Ubuntu Studio 11.04 Natty Narwhal, the highly customized derivative of Ubuntu for Artists, Musicians and other professionals is ready to use. Yes ! Ubuntu Studio 11.04 has been released and is ready for upgrade/ install. This time we have good news for Studio users, your default environment i.e Gnome is in-tact but you have full access to Ubuntu Unity if you want.  Many kernel and feature updates have been made to Ubuntu Studio for better performance while doing those heavy tasks. So, let your creativity fly …

Download

• 32 Bit – Direct Link / Torrent Download
• 64 Bit – Direct Link / Torrent Download

Fresh Installation

A Fresh Install is and has always been the cleanest method for installing any linux distro but is less preferred in this case due to data loss. But if you are a new User and want to test Ubuntu Studio for a while, then this is the way to go. The process is same ! Yes, Ubiquity is still not here for Ubuntu Studio users but there is a good news regarding the installer. It has got some improvements both in look and feature.

All you need to do is to download Ubuntu Studio burn it to a DVD or make a USB bootable and install it. We have covered installation process in detail here however the images below will take you to the step by step procedure -

• Select your language and start with the installation.
• Select the “Install Ubuntu Studio” option and then press enter .
• The installer will scan your Source and your hardware after that.
• The system will ask you for your username and password you want to set up .
• The installer will ask for Partitioning. Here, i have used default partitioner set-up. If you want to go with the Manual partitioning , you can refer here. After all settings have been done, press enter to continue and now your system will be installed with proposed changes.
• It will finish the installation and then prepare it for first use.
• After all work is finished ,the system will be restarted by pressing enter
• Lastly, type in your Username and password(if any)and enjoy your Ubuntu Studio 11.04

Note – Use ‘Tab’ key to select choice, ‘Enter’ to execute, ‘Up/Down/Left/Right’ keys to navigate and ‘Space’ to mark selections in boxes.

Upgrades

The Upgrade to Ubuntu Studio 11.04 can be done in two ways-

1) Ubuntu 11.04 Unity Upgrade

Upgrading from Unity is easy as a pie. Any Ubuntu 11.04 user can upgrade its Default Ubuntu Desktop to Ubuntu studio merely by going to Applications>Synaptic Package Manager and selecting Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu-studio-wallpapers, Ubuntu-studio-audio, Ubuntu Studio-video, menu, sounds, look, default-settings, audio-plugins, icon-theme, gdm-theme, controls etc. and mark all of theme for installation. Then click Install and you are done. Reboot and Enjoy a whole new Studio experience.

2)Ubuntu Studio 10.10 Upgrade

To upgrade from Ubuntu 10.10 on a desktop system, press Alt+F2, type in “update-manager -d” (without quotes), and press Enter. Update Manager will open up and display the message, “New distribution release ’11.04′ is available.” Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions, then reboot your brand new Ubuntu Studio 11.04 desktop.

Natty Studio Features

Application Lists

The default application lists have changed and the latest list of applications that comes with Ubuntu Studio 11.04 is a little different from that of Ubuntu Studio 10.10.

Audio

Suites including the best open-source applications available. For instance, Ardour 2 – A multitrack recorder/editor geared toward people familiar with Pro-Tools.

Video

Blender, Kino, and Stopmotion are included for video creation. We hope to provide a creative environment to people as well as give a spotlight to some amazing open-source applications.

Graphics

Graphic design and modeling applications including The GIMP, Inkscape and Blender. Along with plugins like dcraw to help with RAW camera files and wacom-tools for people with Wacom drawing tablets.

Installation tasks

The task selections during installation have been updated. The audio tasks have been parsed into two groups: generation and recording. The ‘generation’ task selections is focused more on synthesizers and sequencers (i.e. tone generation) and the ‘recording’ task focuses on recording live musician performances.

The Kernel

Currently, Ubuntu Studio is shipping the generic kernel 2.6.28. Ubuntu Kernel Team & Studio devs are working hard to get a lowlatency kernel into the archives. You can use this PPA to get latest kernels but hey its under development, so be careful !

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:abogani/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get isntall linux-lowlatency linux-meta-lowlatency

and reboot.

Network Manager

Due to continuing problems, network-manager will replace gnome-network-admin. So, this time the developers are hoping to see less bug reports regarding the Network manager like before. We have tested it in beta, it actually works fine.

Unity

Ubuntu Studio does not currently use Unity. As the user logs in it will default to Gnome Classic Desktop (i.e. Gnome 2.32). But you can use Ubuntu Unity by installing it using this PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unity-2d-team/unity-2d-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-2d

This will install Unity 2D to your system and you can choose at login time to boot into Gnome or Unity.

Ubuntu Studio Controls

Ubuntu Studio Natty will include ‘Ubuntu Studio Controls’ that provide you full control over your Studio desktops but they have not included them by default. So, what we need to do is to wait for upgrades for this feature to comeup.

Ubuntu Studio Desktop

Take a look at the Ubuntu Studio desktop interface. Its cool, its better and its highly customized derivative to the mainstream Ubuntu.

Ubuntu Studio Gnome -

Ubuntu Studio Unity -

For ay queries regarding Ubuntu Studio or any other regarding Ubuntu/Bash can be asked here anytime.

Njoy !

Ubuntu Studio is a multimedia editing/creation derivative of Ubuntu. It is built for audio, video and graphic enthusiasts or professionals. But as it is free and open-source, everyone is free to use. It is an officially recognized derivative of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, which is explicitly modified for general multimedia production. The latest version is Ubuntu Studio 10.04 – Lucid Lynx. We have already discussed in detail about Ubuntu Studio 9.10 in our previous post.

Download Ubuntu Studio 10.04 [ 1.7GB DVD image] :-

Torrent:- i386 or amd64

Direct :- i386 or amd64

For details see the Official Download Page.

What’s New :-

Ubuntu Studio is undergoing heavy development. This time also, numerous improvements have been implemented. Here are some of the more prominent ones :-

Audio :

• Aeolus 0.8.2 from 0.8.1
• Alsa-tools-gui (echomixer, eny24 control, HDSPcontrol, DPSPmixer, RME digicontrol) 1.0.22 from 1.0.20
• Ardour 2.8.6 from 2.8.2
• Audacity 1.3.11 from 1.3.9
• Freqtweak 0.7.2 from 0.7.0
• GNE Denemo 0.8.10 from 0.8.6
• Hydrogen 0.9.4
• Jackbeat 0.7.4 from 0.7.2
• Mixxx 1.7.2 from 1.6.1
• Muse 1.0.1 from 0.8.1a
• Puredata 0.42.5 from 0.41.4
• Qsynth 0.3.4 from 0.2.5
• SooperLooper 1.6.14 from 1.0.8c
• SoundRecorder (gnome-media) 2.29.91 from 2.28.1
• Virtual Midi Keyboard (vkeybd) 0.1.18d from 0.1.17b
• Zynaddsubfx 2.4.0 from 2.2.1

Graphics:

• Blender 2.49.2 from 2.49a
• FontForge 0.0.20090923 from 0.0.20090622
• FontMatrix 0.6.0 from 0.4.2
• F-Spot 0.61.5 from 0.61.3
• Gimp 2.6.8 from 2.6.7
• Hugin Patch Processor 2009.2.0 from 0.8.0
• Hugin Panorama Creator 2009.2.0 from 0.8.0
• Inkscape 0.47.0 from 0.47~pre4

Video:

• Kino 1.3.4 from 1.3.3

New Applications:

• Rakarrack 0.3.0
• MuseScore 0.9.6
• Subtitleeditor 0.30.0

Removed Application:

• Creox

Applications Moved Into the Main Repository to allow for better integration:

• libffado
• JACK

JACK support for applications:

• Pulseaudio
• Portaudio
• Xine

Pulse Audio/JACK integration:

• Pulse Audio built against Jack is available (but qjackctl still disables Pulse Audio via pasuspender on start)

Note : Further integration between Pulse Audio and JACK should occur in Maverick most likely via DBus

Installation :- Download the ISO image & burn it into a DVD or make a bootable USB using UNetBootin and proceed with the installation.

As we have already discussed, Ubuntu Studio can be installed by 2 Methods :-

1) Upgrade Install – Synaptic Package Manager based installation. [requires Ubuntu 10.04 already installed]

2) Dedicated Install – Making a separate partition and installing Ubuntu Studio afresh. [requires a separate empty space, atleast 10gb]

For Detailed Installation Process & Screenshots Please Refer Our Previous Post.

Njoy !!!

Ubuntu Studio:  is a multimedia editing/creation derivative of Ubuntu. It is built for audio, video and graphic enthusiasts or professionals. But as it is free and open-source, everyone is free to use. It is an officially recognized derivative of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, which is explicitly modified for general multimedia production. The original version, based on Ubuntu 7.04, was released on May 10, 2007. The main aim was to assemble suites of applications aimed at creative people. Suites including the best open-source applications like Graphic design and modeling applications i.e. GIMP and Inkscape . Blender, Kino, and Stopmotion etc are included for video creation; and Audacity, BEAST, Fluidsynth etc. for audio.

Features

The Real-time kernel was introduced first in Ubuntu Studio 8.04 which was modified for intensive audio, video or graphics work later on. The scheduler allows applications to request immediate CPU time, which can reduce audio latency to a great extent improving PC performance while performing tough jobs. The 8.10(Intrepid Ibex) release lacks this real-time kernel, but it has been re-implemented in the 9.04(Jaunty Jackalope) release, and stabilized with the release of Ubuntu studio 9.10(Karmic Koala).Ubuntu studio offers a lot of programs that can be used for Graphics editing , audio and Video editing at par. These include GIMP, Audacity, Inkscape , Hydrogen, Kino and many more. Ubuntu Studio also includes custom artwork and a blue-on-black theme, as compared to Ubuntu’s default brown and orange. It gives a fresh new look to your desktop. It is available in both 32 and 64 bit versions.

Those who don’t wanna go into history books what it simply does is to provide you with most impressive Open source tools for your Multimedia  requirements like sound video and graphics.

Download:-

Ubuntu Studio 9.10

HTTP Torrent (x86 Intel)

HTTP Torrent (x64 AMD)

Ubuntu Studio 9.04

HTTP Torrent (x86 Intel)

HTTP Torrent (x64 AMD)

For more ,visit here.

Softwares included:

1) Audio

• Ardour – a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application.
• Audacity – a digital audio editor application
• BEAST – music composition and modular synthesis application
• Creox – A real-time guitar effects program
• Fluidsynth – Software Wavetable Synthesizer
• Hydrogen – an advanced drum machine
• JACK Audio Connection Kit – a sound server daemon that provides low latency connections between applications for both audio and MIDI data
• Jack Rack – Virtual rackmount of LADSPA DSP effects plugins for use with JACK.
• JAMin – the JACK Audio Connection Kit Audio Mastering interface
• LilyPond – a program for engraving sheet music
• Mixxx – a digital DJ-style mixing program
• MusE – a MIDI/Audio sequencer using JACK and ALSA
• Patchage – GUI access to patch MIDI and Audio software together for JACK.
• Pure Data
• Rosegarden – a digital audio workstation program.
• Timemachine – Records the last 30 seconds of sound to the hard drive, so a ‘one off’ sound can be captured.
• TiMidity++ – a software synthesizer that is able to convert from MIDI to various formats
• ZynAddSubFX – a complex yet easy to use subtractive, additive, FM synthesizer with DSP effects, and exceptional software synthesizer

2) Video

• PiTiVi – a video editing program
• Kino – a non-linear digital video editor
• Stopmotion – a stop-motion animation movie creator
• VLC media player – a free software media player
• Xjadeo .

3) Graphics

• Agave – a color scheme generator
• Blender – a 3D animation program
• Enblend – an image compositing program
• FontForge – a typeface (font) editor program
• GIMP – a raster graphics editor
• Inkscape – a vector graphics editor
• Scribus – a desktop publishing application
• Synfig – a 2D vector graphics and timeline-based animation program

Installation:

There is currently no live version available of Ubuntu Studio, and consequently, no graphical installer. In addition, the disk image is 1.45 GB, too large to fit on a standard CD, and so the recommended installation medium for Ubuntu Studio is a DVD or USB drive . Ubuntu Studio can also be installed on a pre-existing Ubuntu system by installing the “ubuntustudio-desktop” package from Synaptic Package Manager or via APT(Advanced packaging tool).

The Synaptic way :

Just goto System >Administration >synaptic Package Manager and open it .

Then type in search box “Ubuntu Studio ” and select all the packages and mark all of them for installation that start with the name ” Ubuntu Studio” like Ubuntu-studio-wallpapers, Ubuntu-studio-audio,menu,sounds,look,default-settings,audio-plugins,icon-theme,gdm-theme,controls etc. and mark all of theme for installation.

Now, apply changes and wait a little .

Finally , restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Alternatively, a Dedicated installation :-

The first step is to download the file i.e. .ISO image of Ubuntu studio for which you can use the above links.Now, after the download , burn it into a DVD or you can use UNetBootin for creating a USB installer Disk (read here) and boot from it. The installation procedure is totally same as that of basic ubuntu OS.

Just basic Steps:-

1)Select your language and start with the installation.

2)Select the “Install Ubuntu Studio” option and then press enter .

The installer will scan your Source and your hardware after that.

3)The system will ask you for your username and password you want to set up .

4)The installer will ask for Partitioning.Here, i have used default partitioner set-up. If you want to go with the Manual partitioning , you can refer here. After all seetings have been done, press enter to continue and now your system will be installed with proposed changes.

5)It will finish the installation and then prepare it for first use.

6)After all work is finished ,the system will be restarted by pressing enter .

7)Lastly, type in your Username and password(if any)and enjoy your Ubuntu Studio 9.10 on the go

Enjoy a brand new Ubuntu with improved looks and performance

Experience a Media Center at home with Ubuntu Studio

A very Happy New year guys. Enjoy…!!!