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.

    ◼   Debian package
    ▒   KXStudio package
    ©   Non-Free/closed source software

DAW/Sequencers
Trackers
Audio Editors
Samplers
Effects/Processing
- Collections
- EQ
- Other FX
DJing / Vinyl emulation
Synthesizers
- Additive
- Substractive
- FM
- Other Synths
Modular synths
Organ simulators
Audio utilities
- Misc
- Meters & Analysis
- Tuners & Metronomes
- MIDI Utilities
- Transcoding
System utilities
- JACK
- ALSA
- Firewire
- VST adapters
- PulseAudio
- Other system utilities
Network streaming/broadcasting
Lighting
Video
- 3D Modeling/CGI
- Authoring
Signal processing/electronics
Score Editors
Media players
Metapackages
Linux Distributions
SAMPLES/PRESETS/RESOURCES
DOCUMENTATION
- Other Software Lists
- Documentation/Blogs
- Communities/Forums
TODO
CONTRIBUTING
LICENSE

DAW/Sequencers

VCV Rack - Open-source virtual Eurorack DAW
ardour - Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and Multichannel Hard Disk Recorder (HDR) (◼)
Helio workstation - Free linear-based music For macOS, Linux, Windows, iOS and Android, with clean interface, version control, synchronization between devices, undo history, and more. (Source code)
Bitwig Studio - dynamic software for creation and performance of your musical ideas on stage or in the studio. ©
qtractor - MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer application (◼)
dino - Integrated MIDI piano roll editor and sequencer engine (◼)
Harrison Mixbus - the first full-featured DAW with true analog style mixing. ©
muse - Qt4-based audio/MIDI sequencer (◼)
Radium Editor - Radium is a music editor with a new type of interface. (Source code)
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 (◼)
Tracktion - The musician's DAW ©
b-step sequencer - harmonic music step sequencer to create melodies, arpeggios, drumsets, and basslines on the fly ©
traverso - Multitrack audio recorder and editor (◼)
meterec - minimalistic multi track recorder (◼)
jackbeat - Jackbeat is an audio sequencer for musicians and sound artists
lmms - Linux Multimedia Studio (◼)
composite - Live performance sequencer (◼)
seq24 - Real time MIDI sequencer (◼)
friniika - A complete music workstation for Windows/Linux/OSX
Open Octave - MIDI/Audio sequencer. (Source)
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) ©

Trackers

Renoise - a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) using a tracker-based approach. ©
milkytracker - music creation tool inspired by Fast Tracker 2 (◼)
schism - ImpulseTracker clone aiming at providing the same look&feel (◼)
klystrack - Chiptune tracker (◼)

Audio Editors

audacity - fast, cross-platform audio editor (◼)
sweep - Audio editor and live playback tool (◼)
eisenkraut - A multi-channel and hi-res capable audio file editor (◼)
Shuriken beat slicer - beat slicer with beat detection and time stretching capabilities. Easy QT4 interface to slice up drum loops, assign hits to MIDI keys, and change the tempo of loops in real-time.
kwave - sound editor for KDE (◼)
smasher - Cross-platform audio loop slicer designed to create sliced loops from WAV, MP3, FLAC or AIFF files in seconds without a sequencer 2013
mhwaveedit - Simple and fast GTK2 sound editor (◼) 2013
Sound Studio - A simple (minimal) light-weight tool for editing smaller soundfiles. Because Sound Studio uses Sox, it can cope with a wide variety of audio file formats. 2013
LAoE - Rich featured graphical audio sample editor featuring multi-layers, floating-point samples, volume-masks, variable selection-intensity, spectrogram editing, and plugins 2011
ReZound - ReZound aims to be a stable, open source, and graphical audio file editor primarily for but not limited to the Linux operating system. 2008

Samplers

giada - hardcore loop machine (◼)
hydrogen - advanced drum machine/step sequencer (◼) + hydrogen-drumkits (◼)
samplv1 - polyphonic sampler synthesizer (◼)
sooperlooper - Looping Sampler (◼)
sooperlooper-lv2 - looping sampler plugin ▒
drumgizmo - multichannel, multilayered, cross-platform drum plugin and stand-alone application. It enables you to compose drums in midi and mix them with a multichannel approach (◼)
dgedit - drum kit editor for DrumGizmo (◼)
ls16 - LinuxSampler DSSI plugin GUI
linuxsampler-all - realtime audio sampler (meta)
qsampler - LinuxSampler GUI frontend based on the Qt toolkit (◼)
kluppe - a loop-player and recorder designed for live use (◼)
freewheeling - live looping musical instrument (◼)
luppp - luppp music creation tool (◼)
petri-foo - MIDI controllable audio sampler - successor of specimen (◼)
Redux - a sample-based instrument, combined with a powerful phrase sequencer. ©
Tapeutape - Highly configurable midi-controlled virtual sampler.
SuperBoucle - Loop application synced with jack transport

Effects/Processing

Collections

calf-plugins - Calf Studiogear - audio effects and sound generators (◼)
tal-plugins - Togu Audio Line Plugins ▒
amb-plugins - ambisonics LADSPA plugins (◼)
arctican-plugins - Arctican Plugins ▒
artyfx - Arty FX plugin suite ▒
avw.lv2 - collection of Voltage Controlled LV2 modules (◼) 2013
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 (◼)
distrho-plugins-lv2 - DISTHRO Plugin Ports ▒
distrho-plugins-vst - DISTHRO Plugin Ports ▒
dpf-plugins - audio plugin collection from DISTRHO ▒
drowaudio-plugins - dRowAudio Plugins ▒
fomp - 1 auto-wah, 1 EQ, 3 chorus, 5 filters, and 3 oscillators LV2 plugins. (◼)
foo-plugins - Foo LADSPA plugins ▒
Freaked - Granulator, pre-delay, reverb tail and distortion LV2 Plugins
invada-studio-plugins-ladspa - Invada Studio Plugins - a set of LADSPA audio plugins (◼)
invada-studio-plugins-lv2 - Invada Studio Plugins - a set of LV2 audio plugins (◼)
juced-plugins - Juced Plugins ▒
leet-plugins - LEET LADSPA plugins ▒
mda-lv2 - Paul Kellett's MDA 36 high-quality plugins ported to LV2 (◼)
mda-vst - MDA VST plugins
ste-plugins - stereo LADPSA plugins (◼)
swh-plugins - Steve Harris's LADSPA plugins (◼)
tap-plugins - Tom's Audio Processing LADSPA plugins (◼)
teragonaudio-plugins - audio plugins from Teragon Audio ▒
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 (◼)
infamous-plugins - creative LV2 plugins ▒
Linux Studio Plugins - Collection of LV2/LADSPA/VST/standalone audio processing applications

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 (◼)
zita-at1 - JACK autotuner (◼)
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
deteriorate-lv2 - set of LV2 plugins to deteriorate sound quality ▒
drc - digital room correction (◼)
freqtweak - Realtime audio frequency spectral manipulation (◼)
glitch - Multi-effects audio plugin with sequencer ©
guitarix - Rock guitar amplifier for Jack (◼)
gxvoxtonebender - Fuzz Tonebender LV2 plugin ▒
holap - Holborn Audio DSSI and LADSPA audio plugins including DSP effects and a FM synthesizer ▒
ir.lv2-1.2 - LV2 IR reverb (1.2 version) ▒
ir.lv2 - LV2 IR reverb (◼)
klangfalter - convolution audio plugin ▒
lv2vocoder - LV2 vocoder plugin (◼)
mod-distortion - analog distortion emulation plugin ▒
mod-pitchshifter - pitch shifter audio plugins ▒
paulstretch - Extreme sound time-stretch (◼
stretchplayer - Audio file player with time stretch and pitch shifting (◼)
sonic - Simple utility to speed up or slow down speech (◼)
phasex - Phase Harmonic Advanced Synthesis EXperiment (◼)
pitcheddelay - pitch-shifting delay ▒
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 (◼)
soundstretch - Stretches and pitch-shifts sound independently (◼)
terminatorx - realtime audio synthesizer (◼
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-rev1 - pro-audio reverb effect (◼)
creox - a real-time sound/effects processor.
malefica - virtual high-gain distortion guitar pedal based on original schematics ©

DJing / Vinyl emulation

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

Synthesizers

Additive

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

Subtractive

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

FM

dexed - FM Plugin Synth ▒
oxefmsynth - 8 operators FM synth
hexter - Yamaha DX7 modeling DSSI plugin (◼)

Wavetable

sorcer - Sorcer polyphonic wavetable synth LV2 plugin ▒
wsynth-dssi - hack on Xsynth-DSSI to allow wavetable synthesis (◼)
blop - Bandlimited wavetable-based plugins for LADSPA hosts (◼)

Other synths

din - digital audio synthesizer (◼)
drumkv1 - old-school drum-kit sampler (◼)
argotlunar - Realtime granulator LV2/VST plugin ▒
qsynth - fluidsynth MIDI sound synthesiser front-end (◼)
fluidsynth - Real-time MIDI software synthesizer (◼)
fluid-soundfont-gm - Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont (GM)
drmr - An LV2 sampler plugin that (currently) plays hydrogen drum kits ▒
fabla - Fabla drum sampler plugin instrument ▒
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 ▒
xsynth-dssi - classic-analog (VCOs-VCF-VCA) style software synthesizer (◼)
paraphrasis - spectral modeling synthesizer
U-HE Repro-1 - Synth with raw, analogue inspiration, reverently modelling a classic synth ©

Modular synths

ams - Realtime modular synthesizer for ALSA (◼)
ams-lv2 - set of Voltage Controlled LV2 modules for Ingen ▒
Psychosynth - an interactive modular soft-synth inspired by the ideas of the Reactable
BEAST/BSE - music composition and modular synthesis application
Sunvox - a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern-based sequencer (tracker) ©
spiralsynthmodular - object orientated music studio ▒
mcp-plugins - LADSPA plugins designed for Alsa Modular Synth (◼)
omins - collection of LADSPA plugins aimed at modular synthesizers (◼)

Organ simulators

aeolus - Synthesised pipe organ emulator (◼)
horgand - JACK capable organ softsynth (◼)
azr3-jack - drawbar organ simulator (◼)
setbfree - DSP tonewheel organ (◼)

Audio utilities

Misc

Linux Show Player a free cue player designed for sound-playback in stage production. The goal of the project is to provide a complete playback software for musical plays, theater shows and similar.
showq - MIDI controllable audio player (◼)
silan - commandline tool to detect silence in audio-files
silentjack - silence detector for the JACK audio system (◼)
fadecut - toolset to rip audiostreams, cut, fade in/out and tag the resulting audiofiles (◼)
gwc - Audio file denoiser (◼)
declick - a dynamic digital declicker for audio sample files.
ecasound - command-line multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (◼)
nama - Multitrack recording with Ecasound (◼)
timemachine - JACK audio recorder for spontaneous and conservatory use (◼)
sox - Swiss army knife of sound processing (◼)
libsox-fmt-all - All SoX format libraries (◼)
Samplecat - a program for cataloguing and auditioning audio samples.
pianobooster - Learn the piano just by playing a game, inspired by Guitar Hero (◼)

Meters & Analysis

baudline - Time-frequency browser designed for scientific visualization of the spectral domain - Fourier, correlation, transfer function, impulse response, and raster transforms
brp-pacu - audio analysis tool (◼)
ebumeter - Loudness measurement according to EBU-R128 (◼)
extace - waveform viewer (◼)
jaaa - audio signal generator and spectrum analyser (◼)
jackmeter - a basic command line meter for the JACK audio system (◼)
jkmeter - horizontal or vertical bargraph audio level meter for Jack Audio Connection Kit (◼)
bitmeter - diagnosis tool for JACK audio software (◼)
xoscope - digital oscilloscope (◼)
meterbridge - Collection of Audio meters for the JACK audio server (◼)
QLoud - tool to measure loudspeaker frequency and step responses and distortions
siggen - Waveform generation tools (◼)
spek - acoustic spectrum analyser
sonic-visualiser - View and analyse the contents of music audio files (◼)
easyssp - audio visualization plugin ▒
japa - JACK and ALSA Perceptual Analyser (◼)

Tuners & Metronomes

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

MIDI Utilities

jack-keyboard - Virtual MIDI keyboard for JACK MIDI (◼)
abcmidi - converter from ABC to MIDI format and back (◼)
arpage - MIDI Arpeggiator w/ JACK Tempo Sync. ▒
gmidimonitor - GTK+ application that shows MIDI events (◼
kmidimon - MIDI monitor using ALSA sequencer and KDE user interface (◼)
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. ▒
qmidiarp - MIDI arpeggiator for ALSA (◼)
qmidinet - MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast (◼)
vmpk - Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard (◼)
mididings - MIDI router and processor based on Python (◼)
swami - MIDI instrument editor application (◼)
pjb.au MIDI scripts - Various MIDI utilities and scripts
QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast
QXGEdit - Editor for MIDI System Exclusive files for XG devices (eg. Yamaha DB50XG).
SendMIDI - multi-platform command-line tool makes it very easy to quickly send MIDI messages to MIDI devices from your computer.
JackAss - JACK-MIDI support for VST hosts, including Wine apps
simple-sysexxer - GUI tool to create backups of the memory contents of MIDI devices
qxgedit - MIDI System Exclusive files editor (◼)

Transcoding

handbrake - versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder (GTK+ GUI) (◼)
winff - graphical video and audio batch converter using ffmpeg or avconv (◼)
- winff-qt - Qt variant of winff (Hoempage)
- winff-gtk2 - GTK+ variant of winff (Hoempage)
audiotools - Collection of audio handling programs for the command line (◼)
soundconverter - GNOME application to convert audio files into other formats (◼)
ambdec - Ambisonic decoder for first and second order (◼)
hydro2sf2 - a tool which allows you to convert a Hydrogen drumkit into a SF2 soundfont
ogmrip - Application for ripping and encoding DVD (◼)
winff - graphical video and audio batch converter using ffmpeg or avconv (◼)
ffmpeg - Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files (◼)
mplayer2 - next generation movie player for Unix-like systems (◼)
zita-bls1 - binaural stereo signals converter (◼)
mp3splt-gtk - GTK interface to split MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files without reencoding (◼)
dir2ogg - audio file converter into ogg-vorbis format (◼)
mp3diags - find issues in MP3 files and help to solve them (◼)
mp3val - program for MPEG audio stream validation (◼)
transmageddon - video transcoder for Linux and Unix systems built using GStreamer (◼)
ffmpeg2theora - Theora video encoder using ffmpeg (◼)
sound-juicer - GNOME CD Ripper (◼)
mediainfo-gui - graphical utility for reading information from audio/video files (◼)
mediainfo - command-line utility for reading information from audio/video files (◼)
sfarkxtc - Converts soundfonts from legacy sfArk v2 file format to sf2 (◼)
gigedit - instrument editor for Gigasampler files (◼)
gigtools - command line tools for Gigasampler and DLS Level 1/2 files (◼)

System utilities

JACK

jackd - JACK Audio Connection Kit (◼)
qjackctl - User interface for controlling the JACK sound server (◼)
aj-snapshot - make snapshots of JACK connections (◼)
cadence - JACK audio toolbox
carla-lv2 - audio plugin host (LV2 plugin)
carla - audio plugin host
catia - extended JACK patchbay
claudia - extended ladish frontend
gladish - graphical interface for LADI Session Handler (◼)
jack-capture - program for recording soundfiles with jack (◼)
jack-mixer - JACK Audio Mixer (◼)
gjacktransport - access to the JACK's transport mechanism as touchable slider (◼)
jack-rack - LADSPA effects "rack" for JACK (◼)
jack-tools - various JACK tools: dl, record, scope, osc, plumbing, udp, play, transport (◼)
jackd2-firewire - JACK Audio Connection Kit (FFADO and FreeBoB backends) (◼)
jackeq - routes and manipulates audio from/to multiple sources (◼)
laditools - Linux Audio Desktop Integration Tools (◼)
patchage - modular patch bay for Jack audio and Alsa Midi (◼)
qjackrcd - Qt4 application to record JACK server outputs (◼)
rotter - JACK client for transmission recording and audio logging (◼)
zita-mu1 - organise stereo monitoring for Jack Audio Connection Kit (◼)

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 (◼)

Firewire

ffado-mixer-qt4 - FFADO D-Bus mixer applets (QT4) (◼)
libraw1394-11 - library for direct access to IEEE 1394 bus (aka FireWire) (◼)
libraw-bin - raw image decoder library (tools) (◼)
libraw10 - raw image decoder library (◼)
libraw1394-tools - library for direct access to IEEE 1394 bus (aka FireWire) (◼)

VST adapters

airwave - Airwave is a WINE-based VST bridge, that allows for the use of Windows 32- and 64-bit VST 2.4 audio plugins with Linux VST hosts
dssi-vst - Adapter for VST an VSTi audio plugins ▒
festige - GUI for fst and dssi-vst
linvst - LinVst enables Windows VSTs to be used as Linux VSTs in Linux VST-capable DAWs.
vst-bridge - VST bridge for Windows vst on Linux ▒

Pulseaudio

padevchooser - PulseAudio Device Chooser (◼)
paman - PulseAudio Manager (◼)
paprefs - PulseAudio Preferences (◼)
pavucontrol - PulseAudio Volume Control (◼)
pavumeter - PulseAudio Volume Meter (◼)
pulseaudio-module-jack - jackd modules for PulseAudio sound server (◼)
pulseaudio-module-lirc - lirc module for PulseAudio sound server (◼)
pulseaudio-module-x11 - X11 module for PulseAudio sound server (◼)
pulseaudio-utils - Command line tools for the PulseAudio sound server (◼)
pulseaudio - PulseAudio sound server (◼)

Other system utilities

jalv - tool to run LV2 plugins as stand-alone applications (◼)
ingen - modular audio processing system for Jack and LV2 based systems.
linux-image-rt-686-pae - Linux for modern PCs (meta-package), PREEMPT_RT
linux-image-rt-686-pae - Linux for modern PCs (meta-package), PREEMPT_RT
rtirq-init - startup script for realtime-preempt enabled kernels (◼)
realtimeconfigquickscan - Linux configuration checker for systems to be used for real-time audio
rtkit - Realtime Policy and Watchdog Daemon (◼)

Network streaming/broadcasting

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

autoradio - radio automation software (◼)
larigira - radio automation software based on MPD
gpac - GPAC Project on Advanced Content - utilities (◼)
landell - audio and video streams manager (◼)
vlc-nox - multimedia player and streamer (without X support) (◼)
vlc - multimedia player and streamer (◼)
zita-njbridge - Jack clients to transmit multichannel audio over a local IP network (◼)

Icecast clients

oggfwd - basic icecast source client for audio and video streaming (◼)
ices2 - Ogg Vorbis streaming source for Icecast 2 (◼)
ezstream - easy media streaming client over icecast servers (◼)
idjc - graphical shoutcast/icecast client (◼)
darkice - Live audio streamer (◼)
darksnow - simple graphical user interface to darkice (◼)
liquidsoap - audio streaming language (◼)
- liguidsoap - control GUI for liquidsoap (◼)
- liquidsoap-plugin-all - audio streaming language -- all plugins (◼)

Lighting

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

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.
evolvotron - Generator of textures through interactive evolution (◼)
fractalnow - Fast, advanced fractal generator (◼)
fraqtive - draws Mandelbrot and Julia fractals (◼)
geomview - interactive geometry viewing program (◼)
javamorph - Java morphing film-make program for pixel picture-input (◼)
k3d - 3D modeling and animation system, binary files (◼)
makehuman - Modelling of 3-Dimensional humanoid characters (◼)
mandelbulber - 3D fractal renderer and animator (◼)
meshlab - System for processing and editing triangular meshes (◼)
sunflow - rendering system for photo-realistic image synthesis (GUI) (◼)
sweethome3d-furniture-editor - Sweet Home 3D Furniture Library Editor (◼)
sweethome3d-furniture-nonfree - Interior 2D design application with 3D preview (additional non-free furniture) (◼)
sweethome3d-furniture - Interior 2D design application with 3D preview (additional furniture) (◼)
sweethome3d-textures-editor - Sweet Home 3D Textures Library Editor (◼)
sweethome3d - Interior 2D design application with 3D preview (◼)
VSXu Artiste - create stunning open GL based audio reactive visuals.
VSXu Player - program that creates inspiring, beautiful pictures to your sound and music
wings3d - Nendo-inspired 3D polygon mesh modeller (◼)
yaprm - a free-as-in-freedom modeller to graphicaly design 3d scenes and generate POV-Ray-files for them.
fluxus - A 3D game engine for livecoding worlds into existence.
flumotion - modern streaming media server built with a modular distributed design, giving you stability and scalability in offering high-quality streaming media.

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 (◼)
vlc-plugin-vlsub - VLC extension to download subtitles from opensubtitles.org (◼)

Signal processing/electronics

cabbage-plugins-extra - csound development toolkit plugins (Extra) ▒
cabbage-plugins - csound development toolkit plugins ▒
clam-networkeditor-examples - CLAM Network Editor, examples (◼)
clam-networkeditor - CLAM Network Editor, prototyping tool for CLAM (◼)
csladspa - LADSPA plugin for Csound (◼)
csound-data - data files used by the csound library (◼)
csound-utils - miscellaneous utilities for the Csound system (◼)
csound - powerful and versatile sound synthesis software (◼)
csoundqt - frontend for the csound sound processor (◼)
IanniX - a graphical open source sequencer, based on Iannis Xenakis works, for digital art.
lcd4linux - Grabs information and displays it on an external lcd (◼)
lcdproc - LCD display driver daemon and clients (◼)
lirc - infra-red remote control support (◼)
nyquist - language for music composition and sound synthesis (◼)
pd-csound - Csound external for PureData (◼)
puredata - realtime computer music and graphics system (◼)
Room EQ Wizard -room acoustics analysis software for measuring and analysing room and loudspeaker responses.
Soundpipe - A library of high quality music DSP algorithms.
supercollider-supernova - real time audio synthesis server (multiprocessor version) (◼)
supercollider - real time audio synthesis programming language (◼)
camomile - a dynamic vst plugin that loads Pure Data patches
i-score - Interactive multi-protocol intermedia sequencer using OSC, Minuit, and more
- i-score audio extension - Add audio sequencer features to i-score.

Sample segmentation, analysis, programmable editors

SndBite - audio editor specialized in linguistic research, designed for breaking large recordings into smaller components with great efficiency.
wavesurfer - Sound visualization and manipulation program for speech/sound analysis and sound annotation/transcription (◼)
snd-gtk-jack - Powerful sound file editor that can be customized and extended using the Scheme programming language (◼)
aubio-tools - library for audio segmentation -- utilities (◼)

Score Editors

musescore - popular professional level WYIWYG music score editor (◼)
denemo - GTK+ front end to GNU Lilypond (◼)
lilypond - program for typesetting sheet music (◼)
nted - Musical score editor (◼)

Media players

audacious - small and fast audio player which supports lots of formats (◼)
mpv - video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (◼)
quodlibet - audio library manager and player for GTK3 (◼)
vlc - multimedia player and streamer (◼)
rhythmbox - music player and organizer for GNOME (◼)
amarok - easy to use media player based on the KDE Platform (◼)
ario - GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) (◼)
banshee - Media Management and Playback application (◼)
cantata - KDE client for the music player daemon (MPD) (◼)
clementine - modern music player and library organizer (◼)
exaile - flexible, full-featured audio player (◼)
gmusicbrowser - graphical jukebox for large music collections (◼)
gnome-music - Music is the new GNOME music playing application (◼)
gpodder - podcast client and feed aggregator (◼)
Groove Basin - Music player server with a web-based user interface (◼)
guayadeque - lightweight music player (◼)
moc - ncurses based console audio player (◼)
mplayer2 - next generation movie player for Unix-like systems (◼)
musique - Simple but sophisticated graphical music player (◼)
sonata - GTK+ client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD) (◼)
lollypop - modern music player for GNOME

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

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 12.04.3 LTS.
Tango Studio
Ubuntu Studio
AVLinux
DidJiX

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

Libre Music Production - News, articles, tutorials, interviews, tools, resources...
Linux Audio Users Guide
Linux MAO Wiki (fr)
Linux Audio Wiki
KXStudio Manual - a good introduction to Linux Audio in general.
Linuxaudio.org
ALSA Hardware Compatibility list
alsa.opensrc.org Wiki (Source)
JACK Audio Wiki
CommandLineFu - commands tagged audio

Communities/Forums

IRC channels on the Freenode Network: #lad, #lau, ##linuxaudio, and #opensourcemusicians
Linux Audio Mailing lists: Users, Developers, System Tuning, Announces
/r/linuxaudio - Music and Audio on the Linux platform [RSS]
Linux Audio Blogs/Planet [RSS]
audio4linux Forum (de)
OpenSourceMusician Wiki/Podcast (inactive)
AVLinux Forums

CONTRIBUTING

See CONTRIBUTING.md

LICENSE

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