Linux For Audio Posted by Adel Mubarak , Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 12:51 AM, in Labels: OpenMusic

Audio software on the Linux platform is becoming very stable and advanced. Many of the coolest projects have been in development for close to 10 years and there are several installation and setup options for new users to choose from which smooth out the rough edges and ease you through the process of getting started with Linux Audio.

You can run all your VST plugins easily and using the JACK audio server it's possible to connect multiple applications to each other to on a single PC, multiple PC's, and over a network. The ALSA and OSS drivers provide support for hundreds of consumer grade soundcards and most of the top brand multi channel professional devices too.

In short there are literally hundreds of tools, plugins, and weird and wonderful choices you can make with Linux Audio. With so much to choose from there is no excuse for not having tried it out at least once.


There are many Linux distirbutions that are aimed at providing a seemless audio and mulitmedia experience
* 64 Studio - Native free software for digital content creation on x86_64 hardware
* Agnula - A Complete Music Distribution and Operating System
* Debian Multimedia project - Aimed at Audio, video and graphic enthusiast as well as professional
* dyne:bolic - The instant Bootable Audio CD Distribution
* Planet CCRMA - Precompiled Audio Software for Redhat Systems
* Studio to Go - Everything you need to make music on a Bootable CD
* Ubuntu Studio - Aimed at Audio, video and graphic enthusiast as well as professional