Audio: The Freedom Raven
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Link page

On this page is a list of links to audio (and sometimes video) software that I personally use on my Linux system, lists of audio plugins, or other sources of information about Libre audio production. Libre software means to me that the software is as open and free as possible, so that the software source can be viewed and possibly changed (it is rare that it occurs, but sometimes closed software works just a little better, which I do not fail to use.

I keep this page (and this website) mainly for myself to be able to find information (more quickly).

Pipewire

Pipewire is the new audio and video engine that should facilitate the use of (low latency) audio on Linux. Many Linux distributions have since at least replaced Pulse Audio for pipewire. The pipewire documentation can be found here.


Katana FXFloorboard

Software to control Boss Katana amplifiers from the desktop. The official Boss software does not work on GNU/Linux.


Pop!_OS (system76)

My preferred GNU/Linux distribution. Ubuntu based with a custom Gnome desktop. The company System76 has also chosen, unlike Ubuntu, the GNU /Linux kernel to update to newer versions, Use Flatpak instead of Snap and create their own software where needed. In my experience, the kernel that uses Pop!_OS also tends to work better with low latency audio.


Ardour

Ardour is a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) that is very popular on Linux systems. The tutorial for Ardour is here .


ToneLib

ToneLib is one of the few audio software manufacturers that also makes their software suitable for Linux (usually Ubuntu based) by default. They have some nice paid plugins, but the most useful bits of software are freeware (I don't believe completely open source, unfortunately).


LinuxMusicians

A friendly forum full of information about audio production on GNU / Linux. Almost indispensable as a beacon.


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