An official variant of Ubuntu, Ubuntu Studio is a Linux-based operating system for creative individuals in the areas of audio production, video production, graphics design, photography and desktop publishing. It makes professional audio accessible on Linux; it uses the JACK sound server and a kernel built with a low-latency patch. Since version 20.10 it ships with KDE Plasma desktop environment.
New This Release
The Return of Internet DJ Console (IDJC): After a long hiatus, Internet DJ Console (IDJC) has returned. This package for creating and running Internet-based radio stations had been removed from Debian, but has returned, and therefore, returned to Ubuntu Studio!
JackTrip: Ubuntu Studio now includes JackTrip! JackTrip serves two purposes: low-latency networked JACK audio within your network, and low-latency Internet audio collaboration. Bands are even known to jam remotely using JackTrip’s services! It supports any number of channels (as many as the computer/network can handle) of bidirectional, high quality, uncompressed audio signal streaming.
More Musical Plugins: We came to the realization that we needed to support musicians a little better, so we added a few instrument and musical plugins to assist with that:
din
drumkv1
freewheeling
gxtuner
Hydrogen Drumkit Effects
kmetronome
padthv1
polyphone
samplv1
synthv1
More Photography Tools:
PhotoCollage – allows you to create photo collage phosters
PicPlanner – Calculates and displays the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Milky Way for any time and location on earth, to help you get those perfect astronomical photos or for taking pictures during the Golden or Blue hours.
PipeWire 1.4.7: This release contains PipeWire 1.4.7. PipeWire’s JACK compatibility is configured to use out-of-the-box and is zero-latency internally. System latency is configurable via Ubuntu Studio Audio Configuration and can now be configured on a per-user basis instead of globally.
Ubuntu Studio Audio Configuration: Speaking of Audio Configuration, we have added a number of options for configuring the PipeWire JACK compatibility, as can be seen in the image below. Additionally, buffer size can now be configured from within any JACK application that supports it, such as Patchance, Carla, Ardour, and more!
