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Audio

Audio is an important point in a linux desktop environment For non-Linux specific audio software navigate to the corresponding wiki article.

Sound Server

A sound server is software that manages use and access of audio devices. The following is a list of available sound servers.

  • PulseAudio is the go-to sound server program used for linux.
  • Pipewire is a modern graph based sound server.

Noise cancellation

Removing noise can be achieved by using sound processing software options for sound server. An example for this is the noise reduction included in easyeffects for Pipewire.

As an alternative software explicitly made for the reduction of noise can be installed. Belonging to the latter option noise cancellation can be easily achieved by installing Noisetorch. After the installation modify the Voice Activation Threshhold to your needs.

Control Audio from Command Line/by Hotkey

Audio from many different clients can be controlled (started, stopped, skipped) using the command line with PlayerCTL. With additional software it can also be used to control audio/music by pressing hotkeys. This is explained in the PlayerCTL entry.

Sound Board

There are various available software solutions for sound boards. One option is CasterSoundboard. Another is the cue player Linux Show Player which should be installed using flatpak (org.linuxshowplayer.LinuxShowPlayer).