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Contents 1 Audio Applications 1.1 Audacity (Audio Editor and Recorder) 1.2 Ardour (Digital Audio Workstation) 1.3 Rosegarden (Digital Audio Workstation) 1.4 Hydrogen (Drum synthesizer) 1.5 EasyTag (ID3 editor) 1.6 PuddleTag (ID3 editor) 1.7 UbuntuStudio (Ubuntu distribution customized for multimedia editing)

Audio Applications

Also see this section for a list of audio Media Players.

Audacity (Audio Editor and Recorder)

Audacity is the leading cross-platform free open source (GPL-licensed) audio recorder and editor. It can be used to record, splice, edit, and manipulate sound files similar to tools found in recording studios. Install:

sudo apt-get install audacity

Ardour (Digital Audio Workstation)

Ardour is a free, GTK-based professional-grade digital audio workstation for high end audio manipulation and mixing. Install:

sudo apt-get install ardour

Rosegarden (Digital Audio Workstation)

Rosegarden is a midi/audio interface for synthesizers, as well as a digital audio studio for recording, editing, and notating music. It is often used in combination with Audacity. Install:

sudo apt-get install rosegarden

Hydrogen (Drum synthesizer)

Hydrogen is an advanced drum machine for Linux. Install:

sudo apt-get install hydrogen

EasyTag (ID3 editor)

EasyTag is a utility for editing the ID3 tags of mp3 and other music files. Install:

sudo apt-get install easytag

• Run:

Applications -> Sound & Video -> EasyTAG

• Rename files using Artist and Track title:

EasyTAG -> Scanner -> Rename File(s) and Directory...

Use %a - %t in the popup "Tag and Filename Scan" box to rename the files using the Artist - TrackTitle naming convention. Then click on the green scanner box in the popup ("Open scanner window / Scan selected files") to build a database of the changes (or EasyTAG -> File -> Scan File(s) ). To save the changes (and actually rename the files), "Save Files" using the FloppyDisc icon in the top toolbar (or EasyTAG -> File -> Save File(s) ).

This can be done in batch mode by highlighting numerous files in the "File Name" pane.

PuddleTag (ID3 editor)

PuddleTag is a comprehensive utility for editing the ID3 tags of mp3 and other music files. Install:

sudo apt-get install python-qt4 python-pyparsing python-mutagen python-configobj python-musicbrainz2
wget -O puddletag_current.deb http://sourceforge.net/projects/puddletag/files/puddletag_0.9.12-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i puddletag_current.deb

UbuntuStudio (Ubuntu distribution customized for multimedia editing)

UbuntuStudio is an official derivative of Ubuntu that pre-packages many multimedia editing packages. (Each of the packages can also be installed independently.) See the website for a full list of the premier audiovisual software packages available for Ubuntu Linux.

• Install all the audio applications found in UbuntuStudio:

sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-audio

• Install all the video applications found in UbuntuStudio:

sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-video

• Install all the graphics applications found in UbuntuStudio:

sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-graphics