Documentation

Hard Copy

Computer Music Tutorialexhaustive tome by Curtis Roads
Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and PerformanceFamous excellent introductory text by Charles Dodge and Thomas Jerse
Linux Multimedia GuideA book by Jeff Tranter, published by The O'Reilly Press
Notes From The MetalevelRick Taube's excellent book on his Common Music, a must-have for all students and users
Other Documentation And Newsworthy ItemsOther Documentation And Newsworthy Items * HOWTOs and FAQs * Hard copy
The Book of Linux MusicA book and CD by Dave Phillips, published by No Starch Press
The Csound BookA thorough treatment of Csound by its community of users and developers.
Virtual SoundExcellent introduction to Csound from Riccardo Bianchini and Alessandro Cipriani

HOWTOs and FAQs

ALSA 0.9.0 Programming HOWTOA guide for the perplexed, from Dr. Matthias Nagorni
Audio Quality HOWTOAnother contribution from Paul Winkler
Installing PD Externals HOWTOProvides basic information about how to install externals for the Pure Data
Linux MIDI HOWTOValuable advice from Phil Kerr
Live Music Taper's Linux HOWTOSage advice from Dave Maley
Quick Tootstutorials for users of Linux sound and MIDI software
Realtime Audio on SuSE Linux Pro 9.2 HOWTOthe straight scoop from Dan Harper
Sound Card Support for Linux with Laptopsa survey from Werner Heuser
Sound HOWTOby Jeff Tranter
Sound Playing HOWTOby Yoo C. Chung
The Mandrake Audio Workstation HOWTOuseful advice from Austin Acton
The Project Studio Handbookdocumentation and HOWTOs related to music and sound engineering, mastering, processing, etc.
Using the Hammerfall HDSP on Linuxoutstanding HOWTO from Peter Todd
Writing Audio Applications With JACK - A Tutorial/Journalexcellent instruction from James Shuttleworth
ltsbJulian Classen's guide to the Linux text-based studio project

Interviews

Interview With Andrew MortonKernelTrap talks with the author of the low-latency patches
Interview With Dr. Richard BoulangerOne the leading lights of Csound is interviewed by The Linux Gazette
Interview with Iain DuncanFrom John Littler's Mstation, a very good report on recent developments in Csound
Interview with Robert LoveDiscusses the latest preemptible kernel patches
Interview with Steve HarrisInterview with the famed LADSPA plugin developer

Manuals and Other Documentation

CLMS Manualsuseful on-line material for various SWSS languages, MIDI software and hardware, and synthesis met..
The PLUM PageTim Thompson's on-line list of programming languages used for music

Online Articles

2181 Audio DSP Dev Kit Price Set to Riseprice hikes courtesy Analog Devices
64 Studio: Building a native 64-bit creative distributionanother fine article from Daniel James
A Sound Server For Xthe Slashdot crowd opines
A Streaming Media Player For The Rest Of UsJoe Barr's review of Xine
AAC at 128kbps Public Listening Testan on-line listening test to "... find what encoder performs best encoding AAC at 128kbps CBR"
AGNULA Libre MusicA project to help spread "... sensibility on the topics of Libre Software, with specific attentio..
ALSA Wiki Pagegood tutorial on writing an ALSA client
Apple Sues Sorenson Over QuickTime CodecLinus exclaims "Gott in Himmel!"
Audio Librea PDF file of the first installment from Daniel James's new column for http:www.linuxuser.co.ukLi..
Audio Processing PipelinesAdrian J. Chung tells how it's done
Best Soundcard For DJing With Linuxpoll results at OpenJay.org
Broadcast2000 Brings DV Editing To LinuxCurtis Lee Fulton tells us how it's done
Build It: Digital Audio WorkstationDave Salvator tells how its done for readers of ExtremeTech
Building A Solid-state Mini-ITX Linux Recording StudioHenry Kingman describes his experience to readers of LinuxDevices.com
Building Sounds for your Applications with SoundTrackersage advice from the experts at LinuxPlanet
Community-Based Recording Studios: A Look into the Futurea Linux Journal article by Tom Poe
Converting 78 rpm Records to Modern Media on Linuxa descriptive text from James Tappin
CreamWare Wants You!experienced programmers needed by CreamWare for porting their SFP to Linux and OSX
CrossOver Brings QuickTime to Linuxdescribes the excellent plugin from CodeWeavers
Delta/Terratec/Hoontech Audio Card Comparisonthe view from Jan Depner's site
Der Pinguin SingtFrank Barknecht reports on the state of Linux audio for readers of c't (Note: Reference entry onl..
Der Pinguin auf dem Weg ins TonstudioFrank Barknecht interviews Paul Davis for DeutschlandRadio (in German)
Digital Rights ManagementDaniel James asks the question in Sound On Sound
Drivers, IRQs, and PCI latencyexcellent article by Dan Robbins (of Gentoo Linux) delivers the straight story
Driving One's Own Audio DeviceAlessandro Rubini tells us how it's done
Editing Audio In LinuxIan Smith-Heisters shows us how to do it
FAVE raves: A new event for free software creativityDaniel James covers the event
FLAC Joins Xiph.orglossless compression format joins the free software world (you might also want to read the http:s..
FOSS Audio Toolsa survey of by Vedran Vucic
Fervent Software's Studio To Go!a review from Brad Fuller
Final Scratch Starts Hitting Store Shelvesa report from Harmony Central
Free Music Homepagea manifesto regarding music as a free commodity a la Linux and the GPL
GNU/Linux DVD Player Reviewa look-see from Jon Kent
Hardware Review: Rio Centrala Slashdot review of the ultimate MP3 machine
Hot On The Wire - The FreeBoB Projectnews from Daniel James
Inside a Luxury Synth: Creating the Linux-Powered Korg OASYSPeter Kim takes a look within
Introduction to Linux AudioFilippo Pappalardo spills the facts for readers of OSNews
L'heure de Jazz++excellent hands-on article from Katja Socher in LinuxFocus
LAC2004: A Report From KarlsruheDaniel James gives us the scoop
Linus Merges ALSA Into 2.5.4O frabjous day !
Linux 2.6: A Breakthrough for Embedded SystemsBrandon White gives us the low-down
Linux Audio Software ReviewAlexandre Prokoudine sends the straight story to Russian readers
Linux Computer Music Surveya list of software and other projects related to Linux as a platform for computer music
Linux MIDI Demonstrationexcellent descriptive pages from George Hansper
Linux Multimediaa brief survey by Sander van Vugt
Linux Plays Starring Role in 'Sinbad'a brief description of the first all-made-with-Linux movie from DreamWorks
Linux Scheduler LatencyClark Williams compares and contrasts the preemptive kernel and the low-latency patches
Linux Sound SupportJeff Trantner's report from 1994
Linux Userincludes a series of excellent articles on Linux audio by Daniel James
Linux in the Professional Recording StudioSteve Cook relates his exhilarating experiences
Linux-SoundeditorenFrank Barknecht reviews Linux sound editors for c't, issue 112004
Linux-based Musical Keyboard Workstation Debutsa Slashdot report on new hardware from http:www.lionstracs.comLionstracs
Linux-based Radio TimeshiftingLi Yan-fa tells how to do it with ecasound
Listening Comparisons For Audio Codecs At 64kbpsinteresting results from an on-line public test from http:www.hydrogenaudio.orgHydrogen Audio
MIDI Wire Packetization Protocolbrought to you by SAOL guru John Lazzaro
MMididescribes tools for MIDI over the MBONE multicast network
Mackie Digs In with Tracktionand promises a Linux version is on the way...
Making A Song With FestivalJuan Linietsky relates his experiences
Mediastation at MusikMesse2004video demo of the Lionstracs Mediastation at MusikMesse2004
Michael Iber: On Free Software And Contemporary MusicGoetz Dipper's radio transcript; text in German only
Mirror ImageSound on Sound profiles Ron Parker's use of Linux audio software at his http:www.multitrack.usMir..
Mplayer: The Project from HellJoe Barr's less-than-satisfactory experience with my favorite MPEGAVIASF player
Mstation InterviewsJohn Littler chats with Conrad Parker of Sweep fame and Erik de Castro Lopo, author of libsndfile..
Multiple ICE1712 Sound Cards + ALSAvaluable information from Petter Sundl
Museum Sound Powered By Linuxnotes on a project from Benno Senoner
Music Journals, Magazines, Newspapers and Periodicalsnot Linux-specific, but a great resource
Music Typesetting on Linux: The People Behind LilyPondChris Cannam interviews Han-wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Music to Feed Your Soul
NetMIDIan interesting proposal from David Slomin for using TCPIP as a basis for a MIDI network protocol
Network Musical Performanceperspectives from sfront's John Lazzaro and John Wawrzynek
Noisy Pythonbrief overview of some soundapps for Python
Notation Editors Under Linuxa look at notation editors for producing sheet music under Linux (especially focused on MUP), by ..
One Cable To Rule Them All - mLAN Audio Networkinga report from Daniel James
Open Source Music Softwarevery good article by Daniel James now in Sound On Sound's on-line archive
Opening Up the PlayStation 2 with Linuxvery brief look at a new development kit from Sony
PCMCIA Audio for NetBSDreport on a driver now available for http:www.eigerlabs.comEiger Labs PCMCIA sound card
Preemptible Kernel Patch Acceptedmore kernel good news
Professional Audio Closer to Linuxheads-up article on OSNews
Putting Together A Complete Multimedia Architecture For UNIXan interesting discussion on the linuxpower site
RTMix/Linux in Organised Soundarticle includes mention of Ivica Bukvic's excellent software
RTcmix for Linux: Part 1Dave Topper's excellent introductory article for The Linux Journal
RealNetworks Announces Helix"the first comprehensive, open standard for digital media delivery", or so they say...
RealNetworks releases Helix DNA Producer source codebig news from the Real people
Ron ParkerSound On Sound article by Daniel James focuses on the use of Ardour, JACK, and JAMin in a profess..
Rosegarden Developers InterviewHoward Wen chats with the minds behind the software
Sculptor: A Real Time Phase VocoderNick Bailey describes his very cool software
Setting Up A Multitrack Audio Recording StudioAlex Heizer describes a basic Linux home recording system
Snake dance: The Kamaelia streaming media systema description from Daniel James
Songs in the Key of F12nice Wired article with reference to Geoff Matters of GDAM
Sound And Vision: Max Matthewsbrief heads-up article from SFweekly.com
Sound Savings: Portable Audio Recorder Takes On Tapegood article regarding PDAudio from Len Moskowitz's CoreSound
Soundings: Explorations In Linux Soundgood article by Larry Ayers for the Linux Gazette
Sounds Expo: Linux DAW - A Realityan interviewvideo with Daniel James and Damien Cirotteau at the London Sounds Expo
Sounds from Another PlanetAllan Metts introduces Planet CCRMA to the readers of Electronic Musician
The Linux Reconfigurable DAWnews about a very interesting project from R. W. Hawkins
The Linux Recording StudioAaron Trumm reveals his plans in the May 2004 issue of the Linux Journal
The State Of Recordable DVDspointers from Slashdot readers
The Trouble with Vorbisinteresting propositions, with commentary from the Kuro5hin crowd
Tux In The Studioinstructions on home recording with Linux, from Dave Fancella
WayBack Machinethis link (and http:web.archive.orgwebhttp:www.linuxsound.atthis one too) connects you to a listi..
Which Sounds Better, MP3 or Ogg ?very good comparison notes from Slashdot readers
Yamaha Validates MontaVista Vision for Next-Generation Digital Audio Productsgood news for modern penguins...

Online Articles by Dave Phillips

A Profile of SoundTrackera look at Michael Krause's excellent music module tracker
About the MODhistory and other information about making and playing music in the MOD format
Achieving Low-Latency Response Times Under Linux DocumentationBy Dave Phillips, written 11/17/2000.
Computer Music and the Linux Operating System: A Report from the Frontfreely available PDF of my article for the Computer Music Journal
Creating Audio CDs With Linuxan in-depth hands-on HOWTO
Csound for Linuxhow it was back in 1999...
Developing and Using Snd: Editing Sound Under Linuxa descriptive tutorial
Free Software and Multimedia 2001: A Report from Firenzenotes on the proceedings from yours truly
Interview with Hannu Savolainen and Dev Mazumdargetting to know the OSSLinux guys at http:www.opensound.com4Front Technologies
Linux Audio Development: A Report from Karlsruhenotes from the first meeting of the Linux Audio Developers group
Linux Audio Plug-Ins: A Look Into LADSPAintroductory text for users and developers
Linux DVD PlayersDLP (that's me) looks at what's out there
Linux Laptop Sound Configurationan O'ReillyNet article describing sound setup for an HP Omnibook 4150
Linux Multimedia with PD and GEMa report on using the PdGEM powerhouse for audiovideo processing
Linux Soundcard Driversa brief guide for users and developers
OpenAL Explaineda survey of the project's status in the year 2000
Porting SGI Audio Applications to Linuxa report on some early work
Product Review: The CodeWeavers CrossOver Plugina look at a remarkable plugin that brings QuickTime support to Linux
Rockin' in the Free (Software) Worlda look at the software available for Linux guitarists
Sound and Music Softwarea category review for http:freshmeat.netfreshmeat
Streaming Media With Linuxin-depth article on using software for both the client and server sides
The Linux Softsynth Roundupthe shape of things in May 2003, another Linux Journal article from yours truly
The Linux Soundfile Editor Roundupa survey of the field from DLP's point of view...
Using VST Plugins In Linuxa new Quick Toot from yours truly

Other Documentation and Newsworthy Items

2181 Audio DSP Dev Kit Price Set to Riseprice hikes courtesy Analog Devices
64 Studio: Building a native 64-bit creative distributionanother fine article from Daniel James
A Profile of SoundTrackera look at Michael Krause's excellent music module tracker
A Sound Server For Xthe Slashdot crowd opines
A Streaming Media Player For The Rest Of UsJoe Barr's review of Xine
AAC at 128kbps Public Listening Testan on-line listening test to "... find what encoder performs best encoding AAC at 128kbps CBR"
AGNULA Libre MusicA project to help spread "... sensibility on the topics of Libre Software, with specific attentio..
AGNULA/DeMuDi + Pd (Pure Data) Installation Notesinstructions from Derek Holzer and friends
ALSA Wiki Pagegood tutorial on writing an ALSA client
Achieving Low-Latency Response Times Under Linux DocumentationBy Dave Phillips, written 11/17/2000.
Apple Sues Sorenson Over QuickTime CodecLinus exclaims "Gott in Himmel!"
Audio Librea PDF file of the first installment from Daniel James's new column for http:www.linuxuser.co.ukLi..
Audio Processing PipelinesAdrian J. Chung tells how it's done
Best Soundcard For DJing With Linuxpoll results at OpenJay.org
Broadcast2000 Brings DV Editing To LinuxCurtis Lee Fulton tells us how it's done
Build It: Digital Audio WorkstationDave Salvator tells how its done for readers of ExtremeTech
Building A Solid-state Mini-ITX Linux Recording StudioHenry Kingman describes his experience to readers of LinuxDevices.com
Building Sounds for your Applications with SoundTrackersage advice from the experts at LinuxPlanet
Community-Based Recording Studios: A Look into the Futurea Linux Journal article by Tom Poe
Computer Music and the Linux Operating System: A Report from the Frontfreely available PDF of my article for the Computer Music Journal
Converting 78 rpm Records to Modern Media on Linuxa descriptive text from James Tappin
CreamWare Wants You!experienced programmers needed by CreamWare for porting their SFP to Linux and OSX
Creating Audio CDs With Linuxan in-depth hands-on HOWTO
CrossOver Brings QuickTime to Linuxdescribes the excellent plugin from CodeWeavers
Csound for Linuxhow it was back in 1999...
Delta/Terratec/Hoontech Audio Card Comparisonthe view from Jan Depner's site
Der Pinguin SingtFrank Barknecht reports on the state of Linux audio for readers of c't (Note: Reference entry onl..
Der Pinguin auf dem Weg ins TonstudioFrank Barknecht interviews Paul Davis for DeutschlandRadio (in German)
Developing and Using Snd: Editing Sound Under Linuxa descriptive tutorial
Digital Rights ManagementDaniel James asks the question in Sound On Sound
Drivers, IRQs, and PCI latencyexcellent article by Dan Robbins (of Gentoo Linux) delivers the straight story
Driving One's Own Audio DeviceAlessandro Rubini tells us how it's done
Editing Audio In LinuxIan Smith-Heisters shows us how to do it
FAVE raves: A new event for free software creativityDaniel James covers the event
FLAC Joins Xiph.orglossless compression format joins the free software world (you might also want to read the http:s..
FOSS Audio Toolsa survey of by Vedran Vucic
Fervent Software's Studio To Go!a review from Brad Fuller
Final Scratch Starts Hitting Store Shelvesa report from Harmony Central
Fine-tuning MPlayerArpad Gereoffy shows us how
Free Music Homepagea manifesto regarding music as a free commodity a la Linux and the GPL
Free Software and Multimedia 2001: A Report from Firenzenotes on the proceedings from yours truly
GNU/Linux DVD Player Reviewa look-see from Jon Kent
Hard copyHard copy * Other Documentation And Newsworthy Items
Hardware Review: Rio Centrala Slashdot review of the ultimate MP3 machine
Hot On The Wire - The FreeBoB Projectnews from Daniel James
Inside a Luxury Synth: Creating the Linux-Powered Korg OASYSPeter Kim takes a look within
Interview with Hannu Savolainen and Dev Mazumdargetting to know the OSSLinux guys at http:www.opensound.com4Front Technologies
Introduction to Linux AudioFilippo Pappalardo spills the facts for readers of OSNews
Introduction to MIDI programming in LinuxExcellent information from Craig Stuart Sapp
L'heure de Jazz++excellent hands-on article from Katja Socher in LinuxFocus
LAC2004: A Report From KarlsruheDaniel James gives us the scoop
Learning to use AudacityJoe Barr makes the attempt for readers of NewsForge
Linus Merges ALSA Into 2.5.4O frabjous day !
Linux 2.6: A Breakthrough for Embedded SystemsBrandon White gives us the low-down
Linux Audio Development: A Report from Karlsruhenotes from the first meeting of the Linux Audio Developers group
Linux Audio Plug-Ins: A Look Into LADSPAintroductory text for users and developers
Linux Audio Software ReviewAlexandre Prokoudine sends the straight story to Russian readers
Linux Audio Users GuideSolid information collected and organized by Patrick Shirkey
Linux Computer Music Surveya list of software and other projects related to Linux as a platform for computer music
Linux DVD PlayersDLP (that's me) looks at what's out there
Linux Laptop Sound Configurationan O'ReillyNet article describing sound setup for an HP Omnibook 4150
Linux MIDI Demonstrationexcellent descriptive pages from George Hansper
Linux Multimediaa brief survey by Sander van Vugt
Linux Multimedia with PD and GEMa report on using the PdGEM powerhouse for audiovideo processing
Linux Plays Starring Role in 'Sinbad'a brief description of the first all-made-with-Linux movie from DreamWorks
Linux Scheduler LatencyClark Williams compares and contrasts the preemptive kernel and the low-latency patches
Linux Sound SupportJeff Trantner's report from 1994
Linux Soundcard Driversa brief guide for users and developers
Linux Userincludes a series of excellent articles on Linux audio by Daniel James
Linux in the Professional Recording StudioSteve Cook relates his exhilarating experiences
Linux-SoundeditorenFrank Barknecht reviews Linux sound editors for c't, issue 112004
Linux-based Musical Keyboard Workstation Debutsa Slashdot report on new hardware from http:www.lionstracs.comLionstracs
Linux-based Radio TimeshiftingLi Yan-fa tells how to do it with ecasound
Listening Comparisons For Audio Codecs At 64kbpsinteresting results from an on-line public test from http:www.hydrogenaudio.orgHydrogen Audio
MIDI Wire Packetization Protocolbrought to you by SAOL guru John Lazzaro
MMididescribes tools for MIDI over the MBONE multicast network
Mackie Digs In with Tracktionand promises a Linux version is on the way...
Making A Song With FestivalJuan Linietsky relates his experiences
Mediastation at MusikMesse2004video demo of the Lionstracs Mediastation at MusikMesse2004
Michael Iber: On Free Software And Contemporary MusicGoetz Dipper's radio transcript; text in German only
Mirror ImageSound on Sound profiles Ron Parker's use of Linux audio software at his http:www.multitrack.usMir..
Modular synthesis with AlsaModularSynth 1.5.4Modular synthesis and its implementation in Dr. Matthias Nagorni's synthesizer
Mplayer: The Project from HellJoe Barr's less-than-satisfactory experience with my favorite MPEGAVIASF player
Mstation InterviewsJohn Littler chats with Conrad Parker of Sweep fame and Erik de Castro Lopo, author of libsndfile..
Multiple ICE1712 Sound Cards + ALSAvaluable information from Petter Sundl
Museum Sound Powered By Linuxnotes on a project from Benno Senoner
Music Journals, Magazines, Newspapers and Periodicalsnot Linux-specific, but a great resource
Music Typesetting on Linux: The People Behind LilyPondChris Cannam interviews Han-wen Nienhuys and Jan Nieuwenhuizen
Music to Feed Your Soul
NetMIDIan interesting proposal from David Slomin for using TCPIP as a basis for a MIDI network protocol
Network Musical Performanceperspectives from sfront's John Lazzaro and John Wawrzynek
Noisy Pythonbrief overview of some soundapps for Python
Notation Editors Under Linuxa look at notation editors for producing sheet music under Linux (especially focused on MUP), by ..
On-line articlesOn-line articles * Other Documentation And Newsworthy Items
On-line articles by Dave PhillipsOn-line articles by Dave Phillips * Other Documentation And Newsworthy Items
One Cable To Rule Them All - mLAN Audio Networkinga report from Daniel James
Open Source Music Softwarevery good article by Daniel James now in Sound On Sound's on-line archive
OpenAL Explaineda survey of the project's status in the year 2000
Opening Up the PlayStation 2 with Linuxvery brief look at a new development kit from Sony
PCMCIA Audio for NetBSDreport on a driver now available for http:www.eigerlabs.comEiger Labs PCMCIA sound card
Playing with PdJim Aikin tells the readers of Electronic Musician how it's done
Porting SGI Audio Applications to Linuxa report on some early work
Preemptible Kernel Patch Acceptedmore kernel good news
Product Review: The CodeWeavers CrossOver Plugina look at a remarkable plugin that brings QuickTime support to Linux
Professional Audio Closer to Linuxheads-up article on OSNews
Putting Together A Complete Multimedia Architecture For UNIXan interesting discussion on the linuxpower site
Quick Tootstutorials for users of Linux sound and MIDI software
RTMix/Linux in Organised Soundarticle includes mention of Ivica Bukvic's excellent software
RTcmix for Linux: Part 1Dave Topper's excellent introductory article for The Linux Journal
RealNetworks Announces Helix"the first comprehensive, open standard for digital media delivery", or so they say...
RealNetworks releases Helix DNA Producer source codebig news from the Real people
Realtime Audio on SuSE Linux Pro 9.2 HOWTOthe straight scoop from Dan Harper
Rockin' in the Free (Software) Worlda look at the software available for Linux guitarists
Ron ParkerSound On Sound article by Daniel James focuses on the use of Ardour, JACK, and JAMin in a profess..
Rosegarden Developers InterviewHoward Wen chats with the minds behind the software
Sculptor: A Real Time Phase VocoderNick Bailey describes his very cool software
Setting Up A Multitrack Audio Recording StudioAlex Heizer describes a basic Linux home recording system
Snake dance: The Kamaelia streaming media systema description from Daniel James
Songs in the Key of F12nice Wired article with reference to Geoff Matters of GDAM
Sound And Vision: Max Matthewsbrief heads-up article from SFweekly.com
Sound Card Support for Linux with Laptopsa survey from Werner Heuser
Sound HOWTOby Jeff Tranter
Sound Playing HOWTOby Yoo C. Chung
Sound Savings: Portable Audio Recorder Takes On Tapegood article regarding PDAudio from Len Moskowitz's CoreSound
Sound and Music Softwarea category review for http:freshmeat.netfreshmeat
Soundings: Explorations In Linux Soundgood article by Larry Ayers for the Linux Gazette
Sounds Expo: Linux DAW - A Realityan interviewvideo w