A list of software and resources for professional audio/video/live events production on the Linux platform
Work in progress - See current issues and CONTRIBUTING.
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 using your package manager. 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.
◼ Debian package
▒ KXStudio package
© Non-Free/closed source software
- DAW/Sequencers
- Trackers
- Audio Editors
- Samplers
- Effects/Processing
- DJing / Vinyl emulation
- Synthesizers
- Modular synths
- Organ simulators
- Audio utilities
- System utilities
- Network streaming/broadcasting
- Lighting
- Video
- Signal processing/electronics
- Score Editors
- Media players
- Metapackages
- Linux Distributions
- SAMPLES/PRESETS/RESOURCES
- DOCUMENTATION
- TODO
- CONTRIBUTING
- LICENSE
- ardour - Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and Multichannel Hard Disk Recorder (HDR) (◼)
- Helio workstation - Free linear-based music For macOS, Linux, Windows, iOS and Android, with clean interface, version control, synchronization between devices, undo history, and more. (Source code)
- Bitwig Studio - dynamic software for creation and performance of your musical ideas on stage or in the studio.
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- qtractor - MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer application (◼)
- dino - Integrated MIDI piano roll editor and sequencer engine (◼)
- jokosher - simple and easy to use audio multi-tracker (◼)
- Harrison Mixbus - the first full-featured DAW with true analog style mixing.
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- muse - Qt4-based audio/MIDI sequencer (◼)
- Radium Editor - Radium is a music editor with a new type of interface. (Source code)
- rosegarden - music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer (◼)
- Tracktion - The musician's DAW
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- b-step sequencer - harmonic music step sequencer to create melodies, arpeggios, drumsets, and basslines on the fly
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- traverso - Multitrack audio recorder and editor (◼)
- meterec - minimalistic multi track recorder (◼)
- jackbeat - Jackbeat is an audio sequencer for musicians and sound artists
- lmms - Linux Multimedia Studio (◼)
- composite - Live performance sequencer (◼)
- seq24 - Real time MIDI sequencer (◼)
- friniika - A complete music workstation for Windows/Linux/OSX
- Open Octave - MIDI/Audio sequencer. (Source)
- Renoise - a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) using a tracker-based approach.
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- milkytracker - music creation tool inspired by Fast Tracker 2 (◼)
- schism - ImpulseTracker clone aiming at providing the same look&feel (◼)
- audacity - fast, cross-platform audio editor (◼)
- sweep - Audio editor and live playback tool (◼)
- eisenkraut - A multi-channel and hi-res capable audio file editor (◼)
- Shuriken beat slicer - beat slicer with beat detection and time stretching capabilities. Easy QT4 interface to slice up drum loops, assign hits to MIDI keys, and change the tempo of loops in real-time.
- kwave - sound editor for KDE (◼)
- smasher - Cross-platform audio loop slicer designed to create sliced loops from WAV, MP3, FLAC or AIFF files in seconds without a sequencer
2013
- mhwaveedit - Simple and fast GTK2 sound editor (◼)
2013
- Sound Studio - A simple (minimal) light-weight tool for editing smaller soundfiles. Because Sound Studio uses Sox, it can cope with a wide variety of audio file formats.
2013
- LAoE - Rich featured graphical audio sample editor featuring multi-layers, floating-point samples, volume-masks, variable selection-intensity, spectrogram editing, and plugins
2011
- ReZound - ReZound aims to be a stable, open source, and graphical audio file editor primarily for but not limited to the Linux operating system.
2008
- giada - hardcore loop machine (◼)
- hydrogen - advanced drum machine/step sequencer (◼)
- hydrogen-drumkits - drumkits for Hydrogen (◼)
- samplv1 - polyphonic sampler synthesizer (◼)
- sooperlooper - Looping Sampler (◼)
- sooperlooper-lv2 - looping sampler plugin
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- drumgizmo - multichannel, multilayered, cross-platform drum plugin and stand-alone application. It enables you to compose drums in midi and mix them with a multichannel approach (◼)
- dgedit - drum kit editor for DrumGizmo (◼)
- ls16 - LinuxSampler DSSI plugin GUI
- linuxsampler-all - realtime audio sampler (meta)
- gigedit - instrument editor for Gigasampler files (◼)
- qsampler - LinuxSampler GUI frontend based on the Qt toolkit (◼)
- kluppe - a loop-player and recorder designed for live use (◼)
- freewheeling - live looping musical instrument (◼)
- luppp - luppp music creation tool (◼)
- petri-foo - MIDI controllable audio sampler - successor of specimen (◼)
- Redux - a sample-based instrument, combined with a powerful phrase sequencer.
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- Tapeutape - Highly configurable midi-controlled virtual sampler.
- SuperBoucle - Loop application synced with jack transport
- calf-plugins - Calf Studiogear - audio effects and sound generators (◼)
- tal-plugins - Togu Audio Line Plugins
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- amb-plugins - ambisonics LADSPA plugins (◼)
- arctican-plugins - Arctican Plugins
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- artyfx - Arty FX plugin suite
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- avw.lv2 - collection of Voltage Controlled LV2 modules (◼)
- caps - C* Audio Plugin Suite (◼)
- cmt - a collection of LADSPA plugins (◼)
- distrho-plugins-lv2 - DISTHRO Plugin Ports
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- distrho-plugins-vst - DISTHRO Plugin Ports
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- dpf-plugins - audio plugin collection from DISTRHO
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- drowaudio-plugins - dRowAudio Plugins
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- fomp - 1 auto-wah, 1 EQ, 3 chorus, 5 filters, and 3 oscillators LV2 plugins. (◼)
- foo-plugins - Foo LADSPA plugins
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- Freaked - Granulator, pre-delay, reverb tail and distortion LV2 Plugins
- invada-studio-plugins-ladspa - Invada Studio Plugins - a set of LADSPA audio plugins (◼)
- invada-studio-plugins-lv2 - Invada Studio Plugins - a set of LV2 audio plugins (◼)
- juced-plugins - Juced Plugins
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- leet-plugins - LEET LADSPA plugins
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- mda-lv2 - Paul Kellett's MDA plugins ported to LV2 (◼)
- mda-vst - MDA VST plugins
- ste-plugins - stereo LADPSA plugins (◼)
- swh-plugins - Steve Harris's LADSPA plugins (◼)
- tap-plugins - Tom's Audio Processing LADSPA plugins (◼)
- teragonaudio-plugins - audio plugins from Teragon Audio
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- vcf-plugins - VCF LADSPA plugins
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- vco-plugins - LADSPA plugin sporting anti-aliased oscillators (◼)
- x42-plugins - Collection of LV2 plugins (◼)
- zam-plugins - Plugins for high quality audio processing (◼)
- infamous-plugins - creative LV2 plugins
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- Linux Studio Plugins - Collection of LV2/LADSPA/VST/standalone audio processing applications
- eq10q - LV2 equalizer
- fil-plugins - parametric equalizer LADSPA plugin (◼)
- luftikus - analog modeled equalizer
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- lv2fil - Stereo and mono LV2 plugins, four-band parametric equalisers
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- abgate - LV2 noise gate plugin (◼)
- autotalent - pitch correction LADSPA plugin (◼)
- zita-at1 - JACK autotuner (◼)
- beatslash-lv2 - A set of LV2 plugins to slash, repeat beats.
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- blop-lv2 - collection of LV2 CV plugins
- blop - Bandlimited wavetable-based oscillator plugins for LADSPA hosts
- deteriorate-lv2 - set of LV2 plugins to deteriorate sound quality
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- drc - digital room correction (◼)
- freqtweak - Realtime audio frequency spectral manipulation (◼)
- glitch - Multi-effects audio plugin with sequencer
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- guitarix - Rock guitar amplifier for Jack (◼)
- gxvoxtonebender - Fuzz Tonebender LV2 plugin
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- holap - Holborn Audio Plugins
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- ir.lv2-1.2 - LV2 IR reverb (1.2 version)
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- ir.lv2 - LV2 IR reverb (◼)
- klangfalter - convolution audio plugin
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- lv2vocoder - LV2 vocoder plugin (◼)
- mod-distortion - analog distortion emulation plugin
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- mod-pitchshifter - pitch shifter audio plugins
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- paulstretch - Extreme sound time-stretch (◼
- stretchplayer - Audio file player with time stretch and pitch shifting (◼)
- sonic - Simple utility to speed up or slow down speech (◼)
- phasex - Phase Harmonic Advanced Synthesis EXperiment (◼)
- pitcheddelay - pitch-shifting delay
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- playitslowly - Plays back audio files at a different speed or pitch (◼)
- radium-compressor - audio compressor for JACK (◼)
- rakarrack - Simple and easy guitar effects processor for GNU/Linux (◼)
- rev-plugins - reverb LADSPA plugin (◼)
- rkrlv2 - Rakarrack LV2 Plugin Ports
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- rubberband-ladspa - LADSPA plugin for audio pitch-shifting (◼)
- soundstretch - Stretches and pitch-shifts sound independently (◼)
- terminatorx - realtime audio synthesizer (◼
- vocoder-ladspa - LADSPA Vocoder Plugin
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- vocproc - LV2 plugin for pitch shifting and vocoding (◼)
- wah-plugins - auto-wah LADSPA plugin (◼)
- wasp-ladspa - WASP LADSPA plugin
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- zita-rev1 - pro-audio reverb effect (◼)
- creox - a real-time sound/effects processor.
- malefica - virtual high-gain distortion guitar pedal based on original schematics
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- mixxx - Digital Disc Jockey Interface (◼)
- xwax - open-source vinyl emulation software for Linux with timecoded vinyl support (◼)
- triceratops-lv2 - polyphonic additive software synthesizer plugin
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- zynaddsubfx - Realtime software synthesizer for Linux (◼)
- zynaddsubfx-dssi - dssi plugin of zynaddsubfx (◼)
- yoshimi - software synthesizer based on ZynAddSubFX (◼)
- add64 - additive synthesizer for JACK
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- bristol - vintage synthesizer emulator (◼)
- monobristol - simple GUI for Bristol (◼)
- amsynth - two oscillator software synthesizer (◼)
- blepvco - LADSPA, minBLEP-based, hard-sync-capable oscillator plugins (◼)
- cursynth - Cursynth is a polyphonic music synthesizer that runs graphically inside your terminal.
- Discovery Pro - Virtual Analog synthesizer + sampler
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- helm - polyphonic synthesizer
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- synthv1 - old-school polyphonic synthesizer (◼)
- obxd - ob-x emulation plugin
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- sineshaper - Monophonic synth plugin with two oscillators and waveshapers (◼)
- whysynth - DSSI Soft Synth Interface (◼)
- wolpertinger - Subtractive synth with a sharp bandpass filter
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- dexed - FM Plugin Synth
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- oxefmsynth - 8 operators FM synth
- hexter - Yamaha DX7 modeling DSSI plugin (◼)
- sorcer - Sorcer polyphonic wavetable synth LV2 plugin
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- wsynth-dssi - hack on Xsynth-DSSI to allow wavetable synthesis (◼)
- blop - Bandlimited wavetable-based plugins for LADSPA hosts (◼)
- din - digital audio synthesizer (◼)
- drumkv1 - old-school drum-kit sampler (◼)
- argotlunar - Realtime granulator LV2/VST plugin
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- qsynth - fluidsynth MIDI sound synthesiser front-end (◼)
- fluidsynth - Real-time MIDI software synthesizer (◼)
- fluid-soundfont-gm - Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont (GM)
- drmr - An LV2 sampler plugin that (currently) plays hydrogen drum kits
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- fabla - Fabla drum sampler plugin instrument
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- freebirth-data - Bass synthesizer/sample player/sequencer -- sound samples (◼)
- freebirth - Bass synthesizer/sample player/sequencer (◼)
- gmorgan - MIDI rhythm station emulator software (◼)
- newtonator - LV2 synth that produces unpredictable sounds
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- xsynth-dssi - classic-analog (VCOs-VCF-VCA) style software synthesizer (◼)
- paraphrasis - spectral modeling synthesizer
- U-HE Repro-1 - Synth with raw, analogue inspiration, reverently modelling a classic synth
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- ams - Realtime modular synthesizer for ALSA (◼)
- ams-lv2 - set of Voltage Controlled LV2 modules for Ingen
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- Psychosynth - an interactive modular soft-synth inspired by the ideas of the Reactable
- BEAST/BSE - music composition and modular synthesis application
- Sunvox - a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern-based sequencer (tracker)
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- spiralsynthmodular - object orientated music studio
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- mcp-plugins - LADSPA plugins designed for Alsa Modular Synth (◼)
- omins - collection of LADSPA plugins aimed at modular synthesizers (◼)
- aeolus - Synthesised pipe organ emulator (◼)
- horgand - JACK capable organ softsynth (◼)
- azr3-jack - drawbar organ simulator (◼)
- setbfree - DSP tonewheel organ (◼)
- 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.
- showq - MIDI controllable audio player (◼)
- silan - commandline tool to detect silence in audio-files
- silentjack - silence detector for the JACK audio system (◼)
- fadecut - toolset to rip audiostreams, cut, fade in/out and tag the resulting audiofiles (◼)
- gwc - Audio file denoiser (◼) http://panic.et.tudelft.nl/~costar/gramofile/ 404
- declick - a dynamic digital declicker for audio sample files.
- ecasound - command-line multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (◼)
- nama - Multitrack recording with Ecasound (◼)
- timemachine - JACK audio recorder for spontaneous and conservatory use (◼)
- sox - Swiss army knife of sound processing (◼)
- libsox-fmt-all - All SoX format libraries (◼)
- Samplecat - a program for cataloguing and auditioning audio samples.
- baudline - Time-frequency browser designed for scientific visualization of the spectral domain - Fourier, correlation, transfer function, impulse response, and raster transforms
- brp-pacu - audio analysis tool (◼)
- ebumeter - Loudness measurement according to EBU-R128 (◼)
- extace - waveform viewer (◼)
- jaaa - audio signal generator and spectrum analyser (◼)
- jackmeter - a basic command line meter for the JACK audio system (◼)
- jkmeter - horizontal or vertical bargraph audio level meter for Jack Audio Connection Kit (◼)
- bitmeter - diagnosis tool for JACK audio software (◼)
- xoscope - digital oscilloscope (◼)
- meterbridge - Collection of Audio meters for the JACK audio server (◼)
- QLoud - tool to measure loudspeaker frequency and step responses and distortions
- siggen - Waveform generation tools (◼)
- spek - acoustic spectrum analyser
- sonic-visualiser - View and analyse the contents of music audio files (◼)
- easyssp - audio visualization plugin
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- japa - JACK and ALSA Perceptual Analyser (◼)
- fmit - Free Music Instrument Tuner (◼)
- gtklick - simple metronome GUI for JACK (◼)
- gtick - Metronome application (◼)
- gxtuner - Tuner for Jack (◼)
- lingot - accurate and easy to use musical instrument tuner
- gtkguitune - Guitar and other instruments tuner
- jack-keyboard - Virtual MIDI keyboard for JACK MIDI (◼)
- abcmidi - converter from ABC to MIDI format and back (◼)
- arpage - MIDI Arpeggiator w/ JACK Tempo Sync.
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- gmidimonitor - GTK+ application that shows MIDI events (◼
- kmidimon - MIDI monitor using ALSA sequencer and KDE user interface (◼)
- m2hpc - MIDI to Hydrogen Pattern Converter
- MidiJoystick - MidiJoystick is a MIDI client for the Jack Audio Connection Kit on Linux, which lets you use your joystick to emit MIDI commands
- midimsg-lv2 - set of plugins to transform midi output
- midisox - a SoX-like workalike, for handling MIDI files
- qmidiarp - MIDI arpeggiator for ALSA (◼)
- qmidinet - MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast (◼)
- vmpk - Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard (◼)
- mididings - MIDI router and processor based on Python (◼)
- swami - MIDI instrument editor application (◼)
- pjb.au MIDI scripts - Various MIDI utilities and scripts
- QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast
- QXGEdit - Editor for MIDI System Exclusive files for XG devices (eg. Yamaha DB50XG).
- SendMIDI - multi-platform command-line tool makes it very easy to quickly send MIDI messages to MIDI devices from your computer.
- JackAss - JACK-MIDI support for VST hosts, including Wine apps
- simple-sysexxer - GUI tool to create backups of the memory contents of MIDI devices
- qxgedit - MIDI System Exclusive files editor (◼)
- handbrake - versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder (GTK+ GUI) (◼)
- winff - graphical video and audio batch converter using ffmpeg or avconv (◼)
- winff-qt - Qt variant of winff (Hoempage)
- winff-gtk2 - GTK+ variant of winff (Hoempage)
- audiotools - Collection of audio handling programs for the command line (◼)
- soundconverter - GNOME application to convert audio files into other formats (◼)
- ambdec - Ambisonic decoder for first and second order (◼)
- hydro2sf2 - a tool which allows you to convert a Hydrogen drumkit into a SF2 soundfont
- ogmrip - Application for ripping and encoding DVD (◼)
- winff - graphical video and audio batch converter using ffmpeg or avconv (◼)
- ffmpeg - Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files (◼)
- mplayer2 - next generation movie player for Unix-like systems (◼)
- zita-bls1 - binaural stereo signals converter (◼)
- mp3splt-gtk - GTK interface to split MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files without reencoding (◼)
- dir2ogg - audio file converter into ogg-vorbis format (◼)
- mp3diags - find issues in MP3 files and help to solve them (◼)
- mp3val - program for MPEG audio stream validation (◼)
- transmageddon - video transcoder for Linux and Unix systems built using GStreamer (◼)
- ffmpeg2theora - Theora video encoder using ffmpeg (◼)
- sound-juicer - GNOME CD Ripper (◼)
- mediainfo-gui - graphical utility for reading information from audio/video files (◼)
- mediainfo - command-line utility for reading information from audio/video files (◼)
- jackd - JACK Audio Connection Kit (◼)
- qjackctl - User interface for controlling the JACK sound server (◼)
- aj-snapshot - make snapshots of JACK connections (◼)
- cadence - JACK audio toolbox
- carla-lv2 - audio plugin host (LV2 plugin)
- carla - audio plugin host
- catia - extended JACK patchbay
- claudia - extended ladish frontend
- gladish - graphical interface for LADI Session Handler (◼)
- jack-capture - program for recording soundfiles with jack (◼)
- jack-mixer - JACK Audio Mixer (◼)
- gjacktransport - access to the JACK's transport mechanism as touchable slider (◼)
- jack-rack - LADSPA effects "rack" for JACK (◼)
- jack-tools - various JACK tools: dl, record, scope, osc, plumbing, udp, play, transport (◼)
- jackd2-firewire - JACK Audio Connection Kit (FFADO and FreeBoB backends) (◼)
- jackeq - routes and manipulates audio from/to multiple sources (◼)
- laditools - Linux Audio Desktop Integration Tools (◼)
- patchage - modular patch bay for Jack audio and Alsa Midi (◼)
- qjackrcd - Qt4 application to record JACK server outputs (◼)
- rotter - JACK client for transmission recording and audio logging (◼)
- zita-mu1 - organise stereo monitoring for Jack Audio Connection Kit (◼)
- a2jmidid - Daemon for exposing legacy ALSA MIDI in JACK MIDI systems (◼)
- aconnectgui - graphical ALSA sequencer connection manager
- alsa-tools-gui - GUI based ALSA utilities for specific hardware (◼)
- alsa-tools - Console based ALSA utilities for specific hardware (◼)
- alsa-utils - Utilities for configuring and using ALSA (◼)
- zita-ajbridge - alsa to jack bridge (◼)
- ffado-mixer-qt4 - FFADO D-Bus mixer applets (QT4) (◼)
- libraw1394-11 - library for direct access to IEEE 1394 bus (aka FireWire) (◼)
- libraw-bin - raw image decoder library (tools) (◼)
- libraw10 - raw image decoder library (◼)
- libraw1394-tools - library for direct access to IEEE 1394 bus (aka FireWire) (◼)
- airwave - Airwave is a WINE-based VST bridge, that allows for the use of Windows 32- and 64-bit VST 2.4 audio plugins with Linux VST hosts
- dssi-vst - Adapter for VST an VSTi audio plugins
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- festige - GUI for fst and dssi-vst
- linvst - LinVst enables Windows VSTs to be used as Linux VSTs in Linux VST-capable DAWs.
- vst-bridge - VST bridge for Windows vst on Linux
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- padevchooser - PulseAudio Device Chooser (◼)
- paman - PulseAudio Manager (◼)
- paprefs - PulseAudio Preferences (◼)
- pavucontrol - PulseAudio Volume Control (◼)
- pavumeter - PulseAudio Volume Meter (◼)
- pulseaudio-module-jack - jackd modules for PulseAudio sound server (◼)
- pulseaudio-module-lirc - lirc module for PulseAudio sound server (◼)
- pulseaudio-module-x11 - X11 module for PulseAudio sound server (◼)
- pulseaudio-utils - Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound server (◼)
- pulseaudio - PulseAudio sound server (◼)
- jalv - tool to run LV2 plugins as stand-alone applications (◼)
- ingen - modular audio processing system for Jack and LV2 based systems.
- linux-image-rt-686-pae - Linux for modern PCs (meta-package), PREEMPT_RT
- linux-image-rt-686-pae - Linux for modern PCs (meta-package), PREEMPT_RT
- rtirq-init - startup script for realtime-preempt enabled kernels (◼)
- realtimeconfigquickscan - Linux configuration checker for systems to be used for real-time audio
- rtkit - Realtime Policy and Watchdog Daemon (◼)
See https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted/#media-streaming for the main list
- autoradio - radio automation software (◼)
- gpac - GPAC Project on Advanced Content - utilities (◼)
- landell - audio and video streams manager (◼)
- vlc-nox - multimedia player and streamer (without X support) (◼)
- vlc - multimedia player and streamer (◼)
- zita-njbridge - Jack clients to transmit multichannel audio over a local IP network (◼)
Icecast clients
- oggfwd - basic icecast source client for audio and video streaming (◼)
- ices2 - Ogg Vorbis streaming source for Icecast 2 (◼)
- ezstream - easy media streaming client over icecast servers (◼)
- idjc - graphical shoutcast/icecast client (◼)
- darkice - Live audio streamer (◼)
- darksnow - simple graphical user interface to darkice (◼)
- liquidsoap - audio streaming language (◼)
- liguidsoap - control GUI for liquidsoap (◼)
- liquidsoap-plugin-all - audio streaming language -- all plugins (◼)
- D::Light - mobile, flexible solution to control modern lighting/performance technology.
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- hyperion - An opensource 'AmbiLight' implementation controlled using the RaspBerry Pi
- OLA - The DMX512 standard for Digital MultipleX is used for digital communication networks commonly used to control stage lighting and effects. (◼
- Q Light Controller+ (QLC+) - a free and cross-platform software to control DMX or analog lighting systems like moving heads, dimmers, scanners etc.
See also Linux4VJs VJ tools
- kdenlive - non-linear video editor (◼)
- Natron - Cross-platform open-source compositing software
- cinelerra - Cinema Production Software
- Lightworks - professional Non-Linear Editing (NLE) software supporting resolutions up to 4K.
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- openshot - Create and edit videos and movies (◼)
- CasparCG Server - professional software used to play out and record professional graphics, audio and video to multiple outputs.for broadcast production
- CHDK - Canon Hack Development Kit
- delvj - a cyborg video jockey extension for pure data processing
- dvswitch - basic video mixer for live DV streams (◼)
- ffdiaporama - Movie creator from photos and video clips (◼)
- 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 (◼)
- Gephex - modular video jockey software
- glmixer - Graphic Live Mixer
- kino - Non-linear editor for Digital Video data (◼)
- lives - Video Editing system allowing users to edit and create video (◼)
- 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.
- Moviepy - Python module for video editing, which can be used for basic operations (like cuts, concatenations, title insertions), video compositing (a.k.a. non-linear editing), video processing, or to create advanced effects.
- Natron - free open-source, cross-platform compositing software. It aims to produce visual effects.
- pitivi - non-linear audio/video editor using GStreamer (◼)
- 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 (◼)
- ZS4 - advanced video editing and compositing software with over 150 built-in video effects.
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- xdmx - distributed multihead X server
- mistserver - Live or Video on Demand streaming media server that works well in any streaming environment
- dvgrab - grab digital video data via IEEE1394 and USB links (◼)
- vid.stab - Video stabilization library http://public.hronopik.de/vid.stab/
- pydub - Manipulate audio with a simple and easy high level interface http://pydub.com
- Blackmagic Da Vinci Resolve - editing, color correction and professional audio post production, all in a single application
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- Nuke Studio - cutting-edge toolkits for node-based compositing, editorial and review
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- blender - Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer (◼)
- aqsis - 3D rendering solution adhering to the RenderMan(R) standard, binaries (◼)
- Ayam - a free 3D modelling environment for the RenderMan interface.
- EQUINOX-3D - The 3D modeler with the fastest, fully integrated ray-tracer.
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- evolvotron - Generator of textures through interactive evolution (◼)
- fractalnow - Fast, advanced fractal generator (◼)
- fraqtive - draws Mandelbrot and Julia fractals (◼)
- geomview - interactive geometry viewing program (◼)
- javamorph - Java morphing film-make program for pixel picture-input (◼)
- k3d - 3D modeling and animation system, binary files (◼)
- makehuman - Modelling of 3-Dimensional humanoid characters (◼)
- mandelbulber - 3D fractal renderer and animator (◼)
- meshlab - System for processing and editing triangular meshes (◼)
- sunflow - rendering system for photo-realistic image synthesis (GUI) (◼)
- sweethome3d-furniture-editor - Sweet Home 3D Furniture Library Editor (◼)
- sweethome3d-furniture-nonfree - Interior 2D design application with 3D preview (additional non-free furniture) (◼)
- sweethome3d-furniture - Interior 2D design application with 3D preview (additional furniture) (◼)
- sweethome3d-textures-editor - Sweet Home 3D Textures Library Editor (◼)
- sweethome3d - Interior 2D design application with 3D preview (◼)
- 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 (◼)
- 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.
- flumotion - modern streaming media server built with a modular distributed design, giving you stability and scalability in offering high-quality streaming media.
- aegisub - advanced subtitle editor (◼)
- devede - simple application to create Video DVDs (◼)
- gnome-subtitles - Subtitle editor for the GNOME Desktop environment (◼)
- subtitlecomposer - Subtitles editor for KDE (◼)
- subtitleeditor - Graphical subtitle editor with sound waves representation (◼)
- vlc-plugin-vlsub - VLC extension to download subtitles from opensubtitles.org (◼)
- cabbage-plugins-extra - csound development toolkit plugins (Extra)
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- cabbage-plugins - csound development toolkit plugins
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- clam-networkeditor-examples - CLAM Network Editor, examples (◼)
- clam-networkeditor - CLAM Network Editor, prototyping tool for CLAM (◼)
- csladspa - LADSPA plugin for Csound (◼)
- csound-data - data files used by the csound library (◼)
- csound-utils - miscellaneous utilities for the Csound system (◼)
- csound - powerful and versatile sound synthesis software (◼)
- csoundqt - frontend for the csound sound processor (◼)
- IanniX - a graphical open source sequencer, based on Iannis Xenakis works, for digital art.
- lcd4linux - Grabs information and displays it on an external lcd (◼)
- lcdproc - LCD display driver daemon and clients (◼)
- lirc - infra-red remote control support (◼)
- nyquist - language for music composition and sound synthesis (◼)
- pd-csound - Csound external for PureData (◼)
- puredata - realtime computer music and graphics system (◼)
- 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) (◼)
- supercollider - real time audio synthesis programming language (◼)
- camomile - a dynamic vst plugin that loads Pure Data patches
- i-score - Interactive multi-protocol intermedia sequencer using OSC, Minuit, and more
- i-score audio extension - Add audio sequencer features to i-score.
Sample segmentation, analysis, programmable editors
- SndBite - audio editor specialized in linguistic research, designed for breaking large recordings into smaller components with great efficiency.
- wavesurfer - Sound visualization and manipulation program for speech/sound analysis and sound annotation/transcription (◼)
- snd-gtk-jack - Powerful sound file editor that can be customized and extended using the Scheme programming language (◼)
- aubio-tools - library for audio segmentation -- utilities (◼)
- musescore - popular professional level WYIWYG music score editor (◼)
- denemo - GTK+ front end to GNU Lilypond (◼)
- lilypond - program for typesetting sheet music (◼)
- nted - Musical score editor (◼)
- audacious - small and fast audio player which supports lots of formats (◼)
- mpv - video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (◼)
- quodlibet - audio library manager and player for GTK3 (◼)
- vlc - multimedia player and streamer (◼)
- rhythmbox - music player and organizer for GNOME (◼)
- amarok - easy to use media player based on the KDE Platform (◼)
- ario - GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) (◼)
- banshee - Media Management and Playback application (◼)
- cantata - KDE client for the music player daemon (MPD) (◼)
- clementine - modern music player and library organizer (◼)
- exaile - flexible, full-featured audio player (◼)
- gmusicbrowser - graphical jukebox for large music collections (◼)
- gnome-music - Music is the new GNOME music playing application (◼)
- gpodder - podcast client and feed aggregator (◼)
- Groove Basin - Music player server with a web-based user interface (◼)
- guayadeque - lightweight music player (◼)
- moc - ncurses based console audio player (◼)
- mplayer2 - next generation movie player for Unix-like systems (◼)
- musique - Simple but sophisticated graphical music player (◼)
- sonata - GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) (◼)
- 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
- AVLinux
- ArtistX
- DidJiX
- Musical Artifacts - Helping to catalogue, preserve and free the artifacts you need to produce music.
- Freesound - a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps, ... released under Creative Commons licenses that allow their reuse.
- CCMixter - Search engine fore Creative Commons multimedia content
- Freepats project - Free and open instrument sets, samples, sound synthesis, music...
- Linux Audio Wiki - All apps
- Linux Software on KVR Audio
- Comparison of free software for audio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Libre Music Production - News, articles, tutorials, interviews, tools, resources...
- Linux Audio Users Guide
- Linux MAO Wiki (fr)
- Linux Audio Wiki
- KXStudio Manual - a good introduction to Linux Audio in general.
- Linuxaudio.org
- ALSA Hardware Compatibility list
- alsa.opensrc.org Wiki (Source)
- JACK Audio Wiki
- CommandLineFu - commands tagged audio
- IRC channels on the Freenode Network: #lad, #lau, ##linuxaudio, and #opensourcemusicians
- Linux Audio Mailing lists: Users, Developers, System Tuning, Announces
- /r/linuxaudio - Music and Audio on the Linux platform [RSS]
- Linux Audio Blogs/Planet [RSS]
- audio4linux Forum (de)
- OpenSourceMusician Wiki/Podcast (inactive)
- AVLinux Forums
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