Summary

The Debian Multimedia Pure Blend contains 861 packages which are grouped by metapackages. Each metapackage will cause the installation of packages for a specific topic. The following table lists the metapackages of Debian Multimedia

Tasks page

This is a list of the Tasks Debian Multimedia is made of:

Ambisonics
Animation
Audio plugins
Audio utilities
Broadcasting
Csound
Development
Djing
Beat
Firewire
Graphics
Guitar
Jack
Ladi
Looping
Midi
Mixing
Musician
Photography
Players
Pure data
Recording
Samplers
Sound synthesis
Supercollider
Video

Ambisonics - Packages for working with ambisonics (3D surround sound)

This metapackage will install packages you need when working with ambisonics.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Aliki: Measurement tool for Impulse Responses
Amb-plugins: ambisonics LADSPA plugins
Ambdec: Ambisonic decoder for first and second order
Ardour: the digital audio workstation
Ardour3: transitional dummy package for ardour
Drc: digital room correction
Iem-plugin-suite-standalone: IEM's spatialization suite - standalone
Iem-plugin-suite-vst: IEM's spatialization suite - VST2 plugins
Jackd: JACK Audio Connection Kit (default server package)
Japa: JACK and ALSA Perceptual Analyser
Jconvolver: Convolution reverb Engine for JACK
Jconvolver-config-files: Demo config files for jconvolver
Libambix-dev: AMBIsonics eXchange library (development files)
Libambix-utils: AMBIsonics eXchange library (utilities)
Pd-ambix: AMBIsonics eXchange objects for Pure Data
Pd-iemambi: Pd-objects for Ambisonics sound spatialization
Qjackctl: User interface for controlling the JACK sound server
Soundscaperenderer: tool for real-time spatial audio reproduction
Tetraproc: Tetrahedral Microphone Processor for Ambisonic Recording
Zita-rev1: pro-audio reverb effect

Unofficial packages built by somebody else

Non-mixer: live mixer with effects plugin hosting and ambisonics

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Ambix-plugins: ambiX Ambisonics plug-in suite
Pd-iem-bin-ambi: binaural spatial audio for Pure Data using Ambisonics

No known packages available

Ambidecodertoolbox: a collection of tools for creating Ambisonic decoders

Animation - Packages for creating animations

This metapackage will install packages for designed to create and view 2D and 3D animations for concerts, theatre and dance performances, feature films and promotional screenings.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Blender: Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer
Create-resources: shared resources for use by creative applications
Gimp: GNU Image Manipulation Program
Gimp-gap: animation package for the GIMP
Gpac: GPAC Project on Advanced Content - utilities
Mandelbulber2: 3D fractal renderer and animator
Opencollada-tools: Command line tool for validating COLLADA files
Qstopmotion: Application for creating stop-motion animation movies
Stopmotion: create stop-motion animations
Synfig: vector-based 2D animation renderer
Synfigstudio: vector-based 2D animation package (graphical user interface)
Whitedune: graphical VRML97/X3D viewer, editor, 3D modeller and animation tool

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Gimp-plugin-registry: repository of optional extensions for GIMP
Tupi: 2D Animation design and authoring tool

Packaging has started and developers might try the packaging code in VCS

Ogreal: OpenAL plugin for the Ogre Rendering Engine

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Animata: real-time animation software
Brad: Blender based user interface for Radiance
Colladacoherencytest: check the coherency of COLLADA files
Flif: Free Lossless Image Format (FLIF) encoder/decoder
Fluxus: Rapid prototyping, playing and learning environment for 3D graphics, sound and games.
Pixelstruct: structure-from-motion visualizer for 3D scenes
Qavimator: BVH animation editor for 3D virtual worlds (secondlife)

Audio plugins - Audio processing plugins, synths and virtual instruments

This metapackage installs plugins that are useful for creating and processing audio.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Abgate: LV2 noise gate plugin
Amb-plugins: ambisonics LADSPA plugins
Ambdec: Ambisonic decoder for first and second order
Ams: Realtime modular synthesizer for ALSA
Audiofile-tools: sfinfo and sfconvert tools
Autotalent: pitch correction LADSPA plugin
Avw.lv2: collection of Voltage Controlled LV2 modules
Blepvco: LADSPA, minBLEP-based, hard-sync-capable oscillator plugins
Blop: Bandlimited wavetable-based oscillator plugins for LADSPA hosts
Calf-plugins: Calf Studio Gear - audio effects and sound generators
Caps: C* Audio Plugin Suite
Csladspa: LADSPA plugin for Csound
Csoundqt: frontend for the csound sound processor
Dpf-plugins: Audio plugin collection from DISTRHO (metapackage)
Dragonfly-reverb: Reverb effect plugins - metapackage
Drumkv1: old-school drum-kit sampler - standalone
Dssi-host-jack: Example of DSSI host
Dssi-utils: Command-line utilities for sending commands to DSSI plugins
Eq10q: LV2 plugins bundle
Ffmsindex: Command line tool to create ffms2 index files
Fil-plugins: parametric equalizer LADSPA plugin
Fluidsynth-dssi: DSSI wrapper for the FluidSynth SoundFont-playing synthesizer
Fomp: collection of LV2 audio plugins
Ghostess: A graphical DSSI plugin host
Hexter: Yamaha DX7 modeling DSSI plugin
Invada-studio-plugins-ladspa: Invada Studio Plugins - a set of LADSPA audio plugins
Invada-studio-plugins-lv2: Invada Studio Plugins - a set of LV2 audio plugins
Ir.lv2: LV2 IR reverb
Jalv: tool to run LV2 plugins as stand-alone applications
Jconvolver: Convolution reverb Engine for JACK
Ladspa-sdk: sample tools for linux-audio-dev plugin architecture
Ladspalist: List LADSPA plugins for use by LADSPA UGen
Libasound2-plugin-equal: equalizer plugin for ALSA
Ll-scope: an oscilloscope DSSI plugin
Lsp-plugins: LSP (Linux Studio Plugins) audio-plugins (metapackage)
Lv2file: Command-line program to apply LV2 effects to audio files
Lv2proc: command line effect processor
Lv2vocoder: LV2 vocoder plugin
Mcp-plugins: LADSPA plugins designed for Alsa Modular Synth
Mda-lv2: Paul Kellett's MDA plugins ported to LV2
Naspro-bridges: collection of bridges to LV2
Nekobee: Simple single-oscillator DSSI plugin
Omins: collection of LADSPA plugins aimed at modular synthesizers
Rev-plugins: reverb LADSPA plugin
Rubberband-ladspa: LADSPA plugin for audio pitch-shifting
Samplv1: polyphonic sampler synthesizer - standalone
Sc3-plugins: Community collection of UGen plugins for SuperCollider
Sc3-plugins-language: sclang class files of UGen plugins for SuperCollider
Sc3-plugins-server: Compiled scsynth UGen plugins for SuperCollider
Setbfree: DSP tonewheel organ
Sineshaper: Monophonic synth plugin with two oscillators and waveshapers
Slv2-doc: Documentation for SLV2
Slv2-jack: Jack support for LV2 plugins
So-synth-lv2: Set of synthesizers for the LV2 plugin format
Ste-plugins: stereo LADSPA plugins
Swh-lv2: Steve Harris's SWH plugins ported to LV2
Swh-plugins: Steve Harris's LADSPA plugins
Synthv1: old-school polyphonic synthesizer - standalone
Tap-plugins: Tom's Audio Processing LADSPA plugins
Vamp-plugin-sdk: audio analysis and feature extraction plugins (SDK)
Vco-plugins: LADSPA plugin sporting anti-aliased oscillators
Vlevel: Levelling audio filter as command-line tool and LADSPA/JACK plugin
Vocproc: LV2 plugin for pitch shifting and vocoding
Wah-plugins: auto-wah LADSPA plugin
Whysynth: DSSI Soft Synth Interface
Wsynth-dssi: hack on Xsynth-DSSI to allow wavetable synthesis
X42-plugins: Collection of LV2 plugins
Xsynth-dssi: classic-analog (VCOs-VCF-VCA) style software synthesizer
Zam-plugins: Collection of LV2, CLAP, VST3, LADSPA, LINUX-VST and JACK plugins
Zita-at1: JACK autotuner
Zynadd: ZynAddSubFX engines converted to LV2 plugin format
Zynaddsubfx-dssi: dssi plugin of zynaddsubfx

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Csound-doc: documentation for csound
Zita-rev1: pro-audio reverb effect

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Carla: audio plugin host supporting LADSPA, DSSI, LV2, VST2/3 & AU formats
Ingen: modular audio processing system
Vst3sdk: professional audio plugin development kit

No known packages available

Camomile: dynamic plugin that allows to load and to control Pure Data patches inside a DAW

Audio utilities - packages for manipulating & cataloging music and audio

This metapackage installs programs and plugins for manipulating & cataloging music and audio. This includes stretching audio in time, breaking it into segments, the detection of pitch, beat and silence, and transcoding between file formats. It also includes tools to assist maintaining music collections by detecting duplicates, tagging metadata and dealing with cover art and album information.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Aubio-tools: library for audio segmentation -- utilities
Audiotools: Collection of audio handling programs for the command line
Audmes: AUDio MEasurement System
Bs1770gain: measure and adjust audio and video sound loudness
Cd-discid: CDDB DiscID utility
Easytag: GTK+ editor for audio file tags
Easytag-nautilus: Nautilus extension for easytag
Ecatools: multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (tools)
Flactag: Tagger for whole-album FLAC files using data from MusicBrainz
Glyrc: command-line interface to libglyr
Gmusicbrowser: graphical jukebox for large music collections
Gnome-metronome: Simple Metronome application for the GNOME desktop
Isrcsubmit: extract ISRCs from audio CDs and submit them to MusicBrainz
Libambix-utils: AMBIsonics eXchange library (utilities)
Libmysofa-utils: library to read HRTFs stored in the AES69-2015 SOFA format - utilities
Mediaconch: implementation and policy checker, reporter and fixer for media files
Mhwaveedit: Simple and fast GTK2 sound editor
Mp3fs: FUSE filesystem for transcoding FLAC to MP3 on the fly
Mp3report: Script to create an HTML report of MP3 files in a directory
Pacpl: multi-purpose audio converter/ripper/tagger script
Paulstretch: Extreme sound time-stretch
Playitslowly: Plays back audio files at a different speed or pitch
Pragha: Lightweight Music Player
Rubberband-cli: audio time-stretching and pitch-shifting utility
Rubberband-ladspa: LADSPA plugin for audio pitch-shifting
Rubberband-vamp: Vamp plugins using Rubber Band
Silan: commandline tool to detect silence in audio-files
Snd: Sound file editor (metapackage)
Snd-gtk-jack: ??? missing short description for package snd-gtk-jack :-(
Snd-gtk-pulse: ??? missing short description for package snd-gtk-pulse :-(
Snd-nox: Sound file editor (cmdline)
Sonic-visualiser: viewing and analysing the contents of music audio files
Soundconverter: GNOME application to convert audio files into other formats
Soundstretch: Stretches and pitch-shifts sound independently
Sox: Swiss army knife of sound processing
Stretchplayer: Audio file player with time stretch and pitch shifting
Vorbis-tools: ??? missing short description for package vorbis-tools :-(
Wavbreaker: tool to split wave files into multiple chunks
Wavpack: audio codec (lossy and lossless) - encoder and decoder
Xcfa: X Convert File Audio
Zita-dc1: Dynamics Compressor
Zita-resampler: resampler application written with libzita-resampler

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Ardour: the digital audio workstation
Ardour3: transitional dummy package for ardour
Audacity: fast, cross-platform audio editor
Audiolink: makes managing and searching for music easier
Cdrdao: records CDs in Disk-At-Once (DAO) mode
Ecasound: multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor
Fische: stand-alone sound visualisation for Linux
Parlatype: Minimal audio player for manual speech transcription
Qtractor: MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer application
Qwinff: GUI for FFmpeg
Rosegarden: music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer
Spek: acoustic spectrum analyser
Taptempo: command line tap tempo

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Aften: Aften: A/52 audio encoder.
Audioseg: toolkit dedicated to audio segmentation
Cutmp3: small and fast command line MP3 editor
Dcadec: DTS Coherent Acoustics decoder - shared library
Fdmf: find duplicate music files
Ffmulticonverter: graphical multi format converter
Fft-spectra: tool for visualization of frequency spectra of an audio signal
Fuoco-converter: Universal audio and video converter
Gmpc-plugin-coveramazon: Download cover art and album information from the amazon web service
Mp3cat: reads, writes, splits and combines MP3 files
Mp3mesa: MP3 ripper for CD to MP3 conversions
Mp3packer: lossless rearranger of MP3 files to make them smaller
Mpcut: Visual MP3 editor (lossless)
Nautilus-sound-converter: Nautilus extension to convert audio file formats
Odvr: USB-enabled Olympus DVR
Playdar: music content resolver
Playlist: audio file format conversion script with streaming capabilities
Qrest: set of tools for calculations on musical values
Spleeter: Source separation library including pretrained models

No known packages available

Audiowmark: solution for watermarking audio files

Broadcasting - Packages for broadcasting media publicly or in the home

Metapackage which installs packages for broadcasters, cinemas, or home users (e.g. streaming & media servers).

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Camorama: gnome utility to view and save images from a webcam
Crtmpserver: High performance RTMP/RTSP streaming server
Darkice: Live audio streamer
Dleyna-renderer: DBus service to interact with DLNA Digital Media Renderers
Dleyna-server: DBus service to interact with DLNA Digital Media Servers
Dvblast: Simple and powerful dvb-streaming application
Forked-daapd: DAAP/DACP (iTunes) server, support for AirPlay and Roku devices
Gerbera: UPnP MediaServer
Gmediaserver: UPnP Mediaserver
Groovebasin: music player server with a web-based user interface
Icecast2: streaming media server
Ices2: Ogg Vorbis streaming source for Icecast 2
Idjc: graphical shoutcast/icecast client
Multicat: Set of tools for multicast and transport stream manipulation
Pulseaudio-dlna: stream audio to DLNA devices and Chromecasts
Tsdecrypt: decrypt MPEG transport stream
Vdr-plugin-vnsiserver: VDR plugin to provide PVR backend services for Kodi
Voctomix: Full-HD Software Live-Video-Mixer

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Butt: multi OS streaming audio tool easy to use
Dvbstreamer: a console based streamer for DVB/ATSC service(s)
Kodi: Open Source Home Theatre (executable binaries)
Kodi-eventclients-kodi-send: Open Source Home Theatre (Event Client Kodi-SEND package)
Kodi-eventclients-ps3: Open Source Home Theatre (Event Client PS3 package)
Kodi-eventclients-wiiremote: Open Source Home Theatre (Event Client WII Remote support package)
Kodi-inputstream-adaptive: Adaptive inputstream addon for Kodi
Kodi-inputstream-ffmpegdirect: FFmpegDirect inputstream addon for Kodi
Kodi-inputstream-rtmp: Kodi input stream addon for RTMP
Kodi-pvr-argustv: ARGUS TV PVR addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-dvbviewer: DVBViewer Kodi PVR Addon
Kodi-pvr-hdhomerun: HDHomeRun PVR Addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-hts: Kodi PVR Addon TvHeadend Hts
Kodi-pvr-iptvsimple: IPTV Simple Client Kodi PVR Addon
Kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver: MediaPortal's TV-Server PVR addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-mythtv: MythTV PVR Addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-nextpvr: NextPVR PVR addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-njoy: NJOY PVR Addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-vdr-vnsi: Kodi PVR Addon VDR VNSI
Kodi-pvr-vuplus: Vu+/Enigma2 PVR Addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-wmc: WMC PVR Addon for Kodi
Snapclient: Snapcast client
Snapserver: Snapcast server
Videolan-doc: documentation for the VideoLAN streaming solution
Vlc: multimedia player and streamer

Debian packages in experimental

Mediagoblin: web application for publishing all kinds of media

Unofficial packages built by somebody else

Asdcplib: implementation of SMPTE and the MXF Interop "Sound & Picture Track File" format
Opencinematools: tools to create a Digital Cinema Package (DCP)
Qmagneto: TV Electronic Program Guide

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Airtime: A radio program automation and support tool
Aras: open source radio automation system
Celtx: media pre-production software
Dcp-inspect: deep inspection and validation of digital cinema packages
Dcpomatic: Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) from videos, images and sound files
Deefuzzer: an easy and instant media streaming tool
Fuppes: FUPPES is a free multiplatform UPnP (TM) A/V Media Server
Gallery3: web-based photo album written in PHP
Ingex: tapeless television production software
Kodiplatform: Kodi platform support library -- development files
Nuvolaplayer: cloud music integration for Linux desktop
Obs: Open Broadcast Software
Opendcp: Open Digital Cinema Package software
Phonon-backend-mplayer: mplayer backend for phonon
Photoshow: A free Web Gallery for your server
Pipelight: load windows NPAPI plugins into linux browsers
Plumi: video sharing Content Management System based on Plone
Ps3-media-server: DLNA UPnP Media Server, dedicated to PS3
Qlc: application to control DMX or analog lighting systems

Csound - Packages for working with Csound

Metapackage which installs packages, libraries, extensions and plug-ins to work with Csound, the grand old audio programming language.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Cecilia: Sound synthesis and audio signal processing environment
Csladspa: LADSPA plugin for Csound
Csound: powerful and versatile sound synthesis software
Csound-doc: documentation for csound
Csound-utils: miscellaneous utilities for the Csound system
Csoundqt: frontend for the csound sound processor
Csoundqt-examples: example scores for csoundqt
Libcsnd6-java: Java bindings for the Csound API
Liblua5.1-luacsnd: Lua bindings for the Csound API (transitional package)

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Libcsnd-dev: development files for Csound -- C++ API
Libcsound64-dev: development files for Csound
Libcsound64-doc: Csound API documentation
Libcsoundac-dev: development files for CsoundAC
Pd-csound: Csound external for Pure Data
Python3-csound: Python bindings for Csound
Rosegarden: music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer

Development - Extra packages for developers and package compiling

This metapackage will install additional software to compile audio software.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Ableton-link-dev: synchronizes musical applications on multiple devices - development
Audacious-dev: audacious development files
Clam-networkeditor: CLAM Network Editor, prototyping tool for CLAM
Crtmpserver-dev: Development files for the crtmpserver platform
Drumstick-tools: Qt5/C++ wrapper for ALSA Sequencer (utilities)
Dssi-dev: Header file for compiling DSSI plugins and hosts
Dvbpsi-utils: utilities and example programs for libdvbpsi
Etl-dev: Extended Class and Template Library
Ffado-tools: FFADO debugging and firmware tools
Frei0r-plugins-dev: minimalistic plugin API for video effects, header files
Fst-dev: Free Studio Technology for audio plugins (development files)
Gigtools: command line tools for Gigasampler and DLS Level 1/2 files
Gir1.2-gexiv2-0.10: GObject-based wrapper around the Exiv2 library - introspection data
Gscanbus: scan IEEE1394 (firewire/i.link) bus
Ino-headers: C API to execute JavaScript code - header files
Juce-modules-source: Jules' Utility Class Extensions (module sources)
Juce-tools: JUCE's project management tools
Ladspa-sdk: sample tools for linux-audio-dev plugin architecture
Liba52-0.7.4-dev: library for decoding ATSC A/52 streams (development)
Libaacs-dev: free-and-libre implementation of AACS (development files)
Libaperture-0-dev: Development files for libaperture
Libart-2.0-dev: Library of functions for 2D graphics - development files
Libasound2-dev: shared library for ALSA applications -- development files
Libass-dev: development files for libass
Libaubio-dev: library for audio and music analysis, synthesis, and effects
Libaudclient-dev: audacious D-Bus remote control library (development files)
Libaudiofile-dev: Open-source version of SGI's audiofile library (header files)
Libavc1394-dev: control IEEE 1394 audio/video devices (development files)
Libavcodec-dev: FFmpeg library with de/encoders for audio/video codecs - development files
Libavcodec-extra: FFmpeg library with extra codecs (metapackage)
Libavdevice-dev: FFmpeg library for handling input and output devices - development files
Libavfilter-dev: FFmpeg library containing media filters - development files
Libavformat-dev: FFmpeg library with (de)muxers for multimedia containers - development files
Libavutil-dev: FFmpeg library with functions for simplifying programming - development files
Libbabl-dev: Dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library (development files)
Libbdplus-dev: implementation of BD+ for reading Blu-ray Discs (development files)
Libbitstream-dev: C headers giving access to binary streams like MPEG or DVB
Libbluray-bin: Blu-ray disc playback support library (tools)
Libbluray-dev: Blu-ray disc playback support library (development files)
Libchromaprint-dev: audio fingerprinting library - development files
Libchromaprint-tools: audio fingerprinting library - tools
Libclalsadrv-dev: ALSA driver C++ access library (development files)
Libclam-dev: C++ Library for Audio and Music(development files)
Libclam-qtmonitors-dev: development files for libclam-qtmonitors CLAM extensions
Libclthreads-dev: POSIX threads C++ access library (development files)
Libclxclient-dev: X Window System C++ access library (development files)
Libcollada2gltfconvert-dev: ??? missing short description for package libcollada2gltfconvert-dev :-(
Libcoverart-dev: library to access the Cover Art Archive (development files)
Libcrystalhd-dev: Crystal HD Video Decoder (development files)
Libdataquay-dev: Simple RDF for C++ and Qt applications (development files)
Libde265-dev: Open H.265 video codec implementation - development files
Libdirac-dev: open and royalty free high quality video codec - development files
Libdiscid-dev: library for creating MusicBrainz DiscIDs (development files)
Libdleyna-connector-dbus-1.0-1: DBus connector module for the dLeyna services
Libdleyna-core-1.0-dev: Utility functions for higher level dLeyna components (development files)
Libdrumstick-dev: Qt5/C++ wrapper for ALSA Sequencer (development files)
Libdssialsacompat-dev: DSSI ALSA compatibility library (development files)
Libdv-bin: software library for DV format digital video (sample apps)
Libdv4-dev: software library for DV format digital video (devel files)
Libdvbcsa-dev: free implementation of the DVB/CSA (development files)
Libdvbpsi-dev: development files for libdvbpsi
Libdvdnav-dev: DVD navigation library (development)
Libdvdread-dev: library for reading DVDs (development)
Libebml-dev: access library for the EBML format (development files)
Libebur128-dev: implementation of the EBU R128 loudness standard (development files)
Libecasoundc-dev: multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (C dev library)
Libexif-dev: library to parse EXIF files (development files)
Libfaad-dev: freeware Advanced Audio Decoder - development files
Libffado-dev: FFADO API - development files
Libffms2-dev: Development files for libffms2
Libflac++-dev: Free Lossless Audio Codec - C++ development library
Libflac-dev: Free Lossless Audio Codec - C development library
Libflake-dev: Alternative encoder for the Free Lossless Audio Codec -- Development files
Libgav1-dev: AV1 decoder developed by Google -- development kit
Libgavl-dev: low level audio and video library - development files
Libgegl-dev: Generic Graphics Library (development files)
Libgexiv2-dev: GObject-based wrapper around the Exiv2 library - development files
Libgig-dev: development files for libgig
Libglyr-dev: search engine for music-related metadata - development files
Libgmerlin-avdec-dev: general multimedia decoding library (development files)
Libgmerlin-dev: core library for gmerlin - development files
Libgmlib-dev: gnome-mplayer library (development files)
Libgmtk-dev: gnome-mplayer toolkit (development files)
Libgpac-dev: GPAC Project on Advanced Content - development files
Libgroove-dev: audio dispatching library (development files)
Libgroovefingerprinter-dev: acoustid fingerprinter sink for libgroove (development files)
Libgrooveloudness-dev: loudness scanner sink for libgroove (development files)
Libgrooveplayer-dev: audio device playback sink for libgroove (development files)
Libimgscalr-java: Java Image Scaling Library
Libinstpatch-dev: MIDI instrument editing library development files
Libjack-dev: JACK Audio Connection Kit (development files)
Liblilv-dev: library for simple use of LV2 plugins (development files)
Liblircclient-dev: Transitional placeholder for obsoleted liblircclient-dev
Liblivemedia-dev: multimedia RTSP streaming library (development files)
Liblo-dev: Lightweight OSC library -- development files
Liblo-tools: Lightweight OSC library (command-line tools)
Liblrdf0-dev: liblrdf0 development files
Liblscp-dev: Development files for LinuxSampler Control Protocol library
Libltc-dev: Development files for libltc
Libltcsmpte-dev: Development files for libltcsmpte
Liblv2dynparam1-dev: lv2dynparam is a LV2 plugin interface extension
Libmatroska-dev: extensible open standard audio/video container format (development files)
Libmedialibrary-dev: library for managing media files in a media library (development files)
Libmjpegtools-dev: MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (development)
Libmms-dev: MMS stream protocol library - development files
Libmp3lame-dev: MP3 encoding library (development)
Libmp4v2-dev: library to read, create, and modify mp4 files (development files)
Libmpcdec-dev: MusePack decoder - development files
Libmpd-dev: High-level client library for accessing Music Player Daemon
Libmpeg2-4-dev: libmpeg2 development libraries and headers
Libmpg123-dev: MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio decoder (development files)
Libmpv-dev: video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2 (client library dev files)
Libmusicbrainz5-dev: Library to access the MusicBrainz.org database (development files)
Libmysofa-dev: library to read HRTFs stored in the AES69-2015 SOFA format - development files
Libnabrit-dev: LV2 bridging helper library (development files)
Libnacore-dev: NASPRO core library (development files)
Libo3dgc-dev: Open 3D Graphics Compression library (development)
Libogmrip-dev: Application for ripping and encoding DVD - development files
Libois-dev: Object Oriented Input System library (C++ development headers)
Libopencore-amrnb-dev: Adaptive Multi Rate speech codec - development files
Libopencore-amrwb-dev: Adaptive Multi-Rate - Wideband speech codec - development files
Libopenni-dev: headers for OpenNI 'Natural Interaction' frameworks
Libopenni-sensor-pointclouds-dev: headers for Kinect sensor modules for the OpenNI framework
Libopenni2-dev: headers for OpenNI 'Natural Interaction' frameworks
Libpaq-dev: library for parsing and querying RDF data (header files)
Libphat-dev: C++ library for boundary matrix reductions over Z/2Z
Libportsmf-dev: Portable Standard Midi File Library (development files)
Libpostproc-dev: FFmpeg library for post processing - development files
Libprojectm-dev: Advanced Milkdrop-compatible music visualization library - dev
Libprojectm-qt-dev: projectM Qt4 (development files)
Libpugl-dev: portable API for OpenGL graphical interfaces (headers)
Libquicktime-dev: library for reading and writing Quicktime files (development)
Libreplaygain-dev: Calculate ReplayGain information - development files
Librtaudio-dev: C++ library for realtime audio input/ouput (development files)
Librtmidi-dev: C++ library for realtime MIDI input/ouput (development files)
Librtmp-dev: toolkit for RTMP streams (development files)
Librubberband-dev: audio time-stretching and pitch-shifting library (development files)
Libsamplerate0-dev: Development files for audio sample rate conversion
Libsbsms-dev: Subband Sinusoidal Modeling Synthesis (development files)
Libserd-dev: lightweight RDF syntax library - development files
Libsfark-dev: Header files for sfArk library
Libshairport-dev: emulates an AirPort Express (development files)
Libshout-idjc-dev: broadcast streaming library with IDJC extensions (development)
Libshout3-dev: MP3/Ogg Vorbis broadcast streaming library (transitional package)
Libslv2-dev: Development files (headers) for SLV2 library
Libsndfile1-dev: Development files for libsndfile; a library for reading/writing audio files
Libsndio-dev: Small audio and MIDI framework from OpenBSD, development files
Libsndobj-dev: Sound Object library (development files)
Libsord-dev: library for storing RDF data in memory (development files)
Libsoundtouch-dev: Development files for the sound stretching library
Libsoxr-dev: High quality 1D sample-rate conversion library (development files)
Libsratom-dev: library for serialising LV2 atoms to/from Turtle - development files
Libstk0-dev: transitional package
Libsuil-dev: Development files for suil
Libswresample-dev: FFmpeg library for audio resampling, rematrixing etc. - development files
Libswscale-dev: FFmpeg library for image scaling and various conversions - development files
Libsynfig-dev: synfig library development files
Libunicap2-dev: unified interface to video capture devices - development files
Libuvc-dev: cross-platform library for USB video devices - development files
Libva-dev: Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux -- development files
Libvo-aacenc-dev: VisualOn AAC encoder library (development files)
Libvo-amrwbenc-dev: VisualOn AMR-WB encoder library (development files)
Libvorbis-dev: development files for Vorbis General Audio Compression Codec
Libwavpack-dev: audio codec (lossy and lossless) - development files
Libweed-dev: Development library for inclusion of plugins into LiVES
Libwxsvg-dev: Development files for wxSVG
Libx264-dev: development files for libx264
Libx265-dev: H.265/HEVC video stream encoder (development files)
Libxvidcore-dev: Open source MPEG-4 video codec (development)
Libyami-utils: high-level abstraction for Video Acceleration (VA) API (utils)
Libzimg-dev: scaling, colorspace, depth conversion library (development files)
Libzita-alsa-pcmi-dev: Development files (headers) for libzita-alsa-pcmi library
Libzita-convolver-dev: Development files (headers) for libzita-convolver library
Libzita-resampler-dev: Development files (headers) for libzita-resampler library
Lilv-utils: library for simple use of LV2 plugins (runtime files)
Livemedia-utils: multimedia RTSP streaming tools
Lv2-c++-tools: library and tools for LV2 plugins
Lv2-dev: LV2 audio plugin specification
Lv2core: LV2 audio plugin specification (dummy package)
Lvtk-dev: LV2 C++ wrappers and utilities
Lvtk-tools: LV2 C++ wrappers and utilities - tools
Mjpegtools: MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset
Mp4v2-utils: library to read, create, and modify mp4 files (frontends)
Mpeg2dec: Simple libmpeg2 video decoder application
Mpg123: MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player
Musepack-tools: MusePack commandline utilities
Opencollada-dev: Stream based reader and writer library for COLLADA files (development files)
Openni-utils: debug and test utilities OpenNI framework
Openni2-utils: debug and test utilities OpenNI2 framework
Pd-flext-dev: Flext C++ external layer for Pd (development files)
Pd-lib-builder: common build system for Pure Data externals
Puredata-dev: realtime computer music and graphics system - development files
Pyliblo-utils: Command line utilities for sending and receiving OSC messages
Python3-jack-client: JACK Audio Connection Kit (JACK) Client for Python 3
Python3-liblo: Python 3 bindings for liblo, the lightweight OSC library
Python3-midiutil: Python 3 library to write multi-track MIDI files
Python3-pyo: Python3 module written in C to help digital signal processing script creation
Python3-soundfile: Python 3 audio module based on libsndfile
Python3-tunigo: Python API for the browse feature of Spotify (Python 3)
Python3-wand: Python interface for ImageMagick library (Python 3)
Quicktime-utils: library for reading and writing Quicktime files (utilities)
Quicktime-x11utils: library for reading and writing Quicktime files (x11 utilities)
Ruby-ecasound: multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (ruby bindings)
Ruby-wavefile: Pure Ruby library for reading and writing Wave sound files (*.wav)
Serdi: lightweight RDF syntax library - serdi tool
Sordi: library for storing RDF data in memory - utilities
Vamp-plugin-sdk: audio analysis and feature extraction plugins (SDK)
Zlib1g-dev: compression library - development

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Automake: Tool for generating GNU Standards-compliant Makefiles
Bison: YACC-compatible parser generator
Build-essential: Informational list of build-essential packages
Cmake: cross-platform, open-source make system
Cmake-curses-gui: curses based user interface for CMake (ccmake)
Cvs: Concurrent Versions System
Dh-buildinfo: Debhelper addon to track package versions used to build a package
Fluid: Fast Light Toolkit - user interface designer
Intltool: Utility scripts for internationalizing XML
Libboost-dev: Boost C++ Libraries development files (default version)
Libcdio-cdda-dev: library to read and control digital audio CDs (development files)
Libcdio-dev: library to read and control CD-ROM (development files)
Libcdio-paranoia-dev: library to read digital audio CDs with error correction (development files)
Libcdio-utils: sample applications based on the CDIO libraries
Libdirectfb-bin: direct frame buffer graphics - binaries
Libdirectfb-dev: direct frame buffer graphics library - development files
Libdirectfb-extra: direct frame buffer graphics - extra providers
Libfftw3-dev: Library for computing Fast Fourier Transforms - development
Libgail-common: GNOME Accessibility Implementation Library -- common modules
Libgail-dev: GNOME Accessibility Implementation Library -- development files
Libglademm-2.4-dev: ??? missing short description for package libglademm-2.4-dev :-(
Libgnomecanvas2-dev: powerful object-oriented display engine - development files
Libgnomecanvasmm-2.6-dev: C++ wrappers for libgnomecanvas2 (development files)
Libiso9660-dev: library to work with ISO9660 filesystems (development files)
Libmusicbrainz3-dev: library to access the MusicBrainz.org database (development files)
Libmxml-dev: small XML parsing library (development)
Libtool: Generic library support script
Libudf-dev: library to work with UDF filesystems (development files)
Libusb-dev: userspace USB programming library development files
Libxml++2.6-dev: C++ interface to the GNOME XML library (libxml2) - dev files
Python3-acoustid: Acoustid interface implementation and Chromaprint bindings (Python 3)
Python3-ecasound: multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor (Python bindings)
Python3-grapefruit: Python module to manipulate color information easily (Python 3)
Python3-musicbrainzngs: Python 3 bindings for the Musicbrainz NGS webservice interface
Python3-pyknon: Simple Python music library
Python3-streamlink: Python module for extracting video streams from various websites
Qtbase5-dev: Qt 5 base development files
Subversion: Advanced version control system
Uuid-dev: Universally Unique ID library - headers and static libraries
Xutils-dev: X Window System utility programs for development

Debian packages in experimental

Python3-mediagoblin: web application for publishing all kinds of media - Python libs

Packaging has started and developers might try the packaging code in VCS

Libmapper-dev: Library for connecting data signals on a shared network (development files)
Ntk: ntk - fork of FLTK - ntk-fluid binary

Unofficial packages built by somebody else

Asdcplib: implementation of SMPTE and the MXF Interop "Sound & Picture Track File" format
Pyclutter-gst: Open GL based interactive canvas lib GStreamer elements

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Echoprint-codegen: codegen for Echoprint music fingerprint and resolving framework
Echoprint-server: server components for Echoprint music fingerprint and resolving framework
Flif: Free Lossless Image Format (FLIF) encoder/decoder
Flowplayer: The video player for the Web
Gstreamer-sharp-1.0: New GI-based bindings to GStreamer 1.x
Lastfmlib: An implementation of the Last.Fm Submissions Protocol v1.2
Libgstreamer-java: a set of java bindings for the gstreamer framework.
Libopenmpt: module music decoding library based on OpenMPT
Libopenshot: library for high quality video editing
Libopenshot-audio: library for high-quality editing and playback of audio
Libqpsd: PSD (Photoshop Document) & PSB (Photoshop Big) Plugin for Qt/C++ (Qt4/Qt5)
Obs: Open Broadcast Software
Pycdio: Python interface to libcdio optical media control library
Python3-libmapper: Library for connecting data signals on a shared network
Python3-mplayer: Lightweight dynamic MPlayer wrapper with a Pythonic API
Python3-portmidi: Python interface to libportmidi
Qtav: a media playing library based on Qt and FFmpeg
Qtmel: an Qt library that wraps Libav, OpenCV and RtAudio libraries
Ruby-alsa-rawmidi: Realtime MIDI IO with Ruby for Linux via the ALSA RawMIDI API.
Ruby-midilib: A pure Ruby MIDI library.
Svgpp: SVG-framework with parsers for various syntaxes and adapters

Djing - Packages for Disc Jockeys

This metapackage will install packages for djing

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Ableton-link-utils: synchronizes musical applications on multiple devices - cmdline utils
Ableton-link-utils-gui: synchronizes musical applications on multiple devices - GUI utils
Ebumeter: loudness measurement according to EBU-R128
Giada: Hardcore Loop Machine
Idjc: graphical shoutcast/icecast client
Lebiniou: user-friendly, powerful music visualization / VJing tool
Mixxx: Digital Disc Jockey Interface
Mp4v2-utils: library to read, create, and modify mp4 files (frontends)
Xwax: open-source vinyl emulation software for Linux

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Easytag: GTK+ editor for audio file tags
Easytag-nautilus: Nautilus extension for easytag
Jackeq: routes and manipulates audio from/to multiple sources
Lame: MP3 encoding library (frontend)
Mp3fs: FUSE filesystem for transcoding FLAC to MP3 on the fly
Terminatorx: realtime audio synthesizer

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Qlc: application to control DMX or analog lighting systems

Beat - Packages for drums & beats

Metapackage which installs packages for making drums and beats.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Dgedit: drum kit editor for DrumGizmo
Drumgizmo: Audio sampler plugin and stand-alone app that simulates a real drum kit
Drumkv1: old-school drum-kit sampler - standalone
Hydrogen: advanced drum machine/step sequencer
Hydrogen-drumkits: drumkits for Hydrogen

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Giada: Hardcore Loop Machine
Gsequencer: Advanced Gtk+ Sequencer audio processing engine
Hydrogen-drumkits-effects: effect drumkits for Hydrogen
Lmms: Linux Multimedia Studio
Puredata: realtime computer music and graphics system
Seq24: Real time MIDI sequencer

Unofficial packages built by somebody else

Non-sequencer: live pattern based MIDI sequencer

Firewire - Packages for your firewire audiocard / interface

This metapackage will install packages to configure your ffado supported firewire audio card.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

A2jmidid: Daemon for exposing legacy ALSA MIDI in JACK MIDI systems
Ffado-dbus-server: FFADO D-Bus server
Ffado-mixer-qt4: FFADO D-Bus mixer applets
Ffado-tools: FFADO debugging and firmware tools
Gscanbus: scan IEEE1394 (firewire/i.link) bus
Jackd: JACK Audio Connection Kit (default server package)
Jackd2-firewire: JACK Audio Connection Kit (FFADO backend)
Libavc1394-tools: control IEEE 1394 audio/video devices (utilities)
Patchage: modular patch bay for Jack audio and Alsa Midi

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Jackd1-firewire: JACK Audio Connection Kit (FFADO backend)

Graphics - Packages for making and editing artwork

This metapackage will install packages for making and editing artwork.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Create-resources: shared resources for use by creative applications
Fractgen: Extensible Fractal Generator
Gem: Graphics Environment for Multimedia - Pure Data library
Gimp: GNU Image Manipulation Program
Gimp-data: Data files for GIMP
Gimp-data-extras: Extra brushes and patterns for GIMP
Gimp-gap: animation package for the GIMP
Gimp-plugin-registry: repository of optional extensions for GIMP
Gimp-ufraw: gimp importer for raw camera images
Iannix: graphical OSC sequencer for digital arts
Img2pdf: Lossless conversion of raster images to PDF
Mandelbulber2: 3D fractal renderer and animator
Opencollada-tools: Command line tool for validating COLLADA files
Openscenegraph-3.4: 3D scene graph, utilities and examples (binaries)
Pd-3dp: openGL extensions for PDP
Pd-pdp: Graphics system for Pd
Pd-scaf: Simple Cellular Automaton Forth for PDP
Python3-img2pdf: Lossless conversion of raster images to PDF (library)
Shutter: feature-rich screenshot program
Whitedune: graphical VRML97/X3D viewer, editor, 3D modeller and animation tool
Yasw: Yet Another Scan Wizard

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Agave: colorscheme designer for the GNOME desktop
Blender: Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer
Deepin-image-viewer: Image Viewer for Deepin Desktop Environment
Enblend: image blending tool
Fontforge: font editor
Fontmatrix: featureful personal font manager
Gegl: Generic Graphics Library Test Program
Hugin: panorama photo stitcher - GUI tools
Inkscape: vector-based drawing program
Metapixel: generator for photomosaics
Nautilus-image-converter: nautilus extension to mass resize or rotate images
Photoflow: non-destructive photo retouching program
Photoqt: Fast and highly configurable image viewer
Pngmeta: Display metadata information from PNG images
Posterazor: splits an image across multiple pages for assembly into a poster
Pstoedit: PostScript and PDF files to editable vector graphics converter
Qosmic: GUI for creating & rendering fractal flame images
Scribus: Open Source Desktop Page Layout
Simple-scan: Simple Scanning Utility
Xsane: featureful graphical frontend for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Alchemy: An open drawing project
Animal: An Imaging Library written in C
Animata: real-time animation software
Blimp: photo editor based on adjustment layers
Brad: Blender based user interface for Radiance
Classicprint: adds classic look to your photos
Colladacoherencytest: check the coherency of COLLADA files
Cooka: simple image viewer
Cv: Free software alternative for xv image viewer
Ffmulticonverter: graphical multi format converter
Flif: Free Lossless Image Format (FLIF) encoder/decoder
Fluxus: Rapid prototyping, playing and learning environment for 3D graphics, sound and games.
Inkscape-plugin-qrcode: Inkscape plugin for generating QR codes
Inksmoto: Xmoto level editor
Itktools: command line tools based on the ITK, intended for image processing
Limoo: Image viewer
Mpview: Image viewer and manipulator
Printoxx: make photos and texts collages
Qimageviewer: Simple image viewer
Sk1: advanced vector graphics editor
Svgpp: SVG-framework with parsers for various syntaxes and adapters
Xviewer: Image viewer program.
Xviewer-plugins: Set of plugins for xviewer

No known packages available

Lazpaint: Free cross-platform image editor
Pd-gem2pdp: GEM to PDP bridge
Pd-gridflow: A multidimensional dataflow processing library for PureData
Pd-opencv-data: OpenCV bindings for PureData
Pd-pidip: PiDiP Is Definitely In Pieces
Pd-pix-openni: A pure data / Gem external to get Kinect rgb and depth streams

Guitar - Packages for playing with your (virtual) guitar gear

Packages which might be useful when playing guitar, adding guitar effects to your audio streams and / or editing notation and tablature for your guitar music.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Guitarix: Rock guitar amplifier for JACK
Gxtuner: Tuner for Jack
Jack-capture: program for recording soundfiles with jack
Jconvolver: Convolution reverb Engine for JACK
Mustang-plug: control Fender Mustang amplifiers
Rakarrack: Simple and easy guitar effects processor for GNU/Linux

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Frescobaldi: LilyPond sheet music text editor
Lilypond: program for typesetting sheet music
Musescore: cross-platform multi-lingual music composition and notation, v2
Stretchplayer: Audio file player with time stretch and pitch shifting
Tuxguitar: Multitrack guitar tablature editor and player

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Gtrex: Guitar Exerciser

Jack - JACK (Jack Audio Connection Kit) and ALSA related packages

This metapackage will install pro audio JACK (Jack Audio Connection Kit) and ALSA related packages.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

A2jmidid: Daemon for exposing legacy ALSA MIDI in JACK MIDI systems
Aj-snapshot: make snapshots of JACK connections
Alsa-tools: Console based ALSA utilities for specific hardware
Alsa-tools-gui: GUI based ALSA utilities for specific hardware
Alsa-utils: Utilities for configuring and using ALSA
Faad: freeware Advanced Audio Decoder player
Flac: Free Lossless Audio Codec - command line tools
Flake: Alternative encoder for the Free Lossless Audio Codec
Gjacktransport: access to the JACK's transport mechanism as touchable slider
Jaaa: audio signal generator and spectrum analyser
Jack-midi-clock: JACK client that sends MIDI beat clock pulses
Jack-stdio: program to pipe audio-data from and to JACK
Jack-tools: various JACK tools: dl, record, scope, osc, plumbing, udp, play, transport
Jackd: JACK Audio Connection Kit (default server package)
Jackd1: JACK Audio Connection Kit (server and example clients)
Jackd2: JACK Audio Connection Kit (server and example clients)
Jackmeter: a basic command line meter for the JACK audio system
Jacktrip: high-quality system for audio network performances (cmdline)
Jalv: tool to run LV2 plugins as stand-alone applications
Jmeters: multichannel audio level meter
Jnoise: white and pink noise generator
Jnoisemeter: audio test signals meter
Kmetronome: ALSA MIDI Metronome
Libclalsadrv2: ALSA driver C++ access library
Linuxptp: Precision Time Protocol (PTP, IEEE1588) implementation for Linux
Mudita24: ALSA GUI control tool for Envy24 (ice1712) soundcards
Patchage: modular patch bay for Jack audio and Alsa Midi
Projectm-data: Advanced Milkdrop-compatible music visualization library - data
Projectm-jack: projectM JackAudio module
Projectm-pulseaudio: projectM PulseAudio module
Qasconfig: ALSA configuration browser
Qashctl: mixer for ALSA's High level Control Interface
Qasmixer: ALSA mixer for the desktop
Qjackctl: User interface for controlling the JACK sound server
Qjackrcd: Qt4 application to record JACK server outputs
Qmidinet: MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast
Rotter: JACK client for transmission recording and audio logging
Rtirq-init: startup script for realtime-preempt enabled kernels
Rtkit: Realtime Policy and Watchdog Daemon
Silentjack: silence detector for the JACK audio system
Sndio-tools: Small audio and MIDI framework from OpenBSD, basic tools
Sndiod: Small audio and MIDI framework from OpenBSD, sound server
Volti: control audio volume from system tray/notification area
Vorbis-tools: ??? missing short description for package vorbis-tools :-(
Zita-ajbridge: alsa to jack bridge
Zita-alsa-pcmi-utils: Two simple demo programs zita-alsa-pcmi library
Zita-bls1: binaural stereo signals converter
Zita-lrx: Command line jack application providing crossover filters
Zita-mu1: organise stereo monitoring for Jack Audio Connection Kit
Zita-njbridge: Jack clients to transmit multichannel audio over a local IP network

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Bitmeter: ??? missing short description for package bitmeter :-(
Pnmixer: Simple mixer application for system tray

Debian packages in contrib or non-free

Midisport-firmware: Firmware loader for M-Audio's MidiSport devices

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Audio-science-hpi: AudioScience device driver, firmware and utilities
Carla: audio plugin host supporting LADSPA, DSSI, LV2, VST2/3 & AU formats
Jack-oscrolloscope: Simple waveform viewer for JACK
Jack-smf-utils: two utilities - jack-smf-player and jack-smf-recorder
Jackmix: A matrix audio mixer for Jack using Qt
Ngjackpsa: simple LADSPA hosts for the JACK Audio Connection Kit
Openlase: -- Laser show software for soundcard operation
Pacmixer: an alsamixer alike for PulseAudio
Studio-controls: small application to allow setting up audio for (semi)pro-audio work

Ladi - LADI, Linuxaudio session management, packages

This metapackage will install packages for ladish.org.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

A2jmidid: Daemon for exposing legacy ALSA MIDI in JACK MIDI systems
Das-watchdog: solves system lock-ups by making all processes non-realtime
Jackd: JACK Audio Connection Kit (default server package)
Ladish: session management system for JACK applications
Laditools: Linux Audio Desktop Integration Tools

Looping - Packages for looping music and audio

Metapackage which installs packages with the aim to loop your audio (and midi).

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Composite: Live performance sequencer
Giada: Hardcore Loop Machine
Goattracker: C64 music editor
Pt2-clone: Music tracker clone of ProTracker 2 for modern computers
Sooperlooper: Looping Sampler

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Ardour: the digital audio workstation
Ardour3: transitional dummy package for ardour
Freewheeling: live looping musical instrument
Kluppe: loop-player and recorder designed for live use
Rosegarden: music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer
Seq24: Real time MIDI sequencer

Unofficial packages built by somebody else

Non-sequencer: live pattern based MIDI sequencer

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Loopdub: Software for live audio loop manipulation
Superboucle: Loop based software fully controllable with any midi device

Midi - MIDI related packages

This metapackage will install packages useful for MIDI, including trackers, MIDI synths and virtual keyboards.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

A2jmidid: Daemon for exposing legacy ALSA MIDI in JACK MIDI systems
Abcmidi: converter from ABC to MIDI format and back
Fluid-soundfont-gm: Fluid (R3) General MIDI SoundFont (GM)
Fluidsynth: Real-time MIDI software synthesizer
Giada: Hardcore Loop Machine
Gmidimonitor: GTK+ application that shows MIDI events
Goattracker: C64 music editor
Grandorgue: sample-based pipe organ simulator
Gsequencer: Advanced Gtk+ Sequencer audio processing engine
Jack-keyboard: Virtual MIDI keyboard for JACK MIDI
Jack-midi-clock: JACK client that sends MIDI beat clock pulses
Kmetronome: ALSA MIDI Metronome
Midicsv: translate MIDI file to CSV
Midisnoop: MIDI monitor and prober
Milkytracker: music creation tool inspired by Fast Tracker 2
Mma: Musical MIDI Accompaniment Generator
Osmid: tool to convert MIDI to OSC and OSC to MIDI
Petri-foo: MIDI controllable audio sampler - successor of specimen
Pmidi: command line midi player for ALSA
Qmidiarp: MIDI arpeggiator for ALSA
Qmidinet: MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast
Qmidiroute: MIDI event router and filter
Qsynth: fluidsynth MIDI sound synthesiser front-end
Qtractor: MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer application
Qxgedit: MIDI System Exclusive files editor
Rumor: Realtime MIDI keyboard to Lilypond converter
Seq24: Real time MIDI sequencer
Showq: MIDI controllable audio player
Vkeybd: Virtual MIDI Keyboard
Yoshimi: software synthesizer originally based on ZynAddSubFX2

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Alsa-utils: Utilities for configuring and using ALSA
Aubio-tools: library for audio segmentation -- utilities
Dsmidiwifi: DSMI over WLAN server
Kmidimon: MIDI monitor using ALSA sequencer and KDE user interface
Lmms: Linux Multimedia Studio
Mididings: MIDI router and processor based on Python
Muse: Qt-based audio/MIDI sequencer
Octave-audio: MIDI functions for Octave
Playmidi: MIDI player
Rosegarden: music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer
Schism: ImpulseTracker clone aiming at providing the same look&feel
Sfarkxtc: Converts soundfonts from legacy sfArk v2 file format to sf2
Swami: MIDI instrument editor application
Vmpk: Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard

Packaging has started and developers might try the packaging code in VCS

Openoctave: MIDI and audio sequencer and musical notation editor

Unofficial packages built by somebody else

Non-sequencer: live pattern based MIDI sequencer

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Jack-smf-utils: two jack utilities for playing & recording midi
Linuxband: GUI front-end for MMA (Musical MIDI Accompaniment)
Machina: polyphonic MIDI sequencer based on finite-state automata
Osc2midi: Highly flexible and configurable OSC / JACK MIDI bridge
Superboucle: Loop based software fully controllable with any midi device
Vguitar: Play Guitar in any term w MIDI synthesizer

Mixing - Packages for mixing and mastering your music

This metapackage will install software to do mixing and mastering.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Ardour: the digital audio workstation
Aubio-tools: library for audio segmentation -- utilities
Audacity: fast, cross-platform audio editor
Ebumeter: loudness measurement according to EBU-R128
Gwc: Audio file denoiser
Jaaa: audio signal generator and spectrum analyser
Jack-mixer: GTK+ JACK audio mixer application (Python 3)
Japa: JACK and ALSA Perceptual Analyser
Jkmeter: horizontal or vertical bargraph audio level meter for Jack Audio Connection Kit
Jmeters: multichannel audio level meter
Jnoisemeter: audio test signals meter
Libsox-fmt-all: All SoX format libraries
Meterbridge: Collection of Audio meters for the JACK audio server
Qashctl: mixer for ALSA's High level Control Interface
Qasmixer: ALSA mixer for the desktop
Vlevel: Levelling audio filter as command-line tool and LADSPA/JACK plugin
Wmix: Dockapp mixer for OSS

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Brp-pacu: audio analysis tool
Jamin: Audio mastering from a mixed down multitrack source with JACK
Mhwaveedit: Simple and fast GTK2 sound editor
Nama: Ecasound-based multitrack recorder/mixer
Pnmixer: Simple mixer application for system tray
Silan: commandline tool to detect silence in audio-files
Sonic-visualiser: viewing and analysing the contents of music audio files
Soundconverter: GNOME application to convert audio files into other formats
Sox: Swiss army knife of sound processing

Packaging has started and developers might try the packaging code in VCS

Pymappergui: Graphical User Interface for libmapper

Unofficial packages built by somebody else

Non-mixer: live mixer with effects plugin hosting and ambisonics

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Linuxaudio-new-session-manager: Assists music production by grouping standalone programs into sessions

No known packages available

Arpage: MIDI Arpeggiator with JACK Tempo Sync.
Raysession: RaySession is a session manager for audio programs

Musician - Packages for musicians

This metapackage will install packages useful for musicians. It includes metronomes, instrument tuners and music notation software.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Ableton-link-utils: synchronizes musical applications on multiple devices - cmdline utils
Ableton-link-utils-gui: synchronizes musical applications on multiple devices - GUI utils
Gtklick: simple metronome GUI for JACK
Klick: advanced metronome for JACK
Kmetronome: ALSA MIDI Metronome
Laborejo: music notation workshop
Lilypond: program for typesetting sheet music
Lilypond-data: LilyPond music typesetter (data files)
Musescore3: cross-platform multi-lingual music composition and notation, v3
Qabc: minimal GUI for ABC music notation
Rumor: Realtime MIDI keyboard to Lilypond converter
Solfege: Ear training software

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Denemo: free graphical music notation editor (GTK front end to LilyPond)
Fmit: Free Music Instrument Tuner
Frescobaldi: LilyPond sheet music text editor
Komposter: lightweight music composing system
Mma: Musical MIDI Accompaniment Generator
Nted: Musical score editor
Rosegarden: music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer
Stretchplayer: Audio file player with time stretch and pitch shifting

Unofficial packages built by somebody else

Impro-visor: Jazz Improvisation Advisor for the Improviser
Lyricue: The GNU Lyric Display System

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Audiveris: Optical Music Recognition module
Bmc: Braille Music Compiler
Linuxband: GUI front-end for MMA (Musical MIDI Accompaniment)
Lute-tab: Typesetter for lute tablature
Ly2video: generating videos from LilyPond projects
Mingus: advanced music theory and notation package
Qrest: set of tools for calculations on musical values

Photography - Packages for working with digital photography

This metapackage will install packages for working with digital photography including viewing, manipulating, editing, scanning and printing of images, converting between image formats, uploading to websites, and compiling and publishing collections, galleries and photo albums.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Darktable: virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers
Digikam: digital photo management application for KDE
Enblend: image blending tool
Enfuse: image exposure blending tool
Entangle: Tethered Camera Control & Capture
Exif: command-line utility to show EXIF information in JPEG files
Facedetect: simple face detector for batch processing
Feh: imlib2 based image viewer
Fgallery: static HTML+JavaScript photo album generator
Gimp: GNU Image Manipulation Program
Gimp-data: Data files for GIMP
Gimp-data-extras: Extra brushes and patterns for GIMP
Gimp-plugin-registry: repository of optional extensions for GIMP
Gimp-ufraw: gimp importer for raw camera images
Gphoto2: digital camera command-line client
Gphotofs: filesystem to mount digital cameras
Hugin: panorama photo stitcher - GUI tools
Luminance-hdr: graphical user interface providing a workflow for HDR imaging
Nautilus-image-converter: nautilus extension to mass resize or rotate images
Opencolorio-doc: complete color management solution - documentation
Opencolorio-tools: complete color management solution - utilities
Openexr: command-line tools for the OpenEXR image format
Openimageio-tools: Library for reading and writing images - command line tools
Pfsglview: command line HDR manipulation programs (OpenGL/GLUT viewer)
Pfstools: command line HDR manipulation programs
Pfsview: command line HDR manipulation programs (Qt viewer)
Photoflow: non-destructive photo retouching program
Photoprint: Image printing utility
Photoqt: Fast and highly configurable image viewer
Pngquant: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image optimising utility
Qtpfsgui: luminance-hdr transitional package
Shotwell: digital photo organizer

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Abr2gbr: Converts PhotoShop brushes to GIMP
Create-resources: shared resources for use by creative applications
Deepin-image-viewer: Image Viewer for Deepin Desktop Environment
Dvd-slideshow: set of tools to create DVD slideshows with menus
Ffdiaporama: Movie creator from photos and video clips
Img2pdf: Lossless conversion of raster images to PDF
Kodi: Open Source Home Theatre (executable binaries)
Kodi-eventclients-kodi-send: Open Source Home Theatre (Event Client Kodi-SEND package)
Kodi-eventclients-ps3: Open Source Home Theatre (Event Client PS3 package)
Kodi-eventclients-wiiremote: Open Source Home Theatre (Event Client WII Remote support package)
Kodi-pvr-vdr-vnsi: Kodi PVR Addon VDR VNSI
Pfstmo: set of tone mapping operators
Posterazor: splits an image across multiple pages for assembly into a poster
Pstoedit: PostScript and PDF files to editable vector graphics converter
Python3-img2pdf: Lossless conversion of raster images to PDF (library)
Xsane: featureful graphical frontend for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy)
Yasw: Yet Another Scan Wizard

Debian packages in experimental

Mediagoblin: web application for publishing all kinds of media

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Animal: An Imaging Library written in C
Blimp: photo editor based on adjustment layers
Booh: image classifier and web album generator
Canon-capture: tool for periodic image capturing with digital Canon cameras
Classicprint: adds classic look to your photos
Cooka: simple image viewer
Cv: Free software alternative for xv image viewer
Ffmulticonverter: graphical multi format converter
Gallery3: web-based photo album written in PHP
Itktools: command line tools based on the ITK, intended for image processing
Juploadr: Picture uploader for flickr and zoomr
Krokus: program for printing photos
Limoo: Image viewer
Mpview: Image viewer and manipulator
Openphoto: A photo application to store photos on Dropbox etc.
Oqapy: Photographic workflow application
Pfscalibration: photometric calibration of cameras
Photoshow: A free Web Gallery for your server
Printoxx: make photos and texts collages
Pvcam-utils: utilities for using the Photometrics Coolsnap ES camera
Pycasa: A python application to manage Picasa photo albums
Qimageviewer: Simple image viewer
Xviewer: Image viewer program.
Xviewer-plugins: Set of plugins for xviewer

No known packages available

Neural-enhance: Super Resolution for images using deep learning

Players - Packages which makes your multimedia tools complete

This metapackage will install additional 'consumer' multimedia software.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Audacious: small and fast audio player which supports lots of formats
Browser-plugin-vlc: multimedia plugin for web browsers based on VLC
Bs1770gain: measure and adjust audio and video sound loudness
Cantata: Qt client for the music player daemon (MPD)
Cmus: lightweight ncurses audio player
Faad: freeware Advanced Audio Decoder player
Flactag: Tagger for whole-album FLAC files using data from MusicBrainz
Freetuxtv: Internet television and radio player
Gecko-mediaplayer: Multimedia plug-in for Gecko browsers
Glyrc: command-line interface to libglyr
Gmerlin: multiformat media player
Gmerlin-encoders-extra: MJPEG encoders for Gmerlin
Gmerlin-encoders-ffmpeg: ffmpeg encoders for Gmerlin
Gmerlin-encoders-good: patent-free encoders for Gmerlin
Gmerlin-plugins-avdecoder: avdecoder plugins for Gmerlin
Gmusicbrowser: graphical jukebox for large music collections
Gnome-mplayer: GTK+ interface for MPlayer
Gpac: GPAC Project on Advanced Content - utilities
Groovebasin: music player server with a web-based user interface
Guayadeque: lightweight music player
Isrcsubmit: extract ISRCs from audio CDs and submit them to MusicBrainz
Mjpegtools: MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset
Mjpegtools-gtk: MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (GTK+ frontend)
Moc: ncurses based console audio player
Mopidy-internetarchive: Mopidy extension for playing music from the Internet Archive
Mopidy-local: Mopidy extension for playing music from your local music archive
Mopidy-local-sqlite: Mopidy extension for keeping your local library in SQLite
Mopidy-mpd: Mopidy extension for controlling Mopidy from MPD clients
Mopidy-podcast: Mopidy extension for searching and browsing podcasts
Mopidy-podcast-itunes: Mopidy extension for searching and browsing iTunes podcasts
Mopidy-somafm: Mopidy extension for playing music from SomaFM
Mp3fs: FUSE filesystem for transcoding FLAC to MP3 on the fly
Mp4v2-utils: library to read, create, and modify mp4 files (frontends)
Mpd-sima: Automagically add titles to MPD playlist
Mpdas: AudioScrobbler client for MPD
Mpeg2dec: Simple libmpeg2 video decoder application
Mpg123: MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player
Opencubicplayer: UNIX port of Open Cubic Player
Parlatype: Minimal audio player for manual speech transcription
Sayonara: small, clear and fast audio player
Showq: MIDI controllable audio player
Silan: commandline tool to detect silence in audio-files
Smplayer: Complete front-end for MPlayer and mpv
Smplayer-themes: complete front-end for MPlayer - icon themes
Smtube: YouTube videos browser
Streamtuner2: Browser for Internet Radio Stations
Videolan-doc: documentation for the VideoLAN streaming solution
Vlc: multimedia player and streamer
Vlc-plugin-jack: JACK audio plugins for VLC

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Audacious-plugins: Base plugins for audacious
Audiotools: Collection of audio handling programs for the command line
Easytag: GTK+ editor for audio file tags
Easytag-nautilus: Nautilus extension for easytag
Kodi: Open Source Home Theatre (executable binaries)
Pragha: Lightweight Music Player
Vdr-plugin-vnsiserver: VDR plugin to provide PVR backend services for Kodi

Debian packages in experimental

Mediagoblin: web application for publishing all kinds of media

Packaging has started and developers might try the packaging code in VCS

Baka-mplayer: A libmpv based media player

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Beatbox: A music player written in vala
Castnow: command-line chromecast player
Cloudruby: Ncurses player for Soundcloud tracks
Deadbeef: Ultimate Music Player For GNU/Linux
Despotify: Open source client for Spotify
Eina-player: Simple music player based on gtk3 and gstreamer
Flac123: command-line program for playing FLAC audio files
Flash-player-mp3: MP3 flash player for websites
Flashplugin-nonfree-pulse: Non free Flash plugin for Pulse Audio
Foobnix: Simple and Powerful music player for Linux
Fuoco-converter: Universal audio and video converter
Genivi-audio-manager: software framework for low-level car audio management
Gmpc-plugin-coveramazon: Download cover art and album information from the amazon web service
Gstreamer-sharp-1.0: New GI-based bindings to GStreamer 1.x
Ha-audacious: player for GameBoy Advanced(R) chiptunes
Jampal: mp3 song library management system and player
Lastfm-desktop: The official Last.fm desktop application suite
Laudio: HTML5 music player
Libgstreamer-java: a set of java bindings for the gstreamer framework.
Miniaudio: single file library for audio playback and capture
Mpcut: Visual MP3 editor (lossless)
Mpx: library-oriented media player
Mtpsync: Syncronize files/music with a MTP device
Mudkip-player: an XMMS replacement
Nightingale: audio player and web browser based on the Songbird
Osd-lyrics: An OSD lyric show compatible with various media players
Panucci: Resuming audioplayer
Phonon-backend-mplayer: mplayer backend for phonon
Playdar: music content resolver
Pogo: Probably the simplest and fastest audio player for Linux
Pythm: media players (e.g. mpd, gstreamer, mplayer) GUI frontend
Xplayer: Simple media player based on GStreamer

Pure data - Packages for working with Pure Data

Metapackage which installs packages, externals, libraries and plug-ins to work with Pure Data (aka Pd), a graphical realtime computer music and signal processing language.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Deken: Externals wrangler for Pure Data - upload utility
Gem: Graphics Environment for Multimedia - Pure Data library
Pd-3dp: openGL extensions for PDP
Pd-ableton-link: integration of Ableton Link into Pure Data
Pd-ambix: AMBIsonics eXchange objects for Pure Data
Pd-arraysize: Pd object to report the size of an array
Pd-aubio: aubio external for PureData
Pd-autopreset: simple state saving for Pure Data
Pd-bassemu: Pd object for transistor bass emulation
Pd-beatpipe: realtime scheduler/event-delay/quantizer object for Pd
Pd-boids: Pd library for the "boids" flocking simulator algorithm
Pd-bsaylor: library of FFT-based Pd objects by Ben Saylor
Pd-chaos: Pd library for calculating various chaotic attractors
Pd-cmos: digital logic emulator objects for Pure Data (Pd)
Pd-comport: Pd object for reading and writing to serial ports
Pd-creb: Tom's bag of trick for Pure Data (Pd)
Pd-csound: Csound external for Pure Data
Pd-cxc: Pd library for working with patterns and numbers
Pd-cyclone: Pd library of clones of Max/MSP objects
Pd-deken: Externals wrangler for Pure Data
Pd-deken-apt: Externals wrangler for Pure Data (APT backend)
Pd-earplug: binaural filter based on KEMAR impulse measurement for Pd
Pd-ekext: Pd objects for music information retrieval and polyphony control
Pd-ext13: collection of file and message objects for Pd by dieb13
Pd-extendedview: toolkit for panoramic image creation and projection mapping
Pd-fftease: live spectral sound processors for Pd
Pd-flext-dev: Flext C++ external layer for Pd (development files)
Pd-flite: Speech synthesis for Pd
Pd-freeverb: studio-quality Schroeder/Moorer reverb as a Pd object
Pd-ggee: Pd library of GUI controls, synths, filters, and more
Pd-gil: Geometry Interaction Library for Pure Data / Gem
Pd-hcs: Pd library of experiments in UNIX, the Pd GUI, and more
Pd-hexloader: enable Pd-objects with funny characters
Pd-hid: Pd object for getting data from USB HID devices
Pd-iem: Pure Data - the IEM flavour
Pd-iemambi: Pd-objects for Ambisonics sound spatialization
Pd-iemguts: Pd-Objects for meta patching
Pd-iemlib: collection of general purpose objects and filters for Pure Data
Pd-iemmatrix: Pd-objects for simple matrix operations
Pd-iemnet: Pd library for low-level networking (IEM implementation)
Pd-iemtab: Pd-objects for table manipulation
Pd-iemutils: collection of general purpose objects for Pure Data
Pd-jmmmp: collection of Pd GUI objects for musical performance
Pd-jsusfx: Jesusonic FX scripting language for audio DSP (Pure Data)
Pd-kollabs: data management and state saving for Pure Data
Pd-libdir: provides support for the libdir library format for Pd
Pd-list-abs: library of list operations for Pd
Pd-log: small Pure Data library for logging
Pd-lua: Lua bindings for Pure Data
Pd-lyonpotpourri: potpourri of Pd objects for synthesizing with audio
Pd-mapping: Pd library for creatively mapping data
Pd-markex: Pd library of misc objects from Mark Danks
Pd-maxlib: Pd library for analysing musical performance
Pd-mediasettings: programmatically modify the audio and MIDI settings from within Pd
Pd-mjlib: library of Pd objects for composing music
Pd-moonlib: library of Pd objects related to GUI control
Pd-motex: random collection of Pd objects by Iain Mott
Pd-mrpeach: bag of tricks for Pure Data (Pd)
Pd-mrpeach-net: Pd library for low-level networking
Pd-nusmuk: random collection of useful Pd objects
Pd-osc: Open Sound Control for Pd
Pd-pan: library of stereo panning algorithms for Pd
Pd-pddp: support library for the Pure Data Documentation Project
Pd-pdogg: collection of Ogg/Vorbis objects for Pd
Pd-pdp: Graphics system for Pd
Pd-pdstring: Pd-objects for string manipulation
Pd-pduino: interfacing with the Arduino from within Pure Data (Pd)
Pd-plugin: LADSPA and VST plug-in hosting for Pd
Pd-pmpd: physical modeling library for Pd
Pd-pool: Hierarchical data storage for Pure Data
Pd-puremapping: Pd library for complex data mappings
Pd-purepd: library of standard objects re-implemented using Pd-vanilla
Pd-purest-json: Pd library for working with JSON data and RESTful webservices
Pd-py: Python scripting objects for Pure Data
Pd-readanysf: Pd object for reading multiple audio file formats
Pd-rtclib: Real Time Composition Library for Pure Data (Pd)
Pd-scaf: Simple Cellular Automaton Forth for PDP
Pd-sigpack: signal processing effects library for Pd
Pd-slip: SLIP encoder/decoder for Pure Data (Pd)
Pd-smlib: Pd library for mapping DSP data to controls
Pd-syslog: syslog facilities for Pd
Pd-tclpd: Tcl objects for Pure Data (Pd)
Pd-testtools: unit test framework for Pure Data (Pd)
Pd-unauthorized: library of Pd objects for streaming and GUI control
Pd-upp: Universal Polyphonic Player for Pure Data
Pd-vbap: Pd library for Vector Base Amplitude Panning spatialization
Pd-wiimote: Pd object for accessing the wiimote controller
Pd-windowing: library of windowing functions in Pd
Pd-xbee: interfacing with your XBee from within Pure Data (Pd)
Pd-xsample: extended sample objects for Pure Data
Pd-zexy: General Purpose addon library for Pd
Puredata: realtime computer music and graphics system

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Puredata-core: realtime computer music and graphics system - core components

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Pd-bandlimited: bandlimited (non-aliasing) waveform generators for Pure Data
Pd-iemgui: graphical objects for Pure Data
Pd-vasp: VASP modular - Vector assembling signal processor for PD

No known packages available

Camomile: dynamic plugin that allows to load and to control Pure Data patches inside a DAW
Pd-abstractions: Some abstractions for Puredata
Pd-acid-core: 303-style acid instrument for Pure Data.
Pd-acre: Algorithmic Composition Realtime Environment in Pure Data.
Pd-adaptive: library for adaptive systems and filters
Pd-algobreaks-core: Pure Data patches for making procedural breakbeats.
Pd-blockhead: A collection of Pure Data abstractions styled after rjlib.
Pd-cicm: A C/TK library that aims to facilitate the creation of objects for Pure Data
Pd-container: This library was made for algorithmic composition
Pd-cream: A set of PD externals for those who like vanilla... but also want some chocolate, coffee or caramel.
Pd-ehu: GUI objects for rapid prototyping of interactive systems.
Pd-hoa: Higher-order ambisonics of Pure Data
Pd-kalman: Simple control rate Kalman filter for Pure Data
Pd-midi-guis: Abstractions for doing midi-learn buttons and faders in Pure Data.
Pd-msd: MSD stands for the mass spring damper library
Pd-netro: A way to synchronise Pd patches on the same LAN.
Pd-oscbank: oscillator bank for additive synthesis
Pd-rtcmix: RTcmix music language embedded in PureData
Pd-s-abstractions: A collection of abstractions for puredata
Pd-search-plugin: Interactive Search for Pd's documentation
Pd-sssad: sssad is Stupidsupersimplistic State Saving ADVANCED
Pd-timeline: A timeline for Pure Data

Recording - Packages for audio recording

This package will install packages useful for recording audio and music

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Ardour: the digital audio workstation
Ardour3: transitional dummy package for ardour
Audacity: fast, cross-platform audio editor
Composite: Live performance sequencer
Ebumeter: loudness measurement according to EBU-R128
Gsequencer: Advanced Gtk+ Sequencer audio processing engine
Gwc: Audio file denoiser
Iannix: graphical OSC sequencer for digital arts
Jack-capture: program for recording soundfiles with jack
Jack-mixer: GTK+ JACK audio mixer application (Python 3)
Jmeters: multichannel audio level meter
Jnoisemeter: audio test signals meter
Meterbridge: Collection of Audio meters for the JACK audio server
Meterec: minimalistic multi track recorder
Mjpegtools: MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset
Mjpegtools-gtk: MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (GTK+ frontend)
Mp4v2-utils: library to read, create, and modify mp4 files (frontends)
Qjackrcd: Qt4 application to record JACK server outputs
Qtractor: MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer application
Rotter: JACK client for transmission recording and audio logging
Silan: commandline tool to detect silence in audio-files
Timemachine: JACK audio recorder for spontaneous use
Xjadeo: Video player with JACK sync
Zytrax: Easy to use, tracker-inspired music sequencer

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Audiotools: Collection of audio handling programs for the command line
Cdrdao: records CDs in Disk-At-Once (DAO) mode
Deepin-voice-recorder: Deepin's Voice recorder
Ecasound: multitrack-capable audio recorder and effect processor
Nama: Ecasound-based multitrack recorder/mixer
Qjackctl: User interface for controlling the JACK sound server
Traverso: Multitrack audio recorder and editor

Unofficial packages built by somebody else

Non-mixer: live mixer with effects plugin hosting and ambisonics

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Aften: Aften: A/52 audio encoder.
Jack-oscrolloscope: Simple waveform viewer for JACK
Miniaudio: single file library for audio playback and capture

Samplers - Software samplers

This metapackage will install free software samplers.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Composite: Live performance sequencer
Drumkv1: old-school drum-kit sampler - standalone
Elektroid: Sample and MIDI device manager
Gigedit: instrument editor for Gigasampler files
Petri-foo: MIDI controllable audio sampler - successor of specimen
Samplv1: polyphonic sampler synthesizer - standalone

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Giada: Hardcore Loop Machine
Pt2-clone: Music tracker clone of ProTracker 2 for modern computers
Swami: MIDI instrument editor application

Sound synthesis - Packages for sound synthesis

This package will install packages useful for sound synthesis.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Ams: Realtime modular synthesizer for ALSA
Bristol: vintage synthesizer emulator
Din: digital audio synthesizer
Faust: functional programming language for realtime audio applications
Faustworks: IDE for Faust dsp programming language
Grandorgue: sample-based pipe organ simulator
Horgand: JACK capable organ softsynth
Libsox-fmt-all: All SoX format libraries
Monobristol: simple GUI for Bristol
Multimedia-audio-plugins: Audio processing plugins, synths and virtual instruments
Multimedia-csound: Packages for working with Csound
Multimedia-puredata: Packages for working with Pure Data
Multimedia-supercollider: Packages for working with SuperCollider
Phasex: Phase Harmonic Advanced Synthesis EXperiment
Setbfree: DSP tonewheel organ
Sineshaper: Monophonic synth plugin with two oscillators and waveshapers
So-synth-lv2: Set of synthesizers for the LV2 plugin format
Sonic-pi: Live Coding for Everyone
Sonic-pi-server: Backend server for Sonic Pi
Soundgrain: Graphical interface to control granular sound synthesis modules
Sox: Swiss army knife of sound processing
Stk: Sound Synthesis Toolkit (example applications)
Stops: Stop and instrument definitions for Aeolus
Synthv1: old-school polyphonic synthesizer - standalone
Taopm: Sound synthesis software with physical models
Wsynth-dssi: hack on Xsynth-DSSI to allow wavetable synthesis
Yoshimi: software synthesizer originally based on ZynAddSubFX2
Zyne: Modular synthesizer written in Python

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Aeolus: Synthesised pipe organ emulator
Amsynth: two oscillators software synthesizer
Azr3-jack: drawbar organ simulator
Brutefir: software convolution engine
Chuck: Concurrent, On-the-fly Audio Programming Language
Foo-yc20: YC-20 organ emulation
Multimedia-samplers: Software samplers
Ruby-aubio: Ruby bindings for the aubio audio library
Zynaddsubfx: Realtime software synthesizer for Linux

Unofficial packages built by somebody else

Psychosynth: An interactive, collaborative and networked synthesizer

No known packages available but some record of interest (WNPP bug)

Boodler: A programmable soundscape tool
Cursynth: musical synthesizer that runs in the terminal
Jorgan: Java Virtual Organ

No known packages available

Genpo: GENPO is the GENeral Purpose Organ.
Ingen-svn: Ingen (formerly Om) is a modular audio processing system
Minicomputer: a standalone softwaresynthesizer for creating experimental

Supercollider - Packages for working with SuperCollider

Metapackage which installs packages, externals, libraries and plug-ins to work with SuperCollider, a real time audio synthesis programming language based on SmallTalk.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Sc3-plugins-server: Compiled scsynth UGen plugins for SuperCollider
Sonic-pi: Live Coding for Everyone
Supercollider-ide: integrated development environment for supercollider audio system
Supercollider-supernova: real time audio synthesis server (multiprocessor version)
Supercollider-vim: SuperCollider mode for Vim

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Supercollider-dev: development files for SuperCollider

Video - Video packages

This metapackage will install Video software. Some are especially useful to combine video and sound.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Advene: Annotate DVDs, Exchange on the Net
Blender: Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer
Browser-plugin-vlc: multimedia plugin for web browsers based on VLC
Camorama: gnome utility to view and save images from a webcam
Crtmpserver: High performance RTMP/RTSP streaming server
Devede: simple application to create Video DVDs
Dirac: open and royalty free high quality video codec - commandline utilities
Dvbcut: Qt application for cutting parts out of DVB streams
Dvbstreamer: a console based streamer for DVB/ATSC service(s)
Dvd-slideshow: set of tools to create DVD slideshows with menus
Dvdwizard: fully automated creation of a DVD-structure
Ffdiaporama: Movie creator from photos and video clips
Ffmpeg: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
Ffmpeg2theora: Theora video encoder using ffmpeg
Ffmsindex: Command line tool to create ffms2 index files
Flowblade: non-linear video editor
Freetuxtv: Internet television and radio player
Frei0r-plugins: minimalistic plugin API for video effects, plugins collection
Gerbera: UPnP MediaServer
Gjacktransport: access to the JACK's transport mechanism as touchable slider
Gnome-mplayer: GTK+ interface for MPlayer
Gnome-mpv: transitional package
Gpac: GPAC Project on Advanced Content - utilities
Gscanbus: scan IEEE1394 (firewire/i.link) bus
Gstreamer1.0-crystalhd: Crystal HD Video Decoder (GStreamer plugin)
Handbrake: versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder (GTK+ GUI)
Harvid: HTTP Ardour Video Server
I965-va-driver: VAAPI driver for Intel G45 & HD Graphics family
Lebiniou: user-friendly, powerful music visualization / VJing tool
Liba52-0.7.4: library for decoding ATSC A/52 streams
Lives: Video Editing system allowing users to edit and create video
M2vrequantiser: MPEG-2 streams requantization
Mediaconch: implementation and policy checker, reporter and fixer for media files
Mencoder: MPlayer's Movie Encoder
Mjpegtools: MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset
Mjpegtools-gtk: MJPEG capture/editing/replay and MPEG encoding toolset (GTK+ frontend)
Mp4v2-utils: library to read, create, and modify mp4 files (frontends)
Mpeg2dec: Simple libmpeg2 video decoder application
Mplayer: movie player for Unix-like systems
Mplayer-gui: movie player for Unix-like systems (GUI variant)
Mpv: video player based on MPlayer/mplayer2
Multicat: Set of tools for multicast and transport stream manipulation
Nordlicht: create colorful video barcodes
Ogmrip: Application for ripping and encoding DVD
Ogmrip-plugins: Application for ripping and encoding DVD - plugins
Opencollada-tools: Command line tool for validating COLLADA files
Openshot: create and edit videos and movies (transitional package)
Openshot-qt: create and edit videos and movies
Rtmpdump: small dumper for media content streamed over the RTMP protocol
Shotcut: video editor
Shotdetect: scene change detector
Smplayer-themes: complete front-end for MPlayer - icon themes
Smtube: YouTube videos browser
Transcode: Text console video-stream processing tool
Tsdecrypt: decrypt MPEG transport stream
Vdpau-va-driver: VDPAU-based backend for VA API
Vdr-plugin-vnsiserver: VDR plugin to provide PVR backend services for Kodi
Videolan-doc: documentation for the VideoLAN streaming solution
Videotrans: DVD authoring utilities
Voctomix: Full-HD Software Live-Video-Mixer
X264: video encoder for the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard
X265: H.265/HEVC video stream encoder
Xjadeo: Video player with JACK sync

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Create-resources: shared resources for use by creative applications
Dvbtune: Simple tuning application for DVB cards
Dvgrab: grab digital video data via IEEE1394 and USB links
Haruna: Video player built with Qt/QML on top of libmpv
Kdenlive: non-linear video editor
Kino: Non-linear editor for Digital Video data
Kodi: Open Source Home Theatre (executable binaries)
Kodi-eventclients-kodi-send: Open Source Home Theatre (Event Client Kodi-SEND package)
Kodi-eventclients-ps3: Open Source Home Theatre (Event Client PS3 package)
Kodi-eventclients-wiiremote: Open Source Home Theatre (Event Client WII Remote support package)
Kodi-pvr-argustv: ARGUS TV PVR addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-dvbviewer: DVBViewer Kodi PVR Addon
Kodi-pvr-hdhomerun: HDHomeRun PVR Addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-hts: Kodi PVR Addon TvHeadend Hts
Kodi-pvr-iptvsimple: IPTV Simple Client Kodi PVR Addon
Kodi-pvr-mediaportal-tvserver: MediaPortal's TV-Server PVR addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-mythtv: MythTV PVR Addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-nextpvr: NextPVR PVR addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-njoy: NJOY PVR Addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-vdr-vnsi: Kodi PVR Addon VDR VNSI
Kodi-pvr-vuplus: Vu+/Enigma2 PVR Addon for Kodi
Kodi-pvr-wmc: WMC PVR Addon for Kodi
Libyami-utils: high-level abstraction for Video Acceleration (VA) API (utils)
Qwinff: GUI for FFmpeg
Stopmotion: create stop-motion animations
Streamlink: CLI for extracting video streams from various websites to a video player
Subtitleeditor: Graphical subtitle editor with sound waves representation
Uvccapture: USB UVC Video Class snapshot software
Vamps: Tool to recompress and modify the structure of a DVD
Vokoscreen: ??? missing short description for package vokoscreen :-(
Vokoscreen-ng: easy to use screencast creator
Xine-console: xine video player, console user interface
Xine-ui: xine video player, graphical user interface

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Mediagoblin: web application for publishing all kinds of media

Packaging has started and developers might try the packaging code in VCS

2mandvd: simple DVD-Video creator
Baka-mplayer: A libmpv based media player
Bombono-dvd: DVD authoring program with nice and clean GUI
Cinepaint: painting and retouching tool for motion pictures
Dvd95: DVD9 to DVD5 converter
Dvdstyler: DVD authoring and burning tool
H264enc: h.264 video encoding script

Unofficial packages built by somebody else

Freemix: is live video performance software
Openshot-docs: Help manual for OpenShot Video Editor
Qmagneto: TV Electronic Program Guide

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Animata: real-time animation software
Avidemux: A small editing software for avi (especially DivX)
Booh: image classifier and web album generator
Castnow: command-line chromecast player
Clipgrab: Downloadmanager for many video portals
Colladacoherencytest: check the coherency of COLLADA files
Deefuzzer: an easy and instant media streaming tool
Djv-imaging: professional movie playback software for film production
Dvd-vr: A program to identify and extract recordings from DVD-VR files
Ffmpeg-gui: ffmpeg frontend
Ffmpeg2dirac: convert any file that can be decoded by FFmpeg to Dirac
Ffmulticonverter: graphical multi format converter
Flash-player-flv: FLV flash player for websites
Flowplayer: The video player for the Web
Freshplayerplugin: plugin to use pepper flash with firefox
Fuoco-converter: Universal audio and video converter
Fuppes: FUPPES is a free multiplatform UPnP (TM) A/V Media Server
Glc: ALSA & OpenGL video capture tool
Gstreamer-sharp-1.0: New GI-based bindings to GStreamer 1.x
Ht5streamer: Youtube/Dailymotion streamer without need of flashplugin
Kmediafactory: Easily create DVD with multiple videos and automatic chapters
Kodiplatform: Kodi platform support library -- development files
Libgstreamer-java: a set of java bindings for the gstreamer framework.
Mtn: movie thumbnailer
Mythtv: A personal video recorder application
Noad: A tool for automatic marking advertising in VDR-recordings
Phonon-backend-mplayer: mplayer backend for phonon
Pixelstruct: structure-from-motion visualizer for 3D scenes
Qmplay2: a video player
Qyledl: GUI for yle-dl to download videos from Yle Areena
Smoviecat: scan for movies, query imdb and generate a catalog
Tkmpeg: Tk MPEG1 encoder
Toutv: Tou.tv console application
Tubedown: Download videos for mp4 files using Youtube-dl GUI
Yle-dl: downloader of media files from YLE

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