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.

Software
SAMPLES/PRESETS/RESOURCES
DOCUMENTATION
CONTRIBUTING
MIRRORS
LICENSE

Software

DAW/Sequencers

ardour - Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and Multichannel Hard Disk Recorder (HDR) (◼) ▒
lmms - Linux Multimedia Studio (◼) ▒
vcvrack - Open-source virtual Eurorack DAW ▒
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. (Browser version) ©
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 - Real time MIDI sequencer, a major reboot of seq24 with many new features.
Stargate DAW - 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

Trackers

bambootracker - Cross-platform music tracker for the Yamaha YM2608 (OPNA) sound chip which was used in NEC PC-8801/9801 series computers. (◼)
cheesecutter - Tracker program for composing music for the SID chip. (◼)
ft2-clone - Fasttracker 2 clone. (◼)
furnace - Multi-system chiptune tracker.
goattracker - C64 music editor. (◼)
hivelytracker - Music tracker program based upon the AHX. (◼)
klystrack - 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. (◼)
schism - ImpulseTracker clone aiming at providing the same look & feel. (◼)
tiatracker - music tracker for making Atari VCS 2600. (◼)
tutka - tracker style MIDI sequencer. (◼)
vht - live midi sequencer/tracker for JACK/GTK.
zytrax - Easy to use, tracker-inspired music sequencer. (◼)

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
tenacity - an easy-to-use, cross-platform multi-track audio editor/recorder

Samplers

samplv1 - 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 - Music creation tool, intended for live use. ▒
qsampler - LinuxSampler GUI frontend based on the Qt toolkit. (◼)
sfizz - SFZ sampler and synth (library, AU/LV2/VST3 plugins and JACK standalone).
sooperlooper - Looping sampler. (◼)
sooperlooper-lv2 - Looping sampler plugin. ▒
soundux - A cross-platform soundboard