awesome-linuxaudio/README.md

awesome-linuxaudio

A list of software and resources for professional audio/video/live events production on Linux. Patches welcome.

   Unpackaged
⊘   Non-free/closed source

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• Effects
• Instruments
• Lighting
• System utilities
• Signal processing/electronics
• Audio utilities
• Converters/streaming/transport
• DAW/Sequencers
• Editors
• Samplers
• Video
• Audio players
• Metapackages
• Samples/Resources
• Linux Distributions
• Unsorted
• Links
• TODO
• LICENSE

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Effects

• abgate - LV2 noise gate plugin (Homepage)
• amb-plugins - greffons LADPSA ambisonics (Homepage)
• arctican-plugins - Arctican Plugins
• 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 - Calf Studiogear - audio effects and sound generators (Homepage)
• cmt - a collection of LADSPA plugins (Homepage)
• deteriorate-lv2 - set of LV2 plugins to deteriorate sound quality
• drc - digital room correction (Homepage)
• eq10q - LV2 equalizer
• fil-plugins - parametric equalizer LADSPA plugin (Homepage)
• fomp - collection of LV2 audio plugins (Homepage)
• g2reverb - reverb LADSPA plugin
• guitarix - Rock guitar amplifier for Jack (Homepage)
• 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 (Homepage)
• ir.lv2 - LV2 IR reverb (Homepage)
• jalv - tool to run LV2 plugins as stand-alone applications (Homepage)
• 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
• midimsg-lv2 - set of plugins to transform midi output
• 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)
• rakarrack - Simple and easy guitar effects processor for GNU/Linux (Homepage)
• rev-plugins - reverb LADSPA plugin (Homepage)
• 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)
• tap-plugins - Tom's Audio Processing LADSPA plugins (Homepage)
• terminatorx - realtime audio synthesizer (Homepage
• vco-plugins - LADSPA plugin sporting anti-aliased oscillators (Homepage)
• vocproc - LV2 plugin for pitch shifting and vocoding (Homepage)
• vocproc - LV2 plugin for pitch shifting and vocoding (Homepage)
• wah-plugins - auto-wah LADSPA plugin
• x42-plugins - Collection of LV2 plugins (Homepage)
• zita-at1 - autotuner JACK (Homepage)
• zita-rev1 - effet de réverbération pro-audio (Homepage) auto-wah LADSPA plugin (Homepage)

Instruments

• aeolus - synthétiseur émulant un orgue (Homepage)
• ams - synthétiseur modulaire en temps réel pour ALSA (Homepage)
• amsynth - synthétiseur logiciel à deux oscillateurs (Homepage)
• bristol - vintage synthesizer emulator (Homepage)
• din - digital audio synthesizer (Homepage)
• drumgizmo - drum plugin comparable to commercial products
• drumkv1 - old-school drum-kit sampler (Homepage)
• gmorgan - MIDI rhythm station emulator software (Homepage)
• horgand - JACK capable organ softsynth (Homepage)
• samplv1 - polyphonic sampler synthesizer (Homepage)
• setbfree - DSP tonewheel organ (Homepage)
• sineshaper - Monophonic synth plugin with two oscillators and waveshapers (Homepage)
• synthv1 - old-school polyphonic synthesizer (Homepage)
• whysynth - DSSI Soft Synth Interface (Homepage)
• xwax - open-source vinyl emulation software for Linux (Homepage)
• zynaddsubfx - synthétiseur logiciel en temps réel pour Linux (Homepage)

Lighting

• Q Light Controller+ (QLC+) - a free and cross-platform software to control DMX or analog lighting systems like moving heads, dimmers, scanners etc. 

System utilities

• 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 (Homepage)
• 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)
• 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)
• jackd2 - Kit de connection audio JACK (serveur et exemples de clients) (Homepage)
• laditools - Linux Audio Desktop Integration Tools (Homepage)
• linux-image-rt-686-pae - Linux for modern PCs (meta-package), PREEMPT_RT
• patchage - Baie modulaire pour l'audio Jack et Alsa Midi (Homepage)
• qjackctl - User interface for controlling the JACK sound server (Homepage) * jackeq - routes and manipulates audio from/to multiple sources (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)

Signal processing/electronics

• 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)
• puredata - realtime computer music and graphics system (Homepage)

Audio utilities

• gtklick - simple metronome GUI for JACK (Homepage)
• jaaa - audio signal generator and spectrum analyser (Homepage)
• jack-keyboard - Virtual MIDI keyboard for JACK MIDI (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)
• meterbridge - Collection of Audio meters for the JACK audio server (Homepage)
• qmidiarp - arpégiateur MIDI pour ALSA (Homepage)
• 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
• vmpk - Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard (Homepage)

Converters/streaming/transport

• Airtime - With open source Sourcefabric Airtime, online radio has never been easier. 
• darkice - Live audio streamer (Homepage)
• darksnow - simple graphical user interface to darkice (Homepage)
• ezstream - easy media streaming client over icecast servers (Homepage)
• icecast2 - streaming media server (Homepage)
• idjc - graphical shoutcast/icecast client (Homepage)
• landell - audio and video streams manager (Homepage)
• oggfwd - basic icecast source client for audio and video streaming (Homepage)
• qmidinet - MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast (Homepage)
• rotter - JACK client for transmission recording and audio logging (Homepage)
• sound-juicer - GNOME CD Ripper (Homepage)
• vlc-nox - multimedia player and streamer (without X support) (Homepage)
• vlc - multimedia player and streamer (Homepage)
• winff-qt - Qt variant of winff (Homepage)
• winff - graphical video and audio batch converter using ffmpeg or avconv (Homepage)
• zita-bls1 - convertisseur de signaux stéréo binauraux (Homepage)
• zita-njbridge - Jack clients to transmit multichannel audio over a local IP network (Homepage)

DAW/Sequencers

• ardour3 - digital audio workstation (graphical gtk2 interface) (Homepage)
• Bitwig | Bitwig Studio - dynamic software for creation and performance of your musical ideas on stage or in the studio. ⊘
• dino - Integrated MIDI piano roll editor and sequencer engine (Homepage)
• mixxx - Digital Disc Jockey Interface (Homepage)
• muse - Qt4-based audio/MIDI sequencer (Homepage)
• qtractor - MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer application (Homepage)
• rosegarden - music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer (Homepage)

Editors

• audacity - Éditeur audio rapide multi plate-forme (Homepage)
• snd-gtk - Sound file editor (dummy transitional package) (Homepage)

Samplers

• hydrogen-drumkits - drumkits for Hydrogen (Homepage)
• hydrogen - advanced drum machine/step sequencer (Homepage)
• linuxsampler-all - realtime audio sampler (meta)
• petri-foo - MIDI controllable audio sampler - successor of specimen (Homepage)
• qsampler - LinuxSampler GUI frontend based on the Qt toolkit (Homepage)

Video

• dvswitch - basic video mixer for live DV streams (Homepage)
• lives - Video Editing system allowing users to edit and create video (Homepage)

Audio players

• 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)
• 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)
• guayadeque - lightweight music player (Homepage)
• moc - ncurses based console audio player (Homepage)
• musique - Simple but sophisticated graphical music player (Homepage)
• quodlibet - audio library manager and player for GTK3 (Homepage)
• rhythmbox - music player and organizer for GNOME (Homepage)
• sonata - GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) (Homepage)
• vlc - multimedia player and streamer (Homepage)

Metapackages

• 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

Samples/Resources

• SFZ Drum kits

Linux Distributions

• Ubuntu Studio
• 64 Studio

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Unsorted

• abcmidi - Convertit les fichiers ABC au format MIDI et inversement

• aubio-tools - Bibliothèque pour la segmentation sonore - utilitaires

• denemo - frontal gtk+ pour GNU Lilypond (Homepage)

• ecasound - multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (Homepage)

• fluid-soundfont-gm - Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont (GM)

• fluidsynth - Logiciel de synthèse MIDI en temps réel (Homepage)

• freewheeling - live looping musical instrument (Homepage)

• gjacktransport - access to the JACK's transport mechanism as touchable slider (Homepage)

• gmidimonitor - GTK+ application that shows MIDI events (Homepage)

• jamin - Audio mastering from a mixed down multitrack source with JACK (Homepage)

• japa - JACK and ALSA Perceptual Analyser (Homepage)

• jokosher - simple and easy to use audio multi-tracker (Homepage)

• kluppe - a loop-player and recorder designed for live use (Homepage)

• libsox-fmt-all - All SoX format libraries (Homepage)

• lmms - studio multimedia pour Linux (Homepage)

• mhwaveedit - Simple and fast GTK2 sound editor (Homepage)

• mididings - MIDI router and processor based on Python (Homepage)

• milkytracker - music creation tool inspired by Fast Tracker 2 (Homepage)

• qsynth - Interface graphique pour le synthétiseur MIDI fluidsynth (Homepage)

• qtractor - Séquenceur Audio/MIDI multi-pistes (Homepage)

• rezound -

• schism - Clone de ImpulseTracker (même interface, même comportement) (Homepage)

• seq24 - Séquenceur MIDI temps réel (Homepage)

• sonic-visualiser - View and analyse the contents of music audio files (Homepage)

• sooperlooper - échantilloneur de boucle (Homepage)

• soundconverter - Application GNOME pour convertir des fichiers audio d'un format à un autre (Homepage)

• sox - outils complets pour le traitement des sons (Homepage)

• stretchplayer - Audio file player with time stretch and pitch shifting (Homepage

• swami - éditeur d'instruments MIDI (Homepage)

• timemachine - enregistreur audio JACK pour une utilisation spontanée et de conservation (Homepage)

• traverso - Multitrack audio recorder and editor (Homepage)

• yoshimi - software synthesizer based on ZynAddSubFX (Homepage)

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Links

General doc/software/forums

• Linux-Sound Wiki
• LinuxMusicians Forum • Index page
• Linux MAO Wiki (fr)
• KXStudio : Repositories : Applications
• KXStudio : Repositories : Plugins
• /r/linuxaudio - Music and Audio on the Linux platform
• http://www.linux-sound.org/
• http://linuxaudio.org/resources
• http://lau.linuxaudio.org/

Howtos

• System Preparations
• System configuration [Linux-Sound]

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TODO

• list packages in kxstudio repos
• split utilities between audio and system utilities
• sort the following list
• provide configuration scripts for debian systems
• centralize resources (samples, presets...) somewhere if license allows it
• re-run dwlink -mb with LANG=C to get packages descriptions in english
• add links from http://linux-sound.org/

LICENSE

This work is licensed under the CreativeCommons Attribution Share-alike license.