Tasks page

This is a list of the Tasks Debian Multimedia is made of:

Table of contents

• Ambisonics
• Audio plugins
• Development
• Djing
• Beat
• Firewire
• Graphics
• Guitar
• Jack
• Ladi
• Looping
• Midi
• Mixing
• Musician
• Players
• Recording
• Samplers
• Sound synthesis
• Time stretching
• Video

Ambisonics - Packages for working with ambisonics (3D surround sound)

This metapackage will install packages you need when working with ambisonics.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Aliki

Measurement tool for Impulse Responses

Amb-plugins

ambisonics LADPSA plugins

Ambdec

Ambisonic decoder for first and second order

Ardour

digital audio workstation (graphical gtk2 interface)

Drc

digital room correction

Jackd

JACK Audio Connection Kit (default server package)

Japa

JACK and ALSA Perceptual Analyser

Jconvolver

Convolution reverb Engine for JACK

Jconvolver-config-files

Demo config files for jconvolver

Qjackctl

User interface for controlling the JACK sound server

Zita-rev1

pro-audio reverb effect

Audio plugins - Audio processing plugins, synths and virtual instruments

This metapackage installs plugins that are useful for creating and processing audio.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Amb-plugins

ambisonics LADPSA plugins

Ambdec

Ambisonic decoder for first and second order

Ams

Realtime modular synthesizer for ALSA

Autotalent

pitch correction LADSPA plugin

Blepvco

LADSPA, minBLEP-based, hard-sync-capable oscillator plugins

Blop

Bandlimited wavetable-based oscillator plugins for LADSPA hosts

Calf-plugins

pack of audio plugins - effects and instruments

Caps

C* Audio Plugin Suite

Csladspa

LADSPA plugin for Csound

Dssi-host-jack

Example of DSSI host

Dssi-utils

Command-line utilities for sending commands to DSSI plugins

Fil-plugins

parametric equalizer LADSPA plugin

Fluidsynth-dssi

DSSI wrapper for the FluidSynth SoundFont-playing synthesizer

Ghostess

A graphical DSSI plugin host

Hexter

Yamaha DX7 modeling DSSI plugin

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

Ir.lv2

LV2 IR reverb

Jack-rack

LADSPA effects "rack" for JACK

Jconvolver

Convolution reverb Engine for JACK

Lv2fil

Stereo and mono LV2 plugins, four-band parametric equalisers

Lv2vocoder

LV2 vocoder plugin

Mcp-plugins

LADSPA plugins designed for Alsa Modular Synth

Mda-lv2

Paul Kellett's MDA plugins ported to LV2

Omins

collection of LADSPA plugins aimed at modular synthesizers

Rev-plugins

reverb LADSPA plugin

Rubberband-ladspa

LADSPA plugin for audio pitch-shifting

Slv2-doc

Documentation for SLV2

Slv2-jack

Jack support for LV2 plugins

Swh-lv2

Steve Harris's SWH plugins ported to LV2

Swh-plugins

Steve Harris's LADSPA plugins

Tap-plugins

Tom's Audio Processing LADSPA plugins

Vco-plugins

LADSPA plugin sporting anti-aliased oscillators

Wah-plugins

auto-wah LADSPA plugin

Whysynth

DSSI Soft Synth Interface

Xsynth-dssi

classic-analog (VCOs-VCF-VCA) style software synthesizer

Zita-at1

JACK autotuner

Zynaddsubfx-dssi

dssi plugin of zynaddsubfx

Zynjacku

JACK based host for LV2 synths and LV2 plugins

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Jcgui

a simple Host wrap around jconvolver/jconv

Zita-rev1

pro-audio reverb effect

Development - Extra packages for developers and package compiling

This metapackage will install additional software to compile audio software.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Automake

Tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles

Bison

YACC-compatible parser generator

Build-essential

Informational list of build-essential packages

Cmake

cross-platform, open-source make system

Cmake-curses-gui

curses based user interface for CMake (ccmake)

Cvs

Concurrent Versions System

Dssi-dev

Header file for compiling DSSI plugins and hosts

Fluid

Fast Light Toolkit - user interface designer

Git-core

fast, scalable, distributed revision control system (obsolete)

Intltool

Utility scripts for internationalizing XML

Ladspa-sdk

sample tools for linux-audio-dev plugin architecture

Libasound2-dev

shared library for ALSA applications -- development files

Libfftw3-dev

Library for computing Fast Fourier Transforms - development

Libjack-dev

JACK Audio Connection Kit (development files)

Liblircclient-dev

infra-red remote control support - client library development files

Liblo-dev

Lightweight OSC library -- development files

Liblrdf0-dev

liblrdf0 development files

Libmxml-dev

small XML parsing library (development)

Libqt4-dev

Qt 4 development files

Libsamplerate0-dev

Development files for audio sample rate conversion

Libslv2-dev

Development files (headers) for SLV2 library

Libsndfile1-dev

Development files for libsndfile; a library for reading/writing audio files

Libtool

Generic library support script

Libxml++2.6-dev

C++ interface to the GNOME XML library (libxml2)

Lv2core

LV2 audio plugin specification (dummy package)

Subversion

Advanced version control system

Uuid-dev

universally unique id library - headers and static libraries

Vamp-plugin-sdk

audio analysis and feature extraction plugins (SDK)

Xutils-dev

X Window System utility programs for development

Zlib1g-dev

compression library - development

Djing - DJ packages.

This metapackage will install packages for djing

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Mixxx

Digital Disc Jockey Interface

Xwax

open-source vinyl emulation software for Linux

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Jackeq

routes and manipulates audio from/to multiple sources

Terminatorx

realtime audio synthesizer

Beat - Packages for drums & beats

Metapackage which installs packages for making drums and beats.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Hydrogen

advanced drum machine/step sequencer

Hydrogen-drumkits

drumkits for Hydrogen

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Lmms

Linux Multimedia Studio

Puredata

realtime computer music and graphics system

Seq24

Real time MIDI sequencer

Specimen

MIDI controllable audio sampler for GNU/Linux systems

Firewire - Packages for your firewire audiocard / interface

This metapackage will install packages to configure your ffado supported firewire audio card.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

A2jmidid

Daemon for exposing legacy ALSA MIDI in JACK MIDI systems

Ffado-dbus-server

FFADO D-Bus server

Ffado-mixer-qt4

FFADO D-Bus mixer applets (QT4)

Ffado-tools

FFADO debugging and firmware tools

Jackd

JACK Audio Connection Kit (default server package)

Jackd1-firewire

JACK Audio Connection Kit (FFADO backend)

Jackd2-firewire

JACK Audio Connection Kit (FFADO and FreeBoB backends)

Patchage

modular patch bay for Jack audio and Alsa Midi

Graphics - Packages for making and editing artwork

This metapackage will install packages for making and editing artwork.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Gimp

The GNU Image Manipulation Program

Gimp-data

Data files for GIMP

Gimp-data-extras

Egy extra ecset-, paletta- és színátmenetkészlet A GIMP-hez

Gimp-gap

animation package for the GIMP

Gimp-plugin-registry

repository of optional extensions for GIMP

Gimp-ufraw

gimp importer for raw camera images

Shutter

feature-rich screenshot program

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Agave

colorscheme designer for the GNOME desktop

Blender

Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer

Enblend

image blending tool

F-spot

personal photo management application

Fontforge

font editor

Fontmatrix

featureful personal font manager

Hugin

panorama photo stitcher - GUI tools

Inkscape

vector-based drawing program

Nautilus-image-converter

nautilus extension to mass resize or rotate images

Pstoedit

PostScript and PDF files to editable vector graphics converter

Scribus

Open Source Desktop Page Layout - stable branch

Xsane

featureful graphical frontend for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)

Yafaray

modern, xml-speaking raytracing-based rendering system

Guitar - Packages for playing with your (virtual) guitar gear

Packages which might be useful when playing guitar, adding guitar effects to your audio streams and / or editing notation and tablature for your guitar music.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Guitarix

Rock guitar amplifier for Jack

Jack-capture

program for recording soundfiles with jack

Jconvolver

Convolution reverb Engine for JACK

Rakarrack

Simple and easy guitar effects processor for GNU/Linux

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Clam-chordata

CLAM Chordata, chord detection tool

Frescobaldi

Qt4 LilyPond sheet music editor

Lilypond

program for typesetting sheet music

Musescore

Teljes képességű WYSIWYG kotta-szerkesztő

Stretchplayer

Audio file player with time stretch and pitch shifting

Tuxguitar

Multitrack guitar tablature editor and player (gp3 to gp5)

Jack - JACK (Jack Audio Connection Kit) and ALSA related packages

This metapackage will install pro audio JACK (Jack Audio Connection Kit) and ALSA related packages.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

A2jmidid

Daemon for exposing legacy ALSA MIDI in JACK MIDI systems

Aj-snapshot

make snapshots of JACK connections

Alsa-tools

Console based ALSA utilities for specific hardware

Alsa-tools-gui

GUI based ALSA utilities for specific hardware

Alsa-utils

Utilities for configuring and using ALSA

Jack-tools

various JACK tools: dl, record, scope, osc, plumbing, udp, play, transport

Jackd

JACK Audio Connection Kit (default server package)

Mudita24

ALSA GUI control tool for Envy24 (ice1712) soundcards

Patchage

modular patch bay for Jack audio and Alsa Midi

Qjackctl

User interface for controlling the JACK sound server

Vorbis-tools

several Ogg Vorbis tools

Debian packages in contrib or non-free

Midisport-firmware

Firmware loader for M-Audio's MidiSport devices

Ladi - LADI, Linuxaudio session management, packages

This metapackage will install packages for ladish.org.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

A2jmidid

Daemon for exposing legacy ALSA MIDI in JACK MIDI systems

Jackd

JACK Audio Connection Kit (default server package)

Ladish

session management system for JACK applications

Laditools

Linux Audio Desktop Integration Tools

Looping - Packages for looping music and audio

Metapackage which installs packages with the aim to loop your audio (and midi).

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Sooperlooper

Looping Sampler

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Ardour

digital audio workstation (graphical gtk2 interface)

Freewheeling

live looping musical instrument

Kluppe

a loop-player and recorder designed for live use

Rosegarden

music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer

Seq24

Real time MIDI sequencer

Midi - MIDI related packages

This metapackage will install packages useful for MIDI, including trackers, MIDI synths and virtual keyboards.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

A2jmidid

Daemon for exposing legacy ALSA MIDI in JACK MIDI systems

Abcmidi

converter from ABC to MIDI format and back

Aubio-tools

a library for audio segmentation -- utilities

Fluid-soundfont-gm

Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont (GM)

Fluidsynth

Real-time MIDI software synthesizer

Gmidimonitor

GTK+ application that shows MIDI events

Jack-keyboard

Virtual MIDI keyboard for JACK MIDI

Milkytracker

music creation tool inspired by Fast Tracker 2

Qsynth

fluidsynth MIDI sound synthesiser front-end

Qtractor

MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer application

Seq24

Real time MIDI sequencer

Yoshimi

software synthesizer based on ZynAddSubFX

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Kmidimon

MIDI monitor using ALSA sequencer and KDE user interface

Lmms

Linux Multimedia Studio

Mididings

MIDI router and processor based on Python

Muse

Qt4-based audio/MIDI sequencer

Rosegarden

music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer

Schism

ImpulseTracker clone aiming at providing the same look&feel

Swami

MIDI instrument editor application

Mixing - Packages for mixing and mastering your music

This metapackage will install software to do mixing and mastering.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Aubio-tools

a library for audio segmentation -- utilities

Audacity

fast, cross-platform audio editor

Jack-mixer

JACK Audio Mixer

Japa

JACK and ALSA Perceptual Analyser

Jkmeter

horizontal or vertical bargraph audio level meter for Jack Audio Connection Kit

Libsox-fmt-all

All SoX format libraries

Meterbridge

Collection of Audio meters for the JACK audio server

Sonic-visualiser

viewing and analysing the contents of music audio files

Soundconverter

GNOME application to convert audio files into other formats

Sox

Swiss army knife of sound processing

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Jamin

Audio mastering from a mixed down multitrack source with JACK

Mhwaveedit

Simple and fast GTK2 sound editor

Rezound

Audio file editor

Musician - Packages for musicians

This metapackage will install packages useful for musiciants. It includes metronomes, instrument tuners and music notation software.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Gtklick

simple metronome GUI for JACK

Klick

advanced metronome for JACK

Lilypond

program for typesetting sheet music

Lilypond-data

LilyPond music typesetter (data files)

Musescore

Teljes képességű WYSIWYG kotta-szerkesztő

Solfege

Ear training software

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Denemo

gtk+ front end to GNU Lilypond

Fmit

Free Music Instrument Tuner

Frescobaldi

Qt4 LilyPond sheet music editor

Nted

Musical score editor

Rosegarden

music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer

Stretchplayer

Audio file player with time stretch and pitch shifting

Packaging has started and developers might try the packaging code in VCS

Mma

Musical Midi Accompaniment generator

Players - Packages which makes your multimedia tools complete

This metapackage will install additional 'consumer' multimedia software.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Moc

ncurses based console audio player

Smplayer

complete front-end for MPlayer and MPlayer2

Vlc

multimedia player and streamer

Vlc-plugin-jack

Jack audio plugins for VLC

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Aqualung

Szünetmentes Gtk-alapú hanglejátszó

Recording - Packages for audio recording

This package will install packages useful for recording audio and music

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Ardour

digital audio workstation (graphical gtk2 interface)

Jack-capture

program for recording soundfiles with jack

Jack-mixer

JACK Audio Mixer

Jackd

JACK Audio Connection Kit (default server package)

Meterbridge

Collection of Audio meters for the JACK audio server

Qjackctl

User interface for controlling the JACK sound server

Qtractor

MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer application

Timemachine

JACK audio recorder for spontaneous and conservatory use

Xjadeo

Video player with JACK sync

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Ecasound

multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor

Jokosher

simple and easy to use audio multi-tracker

Rezound

Audio file editor

Traverso

Multitrack audio recorder and editor

Samplers - Software samplers

This metapackage will install free software samplers.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Specimen

MIDI controllable audio sampler for GNU/Linux systems

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Swami

MIDI instrument editor application

Packaging has started and developers might try the packaging code in VCS

Linuxsampler

realtime audio sampler

Sound synthesis - Packages for sound synthesis

This package will install packages useful for sound synthesis.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Ams

Realtime modular synthesizer for ALSA

Bristol

vintage synthesizer emulator

Csladspa

LADSPA plugin for Csound

Gem

Graphics Environment for Multimedia - Pure Data library

Libsox-fmt-all

All SoX format libraries

Monobristol

simple GUI for Bristol

Multimedia-audio-plugins

Audio processing plugins, synths and virtual instruments

Phasex

Phase Harmonic Advanced Synthesis EXperiment

Puredata

realtime computer music and graphics system

Qutecsound

frontend for the csound sound processor

Supercollider-emacs

SuperCollider mode for Emacs

Supercollider-gedit

SuperCollider mode for Gedit

Supercollider-supernova

real time audio synthesis server (multiprocessor version)

Yoshimi

software synthesizer based on ZynAddSubFX

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Aeolus

Synthesised pipe organ emulator

Amsynth

two oscillator software synthesizer

Azr3-jack

drawbar organ simulator

Chuck

Concurrent, On-the-fly Audio Programming Language

Foo-yc20

YC-20 organ emulation

Multimedia-samplers

Software samplers

Zynaddsubfx

Realtime software synthesizer for Linux

Debian packages in experimental

Supercollider-ide

real time audio synthesis server

Time stretching - Packages for stretching music and audio

This package will install programs and plugins for stretching sounds in time.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Paulstretch

Extreme sound time-stretch

Rubberband-cli

audio time-stretching and pitch-shifting utility

Rubberband-ladspa

LADSPA plugin for audio pitch-shifting

Rubberband-vamp

Vamp plugins using Rubber Band

Stretchplayer

Audio file player with time stretch and pitch shifting

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Ardour

digital audio workstation (graphical gtk2 interface)

Qtractor

MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer application

Rosegarden

music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer

Video - Video packages

This metapackage will install Video software. Some are especially useful to combine video and sound.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Blender

Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer

Ffmpeg2theora

Theora video encoder using ffmpeg

Gjacktransport

access to the JACK's transport mechanism as touchable slider

Libav-tools

Multimedia player, server, encoder and transcoder

Lives

Video Editing system allowing users to edit and create video

Openshot

Create and edit videos and movies

Xjadeo

Video player with JACK sync

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Dvgrab

grab digital video data via IEEE1394 and USB links

Kdenlive

non-linear video editor

Kino

Nem lineáris szerkesztő digitális videóadathoz (DV)

Stopmotion

program for creating stop motion animations

Subtitleeditor

Graphical subtitle editor with sound waves representation