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Table of Contents

Resources and Support

Linux Distribution Support

Documentation

Hard Copy

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Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance Famous excellent introductory text by Charles Dodge and Thomas Jerse. hard_copy and_now_for_somethin…,
Linux Multimedia Guide A book by Jeff Tranter, published by The O'Reilly Press Currently out of print. hard_copy and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Notes From The Metalevel Rick Taube's excellent book on his Common Music, a must-have for all students and users. hard_copy common_music and_now_for_somethi…, ,
The Book of Linux Music & Sound A book/CD by Dave Phillips, published by No Starch Press. hard_copy dead_link,
The Csound Book Rick Boulanger's dream come true, a thorough treatment of Csound by its community of users and developers. csound hard_copy and_now_for_some…, ,
Virtual Sound Excellent introduction to Csound. hard_copy csound and_now_for_something_rather_different, ,

HOWTOs and FAQs

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Achieving Low-Latency Response Times Under Linux on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs, ,
AGNULA/DeMuDi + Pd (Pure Data) Installation Notes instructions from Derek Holzer and friends and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs unmainta…, ,
ALSA Programming HOWTO A guide for the perplexed howtos_and_faqs development and_now_for_something_rather_different midi_software, , ,
Audio Processing Pipelines howtos_and_faqs soundfile_util sox, ,
Building Sounds for your Applications with SoundTracker * <http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/4363/1/> sage advice from the experts at LinuxPl…,
Buzz Tracker On Linux mod_trackers_and_players howtos_and_faqs and_now_for_something_rather_different, ,
comp.speech Speech FAQ speech_software and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs, ,
Converting 78 rpm Records to Modern Media on Linux * <http://www.tappin.me.uk/Linux/audio.html> a descriptive text from James Tappin and_now_for_somethin…,
Creating Audio CDs With Linux an in-depth hands-on HOWTO on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs, ,
Developing and Using Snd: Editing Sound Under Linux on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips snd and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs, , ,
Driving One's Own Audio Device Write a custom (not ALSA) kernel driver. and_now_for_something_rather_different development howtos_and_faqs, ,
Editing Audio In Linux howtos_and_faqs soundfile_util,
Guide to linux sound APIs it is very difficult for programmers to figure out which audio API to use for which purpose and which API not to use when doing audio…,
How to fine-tune MPlayer and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs,
How To Get Effective Low-latency Performance On Your Linux Box advice from Aaron Krister Johnson howtos_and_faqs dead_link and_now_for_something_rather_diff…, ,
Based on this mail on LAU by Nathanael Anderson Intel-HDA JACK low latency howto I've seen asked many times on the list how to get intel-hda cards working …, , ,
Introduction to OSS MIDI programming Only for the old OSS API (not ALSA). development and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs midi_software u…, , , ,
L'heure de Jazz++ jazzpp and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs, ,
LiLAQ: Information on Linux Audio Quality The purpose of this site was to provide as much information as possible about how to get high quality sound on a Linu…, , ,
LilyPond Guide For Beginners * <http://eugenecormier.com/?p=147> a set of introductory tutorials from Eugene Cormier lilypond music_notation_editors and_…, , ,
Linux Audio User FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) General Q: Where to ask a question ? A: There are different mailing lists. Visit Resources at linuxaudio.o…
Linux Laptop Sound Configuration Sound setup for an HP Omnibook 4150 on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips howtos_and_faqs hardware_linux, ,
Linux MIDI Demonstration An old guide for OSS, made obsolete by ALSA midi howtos_and_faqs and_now_for_something_rather_different, ,
Linux MIDI HOWTO Valuable advice from Phil Kerr midi howtos_and_faqs and_now_for_something_rather_different, ,
Linux MP3 HOWTO documentation from Phil Kerr mpeg_players_and_encoders and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs, ,
ltsb Julian Classen's guide to the Linux text-based studio project howtos_and_faqs and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Modular synthesis with AlsaModularSynth 1.5.4 Good general overview of modular synthesis and its implementation in Dr. Matthias Nagorni's excellent synthesizer…,
Programmer's Guide To OSS sound & MIDI device programming, from 4Front howtos_and_faqs development,
Quick Toots tutorials for users of Linux sound and MIDI software howtos_and_faqs
Radio Timeshifting How to do it with ecasound ecasound radio and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs, , ,
Raspberry Pi and realtime, low-latency audio The Raspberry Pi can be set up to handle realtime, low-latency audio but it requires quite some tweaking. Hence th…, , ,
Sound Card Support for Linux with Laptops howtos_and_faqs hardware_linux,
Sound HOWTO howtos_and_faqs
Sound Playing HOWTO howtos_and_faqs
Streaming Media With Linux in-depth article on using software for both the client and server sides on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips network_audio howtos_an…, ,
ThinkPad 390e sound_cards_and_drivers howtos_and_faqs hardware_linux, ,
Linux sound for the ThinkPad 390e an overview from Allin Cottrell hardware_linux sound_cards_and_drivers howtos_and_faqs, ,
IBM ThinkPad 390e configuring audio and multimedia sound_cards_and_drivers howtos_and_faqs hardware_linux, ,
Using the Hammerfall HDSP on Linux howtos_and_faqs hardware_linux,
Using VST Plugins In Linux on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips vst howtos_and_faqs and_now_for_something_rather_different, , ,
Writing Audio Applications With JACK - A Tutorial/Journal excellent instruction from James Shuttleworth howtos_and_faqs jack development, ,

Interviews

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Der Pinguin auf dem Weg ins Tonstudio Frank Barknecht interviews Paul Davis for DeutschlandRadio (in German) and_now_for_something_rather_different intervie…,
Interview With Andrew Morton KernelTrap talks with the author of the low-latency patches. interviews and_now_for_something_rather_different dead_link, ,
Interview With Dr. Richard Boulanger One the leading lights of Csound is interviewed by The Linux Gazette. interviews csound and_now_for_something_rather_di…, ,
Interview with Hannu Savolainen and Dev Mazumdar getting to know the OSS guys at 4Front Technologies on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips oss and_now_for_somet…, , ,
Interview with Iain Duncan From John Littler's Mstation, a very good report on recent developments in Csound. interviews csound and_now_for_something_rather…, ,
Interview with Steve Harris Interview with the famed LADSPA plugin developer. interviews and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Mstation Interviews John Littler chats with Conrad Parker of Sweep fame and Erik de Castro Lopo, author of libsndfile and the Secret Rabbit Code interviews …,
Rosegarden Developers Interview Howard Wen chats with the minds behind the software rosegarden interviews,
Sounds Expo: Linux DAW - A Reality an interview/video with Daniel James and Damien Cirotteau at the London Sounds Expo interviews

Manuals and Other Documentation

Online Articles

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5 Linux Media Players: Which is the Best Fit? network_audio and_now_for_something_rather_different on-line_articles video_software, , ,
64 Studio: Building a native 64-bit creative distribution another fine article from Daniel James on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
A Jazz Improvisation Primer * <http://www.outsideshore.com/primer/primer/> an excellent first guide from Marc Sabatella courseware on-line_articles and_n…, ,
A Profile of SoundTracker A look at Michael Krause's excellent music module tracker on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_articles and_now_for_something…, ,
About the MOD History and other information about making and playing music in the MOD format on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_articles and_now_for…, ,
An Analysis of Sample Rate Conversion in SoX on-line technical paper on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different sox soundfile_util, , ,
Audio Libre a PDF file of the first installment from Daniel James's new column for Linux User & Developer on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_diff…,
Best Soundcard For DJing With Linux poll results at OpenJay.org on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Community-Based Recording Studios: A Look into the Future on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Computer Music and the Linux Operating System: A Report from the Front Article (in PDF format) from the Computer Music Journal on-line_articles_by_dave_phil…, ,
Csound for Linux How it was back in 1999. on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_articles,
Csound Journal Steven Yi and James Hearon maintain Hans's high standards on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different csound_helper, ,
Data Transport in Linux Audio Applications An introductory text on some of the available data transport systems between and within applications, including a br…, ,
Digital Rights Management & Music: A barrier to creativity? * <http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug03/articles/drm.htm> Daniel James asks the question in Sou…,
Drivers, IRQs, and PCI latency * <http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-hw2.html> excellent article by Dan Robbins (of Gentoo Linux) delivers the …, ,
Fervent Software's Studio To Go! * <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/08/31/studiotogo.html> a review from Brad Fuller on-line_articles and_now_for_so…,
Free Music Homepage * <http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/> a manifesto regarding music as a free commodity a la Linux and the GPL on-line_artic…,
GNU/Linux DVD Player Review a look-see from Jon Kent on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Inside a Luxury Synth: Creating the Linux-Powered Korg OASYS Peter Kim takes a look within on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Introduction to Linux Audio Filippo Pappalardo spills the facts for readers of OSNews on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Linux 2.6: A Breakthrough for Embedded Systems Brandon White gives us the low-down on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Linux Audio Development: A Report from Karlsruhe notes from the first meeting of the Linux Audio Developers group on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_…, ,
Linux Audio Plug-Ins: A Look Into LADSPA introductory text for users and developers on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips ladspa on-line_articles and_now_for_so…, , ,
Linux Audio Software Review on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Linux Audio Users Guide Solid information collected and organized by Patrick Shirkey. on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Linux DVD Players A look at what's out there on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different cd_software, , ,
Linux Games Reviews/listings/videos of games for linux game_things and_now_for_something_rather_different on-line_articles, ,
Linux in the Mirror Image Studios Sound on Sound profiles Ron Parker's use of Linux audio software at his Mirror Image Studios on-line_articles and_now_for_…,
Linux Multimedia a brief survey by Sander van Vugt on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Linux Multimedia with PD and GEM a report on using the Pd/GEM powerhouse for audio/video processing on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips puredata on-line_artic…, , ,
Linux Sound Support Jeff Trantner's report from 1994 on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Linux Soundcard Drivers a brief guide for users and developers on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips sound_cards_and_drivers on-line_articles and_now_for_someth…, , ,
Linux User & Developer includes a series of excellent articles on Linux audio by Daniel James on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Linux-Soundeditoren Review of Linux sound editors circa 2004 on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Mackie Digs In with Tracktion and promises a Linux version is on the way... on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Michael Iber: On Free Software And Contemporary Music Goetz Dipper's radio transcript from LAC 2006; text in German only on-line_articles and_now_for_someth…,
MMidi describes tools for MIDI over the MBONE multicast network midi_software on-line_articles development, ,
Mplayer: The Project from Hell Joe Barr's less-than-satisfactory experience with my favorite MPEG/AVI/ASF player on-line_articles
Museum Sound Powered By Linux notes on a project from Benno Senoner “The intent of the game is to provide an ironic and entertaining demonstration of how th…,
Music to Feed Your Soul nice article by Marcel Gagné from his Cooking With Linux column in The Linux Journal on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_d…,
Network Musical Performance perspectives from sfront's John Lazzaro and John Wawrzynek on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Noisy Python brief overview of some soundapps for Python on-line_articles python and_now_for_something_rather_different, ,
Notation Editors Under Linux a look at notation editors for producing sheet music (especially focused on Mup). on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_d…, ,
Open Source Music Software & The AGNULA Project very good article by Daniel James now in Sound On Sound's on-line archive on-line_articles and_now_for_somet…,
OpenAL Explained a survey of the project's status in the year 2000 on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips openal on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_d…, , ,
Opening Up the PlayStation 2 with Linux very brief look at a new development kit from Sony on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Porting SGI Audio Applications to Linux a report on some early work on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_differen…, ,
Product Review: The CodeWeavers CrossOver Plugin a look at a remarkable plugin that brings QuickTime support to Linux on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips wine…, ,
Professional Audio Closer to Linux heads-up article on OSNews on-line_articles
Rockin' in the Free (Software) World a look at the software available for Linux guitarists on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips for_guitarists_only on-line_art…, ,
RTcmix for Linux: Part 1 Dave Topper's excellent introductory article for The Linux Journal on-line_articles
RTP MIDI A protocol for transmitting MIDI via an Ethernet connection. midi_software on-line_articles development, ,
Sculptor: A Real Time Phase Vocoder Nick Bailey describes his very cool software on-line_articles
Setting Up A Multitrack Audio Recording Studio Alex Heizer describes a basic Linux home recording system on-line_articles
Snake dance: The Kamaelia streaming media system a description from Daniel James on-line_articles network_audio,
Songs in the Key of F12 nice Wired article with reference to Geoff Matters of GDAM on-line_articles
Sound and Music Software a category review for freshmeat on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different, ,
Sound And Vision: Max Matthews brief heads-up article from SFweekly.com on-line_articles
Sound Savings: Portable Audio Recorder Takes On Tape good article regarding PDAudio from Len Moskowitz's CoreSound on-line_articles
Soundings: Explorations In Linux Sound good article by Larry Ayers for the Linux Gazette on-line_articles
Spiral Synthesis materials from Tracy Lind Petersen and_now_for_something_rather_different on-line_articles,
The Linux Recording Studio Aaron Trumm reveals his plans in the May 2004 issue of the Linux Journal on-line_articles
The Linux Soundfile Editor Roundup on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips soundfile_util on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different, , ,
The State Of Recordable DVDs pointers from Slashdot readers on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different,
The Trouble with Vorbis on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different soundfile_util, ,
Tuning By Ratios temperament_and_intonation on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different, ,
Tux In The Studio instructions on home recording with Linux, from Dave Fancella on-line_articles
Which Sounds Better, MP3 or Ogg ? on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different soundfile_util, ,

Online Articles by Dave Phillips

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A Profile of SoundTracker A look at Michael Krause's excellent music module tracker on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_articles and_now_for_something…, ,
About the MOD History and other information about making and playing music in the MOD format on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_articles and_now_for…, ,
Achieving Low-Latency Response Times Under Linux on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs, ,
Computer Music and the Linux Operating System: A Report from the Front Article (in PDF format) from the Computer Music Journal on-line_articles_by_dave_phil…, ,
Creating Audio CDs With Linux an in-depth hands-on HOWTO on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs, ,
Csound for Linux How it was back in 1999. on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_articles,
Developing and Using Snd: Editing Sound Under Linux on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips snd and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs, , ,
Free Software and Multimedia 2001: A Report from Firenze notes on the proceedings on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips and_now_for_something_rather_different n…, ,
Interview with Hannu Savolainen and Dev Mazumdar getting to know the OSS guys at 4Front Technologies on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips oss and_now_for_somet…, , ,
Linux Audio Development: A Report from Karlsruhe notes from the first meeting of the Linux Audio Developers group on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_…, ,
Linux Audio Plug-Ins: A Look Into LADSPA introductory text for users and developers on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips ladspa on-line_articles and_now_for_so…, , ,
Linux DVD Players A look at what's out there on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different cd_software, , ,
Linux Laptop Sound Configuration Sound setup for an HP Omnibook 4150 on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips howtos_and_faqs hardware_linux, ,
Linux Multimedia with PD and GEM a report on using the Pd/GEM powerhouse for audio/video processing on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips puredata on-line_artic…, , ,
Linux Soundcard Drivers a brief guide for users and developers on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips sound_cards_and_drivers on-line_articles and_now_for_someth…, , ,
OpenAL Explained a survey of the project's status in the year 2000 on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips openal on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_d…, , ,
Porting SGI Audio Applications to Linux a report on some early work on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_differen…, ,
Product Review: The CodeWeavers CrossOver Plugin a look at a remarkable plugin that brings QuickTime support to Linux on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips wine…, ,
Rockin' in the Free (Software) World a look at the software available for Linux guitarists on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips for_guitarists_only on-line_art…, ,
Sound and Music Software a category review for freshmeat on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different, ,
Streaming Media With Linux in-depth article on using software for both the client and server sides on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips network_audio howtos_an…, ,
The Linux Softsynth Roundup the shape of things in May 2003 on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips softsynths_and_samplers and_now_for_something_rather_different, ,
The Linux Soundfile Editor Roundup on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips soundfile_util on-line_articles and_now_for_something_rather_different, , ,
Using VST Plugins In Linux on-line_articles_by_dave_phillips vst howtos_and_faqs and_now_for_something_rather_different, , ,

Other Documentation and Newsworthy Items

Documentation for Developers

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Advanced Gtk+ Sequencer Advanced Gtk+ Sequencer is an audio sequencer written in C using GObject and Gtk+. It features a piano roll, as well a synth, matrix ed…, , , , , , , , , , ,
AIFF DSP A framework in which your C functions which process the data in Audio IFF (AIFF) files are called. The framework contains main() and deals with all a…
Allegro C game programming library (also usable from C++) with sound support. game_things jack development, ,
ALPY ALPY is a 3D sound kit, based op OpenAL, with a Python binding. It is (c) by Bram Stolk, and available under GPL license. Initially, this started out as …, ,
ALSA The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI functionality to the Linux operating system. ALSA provides fully open-sourced driver…, ,
ALSA MIDI Kommander DCOP interface exposing many ALSA sequencer features for shell scripts, Kommander scripts, or KDE programs requiring MIDI sequencer service…, , ,
ALSA Programming HOWTO A guide for the perplexed howtos_and_faqs development and_now_for_something_rather_different midi_software, , ,
aubio Library designed for the extraction of annotations from audio signals. Its features include segmenting a sound file before each of its attacks, performin…
Audio::LADSPA Perl extensions for hosting LADSPA plugins ladspa development,
BruteFIR Command-line app to apply long FIR filters to multi-channel digital audio, offline or in realtime. filters convolution development dsp, , ,
ccAudio a portable general purpose C++ class library for manipulating audio files and audio data development
ccAudio2 an improved version of the former ccAudio, from the Bayonne GNU/Linux telephony project development
ClanLib a platform-independent game SDK with sound support game_things development,
Demolition ladspa development,
dirac C/C++ object library that redefines the limits of what todays’ technology can do for your app if you want to change the speed and pitch of music independ…,
DRC Generates digital room correction FIR filters to be used within HiFi systems in conjunction with real-time convolution engines like BruteFIR. filters deve…, ,
Driving One's Own Audio Device Write a custom (not ALSA) kernel driver. and_now_for_something_rather_different development howtos_and_faqs, ,
drumstick Drumstick is a set of MIDI libraries using C++/Qt idioms and style. Includes a wrapper around the ALSA library sequencer interface: ALSA sequencer pr…, ,
DSSI * <http://dssi.sourceforge.net> The Disposable SoftSynth Interface, a “LADSPA for instruments” API from Chris Cannam, Sean Bolton, and Steve Harris. …,
faust * (faust.grame.fr) - homepage * online internet version * more screenshots * faust2pd - connect to puredata (pd) Faust is a functional…, , , ,
Faust Online This interactive Web site offers the possibility to write your own audio applications or plugins using the Faust compiler online. The website con…, , ,
Festival speech synthesis system Related: development speech_software,
FFTW C subroutine library for the “Fastest Fourier Transform in the West” development dsp,
Fiview Graphically design/view a filter. Generates public domain source code that can be used directly in an app filters development dsp, ,
FLAC the Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. deve…,
FlowDesigner * <http://flowdesigner.sourceforge.net/> interesting visual environment for building audio and signal processing applications development ds…,
FMOD * <http://www.fmod.org/> music and effects system, supports large variety of playback types development
GNU 3DKit unmaintained development,
GSI the General Sound Interface, an API with stereo sample play, 3D, Doppler fx, etc. development unmaintained,
GStreamer network_audio development,
GStreamer Pipeline Editor requires GStreamer network_audio development,
Guide to linux sound APIs it is very difficult for programmers to figure out which audio API to use for which purpose and which API not to use when doing audio…,
GWC-lib the GNOME Wave Cleaner is now a library ! development dsp,
HawkVoice game-oriented, multiplayer voice-over-network API... designed to be a portable, free, open source code alternative to Microsoft's DirectPlay Voice in…, ,
Helix DNA Producer network_audio development,
Improv C++ environment for writing programs that enable musician/computer interaction using MIDI instruments midi_software unmaintained development, ,
Introduction to OSS MIDI programming Only for the old OSS API (not ALSA). development and_now_for_something_rather_different howtos_and_faqs midi_software u…, , , ,
JACK For the cd-ripper named jack go here: jack The Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) is Paul Davis's professional-quality low-latency audio server and transpo…,
jack4j development java,
jein a Java version of Ein, DSP learning software from Paul Lansky and Ken Steiglitz dsp java development, ,
Jezabel development ladspa,
JJack jack development,
jMusic is a Java class of functions for generating and manipulating MIDI musical data midi_software dead_link development, ,
Juce Cross-platform GUI + everything else library development
JVOIPLIB telephony_and_a_v_conferencing unmaintained development, ,
Khagan interface builder for OSC-based applications development osc unmaintained, ,
Kiss FFT Very small FFT library, can use either fixed or floating point data types development dsp,
LADSPA The central site for information regarding the Linux Audio Developers Simple Plugin API, maintained by Richard W. E. Furse. Applications using LAD…,
ladspapluginmaker GUI for creating LADSPA-compatible audio plug-ins, from the makers of GDAM development ladspa,
ladspar Ruby module for using LADSPA plugins development ladspa,
LAME source code for an encoder licensed under the GPL mpeg_players_and_encoders development,
libaio a platform abstraction layer for digital audio I/O development
libakai development
LibDSP library of common DSP functions development dsp,
libfilth digital-analog filter design library. development filters dsp, ,
libfishsound development
libgaudio game_things development unmaintained, ,
libgdither Library for performing audio dithering on PCM samples development
libgig development
liblo An easy to use OSC (Open Sound Control) implementation written in C. osc development,
liblrdf Library for handling RDF descriptions of LADSPA (and potentially other format) plugins development ladspa,
LibModSynth: Audio plugin design tools for Linux LibModSynth is a library of high quality audio DSP modules built with sound quality, CPU efficiency and intero…, ,
liboggz development
libsamplerate Library for sample-rate conversion development dsp,
libsmf Easy to use C library to read and write SMF (“*.mid”) files. Automatically handles timing, pulses<->seconds computation, tempo management, tempo map ha…,
libsndfile library for reading and writing many different soundfile formats. development
libtimidity MIDI to WAVE converter library that uses Gravis Ultrasound-compatible patch files to generate digital audio data from General MIDI files. This lib…, ,
Linux Sound Hacker's Guide for programming the OSS/Free driver from Hannu Savolainen development
LV2 LV2 is a standard for plugins and matching host applications, mainly targeted at audio processing and generation. LV2 is a simple but extensible successor…,
Maaate mpeg_players_and_encoders dsp development, ,
MFFM 3D Audio Library a library for driving 3D speaker arrays speaker_design development,
MFFM Bit Stream development
MFFM Multimedia Time Code C++ headers for managing time code development
MIDI Modules * <ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/jack/python/> for the Python programming language midi_software dead_link development, ,
MIDI-Perl “...a suite of Perl modules that allows you to read, compose, modify, and write MIDI files” midi_software development dead_link, ,
MidiIO Cross-platform MIDI software interface for C++ programming. midi_software development,
MidiShare * <http://midishare.sourceforge.net/> * <http://www.grame.fr/Research/> is a “... real-time operating system for musical applications” from the …,
Midithing MIDI library in Python for an eventual sequencer from Tim Goetze midi_software unmaintained development, ,
MMidi describes tools for MIDI over the MBONE multicast network midi_software on-line_articles development, ,
MPEG-4 Structured Audio: Developer Tools a page from John Lazzaro and John Wawrzynek, includes the indispensable sfront general_synthesis_packages synthesis…, ,
Music-DSP Source Code Archive code for synthesis, filters, analysis, effects, and other DSP functions development dsp,
MusicXML “... a universal translator for common Western musical notation... designed as an interchange format for notation, analysis, retrieval, and performanc…,
Nord Modular G2 Patch Format informative page from Michael Dewberry development midi_software,
nwfiir audio tools filters development dsp, ,
ObjectProDSP an X11 GUI for DSP design and implementation unmaintained dsp development, ,
Oggz API for reading and writing OGG files and streams tools_to_make_tools development dead_link, ,
OpenAL * <http://www.openal.org/> open-source audio library for games and multimedia applications, sponsored by Creative Labs and Loki Entertainment game…, ,
OSS/Free * Information about the new and improved OSSv4 and its benefits over alsa for unix audio * Information about the pre-2.5 Linux kernel sound driv…, ,
PHAT “a collection of GTK+ widgets geared toward pro-audio apps”, from Pete Bessman and friends development
PLib a suite of game libraries with OpenGL and C++ interfaces, from Steve Baker development game_things,
Poles and Zeros filters development dsp, ,
Polyphone Polyphone is an excellent tool for creating, editing, and combining SoundFonts in the SF2 format. Linux, Mac, and Windows. development linux_based_…, , , , , ,
portaudio development
portmidi development midi_software,
Programmer's Guide To OSS sound & MIDI device programming, from 4Front howtos_and_faqs development,
Ptolemy homepage for the Ptolemy Project of the DSP Design Group at UCB and_now_for_something_rather_different development dsp, ,
PulseAudio sound_server development pulseaudio, ,
PVC an extensive set of phase vocoder tools and utilities from Paul Koonce, with a Linux version from John Gibson development dsp,
pyalsa MIDI wrappers for Python, from Phil Frost midi_software unmaintained development, ,
pyliblo pyliblo is a Python wrapper for the liblo OSC library. It supports almost the complete functionality of liblo, allowing you to send and receive OSC mes…,
pyo midi_software osc development dsp, , ,
Q-Audio/Q-MIDI useful extensions to the Q programming language unmaintained development,
Q-Midi a MidiShare interface for the Q programming language midi_software unmaintained development, ,
rtmidi development
RTP MIDI A protocol for transmitting MIDI via an Ethernet connection. midi_software on-line_articles development, ,
rubberband Library for high-quality time-stretching and pitch-shifting. pitch_effect development effects_processors, ,
Ruby/Audio Hans Fugal's “library that makes dealing with audio data a little easier...in Ruby” development
Scilab development dsp,
SDL Simple Directmedia Layer library development project game_things development,
SDL Mixer development
SDL_sound a library to handle decoding of soundfile formats such as WAV and MP3 development
sfront a translator that converts MP4-SA files into efficient C programs that generate audio for rendering, interactive and network applications general_syn…, ,
Sig++ music signal processing in C++ development dsp,
Signalgo DSP library for Java development java dsp, ,
SL Sound Library library for playing, mixing, and modifying sound samples in realtime, designed especially for games and simulations game_things development…, ,
sndlib library for the Snd soundfile editor snd development,
SndObj/pySndObj “a set of object-oriented cross-platform audio development tools and sample programs...for the quick design of sound processing applications” …
Sonic Flow designs/simulates audio signal processing networks development dsp,
sonivox This project is a fork of the Android Open Source Project 'platform_external_sonivox', including a CMake based build system to be used not on Android, …, , ,
Sound Processing Kit C++ class library for audio signal processing development dsp,
SoundTouch Library for high-quality time-stretching and pitch-shifting. pitch_effect development effects_processors, ,
The MusicKit object-oriented software system for building music, sound, signal processing, and MIDI apps general_synthesis_packages synthesis_and_compositi…, , ,
The PLUM Page synthesis_and_composition_packages and_now_for_something_rather_different development, ,
tranzport Docs/code for programming Frontier Design's Tranzport wireless USB device hardware_linux development and_now_for_something_rather_different, ,
Tritonus an implementation of the JavaSound API, from Matthias Pfisterer, Florian Bomers, and others development java,
TSE3 Library open-source MIDI sequencer engine in C++ midi_software development,
UNIX MIDI libraries general purpose MIDI system for Unix, useful code from John Stone and Friends. midi_software development,
Virtual Sound audio synthesis tools general_synthesis_packages synthesis_and_composition_packages development, ,
Vorbis Development the place for Vorbis developers dead_link development,
Writing Audio Applications With JACK - A Tutorial/Journal excellent instruction from James Shuttleworth howtos_and_faqs jack development, ,
Zerius Vocoder C and Java source code for software channel vocoder. dsp development,

Wikis, Fora, Blogs etc.

Wikis

PageDescriptionTags
ALSA Wiki unofficial wiki about ALSA, the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture wiki and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Audacity Wiki * <http://audacityteam.org/wiki/> wiki and_now_for_something_rather_different,
LiLAQ: Information on Linux Audio Quality The purpose of this site was to provide as much information as possible about how to get high quality sound on a Linu…, , ,
Linux Artist a resource for artists (including the sonic types) using Linux wiki and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Linux VST/VSTi Compatibility Page wiki vst dead_link and_now_for_something_rather_different, , ,
LinuxMAO “a French-speaking wiki for worldwide Linux audio users” forum wiki and_now_for_something_rather_different, ,
Pd Wiki wiki and_now_for_something_rather_different unmaintained, ,
Ruccas.org wiki-based site for “unconventional computer and electronic art” wiki and_now_for_something_rather_different,

Fora

PageDescriptionTags
kvraudio site for locating VST/VSTi plugins vst and_now_for_something_rather_different forum documentation, , ,
LinuxMAO “a French-speaking wiki for worldwide Linux audio users” forum wiki and_now_for_something_rather_different, ,
LinuxMusicians forum An active community of Linux Musicians forum and_now_for_something_rather_different,
Studio Forum - Linux support/discussion forum in Swedish and Norwegian for newcomers to Linux audio forum and_now_for_something_rather_different,

Blogs

A 'planet' aggregating linux audio-related blogs can be found at http://planet.linuxaudio.org

Mailing Lists

PageDescriptionTags
Linux Audio Announcements a mostly one-way email list to publish announcements. * <https://lists.linuxaudio.org/postorius/lists/linux-audio-announce.lists.…,
Linux Audio Developers the infamous mailinglist: * <https://lists.linuxaudio.org/postorius/lists/linux-audio-dev.lists.linuxaudio.org/> - Direct link * <h…,
Linux Audio Tuning The linux-audio tuning (LAT) mailing list is to help GNU/Linux distribution maintainers and other interested users to share information on s…,
Linux Audio User the famous mailinglist: * <https://lists.linuxaudio.org/postorius/lists/linux-audio-user.lists.linuxaudio.org/> - Direct link * <http://…,
Linux Audio Developers the LAD list is dedicated to “discussion of topics relevant to audio under Linux, with an accent on development issues” mailing_list …,
Linux Audio Users a mail-list for people focused on using rather than hacking Linux audio applications mailing_list and_now_for_something_rather_different,

Misc

PageDescriptionTags
kvraudio site for locating VST/VSTi plugins vst and_now_for_something_rather_different forum documentation, , ,
Linux MP3 Players Project Page a guide to the hard and the soft... mpeg_players_and_encoders documentation and_now_for_something_rather_different unmaintain…, , ,
Linux Soundapps site * <http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linuxsound/> * <http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.linuxsound.at> …
Linux.MP3 Tools formerly DAM's MP3 Page, aims to include everything regarding MP3 + Linux, from Damien Morel mpeg_players_and_encoders documentation and_now…, ,
MP3'Tech * <http://www.mp3-tech.org> a great source for technical information on the MP3 format mpeg_players_and_encoders documentation and_now_for_somet…, ,
R-BOSS the Radio Broadcasting Open Source System, a project from Radio Free Asia network_audio and_now_for_something_rather_different documentation, ,
SLab Page an unofficial information page about SLab documentation
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