In the Linux world, there are distros for all tastes and needs, so it is always convenient to look for one that largely suits your tastes and priorities, taking into account that any distro can be modified to behave and have the functionalities what you wish.
The professional audio producers they have at their disposal a distro called KX Studio that comes equipped with specialized software in this area, in addition to system improvements to make audio editing more pleasant and efficient.
What is KXStudio?
KX Studio It is a fairly mature distro broasted on Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS, that is oriented to professional audio production, this distro is equipped with a large collection of apps and plugins that will allow for efficient audio editing or production with the highest industry standards.
KX Studio is a total concept, where a selection of Own and third-party applications specialized in audio management, added to a variety of open source plugins to optimize audio performance in Linux kernel or with a repository center for Debian / Ubuntu where updated applications are kept. This is why KXStudio can be enjoyed as an all-inclusive distro, or as a repository that can be installed on your favorite distro to complement applications related to audio production.
Similarly, KX Studio it has great support for audiovisual production, having by default applications for video editing, audiovisual production and kernel improvements to increase performance in compilation processes.
The interface of the KXStudio distro is quite nice with finishes designed to contrast with audio applications, the desktop environment used is KDE and the distro installer is quite interesting.
KXStudio Features
- Distro based on Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS with KDE desktop environment.
- It has a wide collection of applications and plug-ins for professional audio and video production.
- Improvements in the Linux ports and incorporation of patches for a better operation, also to increase the compatibility with more functionalities.
- Own community repository for Debian and Ubuntu, with applications and plugins that can be used in any distro.
- It has the following proprietary audio and video production applications: Cadence, Cadence-JackMeter, cadence-jacksettings, Cadence Logs, Cadence-Render, Cadence-XY Controller, Catarina, Catia, Claudia, Claudia-launcher, and Carla, each of them dedicated to offering improvements and new functionalities for audio management, all open source and available for various distros.
- It incorporates a variety of Linux plugins and ports that are available from district, increasing compatibility with more tools.
- Its strength is the multimedia area, so in the applications menu of this area you can find applications distributed in audio plugin, audio production, audio tools, disc production, multimedia hardware configuration, multimedia players, video production , Cadence's applications and Claudia's launcher.
- It has applications for general use such as office automation, browsers, image editors, image capturer, audio and video, among others.
Without a doubt, this powerful distro that has an experience of several years is an excellent option for those amateurs or professionals of audio and video editing. It is important to note that we can also enjoy the applications and complements of KX Studio in our favorite distros thanks to its repositories, so regardless of what you use you can use it to complement and add new features to your favorite distribution.
I tried it several months ago. And it works very well. But the negative point is that it is based on a distro that is already a few years old and it did not work so well for me in a more modern notebook. The own tools it brings are incredible! Cadence, Claudia, Carla .. Even though as I said before, being based on 14.04 I struggled a lot to activate the wifi, which with 16.04 did not happen to me. But if your laptop is not very rare, and you use it to produce music ... you have to try it! The applications work the first time, without delay, or anything!
Not the same or similar to Ubuntu Studio?
Very good, all musicians should try it, but ...
You have lacked details, (Although it can be seen) to say that it is KDE, that the kernel is Real Time (RT) as in all Studio distros because it greatly improves audio production, and that the RT of the lnux kernel is better than the no RT from MS WOS or OSX kernels. It also has very well configured music peripheral connection plugins that are a headache when you want to install and configure them on your own.
Well, it's interesting ... I have to do a lot of multimedia work, and it would be interesting to try it
From what I see and do not like, it is version 4 of KDE that is horrendous until it is impossible
For the rest, I will possibly try it
Can be installed on an old machine ?????
I have a machine with 512 mb of ram, and I'm thinking of installing Linux on it ... Maybe it will work.
Very good contribution. I use OpenSUSE but I have it configured ("by hand") to be able to use Jack and it works for me, but it is a "modernized" device ("by hand" too, hahaha), so the KXStudio option for more modest equipment without stop being for the professional field, I think it is a great initiative.
I cry every day that the KX guys put out a new distro. Sound on Linux was always horrendous, disastrous, complicated, and frustrating; Suddenly KXStudio appeared and its tools brought a breath of new air to the sound in Linux, but do not be happy, the canonical and company are already putting obstacles to the KX repositories
in focal fossa things are not going so well
and the sound is again a horrible gibberish
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