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

This is just a brief catalog; [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/Applications UbuntuStudio/Applications] in the community documentation has some more information about many of these packages.

ubuntustudio-desktop

DEPENDS: acpi, acpi-support, acpid, alacarte, anacron, apmd, apport-gtk, avahi-daemon, bc, bug-buddy, cdparanoia, cdrecord, contact-lookup-applet, cupsys, cupsys-bsd, cupsys-client, cupsys-driver-gutenprint, dc, deskbar-applet, desktop-file-utils, doc-base, dvd+rw-tools, eog, esound, file-roller, firefox, firefox-gnome-support, foo2zjs, foomatic-db, foomatic-db-engine, foomatic-db-hpijs, foomatic-filters, fortune-mod, gaim, gcalctool, gconf-editor, gdebi, gdm, gedit, gnome-about, gnome-app-install, gnome-applets, gnome-control-center, gnome-cups-manager, gnome-icon-theme, gnome-keyring-manager, 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, gnome2-user-guide, gs-esp, gstreamer0.10-alsa, gstreamer0.10-esd, gstreamer0.10-plugins-base-apps, gthumb, gtk2-engines, gucharmap, hal, hal-device-manager, hotkey-setup, hwdb-client-gnome, landscape-client, language-selector, lftp, libgl1-mesa-glx, libglut3, libgnome2-perl, libgnomevfs2-bin, libgnomevfs2-extra, libpam-foreground, libpt-plugins-v4l, libpt-plugins-v4l2, libsasl2-modules, libstdc++5, libxp6, metacity, min12xxw, mkisofs, nautilus, nautilus-cd-burner, nautilus-sendto, notification-daemon, pnm2ppa, powermanagement-interface, readahead, rss-glx, screen, screensaver-default-images, scrollkeeper, serpentine, slocate, smbclient, ssh-askpass-gnome, synaptic, tangerine-icon-theme, tango-icon-theme, tango-icon-theme-common, tomboy, totem, totem-mozilla, tsclient, ttf-bitstream-vera, ttf-dejavu, ttf-freefont, ubuntu-docs, ubuntustudio-sounds, unzip, update-notifier, usplash, usplash-theme-ubuntu, vino, wvdial, x-ttcidfont-conf, xkeyboard-config, xorg, xsane, xscreensaver-data, xscreensaver-gl, xterm, yelp, zenity, zip, linux-rt

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ubuntustudio-audio

All applications deemed nessessary 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 ardour2-gtk 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 rosegarden4 timidity seq24 shaketracker sooperlooper swami csound tapiir freqtweak mixxx terminatorx xmms xmms-jackasyn xmms-modplug zynaddsubfx fluidsynth bristol freebirth qsynth tk707 linuxsampler linux-image-rt

• - Also the linux-image-rt kernel will be installed by default but will not be a depend of the meta. So you can remove it if you use a custom kernel and wont break the meta.

Description:

Basic infrastructure

• alsa-tools - Console based ALSA utilities for specific hardware
• alsa-tools-gui - GUI based ALSA utilities for specific hardware
• linux-image-rt - Low latency kernel
• 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

• xmms - Versatile X audio player
• xmms-jackasyn - JACK Output plugin for xmms

• xmms-modplug - ModPlug plugin for XMMS

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

• linuxsampler - software audio sampler
• sooperlooper - Looping Sampler LADSPA plugin

Sequencing

• aconnectgui - graphical ALSA sequencer connection manager
• rosegarden4 - 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
• audatious -

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

ubuntustudio-plugins

A plug-ins package.

Package list:

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

Description:

• 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.
• 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-plugins - Audio EQ biquad filter LADSPA plugins.
• dssi-example-plugins - Example DSSI plugins.
• dssi-host-jack - An example DSSI host.
• dssi-plugin-fluidsynth - Soundfont player/synth for DSSI.
• dssi-plugin-hexter - A Yamaha DX7 modeling software synthesizer for DSSI.
• dssi-plugin-xsynth - 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:

pitivi cinepaint ffmpeg ffmpeg2theora kino stopmotion synfigstudio dvgrab

Description:

• pitivi - Video editor
• cinepaint - A painting and image retouching program designed to work best with 35mm film and other high resolution high dynamic range images.
• 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
  • jahshaka - (not in the repos and deferred until next upstream release.)
  • cinelerra - (not in the repos and deferred until license issues are worked out)

ubuntustudio-graphics

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

Package list:

inkscape blender gimp gimp-gap gimp-ufraw f-spot scribus fontforge gnome-raw-thumbnailer xsane wacom-tools hugin agave yafray

Description:

• inkscape - A vector-based drawing program.
• blender - A very fast and versatile 3D suite for modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback.
• gimp - A raster-based drawing program.
• gimp-gap - GAP is a collection of plug-ins to extend the GIMP with capabilities to edit and create animations and movies as sequences of single frames.
• gimp-print - Print plugin for the GIMP
• gimp-dcraw - A plug-in to import RAW images.
• f-spot - A personal photo management application.
• scribus - A open source desktop page layout program.

• fontforge - Font Editor for PS, TrueType and OpenType fonts.

• gnome-raw-thumbnailer - a thumbnailer for GNOME that will make thumbnails for camera RAW files.
• xsane - GTK+-based X11 frontend for SANE. (Scanner Access Now Easy)
• wacom-tools - Software for you Wacom drawing pad.
• hugin - An easy to use cross-platform GUI for Panorama Tools.
• synfigstudio - A vector 2D based animation package (GUI)
• agave - Colorscheme generator.
• enblend - A tool for compositing images.
• yafray - A modern, xml-speaking raytracing-based rendering system
• nautilus-image-converter - nautilus extension to mass resize images