Jokosher

Infobox_Software
name = Jokosher
logo=


caption = Latest trunk version of Jokosher (11th December 2006)
developer = [http://jokosher.python-hosting.com/ Jokosher community]
latest_release_version = 0.10
latest_release_date = August 29, 2008
operating_system = Linux
genre = Digital audio editor
license = GPL
website = [http://www.jokosher.org/ www.jokosher.org]

Jokosher is a free, non-linear multi-track audio editor, the source code of which is released under the GNU GPL. It is being developed in Python, using the GTK+ interface and GStreamer as an audio back-end, for the Linux operating system; although future versions may have ports to other operating systems.

It was released to the public on July 21, 2006. Version 0.2 was publicly released on November 20, 2006 and it included support for LADSPA effects, and extensions. It also addressed many bugs present that made version 0.1 unusable. [http://www.jokosher.org/2006/11/20/jokosher-02-released/ Jokosher >> Blog Archive >> Jokosher 0.2 Released] - Website news announcing the 0.2 release of Jokosher, and features.]

Background

At the beginning of 2006, Jono Bacon wasn't happy with the available free and open source Linux multi-track editors and used Cubase instead to produce LugRadio, a Linux fortnightly podcast. He later on conceived the idea of what initially was Jonoedit. The name Jokosher came later, a pun on the name Jo-no bacon. He wanted to create a non-proprietary multi-track editor with a simple and easy to use interface that did not require a keen understanding of multi-track recording. [http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=603 jonobacon@home >> Building the Perfect Audio Editor] - Blog post announcing the direction of the project.]

Using LugRadio, his blog and the various planet aggregators connected to it, a community of code, art, and documentation contributors came together to form the Jokosher art, coding, documentation, and packaging teams now working on the project.

Features

Ease of use

The interface, which was designed from the ground up, aims to use concepts familiar with the artists and musicians that use the program. This means that the user doesn't have to have a great deal of familiarity with multi-track editors to be able to record.

Editing and mixing

In Jokosher, there are tools for splitting, trimming and moving, when editing. During the mixing, multi-track volume is available with VU sliders. A range of instruments can be added to a project, and instruments can be renamed. Instruments can also be muted and soloed easily.

Audio

Jokosher can import audio from Ogg Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, WAV and anything else supported by GStreamer into projects. After recording, it can export back to any of these formats.

GStreamer

At the moment, any version of Jokosher has to have either the latest version of GStreamer and Gnonlin installed, or a CVS checkout of GStreamer and Gnonlin compiled. [http://www.jokosher.org/setting-up-cvs-gstreamer InstallingCvsGstreamerJokosher] - Wiki page describing how to install CVS Gstreamer for use with Jokosher.] This is because the newer versions of Gstreamer have features that Jokosher is taking advantage of. It also introduces many bug fixes that previously were blocking Jokosher from any kind of release. The Jokosher development team has contributed greatly to the GStreamer development, as is the same with any project related to the GStreamer framework.

See also

*Free audio software
*Linux audio software
*Multitrack recording

References

External links

* [http://www.jokosher.org The Jokosher website]
* [http://jokosher.python-hosting.com/ The Jokosher development website]
* [http://doc.jokosher.org/ The Jokosher Documentation site]
* [http://userdocs.jokosher.org/ The Jokosher Documentation development wiki]