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

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awesome-linuxaudio

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. Software listed here is Free Software unless noted otherwise.

List keys:

  • ◼ Debian package: can be installed directly using APT on Debian and derivatives.
  • ▒ KXStudio package: can be installed using APT on KXStudio or Debian with KXStudio repositories enabled.
  • © Non-Free/closed source software: programs that restrict use/study/modification/distribution.

DAW/Sequencers

  • ardour - Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and Multichannel Hard Disk Recorder (HDR) (◼) ▒
  • vcvrack - Open-source virtual Eurorack DAW ▒
  • AudioNodes - Free, modular audio production suite with multi-track audio mixing, audio effects, parameter automation, MIDI editing, synthesis, cloud production, custom MIDI i/o, and more. (Browser version) ©
  • b-step sequencer - harmonic music step sequencer to create melodies, arpeggios, drumsets, and basslines on the fly ©
  • 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 (◼)
  • friniika - A complete music workstation for Windows/Linux/OSX
  • Harrison Mixbus - the first full-featured DAW with true analog style mixing. ©
  • 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. ▒
  • lmms - Linux Multimedia Studio (◼) ▒
  • meterec - minimalistic multi track recorder (◼)
  • muse - Qt4-based audio/MIDI sequencer (◼)
  • qtractor - MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer application (◼)
  • Radium Editor - Radium is a music editor with a new type of interface.
  • REAPER - A complete digital audio production application for computers, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset. ©
  • rosegarden - music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer (◼)
  • seq24 - Minimalist Real time MIDI sequencer (◼)
  • [sequencer64] - Real time MIDI sequencer, a major reboot of seq24 with many new features.
  • Tracktion - The musician's DAW ©
  • traverso - Multitrack audio recorder and editor (◼)

Trackers

  • goattracker - C64 music editor. ◼)
  • jacker - A MIDI tracker for JACK ▒
  • klystrack - Chiptune tracker (◼)
  • milkytracker - music creation tool inspired by Fast Tracker 2 (◼)
  • Renoise - a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) using a tracker-based approach. ©
  • schism - ImpulseTracker clone aiming at providing the same look&feel (◼)
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Audio Editors

  • audacity - fast, cross-platform audio editor (◼)
  • eisenkraut - A multi-channel and hi-res capable audio file editor (◼)
  • kwave - sound editor for KDE (◼)
  • LAoE - Rich featured graphical audio sample editor featuring multi-layers, floating-point samples, volume-masks, variable selection-intensity, spectrogram editing, and plugins 2011
  • mhwaveedit - Simple and fast GTK2 sound editor (◼) 2013
  • 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
  • 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.
  • smasher - Cross-platform audio loop slicer designed to create sliced loops from WAV, MP3, FLAC or AIFF files in seconds without a sequencer 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
  • sweep - Audio editor and live playback tool (◼)

Samplers

  • 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 (◼) ▒
  • giada - hardcore loop machine (◼) ▒
  • hydrogen - advanced drum machine/step sequencer (◼)
  • linuxsampler-all - realtime audio sampler (Standalone, DSSI, LV2 and VST) ▒
    • ls16 - DSSI plugin offering a front-end to the LinuxSampler library. ▒
  • samplv1 - polyphonic sampler synthesizer (◼)
  • avldrums.lv2 - drum sample player plugin dedicated to Glen MacArthur's AVLdrums. Rapidly sequence and mix midi-drums. ▒
  • dgedit - drum kit editor for DrumGizmo (◼)
  • freewheeling - live looping musical instrument (◼)
  • kluppe - a loop-player and recorder designed for live use (◼)
  • luppp - music creation tool, intended for live use. (◼) ▒
  • petri-foo - MIDI controllable audio sampler - successor of specimen (◼)
  • qsampler - LinuxSampler GUI frontend based on the Qt toolkit (◼)
  • Redux - a sample-based instrument, combined with a powerful phrase sequencer. ©
  • sooperlooper - Looping Sampler (◼)
  • SuperBoucle - Loop application synced with jack transport
  • Tapeutape - Highly configurable midi-controlled virtual sampler.

Effects/Processing

Collections

  • calf-plugins - Calf Studiogear - audio effects and sound generators (◼)
  • dpf-plugins - audio plugin collection from DISTRHO ▒
  • freaked-plugins - Granulator, pre-delay, reverb tail and distortion LV2 Plugins ▒
  • tal-plugins - Togu Audio Line Plugins (Dub-3, Filter/-2, NoiseMaker, Reverb/-2/-3, Vocoder-2) ▒
  • amb-plugins -reverb) - ambisonics LADSPA plugins (◼)
  • arctican-plugins - Arctican Plugins ▒
  • artyfx - Arty FX plugin suite ▒
  • avw.lv2 - collection of Voltage Controlled LV2 modules (◼) 2013
  • caps-lv2 - LV2 port for the CAPS Audio Plugin Suite ▒
  • caps - C* Audio Plugin Suite (CAPS) comprises a range of classic sound effects and a few more basic audio DSP units, signal and noise generators. (◼)
  • cmt - a collection of LADSPA plugins (◼) ▒
  • drowaudio-plugins - dRowAudio Plugins (LV2 & VST) ▒
  • fomp - 1 auto-wah, 1 EQ, 3 chorus, 5 filters, and 3 oscillators LV2 plugins. (◼) ▒
  • foo-plugins - small set of LADSPA plugins (Lookahead Limiter/Transient Architect) ▒
  • infamous-plugins - creative 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 ▒
  • leet-plugins - LEET LADSPA plugins ▒
  • Linux Studio Plugins - Collection of LV2/LADSPA/VST/standalone audio processing applications
  • mda-lv2 - Paul Kellett's MDA 36 high-quality plugins ported to LV2 (◼)
    • mda-vst - Paul Kellett's MDA plugins ported to VST ▒
    • mod-mda-lv2 - Paul Kellett's MDA plugins ported to LV2 (MOD version) ▒
  • mod-utilities - LV2 plugin utilities (filters/gain/switches/meter) ▒
  • psi-plugins - small collection of LV2 plugins ideal for (but not limited to) electronic music.
  • ste-plugins - stereo LADPSA plugins (◼) ▒
  • swh-lv2 - Steve Harris's SWH plugins ported to LV2 (◼) ▒
  • swh-plugins - Steve Harris's LADSPA plugins (◼) ▒
  • tap-plugins - Tom's Audio Processing LADSPA plugins (◼) ▒
  • teragonaudio-plugins - audio plugins from Teragon Audio ▒
  • vcf-plugins - VCF LADSPA plugins ▒
  • vco-plugins - LADSPA plugin sporting anti-aliased oscillators (◼) ▒
  • x42-plugins - Collection of LV2 plugins (◼) ▒
  • zam-plugins - Plugins for high quality audio processing (◼) ▒

EQ

  • eq10q - LV2 equalizer (◼) ▒
  • fil-plugins - parametric equalizer LADSPA plugin (◼) ▒
  • luftikus - analog modeled equalizer ▒
  • lv2fil - Stereo and mono LV2 plugins, four-band parametric equalisers ▒

Other FX

  • abgate - LV2 noise gate plugin (◼)
  • autotalent - pitch correction LADSPA plugin (◼) ▒
  • 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. (◼) ▒
  • creox - a real-time sound/effects processor.
  • deteriorate-lv2 - set of LV2 plugins to deteriorate sound quality ▒
  • drc - digital room correction (◼)
  • freqtweak - Realtime audio frequency spectral manipulation (◼)
  • g2reverb -reverb LADSPA plugin ▒
  • glitch - Multi-effects audio plugin with sequencer ©
  • go-dsp-guitar - A cross-platform effects processor / amp simulator for electric guitars and other instruments. Supports JACK and remote control through web interface.
  • guitarix - Rock guitar amplifier for Jack (Standalone/LADSPA/LV2) (◼) ▒
    • gxplugins - extra lv2 plugins from the guitarix project ▒
  • gxvoxtonebender - Fuzz Tonebender LV2 plugin ▒
  • holap - Holborn Audio DSSI and LADSPA audio plugins including DSP effects and a FM synthesizer ▒
  • ir.lv2 - LV2 IR reverb (◼) ▒
  • klangfalter - convolution reverb audio plugin (LV2/VST) ▒
  • lv2vocoder - LV2 vocoder plugin (◼)
  • malefica - virtual high-gain distortion guitar pedal based on original schematics ©
  • mod-distortion - analog distortion emulation plugin ▒
  • mod-pitchshifter - Pitch Shifter LV2 effects ▒
  • paulstretch - Extreme sound time-stretch (◼)
  • phasex - Phase Harmonic Advanced Synthesis EXperiment (◼)
  • pitcheddelay - pitch-shifting delay ▒
  • 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 ▒
  • rubberband-ladspa - LADSPA plugin for audio pitch-shifting (◼)
  • sonic - Simple utility to speed up or slow down speech (◼)
  • soundstretch - Stretches and pitch-shifts sound independently (◼)
  • stretchplayer - Audio file player with time stretch and pitch shifting (◼)
  • terminatorx - realtime audio synthesizer (◼)
  • vm.lv2 - virtual machine plugin bundle (Control, CV, Audio, Atom) ▒
  • vocoder-ladspa - LADSPA Vocoder Plugin ▒
  • vocproc - LV2 plugin for pitch shifting and vocoding (◼)
  • wah-plugins - auto-wah LADSPA plugin (◼)
  • wasp-ladspa - WASP LADSPA plugin ▒
  • zita-at1 - JACK autotuner (◼)
  • zita-rev1 - pro-audio reverb effect (◼)

DJing / Vinyl emulation

  • mixxx - Digital Disc Jockey Interface (◼)
  • xwax - open-source vinyl emulation software for Linux with timecoded vinyl support (◼)

Synthesizers

Additive

  • andes - sound synthesiser based on Perlin noise
  • triceratops-lv2 - polyphonic additive software synthesizer plugin ▒
  • add64 - additive synthesizer for JACK ▒
  • yoshimi - software synthesizer based on ZynAddSubFX (◼)
  • zynaddsubfx - Realtime software synthesizer for Linux (◼) ▒

Subtractive

  • amsynth - two oscillator software synthesizer (◼)
  • blepvco - LADSPA, minBLEP-based, hard-sync-capable oscillator plugins (◼) ▒
  • bristol - vintage synthesizer emulator (◼)
  • cursynth - Cursynth is a polyphonic music synthesizer that runs graphically inside your terminal. ▒
  • Discovery Pro - Virtual Analog synthesizer + sampler ©
  • helm - polyphonic synthesizer ▒
  • obxd - ob-x emulation plugin ▒
  • sineshaper - Monophonic synth plugin with two oscillators and waveshapers (◼)
  • synthv1 - old-school polyphonic synthesizer (◼) ▒
  • whysynth - DSSI Soft Synth Interface (◼)
  • wolpertinger - Subtractive synth with a sharp bandpass filter ▒

FM

  • adlplug - FM synthesizer plugins, based on OPL3 and OPN2 sound chip emulations ▒
  • dexed - FM Plugin Synth closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7, including midi cartridge librarian/manager for the DX7. ▒
  • hexter - Yamaha DX7 modeling DSSI plugin (◼) ▒
  • juce-opl - Emulation of the Yamaha OPL sound chip used in PC sound cards from the 90s. ▒
  • oxefmsynth - 8 operators FM synth

Wavetable

  • sorcer - Sorcer polyphonic wavetable synth LV2 plugin ▒
  • wsynth-dssi - hack on Xsynth-DSSI to allow wavetable synthesis (◼) ▒

Other synths

  • drumkv1 - old-school drum-kit sampler (◼) ▒
  • fabla - Fabla drum sampler plugin instrument ▒
  • foo-yc20-vst - VST implementation of a 1969 designed Yamaha combo organ, the YC-20. ▒
  • qsynth - fluidsynth MIDI sound synthesiser front-end (◼)
  • Tracktion BioTek - new generation of software synth that combines the sounds of nature with a complex synthesis engine to create weird and wonderful organic soundscapes. ©
  • argotlunar - Realtime granulator LV2/VST plugin ▒
  • din - digital audio synthesizer (◼)
  • drmr - An LV2 sampler plugin that (currently) plays hydrogen drum kits ▒
  • fluid-soundfont-gm - Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont (GM)
  • fluid-soundfont-gs - Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont (GS)
  • fluidr3-gm-soundfont - Fluid (R3) Mono GM SoundFont from MuseScore 2
  • fluidsynth/-static - Real-time MIDI software synthesizer with plugins for media players (◼) ▒
  • 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 ▒
  • paraphrasis - spectral modeling synthesizer
  • u-he Diva - Virtual Analogue synthesizer ©
  • u-he Hive - Uncomplicated, flexible, CPU-friendly hybrid synthesizer ©
  • u-he Podolski - free, straightforward, CPU-efficient virtual analogue synthesizer. One oscillator, one filter, one envelope and an arpeggiator / sequencer. ©
  • u-he Repro - Meticulously modelled reproductions of two famous analogue synthesizers ©
  • u-he Triple Cheese - Unusual freeware synthesizer without traditional oscillators/wavetables/FM/phase distortion/analogue modelled filters, capable of some surprising sounds. ©
  • u-he Zebra 2 - sound-design playground with numerous sound sculpting tools ©
  • u-he Zebralette - A free synthesizer and an introduction to Zebra2’s fantastic oscillators. ©
  • xsynth-dssi - classic-analog (VCOs/VCF/VCA) style software synthesizer (◼)

Modular synths

  • ams - Realtime modular synthesizer for ALSA (◼)
  • BEAST/BSE - music composition and modular synthesis application
  • ingen - modular audio processing system for Jack and LV2 based systems. ▒
    • ams-lv2 - set of Voltage Controlled LV2 modules for Ingen ▒
  • mcp-plugins - LADSPA plugins designed for Alsa Modular Synth (◼) ▒
  • omins - collection of LADSPA plugins aimed at modular synthesizers (◼)
  • spiralsynthmodular - object orientated music studio ▒
  • Sunvox - a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern-based sequencer (tracker) ©
  • u-he Ace - , Compact, clear synthesizer, with a careful selection of modules and semi-modular architecture ©
  • u-he Bazille - large polyphonic modular system with digital (PD, FM based) oscillators, multimode filters, modulation options, and more ©

Organ simulators

Audio utilities

Misc

  • sox - Swiss army knife of sound processing (◼)
  • declick - a dynamic digital declicker for audio sample files.
  • ecasound - command-line multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (◼)
  • fadecut - toolset to rip audiostreams, cut, fade in/out and tag the resulting audiofiles (◼)
  • gwc - Audio file denoiser (◼)
  • libsox-fmt-all - All SoX format libraries (◼)
  • 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.
  • nama - Multitrack recording with Ecasound (◼)
  • pianobooster - Learn the piano just by playing a game, inspired by Guitar Hero (◼)
  • Samplecat - a program for cataloguing and auditioning audio samples.
  • showq - MIDI controllable audio player (◼)
  • silan - commandline tool to detect silence in audio-files
  • silentjack - silence detector for the JACK audio system (◼)
  • sync-audio-tracks - Audio tracks synchronization command-line tool for video editors that don't support it
  • taptempo - A command line tap tempo. Hit enter key with style and you'll get the corresponding number of beats per minute (BPM). (◼)
  • timemachine - JACK audio recorder for spontaneous and conservatory use (◼)

Meters & Analysis

  • easyssp - audio visualization plugin (spectrometer/goniometer) (LV2 & VST) ▒
  • baudline - Time-frequency browser designed for scientific visualization of the spectral domain - Fourier, correlation, transfer function, impulse response, and raster transforms
  • bitmeter - diagnosis tool for JACK audio software (◼)
  • 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 (◼)
  • japa - JACK and ALSA Perceptual Analyser (◼)
  • jkmeter - horizontal or vertical bargraph audio level meter for Jack Audio Connection Kit (◼)
  • lufsmeter - measures loudness similar to the human perception of loudness. (LV2/VST) ▒
  • meterbridge - Collection of Audio meters for the JACK audio server (◼)
  • QLoud - tool to measure loudspeaker frequency and step responses and distortions
  • siggen - a set of tools for imitating a laboratory Signal Generator, generating audio signals out of Linux's /dev/dsp audio device. (◼)
  • sonic-visualiser - View and analyse the contents of music audio files (◼)
  • spek - acoustic spectrum analyser
  • xoscope - digital oscilloscope (◼)

Tuners & Metronomes

  • fmit - Free Music Instrument Tuner (◼)
  • gtick - Metronome application (◼)
  • gtkguitune - Guitar and other instruments tuner
  • gtklick - simple metronome GUI for JACK (◼)
  • gxtuner - Tuner for Jack (◼)
  • lingot - accurate and easy to use musical instrument tuner

MIDI Utilities

  • jack-keyboard - Virtual MIDI keyboard for JACK MIDI (◼)
  • timidity - Software sound renderer (MIDI sequencer, MOD player) (◼)
  • abcmidi - converter from ABC to MIDI format and back (◼)
  • arpage - MIDI Arpeggiator w/ JACK Tempo Sync. ▒
  • gmidimonitor - GTK application that shows MIDI events (◼)
  • jack-midi-clock - JACK client that sends MIDI beat clock pulses ▒
  • jackass - JACK-MIDI support for VST hosts, including Wine apps ▒
  • kmidimon - MIDI monitor using ALSA sequencer and KDE user interface (◼)
  • midi-matrix.lv2 - 3-in-1 plugin with GUI (MIDI channel filtering/rerouting/multiplication) ▒
  • mididings - MIDI router and processor based on Python (◼)
  • 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
  • pizmidi-plugins - collection of cross-platform MIDI processing plugins. ▒
  • pjb.au MIDI scripts - Various MIDI utilities and scripts
  • qmidiarp - MIDI arpeggiator for ALSA (◼)
  • QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast
  • qmidinet - MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast (◼)
  • QXGEdit - Editor for MIDI System Exclusive files for XG devices (eg. Yamaha DB50XG).
  • qxgedit - MIDI System Exclusive files editor (◼)
  • SendMIDI - multi-platform command-line tool makes it very easy to quickly send MIDI messages to MIDI devices from your computer.
  • simple-sysexxer - GUI tool to create backups of the memory contents of MIDI devices
  • swami - MIDI instrument editor application (◼)
  • vmpk - Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard (◼)

Transcoding

  • qwinff - GUI for FFmpeg, a powerful command-line media converter. FFmpeg can read audio and video files in various formats and convert them into other formats. (◼)
  • ambdec - Ambisonic decoder for first and second order (◼)
  • audiotools - Collection of audio handling programs for the command line (◼)
  • dir2ogg - audio file converter into ogg-vorbis format (◼)
  • ffmpeg2theora - Theora video encoder using ffmpeg (◼)
  • ffmpeg - Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files (◼)
  • gigedit - instrument editor for Gigasampler files (◼) ▒
  • gigtools - command line tools for Gigasampler and DLS Level 1/2 files (◼) ▒
  • hydro2sf2 - a tool which allows you to convert a Hydrogen drumkit into a SF2 soundfont
  • mediainfo-gui - graphical utility for reading information from audio/video files (◼)
  • mediainfo - command-line utility for reading information from audio/video files (◼)
  • mp3diags - find issues in MP3 files and help to solve them (◼)
  • mp3splt-gtk - GTK interface to split MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files without reencoding (◼)
  • mp3val - program for MPEG audio stream validation (◼)
  • mplayer - movie player for Unix-like systems (◼)
  • mplayer2 - next generation movie player for Unix-like systems (◼)
  • sfarkxtc - Converts soundfonts from legacy sfArk v2 file format to sf2 (◼)
  • soundconverter - GNOME application to convert audio files into other formats (◼)
  • transmageddon - video transcoder for Linux and Unix systems built using GStreamer (◼)
  • winff - graphical video and audio batch converter using ffmpeg or avconv (◼)
  • zita-bls1 - binaural stereo signals converter (◼)
  • lame - MP3 encoding library, frontend application, and other sound analysis/convenience tools (◼)
  • vorbis-tools - OGG Vorbis encoder/decoder, player, information tool, and splitter (◼)
  • mp3info - An MP3 technical info viewer and ID3 1.x tag editor (◼)

CD/DVD Ripping

System utilities

JACK

  • cadence - set of tools useful for audio production ▒
  • catia - JACK Audio Patchbay with A2J Bridge and JACK transport integration. ▒
  • claudia - LADISH frontend, focused at session management ▒
  • jackd - JACK Audio Connection Kit (◼)
  • qjackctl - User interface for controlling the JACK sound server (◼)
  • aj-snapshot - make snapshots of JACK connections (◼)
  • gjacktransport - access to the JACK's transport mechanism as touchable slider (◼)
  • jack-capture - program for recording soundfiles with jack (◼)
  • jack-link - JACK transport timebase bridge to Ableton Link ▒
  • jack-mixer - JACK Audio Mixer (◼)
  • 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 (◼)

ALSA

Firewire

Plugin hosts & adapters

  • carla/carla-git - Carla is an audio plugin host, with support for many audio drivers and plugin formats, MIDI CC automation and OSC control. ▒
  • festige - graphical interface for fst and dssi-vst, allowing you to run Windows VST plugins on Linux. ▒
  • airwave 2016 - 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 ▒
  • linvst - LinVst enables Windows VSTs to be used as Linux VSTs in Linux VST-capable DAWs.
  • mod-host - LV2 host for JACK, controllable via socket or command line ▒
  • synthpod - Synthpod is an LV2 host ▒
  • vst-bridge - VST bridge for Windows vst on Linux ▒
  • wineasio - Wine ASIO driver for JACK ▒

Pulseaudio

Other system utilities

Network streaming/broadcasting

See https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted/#media-streaming for the main list

Icecast clients

Lighting

  • D::Light - mobile, flexible solution to control modern lighting/performance technology. ©
  • 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.

Video

See also Linux4VJs VJ tools

  • Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve - editing, color correction and professional audio post production, all in a single application ©
  • kdenlive - non-linear video editor (◼)
  • Natron - Cross-platform open-source compositing software, used to produce visual effects.
  • Nuke Studio - cutting-edge toolkits for node-based compositing, editorial and review ©
  • 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
  • cinelerra - Cinema Production Software
  • delvj - a cyborg video jockey extension for pure data processing
  • dvgrab - grab digital video data via IEEE1394 and USB links (◼)
  • ffdiaporama - Movie creator from photos and video clips (◼)
  • frei0r-plugins - minimalistic plugin API for video effects, plugins collection (◼)
  • Gephex - modular video jockey software
  • glmixer - Graphic Live Mixer
  • Lightworks - professional Non-Linear Editing (NLE) software supporting resolutions up to 4K. ©
  • 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.
  • mistserver - Live or Video on Demand streaming media server that works well in any streaming environment
  • 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.
  • nageru - live video mixer, takes in inputs from one or more video cards, mixes them together and outputs a high-quality H.264 stream over TCP (◼)
  • openshot - Create and edit videos and movies (◼)
  • pitivi - non-linear audio/video editor using GStreamer (◼)
  • pydub - Manipulate audio with a simple and easy high level interface http://pydub.com
  • Shotcut - a free, open source, cross-platform video editor
  • synaesthesia - Program for representing sounds visually
  • Veejay - realtime video sequencer and effects processor
  • vid.stab - Video stabilization library
  • xdmx - distributed multihead X server
  • xjadeo - Video player with JACK sync (◼)
  • ZS4 - advanced video editing and compositing software with over 150 built-in video effects. ©

3D Modeling/CGI

  • 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. ©
  • evolvotron - Generator of textures through interactive evolution (◼)
  • flumotion - modern streaming media server built with a modular distributed design, giving you stability and scalability in offering high-quality streaming media.
  • fluxus - A 3D game engine for livecoding worlds into existence.
  • fractalnow - Fast, advanced fractal generator (◼)
  • fraqtive - draws Mandelbrot and Julia fractals (◼)
  • geomview - interactive geometry viewing program (◼)
  • Houdini - Professionnal 3D animation solution using a procedural node-based workflow ©
  • 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 (◼)
  • Substance Designer - Material Authoring Tool ©
  • Substance Painter - 3D Painting Software ©
  • Substance Player - Easy material tweaking and visualization ©
  • 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.

Authoring

Signal processing/electronics

  • cabbage-plugins-extra - csound development toolkit plugins (LV2 & VST, Extra) ▒
  • cabbage-plugins - csound development toolkit plugins (LV2 & VST) ▒
  • camomile - a dynamic vst plugin that loads Pure Data patches
  • 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 (◼)
  • eteroj.lv2 - Suite of Open Sound Control implementation (OSC) LV2 plugins. ▒
  • 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 (◼)
  • i-score - Interactive multi-protocol intermedia sequencer using OSC, Minuit, and more. (Extensions)

Sample segmentation, analysis, programmable editors

  • aubio-tools - library for audio segmentation -- utilities (◼)
  • snd-gtk-jack - Powerful sound file editor that can be customized and extended using the Scheme programming language (◼)
  • 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 (◼)

Score Editors

  • musescore - popular professional level WYIWYG music score editor (◼)
  • ariamaestosa - midi tracker/editor with keyboard, guitar, drum and controller views. ▒
  • denemo - GTK+ front end to GNU Lilypond (◼)
  • impro-visor - Jazz improvisation advisor ▒
  • lilypond - program for typesetting sheet music (◼)
  • nted - Musical score editor (◼)
  • tuxguitar - Multitrack guitar tablature editor and player (gp3 to gp5) (◼) ▒

Media players

Graphical

  • audacious - small and fast audio player which supports lots of formats (◼)
  • clementine - modern music player and library organizer (◼)
  • quodlibet - audio library manager and player for GTK3 (◼)
  • rhythmbox - music player and organizer for GNOME (◼)
  • vlc - multimedia player and streamer (◼)
  • amarok - easy to use media player based on the KDE Platform (◼)
  • ario - GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) (◼)
  • cantata - KDE client for the music player daemon (MPD) (◼)
  • 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 (◼)
  • lollypop - modern music player for GNOME
  • musique - Simple but sophisticated graphical music player (◼)
  • sonata - GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) (◼)
  • xmms2 - Client/server based media player system (◼)

Command-line

  • cmus - lightweight ncurses audio player (◼)
  • moc - ncurses based console audio player (◼)
  • mpd - a music server/player that allows local or remote access to audio files, streams and playlists. (◼)
  • mpv - video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (◼)
  • adplug-utils - audio player for AdLib (OPL2) and Sound Blaster (Dual OPL2/OPL3) audio formats (◼)
  • gbsplay - emulates the sound hardware of the Nintendo Gameboy from .GBS module dumps (◼)
  • modplug-tools - command line players for modplug formats (amf, ams, mod...) (◼)
  • mp3blaster - Full-screen console mp3 and Ogg Vorbis player (◼)
  • mpg123 - Command-line MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player (◼)
  • mplayer2 - next generation movie player for Unix-like systems (◼)
  • opencubicplayer - UNIX port of Open Cubic Player (◼)

Metapackages

Linux Distributions

  • 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 14.04.5 LTS.
  • AVLinux
  • DidJiX
  • Tango Studio
  • Ubuntu Studio

SAMPLES/PRESETS/RESOURCES

  • 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 for Creative Commons multimedia content
  • Freepats project - Free and open instrument sets, samples, sound synthesis, music...

DOCUMENTATION

Other Software Lists

Documentation/Blogs

Communities/Forums

CONTRIBUTING

See CONTRIBUTING.md

LICENSE

This work is licensed under the CreativeCommons Attribution Share-alike license. Copyright (c) 2015:

72	nodiscc <nodiscc@gmail.com>
 1	Aaron Wolf <wolftune@gmail.com>
 1	Andrew Kelley <superjoe30@gmail.com>
 1	VirtualTam <virtualtam@flibidi.net>
 1	paulbatchelor <thisispaulbatchelor@gmail.com>

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