- Media players
- Metapackages
- Linux Distributions
- Resources/Samples
- Unsorted
- DOCUMENTATION
- GLOSSARY
- TODO
- LICENSE
- CONTRIBUTING
- ardour3 - digital audio workstation (graphical gtk2 interface) (Homepage)
- Bitwig Studio - dynamic software for creation and performance of your musical ideas on stage or in the studio.
`` - Harrison Mixbus - the first full-featured DAW with true analog style mixing.
`` - Renoise - a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) using a tracker-based approach.
`` - dino - Integrated MIDI piano roll editor and sequencer engine (Homepage)
- jokosher - simple and easy to use audio multi-tracker (Homepage)
- mixxx - Digital Disc Jockey Interface (Homepage)
- muse - Qt4-based audio/MIDI sequencer (Homepage)
- qtractor - MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer application (Homepage)
- Radium Editor - Radium is a music editor with a new type of interface. (Source code)
- rosegarden - music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer (Homepage)
- Tracktion - The musician's DAW
`` - traverso - Multitrack audio recorder and editor (Homepage)
- jackbeat - Jackbeat is an audio sequencer for musicians and sound artists
- audacity - Éditeur audio rapide multi plate-forme (Homepage)
- kwave - sound editor for KDE (Homepage)
- mhwaveedit - Simple and fast GTK2 sound editor (Homepage)
- smasher - Cross-platform audio loop slicer designed to create sliced loops from WAV, MP3, FLAC or AIFF files in seconds without a sequencer
- snd-gtk - Sound file editor (dummy transitional package) (Homepage)
- sweep - Audio editor and live playback tool (Homepage)
- wavesurfer - Sound Manipulation Program (Homepage)
- hydrogen - advanced drum machine/step sequencer (Homepage)
- freewheeling - live looping musical instrument (Homepage)
- gigedit - instrument editor for Gigasampler files (Homepage)
- hydrogen-drumkits - drumkits for Hydrogen (Homepage)
- kluppe - a loop-player and recorder designed for live use (Homepage)
- linuxsampler-all - realtime audio sampler (meta)
- ls16 - LinuxSampler DSSI plugin GUI
- luppp - luppp music creation tool
- petri-foo - MIDI controllable audio sampler - successor of specimen (Homepage)
- qsampler - LinuxSampler GUI frontend based on the Qt toolkit (Homepage)
- Redux - a sample-based instrument, combined with a powerful phrase sequencer.
`` - Samplecat - a program for cataloguing and auditioning audio samples.
- sooperlooper - Looping Sampler (Homepage)
- calf-plugins - Calf Studiogear - audio effects and sound generators (Homepage)
- abgate - LV2 noise gate plugin (Homepage)
- AF2-10/M - A versatile graphical EQ with a wide range of zero latency analogue modelled filters and realtime FFT display.
- amb-plugins - greffons LADPSA ambisonics (Homepage)
- arctican-plugins - Arctican Plugins
▒ - artyfx - Arty FX plugin suite
▒ - autotalent - pitch correction LADSPA plugin (Homepage)
- avw.lv2 - collection of Voltage Controlled LV2 modules (Homepage)
- beatslash-lv2 - A set of LV2 plugins to slash, repeat beats.
▒ - blop-lv2 - collection of LV2 CV plugins
- blop - Bandlimited wavetable-based oscillator plugins for LADSPA hosts
- calf-plugins-git - Calf Studiogear - audio effects and sound generators
▒ - caps - C* Audio Plugin Suite (Homepage)
- cmt - a collection of LADSPA plugins (Homepage)
- deteriorate-lv2 - set of LV2 plugins to deteriorate sound quality
▒ - distrho-plugin-ports - DISTHRO Plugin Ports
▒ - dpf-plugins - audio plugin collection from DISTRHO
▒ - drc - digital room correction (Homepage)
- drowaudio-plugins - dRowAudio Plugins
▒ - eq10q - LV2 equalizer
- fil-plugins - parametric equalizer LADSPA plugin (Homepage)
- fomp - collection of LV2 audio plugins (Homepage)
- foo-plugins - Foo LADSPA plugins
▒ - freqtweak - Realtime audio frequency spectral manipulation (Homepage)
- g2reverb - reverb LADSPA plugin
- glitch - Multi-effects audio plugin with sequencer
- guitarix - Rock guitar amplifier for Jack (Homepage)
- gxvoxtonebender - Fuzz Tonebender LV2 plugin
▒ - holap - Holborn Audio Plugins
▒ - invada-studio-plugins-ladspa - Invada Studio Plugins - a set of LADSPA audio plugins (Homepage)
- invada-studio-plugins-lv2 - Invada Studio Plugins - a set of LV2 audio plugins
- invada-studio-plugins-lv2 - Invada Studio Plugins - a set of LV2 audio plugins (Homepage)
- ir.lv2-1.2 - LV2 IR reverb (1.2 version)
▒ - ir.lv2 - LV2 IR reverb (Homepage)
- jalv - tool to run LV2 plugins as stand-alone applications (Homepage)
- juced-plugins - Juced Plugins
▒ - klangfalter - convolution audio plugin
▒ - leet-plugins - LEET LADSPA plugins
▒ - luftikus - analog modeled equalizer
▒ - lv2fil - Stereo and mono LV2 plugins, four-band parametric equalisers
▒ - lv2vocoder - LV2 vocoder plugin (Homepage)
- mcp-plugins - LADSPA plugins designed for Alsa Modular Synth (Homepage)
- mda-lv2 - Paul Kellett's MDA plugins ported to LV2 (Homepage)
- mda-vst - MDA VST plugins
- mod-distortion - analog distortion emulation plugin
▒ - mod-pitchshifter - pitch shifter audio plugins
▒ - omins - collection of LADSPA plugins aimed at modular synthesizers (Homepage)
- paulstretch - Extreme sound time-stretch (Homepage
- sonic - Simple utility to speed up or slow down speech (Homepage)
- phasex - Phase Harmonic Advanced Synthesis EXperiment (Homepage)
- pitcheddelay - pitch-shifting delay
▒ - playitslowly - Plays back audio files at a different speed or pitch (Homepage)
- radium-compressor - audio compressor for JACK (Homepage)
- rakarrack - Simple and easy guitar effects processor for GNU/Linux (Homepage)
- rev-plugins - reverb LADSPA plugin (Homepage)
- rkrlv2 - Rakarrack LV2 Plugin Ports
▒ - rubberband-ladspa - LADSPA plugin for audio pitch-shifting (Homepage)
- soundstretch - Stretches and pitch-shifts sound independently (Homepage)
- ste-plugins - stereo LADPSA plugins (Homepage)
- swh-plugins - Steve Harris's LADSPA plugins (Homepage)
- tal-plugins - Togu Audio Line Plugins
▒ - tap-plugins - Tom's Audio Processing LADSPA plugins (Homepage)
- teragonaudio-plugins - audio plugins from Teragon Audio
▒ - terminatorx - realtime audio synthesizer (Homepage
- vcf-plugins - VCF LADSPA plugins
▒ - vco-plugins - LADSPA plugin sporting anti-aliased oscillators (Homepage)
- vocoder-ladspa - LADSPA Vocoder Plugin
▒ - vocproc - LV2 plugin for pitch shifting and vocoding (Homepage)
- wah-plugins - auto-wah LADSPA plugin (Homepage)
- wasp-ladspa - WASP LADSPA plugin
▒ - x42-plugins - Collection of LV2 plugins (Homepage)
- zam-plugins - Collection of LV2, LADSPA, LINUX-VST and JACK plugins
- zita-at1 - autotuner JACK (Homepage)
- zita-rev1 - effet de réverbération pro-audio (Homepage)
- creox - a real-time sound/effects processor.
- drumgizmo - drum plugin comparable to commercial products
- zynaddsubfx - Realtime software synthesizer for Linux (Homepage)
- add64 - additive synthesizer for JACK
▒ - aeolus - synthétiseur émulant un orgue (Homepage)
- ams-lv2 - set of Voltage Controlled LV2 modules for Ingen
▒ - ams - synthétiseur modulaire en temps réel pour ALSA (Homepage)
- amsynth - two oscillator software synthesizer (Homepage)
- argotlunar - Realtime granulator LV2/VST plugin
▒ - azr3-jack - drawbar organ simulator (Homepage)
- blepvco - LADSPA, minBLEP-based, hard-sync-capable oscillator plugins (Homepage)
- bristol - vintage synthesizer emulator (Homepage)
- composite - Live performance sequencer (Homepage)
- cursynth - desc
▒ - dexed - FM Plugin Synth
▒ - din - digital audio synthesizer (Homepage)
- Discovery Pro - Virtual Analog synthesizer + sampler
- drmr - drmr
▒ - drumgizmo - drum plugin comparable to commercial products
▒ - drumkv1 - old-school drum-kit sampler (Homepage)
- fabla - Fabla drum sampler plugin instrument
▒ - freebirth-data - Bass synthesizer/sample player/sequencer -- sound samples (Homepage)
- freebirth - Bass synthesizer/sample player/sequencer (Homepage)
- gmorgan - MIDI rhythm station emulator software (Homepage)
- helm - polyphonic synthesizer
▒ - hexter - Yamaha DX7 modeling DSSI plugin (Homepage)
- horgand - JACK capable organ softsynth (Homepage)
- monobristol - simple GUI for Bristol (Homepage)
- newtonator - LV2 synth that produces unpredictable sounds
▒ - obxd - ob-x emulation plugin
▒ - samplv1 - polyphonic sampler synthesizer (Homepage)
- setbfree - DSP tonewheel organ (Homepage)
- sineshaper - Monophonic synth plugin with two oscillators and waveshapers (Homepage)
- sooperlooper-lv2 - looping sampler plugin
▒ - sorcer - Sorcer polyphonic wavetable synth LV2 plugin
▒ - spiralsynthmodular - object orientated music studio
▒ - Sunvox - a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern-based sequencer (tracker)
- synthv1 - old-school polyphonic synthesizer (Homepage)
- triceratops-lv2 - polyphonic additive software synthesizer plugin
▒ - whysynth - DSSI Soft Synth Interface (Homepage)
- wolpertinger - Subtractive synth with a sharp bandpass filter
▒ - wsynth-dssi - hack on Xsynth-DSSI to allow wavetable synthesis (Homepage)
- xwax - open-source vinyl emulation software for Linux (Homepage)
- zynaddsubfx-dssi-git - dssi plugin of zynaddsubfx
▒ - zynaddsubfx-dssi - dssi plugin of zynaddsubfx (Homepage)
- zynaddsubfx-git - Realtime software synthesizer for Linux
▒ - BEAST - music composition and modular synthesis application
- amsynth - two oscillator software synthesizer two oscillator software synthesizer (Homepage)
- blop - Bandlimited wavetable-based plugins for LADSPA hosts
- Linux Show Player a free cue player designed for sound-playback in stage production. The goal of the project is to provide a complete playback software for musical plays, theater shows and similar.
- brp-pacu - audio analysis tool (Homepage)
- ebumeter - Loudness measurement according to EBU-R128 (Homepage)
- extace - waveform viewer (Homepage)
- fmit - Free Music Instrument Tuner (Homepage)
- gtklick - simple metronome GUI for JACK (Homepage)
- gtick - Metronome application (Homepage)
- gxtuner - Tuner for Jack (Homepage)
- jaaa - audio signal generator and spectrum analyser (Homepage)
- jackmeter - a basic command line meter for the JACK audio system (Homepage)
- jkmeter - vu-mètre horizontal ou vertical pour le kit de connexion audio Jack (Homepage)
- bitmeter - diagnosis tool for JACK audio software (Homepage)
- xoscope - digital oscilloscope (Homepage)
- lingot - accurate and easy to use musical instrument tuner
- meterbridge - Collection of Audio meters for the JACK audio server (Homepage)
- QLoud - tool to measure loudspeaker frequency and step responses and distortions
- showq - MIDI controllable audio player (Homepage)
- siggen - Waveform generation tools (Homepage)
- silan - commandline tool to detect silence in audio-files
- silentjack - silence detector for the JACK audio system (Homepage)
- spek - acoustic spectrum analyser
- sonic-visualiser - View and analyse the contents of music audio files (Homepage)
- easyssp - audio visualization plugin
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- abcmidi - Convertit les fichiers ABC au format MIDI et inversement
- arpage - MIDI Arpeggiator w/ JACK Tempo Sync.
▒ - gmidimonitor - GTK+ application that shows MIDI events (Homepage
- jack-keyboard - Virtual MIDI keyboard for JACK MIDI (Homepage)
- kmidimon - MIDI monitor using ALSA sequencer and KDE user interface (Homepage)
- midimsg-lv2 - set of plugins to transform midi output
- midisox - a SoX-like workalike, for handling MIDI files
- qmidiarp - arpégiateur MIDI pour ALSA (Homepage)
- qmidinet - MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast (Homepage)
- vmpk - Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard (Homepage)
- jackd2 - Kit de connection audio JACK (serveur et exemples de clients) (Homepage)
- qjackctl - User interface for controlling the JACK sound server (Homepage)
- a2jmidid - démon pour lier des applications obsolètes ALSA MIDI dans des systèmes JACK MIDI (Homepage)
- aconnectgui - gestionnaire graphique de connexion au séquenceur ALSA
- aj-snapshot - fait des captures des connexions JACK (Homepage)
- alsa-utils - utilitaires pour utiliser et configurer ALSA (Homepage)
- cadence - JACK audio toolbox
- carla-lv2 - audio plugin host (LV2 plugin)
- carla - audio plugin host
- catia - extended JACK patchbay
- claudia - extended ladish frontend
- dssi-vst - Adapter for VST an VSTi audio plugins
▒ - festige - GUI for fst and dssi-vst
- ffado-mixer-qt4 - FFADO D-Bus mixer applets (QT4) (Homepage)
- gladish - graphical interface for LADI Session Handler (Homepage)
- ingen - modular host for LV2 plugins.
- jack-capture - program for recording soundfiles with jack (Homepage)
- jack-mixer - JACK Audio Mixer (Homepage)
- jack-rack - LADSPA effects "rack" for JACK (Homepage)
- jack-tools - various JACK tools: dl, record, scope, osc, plumbing, udp, play, transport (Homepage)
- jackd2-firewire - JACK Audio Connection Kit (FFADO and FreeBoB backends) (Homepage)
- jackeq - routes and manipulates audio from/to multiple sources (Homepage)
- laditools - Linux Audio Desktop Integration Tools (Homepage)
- linux-image-rt-686-pae - Linux for modern PCs (meta-package), PREEMPT_RT
- mediainfo-gui - graphical utility for reading information from audio/video files (Homepage)
- mediainfo - command-line utility for reading information from audio/video files (Homepage)
- patchage - Baie modulaire pour l'audio Jack et Alsa Midi (Homepage)
- qjackrcd - Qt4 application to record JACK server outputs (Homepage)
- realtimeconfigquickscan - Linux configuration checker for systems to be used for real-time audio
- rtkit - politique de temps réel et démon de surveillance (Homepage)
- simple-sysexxer - GUI tool to create backups of the memory contents of MIDI devices
- zita-ajbridge - pont alsa vers jack (Homepage)
- zita-mu1 - organise le suivi stéréo pour le kit de connexion audio Jack (Homepage)
- alsa-tools - Console based ALSA utilities for specific hardware (Homepage)
- alsa-tools-gui - GUI based ALSA utilities for specific hardware (Homepage)
- rotter - JACK client for transmission recording and audio logging (Homepage)
- padevchooser - PulseAudio Device Chooser (Homepage)
- paman - PulseAudio Manager (Homepage)
- paprefs - PulseAudio Preferences (Homepage)
- pavucontrol - PulseAudio Volume Control (Homepage)
- pavumeter - PulseAudio Volume Meter (Homepage)
- pulseaudio-module-jack - jackd modules for PulseAudio sound server (Homepage)
- pulseaudio-module-lirc - lirc module for PulseAudio sound server (Homepage)
- pulseaudio-module-x11 - X11 module for PulseAudio sound server (Homepage)
- pulseaudio-utils - Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound server (Homepage)
- pulseaudio - PulseAudio sound server (Homepage)
- handbrake - versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder (GTK+ GUI) (Homepage)
- winff-qt - Qt variant of winff (Homepage)
- ambdec - Ambisonic decoder for first and second order (Homepage)
- hydro2sf2 - a tool which allows you to convert a Hydrogen drumkit into a SF2 soundfont
- ogmrip - Application for ripping and encoding DVD (Homepage)
- winff - graphical video and audio batch converter using ffmpeg or avconv (Homepage)
- zita-bls1 - convertisseur de signaux stéréo binauraux (Homepage)
- Airtime - With open source Sourcefabric Airtime, online radio has never been easier.
- autoradio - radio automation software (Homepage)
- darkice - Live audio streamer (Homepage)
- darksnow - simple graphical user interface to darkice (Homepage)
- gpac - GPAC Project on Advanced Content - utilities (Homepage)
- icecast2 - streaming media server (Homepage)
- ezstream - easy media streaming client over icecast servers (Homepage)
- idjc - graphical shoutcast/icecast client (Homepage)
- landell - audio and video streams manager (Homepage)
- sound-juicer - GNOME CD Ripper (Homepage)
- vlc-nox - multimedia player and streamer (without X support) (Homepage)
- vlc - multimedia player and streamer (Homepage)
- xdmx - distributed multihead X server
- zita-njbridge - Jack clients to transmit multichannel audio over a local IP network (Homepage)
- Q Light Controller+ (QLC+) - a free and cross-platform software to control DMX or analog lighting systems like moving heads, dimmers, scanners etc.
- hyperion - An opensource 'AmbiLight' implementation controlled using the RaspBerry Pi
- D::Light - mobile, flexible solution to control modern lighting/performance technology.
- Cinelerra - Cinema Production Software
- Lightworks - professional Non-Linear Editing (NLE) software supporting resolutions up to 4K.
- openshot - Create and edit videos and movies (Homepage)
- CHDK - Canon Hack Development Kit
- delvj - a cyborg video jockey extension for pure data processing
- dvswitch - basic video mixer for live DV streams (Homepage)
- ffdiaporama - Movie creator from photos and video clips (Homepage)
- FreeJ - a video mixer: an instrument for realtime video manipulation
- freemix - live video performance software
- frei0r-plugins - minimalistic plugin API for video effects, plugins collection (Homepage)
- Gephex - modular video jockey software
- glmixer - Graphic Live Mixer
- kdenlive - non-linear video editor (Homepage)
- lives - Video Editing system allowing users to edit and create video (Homepage)
- Luz Studio - A live motion graphics editor and performer.
- Magic Lantern Firmware - a software enhancement that offers increased functionality to the excellent Canon DSLR cameras.
- pitivi - non-linear audio/video editor using GStreamer (Homepage)
- Shotcut - a free, open source, cross-platform video editor
- synaesthesia - Program for representing sounds visually
- Veejay - realtime video sequencer and effects processor
- xjadeo - Video player with JACK sync (Homepage)
- ZS4 - advanced video editing and compositing software with over 150 built-in video effects.
- blender - Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer (Homepage)
- aqsis - 3D rendering solution adhering to the RenderMan(R) standard, binaries (Homepage)
- Ayam - a free 3D modelling environment for the RenderMan interface.
- EQUINOX-3D - The 3D modeler with the fastest, fully integrated ray-tracer.
- evolvotron - Generator of textures through interactive evolution (Homepage)
- fractalnow - Fast, advanced fractal generator (Homepage)
- fraqtive - draws Mandelbrot and Julia fractals (Homepage)
- geomview - interactive geometry viewing program (Homepage)
- javamorph - Java morphing film-make program for pixel picture-input (Homepage)
- k3d - 3D modeling and animation system, binary files (Homepage)
- makehuman - Modelling of 3-Dimensional humanoid characters (Homepage)
- mandelbulber - 3D fractal renderer and animator (Homepage)
- meshlab - System for processing and editing triangular meshes (Homepage)
- sunflow - rendering system for photo-realistic image synthesis (GUI) (Homepage)
- sweethome3d-furniture-editor - Sweet Home 3D Furniture Library Editor (Homepage)
- sweethome3d-furniture-nonfree - Interior 2D design application with 3D preview (additional non-free furniture) (Homepage)
- sweethome3d-furniture - Interior 2D design application with 3D preview (additional furniture) (Homepage)
- sweethome3d-textures-editor - Sweet Home 3D Textures Library Editor (Homepage)
- sweethome3d - Interior 2D design application with 3D preview (Homepage)
- VSXu Artiste - create stunning open GL based audio reactive visuals.
- VSXu Player - program that creates inspiring, beautiful pictures to your sound and music
- wings3d - Nendo-inspired 3D polygon mesh modeller (Homepage)
- yaprm - a free-as-in-freedom modeller to graphicaly design 3d scenes and generate POV-Ray-files for them.
- fluxus - A 3D game engine for livecoding worlds into existence.
- aegisub - advanced subtitle editor (Homepage)
- devede - simple application to create Video DVDs (Homepage)
- gnome-subtitles - Subtitle editor for the GNOME Desktop environment (Homepage)
- subtitlecomposer - Subtitles editor for KDE (Homepage)
- subtitleeditor - Graphical subtitle editor with sound waves representation (Homepage)
- vlc-plugin-vlsub - VLC extension to download subtitles from opensubtitles.org (Homepage)
- cabbage-plugins - csound development toolkit plugins
▒ - cabbage-plugins-extra - csound development toolkit plugins (Extra)
▒ - clam-networkeditor-examples - CLAM Network Editor, examples (Homepage)
- clam-networkeditor - CLAM Network Editor, prototyping tool for CLAM (Homepage)
- csladspa - LADSPA plugin for Csound (Homepage)
- csound-data - data files used by the csound library (Homepage)
- csound-utils - miscellaneous utilities for the Csound system (Homepage)
- csound - powerful and versatile sound synthesis software (Homepage)
- csoundqt - frontend for the csound sound processor (Homepage)
- lcd4linux - Grabs information and displays it on an external lcd (Homepage)
- lcdproc - LCD display driver daemon and clients (Homepage)
- lirc - infra-red remote control support (Homepage)
- nyquist - language for music composition and sound synthesis (Homepage)
- pd-csound - Csound external for PureData (Homepage)
- Psychosynth - an interactive modular soft-synth inspired by the ideas of the Reactable
- puredata - realtime computer music and graphics system (Homepage)
- Room EQ Wizard -room acoustics analysis software for measuring and analysing room and loudspeaker responses.
- Soundpipe - A library of high quality music DSP algorithms.
- supercollider-supernova - real time audio synthesis server (multiprocessor version) (Homepage)
- supercollider - real time audio synthesis programming language (Homepage)
- denemo - GTK+ front end to GNU Lilypond (Homepage)
- lilypond - program for typesetting sheet music (Homepage)
- nted - Musical score editor (Homepage)
- musescore popular professional level WYIWYG music score editor (Homepage)
- rhythmbox - music player and organizer for GNOME (Homepage)
- amarok - easy to use media player based on the KDE Platform (Homepage)
- ario - GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) (Homepage)
- audacious - small and fast audio player which supports lots of formats (Homepage)
- banshee - Media Management and Playback application (Homepage)
- cantata - KDE client for the music player daemon (MPD) (Homepage)
- clementine - modern music player and library organizer (Homepage)
- exaile - flexible, full-featured audio player (Homepage)
- gmusicbrowser - graphical jukebox for large music collections (Homepage)
- gnome-music - Music is the new GNOME music playing application (Homepage)
- gpodder - podcast client and feed aggregator (Homepage)
- Groove Basin - Music player server with a web-based user interface (Homepage)
- guayadeque - lightweight music player (Homepage)
- moc - ncurses based console audio player (Homepage)
- mplayer2 - next generation movie player for Unix-like systems (Homepage)
- mpv - video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (Homepage)
- musique - Simple but sophisticated graphical music player (Homepage)
- quodlibet - audio library manager and player for GTK3 (Homepage)
- sonata - GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) (Homepage)
- vlc - multimedia player and streamer (Homepage)
- multimedia-ambisonics - Packages for working with ambisonics (3D surround sound)
- multimedia-audio-plugins - Audio processing plugins, synths and virtual instruments
- multimedia-devel - Extra packages for developers and package compiling
- multimedia-djing - DJ packages.
- multimedia-drums - Packages for drums & beats
- multimedia-firewire - Packages for your firewire audiocard / interface
- multimedia-graphics - Packages for making and editing artwork
- multimedia-guitar - Packages for playing with your (virtual) guitar gear
- multimedia-jack - JACK (Jack Audio Connection Kit) and ALSA related packages
- multimedia-ladi - LADI, Linuxaudio session management, packages
- multimedia-looping - Packages for looping music and audio
- multimedia-midi - MIDI related packages
- multimedia-mixing - Packages for mixing and mastering your music
- multimedia-musiciantools - Packages for musicians
- multimedia-players - Packages which makes your multimedia tools complete
- multimedia-recording - Packages for audio recording
- multimedia-samplers - Software samplers
- multimedia-soundsynthesis - Packages for sound synthesis
- multimedia-tasks - Debian Multimedia tasks for tasksel
- multimedia-timestretching - Packages for stretching music and audio
- multimedia-video - Video packages
- KXStudio - KXStudio is a collection of applications and plugins for professional audio production. KXStudio provides Debian and Ubuntu compatible repositories and its own Linux Distribution currently based on Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS.
- Tango Studio
- Ubuntu Studio
- Dynebolic
- AVLinux
- ArtistX
- DidJiX
- Drumgizmo: DRSKit, MuldjordKit
- Gigasampler: FlameStudios
- SF2: Airfont, Fluidr3, MDK Bass Snare, MDK Cymbals, MDK Hihat, MDK Kit, BlackPearl4pc, Blackpearl4pcAlt, Blackpearl5pc, RedZeppelin4pc, RedZeppelin5pc
- SFZ: Balafon, Clayton3 Udu, Detuned piano, Plucked Piano strings, Salamander Drumkit, Salamander Grand Piano, SFZTest, Skerrat London Piano, Open Source Drumkit, Transition FX, 60s_organ, AVL_Drumkits, Black_Pearl_Drumkits, LittleLizardPiano, SalamanderDrumkit, SoftBells, StereoWurly, acousbass, altosax, analog_bass, b3_organ, banjo, bass_bow, bass_sect, bassoon_sect, blocks, brightbass, brushkit, cello, cellos, chimes, claps, clarinet, clarinet_sect, clavinet, contents.txt, cowbell, deepbass, dx7_piano, fatsynthbass, fender_bass, fenderbass, flute, flute_sect, french_horn_sect, fretless_bass, glock, gmkit, gretch_bass, harmonica, harpsichord, hihats, hpiano, ibanez_bass, jazzbass, jg_violins, jgkit, kicks, kit, marimba, melodica, moog_bass, nsa, nylon, oboe_sect, picked1, realbanjo, recorder, rhodes, ride, ride2, sax_sect, shaker, sleighbell, snares, solobassoon, soloviolin, sonatina, steelgtr, stereo_lespaul, stereo_rhodes, synth_bass, synth_strings, synthbrass, tabla, tenorsax, timbales, timpani, toms, trombone_sect, trumpet, trumpet_mute, trumpet_sect, vibes, warmpad, warmpad2, wurt, yamahagtr,
- Hydrogen: Blackpearl4pc, BlackPearl4pcAlt, BlackPearl5pc, RedZeppelin4pc, RedZeppelin5pc, Gimme a Hand
- Samples: AVL Sample Pack
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aubio-tools - Bibliothèque pour la segmentation sonore - utilitaires
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ecasound - multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (Homepage)
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fluid-soundfont-gm - Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont (GM)
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fluidsynth - Logiciel de synthèse MIDI en temps réel (Homepage)
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gjacktransport - access to the JACK's transport mechanism as touchable slider (Homepage)
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jamin - Audio mastering from a mixed down multitrack source with JACK (Homepage)
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libsox-fmt-all - All SoX format libraries (Homepage)
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mididings - MIDI router and processor based on Python (Homepage)
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milkytracker - music creation tool inspired by Fast Tracker 2 (Homepage)
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qsynth - Interface graphique pour le synthétiseur MIDI fluidsynth (Homepage)
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rezound -
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schism - Clone de ImpulseTracker (même interface, même comportement) (Homepage)
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soundconverter - Application GNOME pour convertir des fichiers audio d'un format à un autre (Homepage)
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sox - outils complets pour le traitement des sons (Homepage)
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stretchplayer - Audio file player with time stretch and pitch shifting (Homepage
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timemachine - enregistreur audio JACK pour une utilisation spontanée et de conservation (Homepage)
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transmageddon - video transcoder for Linux and Unix systems built using GStreamer (Homepage)
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yoshimi - software synthesizer based on ZynAddSubFX (Homepage)
- /r/linuxaudio - Music and Audio on the Linux platform
- Linux Audio Blogs/Planet
- Linux Audio Tutorials
- Linux Audio Users Guide
- Linux Audio Wiki
- Linux Audio Users - mailing list for linux audio users
- KXStudio Manual - a good introduction to Linux Audio in general.
- Introduction to Linux & Audio
- KXStudio : Repositories : Applications
- KXStudio : Repositories : Plugins
- Linux MAO Wiki (fr)
- Linux Software on KVR Audio
- Linuxaudio.org - consortium of libre software projects, artists, companies, institutions, organizations, and hardware vendors using Linux/Free Software based systems for professional audio work.
- LinuxMusicians Forum • Index page
- audio4linux Forum (de)
- Libre Music Production - News, articles, tutorials, interviews, tools, resources...
- http://linuxaudio.org/resources
- http://www.linux-sound.org/
- Pro Audio - ArchLinux Wiki
- OpenSourceMusician Wiki/Podcast
- #lad, #lau, ##linuxaudio, and #opensourcemusicians IRC channels on the Freenode Network
- Freepats project - Free and open instrument sets, samples, sound synthesis, music...
- Linux Audio Developers - Linux audio developers mailing list.
- Linux Audio Tuning - mailing list is to help GNU/Linux distribution maintainers and other interested users to share information on system performance tuning matters, especially with regard to real-time Linux kernels.
- Linux Audio Announces - email list to publish announcements.
- Gentoo Pro-Audio Overlay - Pro-audio support for Gentoo users
Read System Setup for system related topics.
- LV2 plugins for mixing: My favorite basic plugins (by zthmusic) | Libre Music Production
- Loop-based Music Composition With Linux, Pt. 1
- Dave Phillips' Articles and Tutorials - LinuxJournal
- ▶ Rough Mix with Calf FX - YouTube
- ▶ Hydrogen Drum Machine with CALF plugins - YouTube
- Puredata - FLOSS Manuals
- Puredata tutorials
- new year – with fluxus and mixxx
- Rosegarden - DebianEdu Tutorials
- Making Music in the Rosegarden
- abcmidi Tutorial
- AlsaModularSynth - Making a vocoder
- Musescore tutorials
- Screencasting with FFmpeg, jack_capture and Xephyr [Linux-Sound]
- seq24: toggle sequences with a MIDI controller [Linux-Sound]
- trackers: Mod Tracking Tutorial -- Introduction
- trackers: Mod Tracking Tutorial -- Introduction
- trackers: Mod Tracking Tutorial -- Introduction
- trackers: Trackers and Linux. || kuro5hin.org
- trackers: A Tutorial on Cutting Up a Breakbeat Using a Tracker || kuro5hin.org
- trackers: .:: Milkytracker Tutorial ::.
- LADSPA - an (API) standard for handling audio filters and audio signal processing effects.
- DSSI - a virtual instrument (software synthesizer) plugin architecture for use by music sequencer applications.
- LV2 - (LADSPA version 2) an open standard for Audio plug-ins and matching host applications.
- Comparison of audio coding formats, List of codecs, Lossy compression, Lossless compression
- Backup sourceforge projects somewhere else (code, doc, issues)
egrep --only-matching 'https?://[0-9a-Z]*\.s(ource)?f(orge)?\.net.*' README.md - Sort and add http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/start?do=index (wiki cleanup and migration progress at migration.md)
- add software from http://jackaudio.org/applications/
- add software from kxstudio repos (https://gist.github.com/nodiscc/f8ef6744199ec9f26044)
- sort unsorted links
- provide configuration scripts/guides for debian systems? See System Setup
- re-run
dwlink -mbwithLANG=Cto get packages descriptions in english - add links from http://linux-sound.org/
- Package all unpackaged software
for Debian - Add software from http://www.kvraudio.com/plugins/linux/newest
- add xmms
- http://www.kvraudio.com/news/discodsp-updates-vertigo-additive-synth-to-r3-5-including-linux-support-29997
- http://www.kvraudio.com/news/discodsp-updates-discovery-pro-va-and-wave-synth-to-6-4-5-29782
- Package scripts from http://www.pjb.com.au/midi/
- Group and package scripts from http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/script_midi2hydrogen, http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/script_lscp2rgd, http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/scripts_wav2specimen, http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/scripts_and_tools
- add software from http://bandshed.net/avlinux6-debs/
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- Please edit the README file (using the Markdown syntax) and send your patch as a Pull Request. https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/
- Entries should be sorted alphabetically inside categories.
- Please label unpackaged and non-free
Unpackaged Non-free/closed source - Exceptionally high-quality software may be marked as bold.
- If there is a debian package available, the link syntax is:
[softwarename](https://packages.debian.org/sid/packagename) - package description ([Homepage](http://url.to/project/homepage)(try./dwlink -mb packagename | xclip -selection c) - If there is no debian package: the syntax is
[Software name](http://url.to/project/homepage) - Linking to useful websites or howtos can be done at the end of the file in the relevant section. Here is a bookmarklet to generate a markdown link for the current page URL and title:
javascript:void(prompt("","["+document.title+"]("+location.href+")")); - Contributors list can be updated with
git shortlog -sne