The Hardware Database

Welcome to the Linux Audio Hardware Database.

Here we seek to address one of the common concerns of all Linux musicians - what hardware to get, how well will X device be supported, if there are any device specific procedures to install, and if so, what they may be - without having those involved run from pillar to post to obtain this information.

As one may guess, it is certainly no small undertaking - do bear with us as we put this together for everyone's benefit. Any help is welcome. In particular -

Thank you!

Current Entries

Linux Support Rating

To have a quantifiable, definitive way to know how well a device is supported, we have the Linux Support Rating, wherein a rating of

  • 5 means a device is fully functional out of the box
  • 4 means a device is fully functional with some configuration changes and/or requires some supplementary libre software, which runs natively or with WINE.
  • 3 means a device is fully functional with some configuration changes and/or requires some supplementary proprietary software, which runs natively or with WINE
  • 2 means a device is partially functional, some features will not work
  • 1 means a device is completely unusable/confirmed unsupported
  • 0 means a device's support status is unknown

Test

Include Exclude Tags
a_v_editors [8]
abc [5]
accompaniment [13]
accompaniment:karaoke [1]
alesis [1]
algo [12]
allen_heath [1]
alsa [3]
alsa_seq [78]
ambisonics [8]
an_in_10_mic-level_xlr [1]
an_in_4_switchable-level_ts [1]
an_in_4_switchable-level_xlr [1]
an_in_8_line-level_ts [1]
an_in_rca_line-level_6 [1]
an_in_rca_line_2 [1]
an_in_trs_line-level_6 [1]
an_in_xlr-trs-combo_switchable-level_2 [1]
an_in_xlr_mic-level_2 [1]
an_in_xlr_mic_1 [1]
an_in_xlr_switchable-level_2 [1]
an_inserts_12 [1]
an_inserts_4 [1]
an_out_3.5-trs_line-level_1 [1]
an_out_line_trs [1]
an_out_rca_line-level_8 [1]
an_out_rca_line_1 [1]
an_out_rca_linec-level_4 [1]
an_out_trs_line-level_1 [1]
an_out_trs_line-level_6 [1]
an_out_ts_line-level_4 [1]
an_out_xlr_mic-level_2 [1]
and_now_for_something_rather_different [161]
audio_editors [26]
audio_file_compress [7]
audio_interface [44]
audio_plugin_systems [12]
audio_transcription_software [6]
avail_discontinued [1]
avail_unknown [1]
avail_yes [4]
available_unknown [1]
behringer [1]
binaural_brainwave [4]
bitdepth_16 [2]
bitdepth_24 [4]
bookmark [2]
cd_cover_design [4]
cd_cue_toc [4]
cd_rip_burn [22]
cd_software [32]
chord_and_scale_utilities [4]
common_music [1]
convolution [2]
courseware [7]
csound [4]
csound_helper [34]
daw [24]
dead_link [104]
development [131]
di_ins_0 [2]
di_ins_spdif_1 [2]
di_outs_0 [2]
di_outs_spdif_1 [2]
discontinued_unknown [2]
distributions [26]
dj_mixer [1]
dj_tools [14]
documentation [7]
drumming [23]
dsp [45]
dssi [12]
dssi_plugins [6]
ear_training [9]
ecasound [5]
effects_processors [58]
faust [1]
festival [5]
file_conversion [19]
filters [17]
fltk [8]
fluidsynth [2]
for_guitarists_only [28]
forum [4]
game_things [17]
general_music_composition_analysis_packages [18]
general_synthesis_packages [27]
graphic_i_o [6]
hard_copy [6]
hardware_linux [29]
howtos_and_faqs [41]
icecast [1]
instrument_tuners [14]
interviews [9]
jack [227]
jack_midi [46]
jack_session [24]
jack_session_manager [1]
jack_transport [39]
java [38]
jazzpp [1]
keykit [2]
klatt [2]
ladish_l1 [13]
ladspa [45]
ladspa_plugin [16]
ladspa_unmaintained [1]
lash [29]
lilypond [10]
linux_based_products [7]
linux_live [6]
looping_software [13]
lsr_4 [2]
lsr_5 [5]
lv2 [15]
lv2_plugins [46]
m-audio [4]
mailing_list [6]
max-like_environments [5]
mbrola [2]
metronomes [9]
midi [3]
midi_controller [1]
midi_controller_related [16]
midi_interface [2]
midi_software [178]
midic_keyb_yes [1]
midic_motfades_0 [1]
midic_regfades_9 [1]
midic_regknobs_0 [1]
midic_rotencs_8 [1]
midii_ins_1 [4]
midii_ins_2 [1]
midii_outs_1 [4]
midii_outs_2 [1]
midii_thrus_0 [5]
mixer [1]
mixers [8]
mod_trackers_and_players [21]
mpeg_players_and_encoders [44]
music_and_tablature_paper [1]
music_made_with_linux [7]
music_notation_editors [34]
musicv-based_languages [8]
mxlinux [1]
network_audio [29]
new [25]
news [15]
nsm [15]
oggvorbis [9]
on-line_articles [68]
on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips [24]
openal [1]
opensuse [1]
organ [1]
osc [23]
oss [2]
other_webpages [12]
patch_editor [18]
pci [1]
performance [1]
phantom_no [2]
phantom_yes [3]
pipewire [1]
pitch_effect [10]
pkg_deb [8]
pkg_rpm [2]
players [15]
podcasts [4]
price_400_usd [1]
price_90_usd [1]
price_unknown [1]
primary_resources [7]
projects [3]
pulseaudio [4]
puredata [5]
python [2]
radio [9]
raspberry_pi [1]
released_unknown [3]
reverb_delay [14]
rosegarden [1]
rtaudii [1]
rtmidi [1]
samplerate_32 [1]
samplerate_44.1 [3]
samplerate_48 [2]
samplerate_96 [2]
samples_loops_and_midi_files [3]
scopes [10]
score_recognition_software [7]
sdl2 [1]
sequencers [46]
session_manager [1]
signal_analysis_and_processing [1]
signal_generators [6]
simple_rec [4]
snd [4]
sndio [1]
snr_ad_100 [1]
snr_ad_127 [1]
snr_da_100 [1]
snr_da_86 [1]
softsynths_and_samplers [103]
software_for_song_lyrics [1]
song_lyric_tool [4]
sound_cards_and_drivers [24]
sound_server [4]
soundfile_editors [1]
soundfile_util [50]
soundfonts_and_related [5]
sox [2]
speaker_design [5]
speech_software [31]
speech_synthesis_and_analysis_software [1]
spiralsynth [1]
synthesis_and_composition_packages [103]
tablature_software [11]
tag [1]
telephony_and_a_v_conferencing [13]
temperament_and_intonation [5]
the_linux_digital_dj [3]
tools_to_make_tools [6]
unmaintained [160]
usb1.1 [5]
usb2.0 [1]
usb_audio_midi [6]
utilities [39]
vamp [9]
video_software [10]
virtual_midi [16]
vst [23]
wiki [8]
wine [1]
wordclock_no [4]
wordclock_yes [1]