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This page is a basic overview of what makes up Ubuntu Studio.

This is just a brief catalog; UbuntuStudio/Applications in the community documentation has some more information about many of these packages.

ubuntustudio-desktop

DEPENDS: acpi acpi-support acpid alacarte alsa-base alsa-utils anacron apmd powersaved avahi-autoipd avahi-daemon bc ca-certificates cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client cupsys-driver-gutenprint dc desktop-file-utils doc-base eog file-roller foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-filters gcalctool gconf-editor gdebi gdm gedit genisoimage ghostscript-x gnome-about gnome-app-install gnome-applets gnome-control-center gnome-icon-theme gnome-media gnome-menus gnome-netstatus-applet gnome-nettool gnome-panel gnome-pilot-conduits gnome-power-manager gnome-session gnome-spell gnome-system-monitor gnome-system-tools gnome-terminal gnome-themes gnome-utils gnome-volume-manager gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio gtk2-engines gtk2-engines-murrine gucharmap hal hotkey-setup hwtest-gtk language-selector lftp libgl1-mesa-glx libglut3 freeglut3 libgnome2-perl libgnomevfs2-bin libgnomevfs2-extra libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l2 libsasl2-modules libxp6 metacity nautilus nautilus-cd-burner nautilus-sendto notification-daemon openprinting-ppds pnm2ppa powermanagement-interface pulseaudio pulseaudio-esound-compat readahead rss-glx screen scrollkeeper rarian-compat seahorse smbclient software-properties-gtk ssh-askpass-gnome synaptic system-config-printer-gnome tango-icon-theme tango-icon-theme-common ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-dejavu-core ttf-freefont ubuntustudio-default-settings ubuntustudio-look ubuntustudio-menu ubuntustudio-screensaver unzip update-notifier usplash usplash-theme-ubuntustudio x-ttcidfont-conf xkb-data xorg xscreensaver-data xscreensaver-gl xterm yelp zenity zip

RECOMMENDS: apport-gtk bluez-cups bluez-utils bogofilter brasero bug-buddy cdparanoia compiz cups-pdf displayconfig-gtk dvd+rw-tools evince firefox firefox-gnome-support foo2zjs foomatic-db-hpijs fortune-mod gcc gnome-user-guide hplip im-switch jockey-gtk landscape-client laptop-detect libgl1-mesa-dri libnss-mdns linux-headers-rt make min12xxw nautilus-share onboard padevchooser paman paprefs pavucontrol pavumeter pidgin pidgin-otr powernowd powersaved pulseaudio-module-gconf pulseaudio module-hal pulseaudio-module-x11 pxljr scim scim-bridge-agent scim-bridge-client-gtk scim-gtk2-immodule scim-tables-additional splix totem totem-mozilla ttf-arabeyes ttf-arphic-uming ttf-indic-fonts-core ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-kochi-gothic-naga10 ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-kochi-mincho-naga10 ttf-lao ttf-malayalam-fonts ttf-thai-tlwg ttf-unfonts-core ubuntu-docs vino wodim wvdial xcursor-themes xdg-utils

ubuntustudio-audio

All applications deemed necessary to provide a working PC studio environment. This is the package most users of other derivatives will be interested in, so they don't get forced into a different desktop environment with a new theme and such.

Package list:

aconnectgui alsa-tools alsa-tools-gui audacity audacious audacious-plugins-extra ardour beast bitscope creox denemo timemachine gtick hydrogen jackbeat jackd jackeq jack-rack jack-tools jamin jdelay lilypond lilypond-data meterbridge muse patchage qamix vkeybd qjackctl puredata rosegarden timidity seq24 shaketracker sooperlooper swami csound tapiir freqtweak mixxx terminatorx zynaddsubfx fluidsynth bristol freebirth qsynth tk707

RECOMMENDS: linux-rt ubuntustudio-controls

Description:

Basic infrastructure

alsa-tools - Console based ALSA utilities for specific hardware

alsa-tools-gui - GUI based ALSA utilities for specific hardware

qamix - Configurable mixer for ALSA

JACK and JACK Utilities

jackd - JACK Audio Connection Kit (server and example clients)

qjackctl - User interface for controlling the JACK sound server

bitscope - diagnosis tool for JACK audio software

jdelay - A small command line JACK app you can use to measure the latency of your sound card.

meterbridge - A collection of Audio meters for the JACK audio server

patchage - modular patch bay for Jack audio and Alsa Midi

jack-tools - various JACK tools: plumbing, play, udp, ctl, scope, clock

Sound editing and recording

audacity - Swiss army audio editor

timemachine - JACK audio recorder for spontaneous and conservatory use

Audio playback

audacious - Versatile lightweight audio player.

audacious-plugins-extra - Plugin pack for Audacious.

Digital Audio Workstation software

ardour - Digital audio workstation (graphical gtk interface)

beast - music synthesis and composition framework

Synthesizers

fluidsynth - Real-time MIDI software synthesizer

bristol - vintage synthesizer emulator

freebirth - Bass synthesizer/sample player/sequencer similar to Rebirth

qsynth - fluidsynth MIDI sound synthesiser front-end

zynaddsubfx - Realtime software synthesizer for Linux

csound - powerful and versatile sound synthesis software

swami - SoundFont editor

Sampling

sooperlooper - Looping Sampler LADSPA plugin

Sequencing

aconnectgui - graphical ALSA sequencer connection manager

rosegarden - music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer

hydrogen - Simple drum machine/step sequencer

seq24 - Real time MIDI sequencer

jackbeat - audio sequencer

muse - Qt-based midi/audio sequencer

tk707 - drum sequencer for a sound card or MIDI device

shaketracker - MIDI sequencer with tracker GUI

Effects and signal processing

jack-rack - LADSPA effects "rack" for JACK

tapiir - A tool for real time audio delay and feedback effects

freqtweak - Realtime audio frequency spectral manipulation

jamin - Audio mastering from a mixed down multitrack source with JACK

creox - real-time guitar effects

jackeq - routes and manipulates audio from/to multiple sources

DJ tools

terminatorx - A realtime audio synthesizer

mixxx - A digital DJ interface (for beat-mixing)

MIDI Utilities

timidity - Software sound renderer (MIDI sequencer, MOD player)

vkeybd - Virtual Keyboard program

Musical typesetting

denemo - A gtk+ frontend to GNU Lilypond

lilypond-data - LilyPond music typesetter (data files)

lilypond - A program for typesetting sheet music

Miscellaneous / uncategorized

gtick - Metronome application

puredata - realtime computer music and graphics system

fluid-soundfont-gm - This is a GM SoundFont, for use with any modern MIDI synthesiser: hardware (like the emu10k1 sound card), or software (like FluidSynth).

The categories here were more or less copied from JacobCreedon's division at http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/Audio

ubuntustudio-audio-plugins

An audio plug-ins package.

Package list:

aeolus blop caps cmt hexter fil-plugins ladspa-sdk mcp-plugins omins swh-plugins tap-plugins vcf dssi-example-plugins dssi-host-jack fluidsynth-dssi xsynth-dssi dssi-utils

Description:

aeolus - Aeolus is a synthesized (i.e. not sampled) pipe organ emulator

blop - Bandlimited wavetable-based oscillator plugins for LADSPA hosts.

caps - A collection of refined LADSPA plugins.

cmt - (Computer Music Toolkit) A collection of LADSPA compatible plugins.

fil-plugins - Parametric equalizer LADSPA plugin.

hexter - Yamaha DX7 modeling DSSI plugin

ladspa-sdk - Sample tools for linux-audio-dev plugin architecture.

mcp-plugins - LADSPA plugins designed for Alsa Modular Synth.

omins - Collection of LADSPA plugins geared at modular synthesizers.

swh-plugins - Steve Harris's LADSPA plugins.

tap-plugins - Tom's Audio Processing LADSPA plugins.

vcf - Audio EQ biquad filter LADSPA plugins.

dssi-example-plugins - Example DSSI plugins.

dssi-host-jack - An example DSSI host.

fluidsynth-dssi - Soundfont player/synth for DSSI.

xsynth-dssi - A classic-analog style softsynth DSSI plugin.

dssi-utils - Command-line utilities for sending commands to DSSI plugins.

ubuntustudio-video

Video editing apps.

Package list:

openmovieeditor ffmpeg ffmpeg2theora kino stopmotion dvgrab

Description:

openmovieeditor - Video editor

ffmpeg - Multimedia player, server and encoder

ffmpeg2theora - Theora video encoder using ffmpeg

kino - A non-linear editor for Digital Video data

stopmotion - A program for creating stop motion animation.

dvgrab - Grab digital video data via IEEE1394 links

ubuntustudio-graphics

A current, complete set of 2D/3D manipulation applications. ie: Inkscape, GIMP, Blender, and so on.

Package list:

inkscape blender gimp gimp-data-extras gimp-gap gimp-ufraw gimp-plugin-registry f-spot scribus fontforge gnome-raw-thumbnailer xsane wacom-tools hugin agave yafray synfigstudio

Description: