awesome-linuxaudio

Linux A/V Production Environment

A comprehensive resource list for building professional audio/video/live events production environments on Linux.

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

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awesome-linuxaudio / Software / DAW/Sequencers

Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and Multichannel Hard Disk Recorder (HDR) ( )
Linux Multimedia Studio ( )
1BITDRAGON easy to use sample based sequencer. Rhythm Generators, arpeggiators, MIDI/WAV export
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. ( )
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
Laborejo is a MIDI sequencer based on classical music notation
meterec minimalistic multi track recorder ( )
muse Qt4-based audio/MIDI sequencer ( )
ossia score Interactive sequencer with intelligent timelines supporting audio, video, OSC, MIDI, DMX and more
Patroneo is an easy to use, pattern based 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 237 6 months ago Real time MIDI sequencer, a major reboot of seq24 with many new features
Stargate DAW 679 5 months ago Cross-platform, all-in-one DAW and plugin suite
Tracktion The musician's DAW
traverso Multitrack audio recorder and editor ( )
Zrythm A highly automated and intuitive digital audio workstation

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Trackers

bambootracker Cross-platform music tracker for the Yamaha YM2608 (OPNA) sound chip which was used in NEC PC-8801/9801 series computers. ( )
cheesecutter 112 about 2 months ago Tracker program for composing music for the SID chip. ( )
ft2-clone 747 13 days ago Fasttracker 2 clone. ( )
furnace 2,647 7 days ago Multi-system chiptune tracker
goattracker C64 music editor. ( )
hivelytracker Music tracker program based upon the AHX. ( )
klystrack 488 over 2 years ago Chiptune tracker. ( )
komposter lightweight music composing system. ( )
milkytracker Music creation tool inspired by Fast Tracker 2. ( )
pt2-clone Multi-platform clone of the classic music making software ProTracker 2 from the Commodore Amiga days. ( )
Renoise Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) using a tracker-based approach
schism ImpulseTracker clone aiming at providing the same look & feel. ( )
tiatracker music tracker for making Atari VCS 2600. ( )
tutka tracker style MIDI sequencer. ( )
vht 48 3 months ago live midi sequencer/tracker for JACK/GTK
zytrax 221 8 months ago Easy to use, tracker-inspired music sequencer. ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Audio Editors

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
mhwaveedit 41 9 months ago Simple and fast GTK2 sound editor ( )
ocenaudio cross-platform, easy to use, fast and functional audio editor
ReZound ReZound aims to be a stable, open source, and graphical audio file editor primarily for but not limited to the Linux operating system
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
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
tenacity an easy-to-use, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Samplers

Polyphonic sampler synthesizer. ( )
avldrums.lv2 drum sample player plugin dedicated to Glen MacArthur's AVLdrums. Rapidly sequence and mix midi-drums
bliss Performance sampler featuring scalable & themeable GUI, VSTi sampling, 8 macro assignments, dual zero delay feedback filters, sample editor, 7 built-in effects, flexible modulation, parameter morphing and highest offline resampling quality using 512 points SINC algorithm
dgedit drum kit editor for DrumGizmo ( )
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 ( )
Fluajho a simple sf2 soundfont host/player for Linux. Behind the scenes the Fluidsynth library is at work, hence the name
freewheeling live looping musical instrument ( )
giada hardcore loop machine ( )
hydrogen advanced drum machine/step sequencer ( )
hydrogen-drumkits drumkits for Hydrogen ( )
hydrogen-drumkits-effects collection of unusual drumkits for Hydrogen ( )
kluppe Loop-player and recorder designed for live use. ( )
linuxsampler-all Realtime audio sampler. (Standalone, DSSI, LV2 and VST)
luppp 259 3 months ago Music creation tool, intended for live use
qsampler LinuxSampler GUI frontend based on the Qt toolkit. ( )
redux Sample-based instrument, combined with a powerful phrase sequencer
sfizz SFZ sampler and synth (library, AU/LV2/VST3 plugins and JACK standalone)
sooperlooper Looping sampler. ( )
sooperlooper-lv2 23 almost 5 years ago Looping sampler plugin
soundux A cross-platform soundboard
Speedrum MPC style drum sampler, 32 pads with essential effects, and with 8 sample layers per pad
superboucle 36 5 months ago Loop application synced with jack transport
TAL-Sampler full featured analog modeled synthesizer with a sampler engine as sound source, including a powerful modulation matrix and a high quality self-oscillating 24/12/6 dB low pass filter

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Collections

Calf Studiogear - audio effects and sound generators ( )
Collection of Open Source LV2/LADSPA/VST/standalone audio processing applications. ( )
ACMT Essential VST Plug-Ins Collection for Linux A comprehensive range of essential high-end analogue modelled plug-ins for Linux
amb-plugins ambisonics LADSPA plugins ( )
artyfx 81 9 months ago Arty FX plugin suite
avw.lv2 2 about 11 years ago collection of Voltage Controlled LV2 modules ( )
BYOD Build-Your-Own-Distortion is an audio plugin that allows the user to create custom guitar effects, with a focus on guitar distortion
caps-lv2 40 about 1 year ago 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)
ardour-lv2-plugins Set of LV2 plugins provided by Ardour. ( )
Chow Tape Model digital emulation of a reel-to-reel analog tape machine. The original algorithm was developed to emulate the Sony TC-260
Chow Matrix infinitely growable delay effect, with complex internal modulation and feedback. With extra features including pitch-shifting, diffusion, and distortion
Chow Centaur digital emulation of the Klon Centaur guitar pedal
Chow Phaser digital phaser effect originally inspired by the Schulte Compact Phasing 'A'
ChowDSP VCV several modules for VCV Rack, including ports of ChowTape and ChowPhaser. Other modules include distortion effects, modal filters, and more
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
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 35 8 months ago Paul Kellett's MDA plugins ported to LV2 (MOD version)
mod-utilities 17 almost 2 years ago LV2 plugin utilities (filters/gain/switches/meter)
psi-plugins 9 over 3 years ago small collection of LV2 plugins ideal for (but not limited to) electronic music
ste-plugins stereo LADPSA plugins ( )
swh-lv2 93 over 2 years ago Steve Harris's SWH plugins ported to LV2 ( )
swh-plugins 230 6 months ago 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 108 5 months ago Collection of LV2 plugins ( )
zam-plugins Plugins for high quality audio processing ( )
ZL Audio Plugins ZL Audio makes audio plugins and audio processing tools

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / EQ

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

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Other FX

abgate LV2 noise gate plugin ( )
airwin2rack 321 11 days ago Airwindows plugins, Consolidated into a single Library, Rack Plugin and DAW Plugin
autotalent pitch correction LADSPA plugin ( )
beatslash-lv2 A set of LV2 plugins to slash, repeat beats
blop Bandlimited wavetable-based oscillator plugins for LADSPA hosts. ( )
blop-lv2 Bandlimited LADSPA oscillator plugins ported to LV2. ( )
centered this plugin automatically pans the input signal such that it's centered in the stereo field
creox a real-time sound/effects processor
deteriorate-lv2 set of LV2 plugins to deteriorate sound quality
dragonfly-reverb bundle of free audio reverb effects. ( )
drc digital room correction ( )
Fire mutiband distortion plugin
freqtweak Realtime audio frequency spectral manipulation
g2reverb -reverb LADSPA plugin
glitch Multi-effects audio plugin with sequencer
go-dsp-guitar 197 5 months ago 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) ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Other FX / guitarix

gxplugins 168 almost 2 years ago extra lv2 plugins from the guitarix project

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Other FX

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 168 almost 5 years ago convolution reverb audio plugin (LV2/VST)
lamb-rs 65 25 days ago A lookahead compressor/limiter that's soft as a lamb
LoudMax Look-Ahead Brickwall Loudness Maximizer LADSPA Plugin with a clean transparent sound. It is designed to retain the original character of the music as much as possible
lv2vocoder LV2 vocoder plugin ( )
mod-distortion analog distortion emulation plugin
mod-pitchshifter Pitch Shifter LV2 effects
paulstretch Extreme sound time-stretch ( )
PeakEater 330 over 1 year ago cross-platform wave shaper plugin
phasex Phase Harmonic Advanced Synthesis EXperiment ( )
pitcheddelay pitch-shifting delay
radium-compressor 15 about 5 years ago audio compressor for JACK ( )
rakarrack Simple and easy guitar effects processor for GNU/Linux ( )
rev-plugins reverb LADSPA plugin ( )
rkrlv2 Rakarrack LV2 Plugin Ports
RoomReverb mono/stereo to stereo algorithmic reverb
rubberband-ladspa LADSPA plugin for audio pitch-shifting ( )
rubberband-lv2 LV2 plugin for audio pitch-shifting ( )
sonic 613 about 1 month ago Simple utility to speed up or slow down speech ( )
soundstretch Stretches and pitch-shifts sound independently ( )
Schroeder Modeled reverb based on Schroeder reverberator
stretchplayer Audio file player with time stretch and pitch shifting ( )
terminatorx realtime audio synthesizer ( )
valentine 141 2 months ago open source compressor meant to pump and breathe
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
wolf-shaper Waveshaper plugin with a spline-based graph editor
zita-at1 JACK autotuner ( )
zita-rev1 pro-audio reverb effect ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / DJing / Vinyl emulation

Digital Disc Jockey Interface ( )
xwax open-source vinyl emulation software for Linux with timecoded vinyl support ( )
DiscoDOS the geekiest DJ tool on the planet - remember and analyze your DJ sets based on Discogs and AcousticBrainz data ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Synthesizers - Additive

add64 additive synthesizer for JACK
andes Sound synthesiser based on Perlin noise
triceratops-lv2 polyphonic additive software synthesizer plugin
vertigo 256 oscillators additive synth with resynthesis and sound morphing. Imports WAV and BMP. Very accurate recreation of complex musical phrases, drumloops, speech and simple tones
yoshimi software synthesizer based on ZynAddSubFX ( )
zynaddsubfx Realtime software synthesizer for Linux ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Synthesizers - Subtractive

amsynth 440 about 1 month ago Two oscillator software synthesizer. ( )
blepvco LADSPA, minBLEP-based, hard-sync-capable oscillator plugins. ( )
bristol Vintage synthesizer emulator. ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Synthesizers - Subtractive / bristol

monobristol Simple GUI for Bristol. ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Synthesizers - Subtractive

cursynth Cursynth is a polyphonic music synthesizer that runs graphically inside your terminal
discovery Virtual Analog synthesizer
discovery pro Virtual Analog synthesizer + sampler
helm Polyphonic synthesizer
ob-xd OB-Xd is based on the Oberheim OB-X

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Synthesizers - Subtractive / ob-xd

ob-xd 105 almost 2 years ago Open source version of OB-Xd

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Synthesizers - Subtractive

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

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Synthesizers - FM

adlplug 439 over 1 year ago 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 ( )
OPL The OPL is a digital sound synthesis chip developed by Yamaha in the mid 1980s
juce-opl Emulation of the Yamaha OPL sound chip used in PC sound cards from the 90s
oxefmsynth 8 operators FM synth

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Synthesizers - Wavetable

sorcer 77 10 months ago Sorcer polyphonic wavetable synth LV2 plugin
wsynth-dssi hack on Xsynth-DSSI to allow wavetable synthesis ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Synthesizers - Other

BespokeSynth 4,103 7 days ago software modular synthesizer. ( )
Chow Kick kick drum synthesizer based on creative physical modelling of old drum machine circuits
old-school drum-kit sampler ( )
fluidsynth MIDI sound synthesiser front-end ( )
argotlunar Realtime granulator LV2/VST plugin
din digital audio synthesizer ( )
drmr 58 over 1 year ago 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 ( )
geonkick synthesizer capable of generating a wide range of percussive sounds
gmorgan MIDI rhythm station emulator software
newtonator LV2 synth that produces unpredictable sounds
Odin 2 powerful 24-voice polyphonic virtual analog synthesizer with multiple oscillator types LV2/VST3/CLAP
paraphrasis 31 over 1 year ago spectral modeling synthesizer
Surge XT hybrid synthesizer featuring many synthesis techniques, a great selection of filters, a flexible modulation engine, a smorgasbord of effects, and modern features like MPE and microtuning
TAL-BassLine-101 monophonic bass synthesizer and a very accurate emulation of the popular SH 101
TAL-J-8 very accurate emulation of the popular 80’s hardware synthesiser and calibrated after our own Jupiter 8 device
TAL-NoiseMaker free virtual analog synthesizer with a great sound and low CPU usage
TAL-U-No-LX complete emulation of the popular Juno 60, zero feedback delay filters and carefully calibrated controls make this synth a good replacement for the analog device
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 ( )
pianoteq Virtual piano based on physical modeling of real instruments
organteq Physically modelled pipe organ

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Synthesizers - Modular

ams Realtime modular synthesizer for ALSA ( )
BEAST/BSE 84 over 2 years ago music composition and modular synthesis application
Cardinal Virtual modular synthesizer plugin
ingen modular audio processing system for Jack and LV2 based systems

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Synthesizers - Modular / ingen

ams-lv2 set of Voltage Controlled LV2 modules for Ingen

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Synthesizers - Modular

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)
TAL-MOD virtual analog synthesizer with an exceptional sound and almost unlimited modulation possiblities
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

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Synthesizers - Organ simulators

aeolus Synthesised pipe organ emulator ( )
azr3-jack drawbar organ simulator
horgand 3 over 8 years ago JACK capable organ softsynth ( )
setbfree DSP tonewheel organ ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Audio utilities - Misc

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 17 about 1 year ago MIDI controllable audio player ( )
silan commandline tool to detect silence in audio-files
silentjack silence detector for the JACK audio system ( )
sync-audio-tracks 61 3 months ago 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 ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Audio utilities - Meters & Analysis

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 ( )
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 ( )
MultiMeter 28 8 months ago comprehensive set of AU/VST real-time audio analysis tools
QLoud 28 over 2 years ago 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. ( )
Scope Simple oscilloscope
sonic-visualiser View and analyse the contents of music audio files ( )
spek acoustic spectrum analyser
wolf-spectrum 121 over 1 year ago Real-time 2D spectrogram plugin
xoscope digital oscilloscope ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Audio utilities - Tuners & Metronomes

fmit Free Music Instrument Tuner ( )
gtick Metronome application ( )
gtkguitune Guitar and other instruments tuner
gxtuner Tuner for Jack ( )
klick advanced metronome for JACK ( )
lingot accurate and easy to use musical instrument tuner

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Audio utilities - MIDI Utilities

Virtual MIDI keyboard for JACK MIDI ( )
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 40 over 2 years ago JACK client that sends MIDI beat clock pulses
jackass 60 over 2 years ago JACK-MIDI support for VST hosts, including Wine apps
LibreArp LV2/VST3 free-form pattern arpeggiator
midi-matrix.lv2 3-in-1 plugin with GUI (MIDI channel filtering/rerouting/multiplication)
MidiJoystick 23 over 7 years ago 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. ( )
SendMIDI 705 about 1 month ago 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 ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Audio utilities - Transcoding

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 ( )
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 ( )
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 ( )
sfarkxtc 96 almost 6 years ago Converts soundfonts from legacy sfArk v2 file format to sf2 ( )
soundconverter GNOME application to convert audio files into other formats ( )
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 ( )
puddletag simple, powerful audio tag editor ( )
Ex Falso audio tag editor for GTK+ ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Audio utilities - CD/DVD Ripping

graphical audio CD ripper and encoder ( )
versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder (GTK+ GUI) ( )
GNOME CD Ripper ( )
ogmrip Application for ripping and encoding DVD ( )
cdparanoia audio extraction tool for sampling CDs ( )
yaret console tool to turn CDs into encoded music ( )
ripit Textbased audio CD ripper ( )
gramofile transfer sound from gramophone records to CD ( )
ripperx GTK-based audio CD ripper/encoder ( )
abcde A Better CD Encoder ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / System utilities - JACK

Agordejo is a music production session manager. It is used to start your programs, remember their (JACK) interconnections and make your life easier in general
aj-snapshot make snapshots of JACK connections ( )
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
gjacktransport access to the JACK's transport mechanism as touchable slider ( )
jack-capture 75 10 months ago program for recording soundfiles with jack ( )
jackd2-firewire JACK Audio Connection Kit (FFADO and FreeBoB backends) ( )
jackd JACK Audio Connection Kit ( )
jack-link 47 6 days ago JACK transport timebase bridge to Ableton Link
jack_mixer JACK Audio Mixer ( )
jack-tools various JACK tools: dl, record, scope, osc, plumbing, udp, play, transport ( )
qjackctl User interface for controlling the JACK sound server ( )
qjackrcd Qt4 application to record JACK server outputs ( )
rotter JACK client for transmission recording and audio logging ( )
studio-controls 73 almost 2 years ago small application to allow setting up audio for semi-pro audio work
zita-mu1 organise stereo monitoring for Jack Audio Connection Kit ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / System utilities - ALSA

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 ( )
alsa-control 21 almost 4 years ago GUI based ALSA default soundcard and volume configurator with Dmix, Dsnoop and Softvol support

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / System utilities - Firewire

ffado-mixer-qt4 FFADO D-Bus mixer applets (QT4) ( )
libraw1394-11 library for direct access to IEEE 1394 bus (aka FireWire) ( )
libraw1394-tools library for direct access to IEEE 1394 bus (aka FireWire) ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / System utilities - Pipewire

PipeWire audio and video graph processing engine ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / System utilities - Plugin hosts & adapters / Carla is an audio plugin host, with support for many audio drivers and plugin formats, MIDI CC automation and OSC control

carla-bridge-linux/win/wine32/64 Carla bridges for loading linux / windows 32/64 bits plugins
carla-lv2/vst audio plugin host (LV2/VST plugins)

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / System utilities - Plugin hosts & adapters

airwave 575 over 4 years ago 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 683 9 months ago LinVst enables Windows VSTs to be used as Linux VSTs in Linux VST-capable DAWs
mod-host 107 23 days ago LV2 host for JACK, controllable via socket or command line
synthpod Synthpod is an LV2 host
vst-bridge 274 almost 6 years ago VST bridge for Windows vst on Linux
wineasio Wine ASIO driver for JACK

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / System utilities - Pulseaudio

PulseAudio Preferences ( )
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-utils Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound server ( )
pulsemixer 723 8 months ago command-line mixer for PulseAudio with a curses interface ( )
PulseAudio sound server ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / System utilities - Other

jalv tool to run LV2 plugins as stand-alone applications ( )
jalv.select 18 11 months ago GUI to select lv2 plugs from a list and run them with jalv
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
realtimeconfigquickscan 260 almost 3 years ago Linux configuration checker for systems to be used for real-time audio
rtirq-init startup script for realtime-preempt enabled kernels ( )
rtkit Realtime Policy and Watchdog Daemon ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / System utilities - Network streaming/broadcasting

autoradio radio automation software ( )
gpac GPAC Project on Advanced Content ( )
jamulus Low latency audio server/client for collaborative music sessions
larigira radio automation software based on MPD
Open Broadcaster Software recorder and streamer for live video content ( )
vlc-bin multimedia player and streamer (headless) ( )
vlc multimedia player and streamer ( )
zita-njbridge Jack clients to transmit multichannel audio over a local IP network ( )
darkice Live audio streamer ( )
DeeFuzzer 143 about 2 months ago light and instant streaming client for audio and video written in Python
ezstream easy media streaming client over icecast servers ( )
ices2 Ogg Vorbis streaming source for Icecast 2 ( )
liquidsoap audio streaming language ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Lighting

D::Light mobile, flexible solution to control modern lighting/performance technology
hyperion 1,239 over 3 years ago 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

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Video

non-linear video editor ( )
auto-editor a program for automatically editing video and audio by analyzing a variety of methods, most notably audio loudness. ( )
Blackmagic DaVinci Resolve ** - editing, color correction and professional audio post production, all in a single application
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 6 almost 10 years ago a cyborg video jockey extension for pure data processing
dvgrab 35 12 months ago grab digital video data via IEEE1394 and USB links ( )
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 37 6 months ago 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 ( )
Nuke Studio cutting-edge toolkits for node-based compositing, editorial and review
openshot Create and edit videos and movies ( )
pitivi non-linear audio/video editor using GStreamer ( )
pydub 8,952 4 months ago Manipulate audio with a simple and easy high level interface
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
Syncplay Synchronize playback of various video players via internet. ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / CGI & 3D Modeling

Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer ( )
cloudcompare 3D point cloud and mesh processing software ( )
Art of Illusion 3D modeling and rendering studio written in Java
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 ( )
f3d Fast and minimalist 3D viewer ( )
flumotion modern streaming media server built with a modular distributed design, giving you stability and scalability in offering high-quality streaming media
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 ( )
mandelbulber2 909 6 days ago 3D fractal renderer and animator ( )
meshlab System for processing and editing triangular meshes ( )
mm3d OpenGL based 3D model editor ( )
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

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Authoring

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 ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Signal processing/electronics

realtime computer music and graphics system ( )
cabbage-plugins-extra csound development toolkit plugins (LV2 & VST, Extra)
cabbage-plugins csound development toolkit plugins (LV2 & VST)
camomile 911 9 months ago a dynamic vst plugin that loads Pure Data patches
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 ( )
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 ( )
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

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Score Editors

popular professional level WYIWYG music score editor ( )
ariamaestosa midi tracker/editor with keyboard, guitar, drum and controller views
Harmony Assistant powerful score editor that includes a digital synthesizer and thousands of great features
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) ( )
tuxguitar-synth-lv2 tuxguitar LV2 audio plugin ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Media players

small and fast audio player which supports lots of formats ( )
modern music player and library organizer ( )
audio library manager and player for GTK3 ( )
music player and organizer for GNOME ( )
multimedia player and streamer ( )
ario GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) ( )
cantata 1,039 over 2 years ago KDE client for the music player daemon (MPD) ( )
DeaDBeeF Modular foobar2000-like audio player
exaile flexible, full-featured audio player
gnome-music Music is the new GNOME music playing application ( )
gpodder podcast client and feed aggregator ( )
lollypop modern music player for GNOME
sonata 124 10 days ago GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) ( )
strawberry audio player and music collection organizer, for of Clementine. ( )
ymuse 257 4 months ago GTK client for Music Player Daemon (MPD) written in Go ( )
lightweight ncurses audio player ( )
ncurses based console audio player ( )
a music server/player that allows local or remote access to audio files, streams and playlists. ( )
video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 ( )
adplug-utils audio player for AdLib (OPL2) and Sound Blaster (Dual OPL2/OPL3) audio formats ( )
gbsplay 100 3 months ago 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 ( )
opencubicplayer UNIX port of Open Cubic Player ( )

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / 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-video Video packages ( )
kxstudio-meta-audio-plugins KXStudio meta-packages - Audio plugins
kxstudio-meta-audio-plugins-collection KXStudio meta-packages - Collection of good audio plugins
kxstudio-meta-audio-plugins-dssi KXStudio meta-packages - DSSI plugins
kxstudio-meta-audio-plugins-ladspa KXStudio meta-packages - LADSPA plugins
kxstudio-meta-audio-plugins-lv2 KXStudio meta-packages - LV2 plugins
kxstudio-meta-audio-plugins-vst KXStudio meta-packages - VST plugins

awesome-linuxaudio / Software / Linux Distributions

DidJiX
Tango Studio
Ubuntu Studio

awesome-linuxaudio / SAMPLES/PRESETS/RESOURCES

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
LMMS assets 78 about 3 years ago Samples, presets, projects and patches for LMMS

awesome-linuxaudio / DOCUMENTATION / Other Software Lists

Linux Audio Wiki - All apps
LinuxMusic.Rocks - Searcheable Linux compatible Plugin database
Linux Software on KVR Audio

awesome-linuxaudio / DOCUMENTATION / Other Software Lists / Linux Software on KVR Audio

Effects
Instruments
Hosts

awesome-linuxaudio / DOCUMENTATION / Other Software Lists

linuxdaw.org list of quality audio software for Linux
Awesome Linux Software (audio section) 22,330 4 days ago
Comparison of free software for audio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
LV2 Plugins list
awesome-juce 824 2 days ago A curated list of JUCE modules, templates and plugins
Wine-VST 101 over 5 years ago Some VSTs tested under Linux with Wine and LinVst
Fedora packages for Music/Audio

awesome-linuxaudio / DOCUMENTATION / Documentation/Blogs

Libre Music Production News, articles, tutorials, interviews, tools, resources
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 ( )
JACK Audio Wiki 457 about 1 year ago
CommandLineFu - commands tagged audio
Debian Wiki - Multimedia
Arch Wiki - List of Applications

awesome-linuxaudio / DOCUMENTATION / Communities/Forums

#lad , , , and
Users , , ,
[RSS] Music and Audio on the Linux platform
[RSS]
LinuxMusicians forum
audio4linux Forum (de)
Linux Lighting Group Lighting Hardware and Software for Linux and similar platforms

awesome-linuxaudio / MIRRORS

https://gitlab.com/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio
https://github.com/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio 1,395 about 1 month ago
https://salsa.debian.org/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio

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