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The login screen of Ubuntu Studio 8.04
Ubuntu Studio is an officially recognized derivative[1] of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, which is explicitly geared to general multimedia production. The original version, based on Ubuntu 7.04, was released on May 10, 2007.
[edit] Features
The real-time kernel, first included with Ubuntu Studio 8.04, was modified for intensive audio, video or graphics work. The scheduler allows applications to request immediate CPU time, which can drastically reduce audio latency[2]. The 8.10 release lacks this real-time kernel, but it has been reimplemented in the 9.04 release, and stabilised with the release of 9.10.
Ubuntu Studio also includes custom artwork and a blue-on-black theme, as opposed to Ubuntu's default brown and orange.
[edit] Installation
There is currently no live version available of Ubuntu Studio, and consequently, no graphical installer. In addition, the disk image is 1.28 GB, too large to fit on a standard CD, and as a result the recommended installation medium for Ubuntu Studio is a DVD or USB flash drive. Ubuntu Studio can also be installed on a pre-existing Ubuntu installation by installing the "ubuntustudio-desktop" package from Advanced Packaging Tool.
[edit] Software included
- a2jmidid -
- Ardour - a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application (Works with JACK).
- Audacity - a digital audio editor application
- BEAST - music composition and modular synthesis application
- Creox - A real-time guitar effects program (works with JACK)
- Fluidsynth - Software Wavetable Synthesizer (Works with JACK).
- Hydrogen - an advanced drum machine (Works with JACK).
- JACK Audio Connection Kit - a sound server daemon that provides low latency connections between applications for both audio and MIDI data
- Jack Rack - Virtual rackmount of LADSPA DSP effects plugins for use with JACK.
- JAMin - the JACK Audio Connection Kit Audio Mastering interface
- LilyPond - a program for engraving sheet music
- Mixxx - a digital DJ-style mixing program
- MusE - a MIDI/Audio sequencer using JACK and ALSA
- Patchage - GUI access to patch MIDI and Audio software together for JACK.
- Pure Data -
- Rosegarden - a digital audio workstation program (works with JACK).
- Tapiir -
- Timemachine - Records the last 30 seconds of sound to the hard drive, so a 'one off' sound can be captured. (Works with JACK)
- TiMidity++ - a software synthesizer that is able to convert from MIDI to various formats
- Xwax -
- ZynAddSubFX - a complex yet easy to use subtractive, additive, FM synthesizer with DSP effects, and exceptional software synthesizer (works with JACK).
[edit] Graphics
- Agave - a color scheme generator
- Blender - a 3D animation program
- Enblend - an image compositing program
- FontForge - a typeface (font) editor program
- GIMP - a raster graphics editor
- Inkscape - a vector graphics editor
- Scribus - a desktop publishing application
- Synfig - a 2D vector graphics and timeline-based animation program
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