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<div class="level1">
<p>
Listed below are recommended audio, video and productivity apps for GNU/Linux complete with a short description.
</p>
<p>
Many of these apps are, or will be, included on the KXStudio DVD. Those not included are easily installed from the repositories in most cases.
<br/>
</p>
<ul>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Amarok</strong> Feature-packed music player with support for syncing with ipods (up to 4th gen)</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Ardour</strong> The original Linux DAW</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Audacious</strong> Uncomplicated music player with good JACK support</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Audacity</strong> Popular cross-platform sound editor but with poor JACK support</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Avidemux</strong> Simple video editing and conversion tool ala Virtualdub</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Bitwig</strong> Proprietary commercial DAW geared towards electronic music production</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Blender 3D</strong> Powerful 3D modelling, animation, rendering and compositing</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Cadence</strong> Controls and monitors various Linux sound systems</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>cadence-jackmeter</strong> Cadence-JackMeter is a digital peak meter for JACK</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>cadence-xycontroller</strong> Cadence-XY Controller is a simple XY widget that sends and receives data from Jack MIDI</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Carla</strong> Audio plugin host (<acronym title="Linux Audio Developers Simple Plugin API">LADSPA</acronym>, LV2, VST etc)</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Catia</strong> Catia is a JACK Patchbay, with some neat features like A2J bridge support and JACK Transport</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>cinepaint</strong> HDR, High bit-depth movie still editor</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Claudia</strong> Claudia is a LADISH frontend; it's just like Catia, but focused on session management through LADISH</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>darktable</strong> Virtual lighttable and darkroom</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>DeVeDe</strong> Creates DVD video and (S)VCD discs from movie files</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>DIN (Din Is Noise)</strong> Advanced fluid microtonal synthesis with drones and melodic effects, oriented toward Indian classical music</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Dolphin</strong> The default KDE file manager</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Firefox</strong> The original and best web browser</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>FileZilla</strong> (s)<acronym title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</acronym> client (and server)</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>GIMP</strong> GNU Image Manipulation Program - Photoshop alternative</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>gnumeric</strong> A superior spreadsheet to the one included in LibreOffice or OpenOffice</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Guitarix</strong> JACK virtual guitar amplifier</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>gxtuner</strong> Instrument tuner</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Handbrake</strong> Cross-platform DVD ripping and video transcoding</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Hydrogen</strong> JACK drum machine and sequencer, note: many additional drum-kits are available by installing the package “hydrogen-drumkits”</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>IDJC</strong> Internet DJ Console is for live, web radio production. Features voip integration</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Inkscape</strong> Leading open source vector graphics editor</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>JAmin</strong> JACK stereo audio mastering tool</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>k3b</strong> CD, DVD and BD burning</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Kdenlive</strong> KDE video editor, similar to Sony Vegas</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>ksnapshot</strong> Take screenshots of windows or desktops</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>LibreOffice</strong> <acronym title="Microsoft">MS</acronym> Office-compatible word processor, spreadsheet and presentation suite</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>LightWorks</strong> Professional, high-end video editor used in Hollywood productions (currently beta and 64-bit only)</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Lincoder</strong> Java/mencoder based batch video conversion tool</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Lingot</strong> Instrument tuner</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>LMMS</strong> FruityLoops-esque sequencer w/ integrated synths</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>mhwaveedit</strong> Lightweight sound editor with good JACK support</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Mixxx</strong> DJ mixing software</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>MusE</strong> DAW with good MIDI editing features and some integrated plugins</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Musescore</strong> Professional quality music notation and scoring</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Mypaint</strong> Bitmap paint program that can simulate real painting techniques</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Okular</strong> <acronym title="Portable Document Format">PDF</acronym> and document viewer</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Paulstretch</strong> Ambient sound generation via stretched sound recordings, extreme stretch lenghts and many controls over the sound</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>QDVDauthor</strong> DVD menu authoring</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Qsynth</strong> Allows use of SoundFont files</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Qsampler</strong> Allows use of sfz and gigasampler sample sets</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Qtractor</strong> Fast, lightweight DAW</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>REAPER</strong> Powerful Windows-based DAW, officially supported under Wine</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Recorditnow</strong> Record your desktop to a video file</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Rakarrack</strong> JACK Guitar FX processor</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Rosegarden</strong> MIDI sequencer with integrated notation</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>samplv1</strong> Simple sampler available as LV2 plugin and JACK app</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>scribus</strong> Professional layout and publishing software</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>setBfree</strong> Great sounding <acronym title="Digital Signal Processing">DSP</acronym> B3 Hammond organ emulator LV2 plugin </div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>smplayer</strong> Excellent audio and video playback app</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Soundkonverter</strong> batch audio file conversion</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Sooperlooper</strong> live looping sampler</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>sunvox</strong> Advanced module tracker with integrated synths, samplers and JACK support</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Swami</strong> SoundFont editor</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>synfig</strong> Powerful 2D vector animation software</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>TAL-Noisemaker</strong> Superb sounding, fully automatable softsynth plugin</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Tracktion</strong> Commercial DAW with unique interface and free Linux version</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Triceratops</strong> Triple oscillator LV2 synth</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>VLC</strong> The famous VLC media player</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>VMPK</strong> Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Wine</strong> Wine allows most <acronym title="Microsoft">MS</acronym> Windows software to run under GNU/Linux</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>XCFA</strong> Another sound conversion tool with more options than soundkonverter</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>XJadeo</strong> X JACK video monitor plays video in sync with a external time source (eg Ardour)</div>
</li>
<li class="level1"><div class="li"> <strong>Zynaddsubfx</strong> JACK synthesizer</div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
<p><br/></p>
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