{"id":2747,"date":"2023-11-22T18:07:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T18:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/?p=2747"},"modified":"2026-09-28T11:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T09:37:11","slug":"using-ubuntu-as-digital-audio-workstation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/2023\/11\/22\/using-ubuntu-as-digital-audio-workstation\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Ubuntu as Digital Audio Workstation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Connect an audio interface to your computer.<\/p>\n

1. Install kxstudio<\/b><\/a> sources<\/p>\n

# Update software sources\nsudo apt-get update\n\n# Install required dependencies if needed\nsudo apt-get install apt-transport-https gpgv wget\n\n# Download package file\nwget https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~kxstudio-debian\/+archive\/kxstudio\/+files\/kxstudio-repos_11.1.0_all.deb\n\n# Install it\nsudo dpkg -i kxstudio-repos_11.1.0_all.deb\n<\/pre>\n
2. Install Cadence<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get update\nsudo apt install cadence<\/pre>\n
3. Start Cadence and open Catia<\/p>\n
Press WIN and search for Cadence. Press Start Button. Open the Tools-Tab and start Catia.<\/p>\n
4. Install Reaper<\/p>\n
Download from https:\/\/www.reaper.fm\/download.php<\/a><\/p>\n
Extract tar.<\/p>\n
cd reaper_linux_x86_64\nsudo bash install-reaper.sh<\/pre>\n
5. Start Reaper<\/p>\n
Press WIN and search for Reaper.<\/p>\n
6. Find Reaper in Catia and look at the wiring. Reaper should be connected to your audio interface.<\/p>\n
7. Add a new track to your reaper project.<\/p>\n
8. Press the red record item on the track to activate the track for recording<\/p>\n
9. Select the proper channel, right below the record button. Connect an audio source, e.g. guitar, microphone, synth to your audio interface. If the correct channel is selected you should see the audio signal on the tracks input meter.<\/p>\n
10. Press the record button at the bottom of reaper to record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Connect an audio interface to your computer. 1. Install kxstudio sources # Update software sources sudo apt-get update # Install required dependencies if needed sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https gpgv wget # Download package file wget https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~kxstudio-debian\/+archive\/kxstudio\/+files\/kxstudio-repos_11.1.0_all.deb # Install it sudo dpkg -i kxstudio-repos_11.1.0_all.deb 2. Install Cadence sudo apt-get update sudo apt install cadence 3. Start […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3712,"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2747\/revisions\/3712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jan.schnasse.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}