====== Studioware: Start ======

This is the primary source for Studioware documentation. Studioware is a project aimed at providing build scripts of the best open source audio editing software available for the [[http://www.slackware.com|Slackware]] Linux operating system. 

It is a powerful suite of multimedia applications for professional audio production, video and photography.\\

**Note: No official (stock) Slackware packages are replaced or removed.**

**Where to find us:**\\
[[http://studioware.org]]\\
irc.freenode.net #studioware\\
irc.oftc.net #studioware\\
[[https://github.com/eviljames/studioware]]\\

===== Tell Me More =====

  * Studioware turns your Slackware machine into a full fledged digital audio workstation (DAW).
  * SlackBuild scripts for 32 and 64 bit systems available.

  * Intended User Base:
        * Recording studios 
        * Musicians
        * Photographers
        * Video editors and producers

  * Workflows:
        * Audio production, video and photography

  * A custom tool to make installation/package management easier:
        * sepkg - Studioware package builder

<note>Studioware custom tools use Slackware pkgtools to manage your Studioware packages.</note>

====== Applications List ====== 
[[studioware:applications_list|Studioware Applications List]]

====== Installation ======

Jump straight to [[studioware:quick_start|Quick Start]]

Before you begin installation here are a few things you may want to know:

  * Studioware has three main series/categories:
    * Audio
    * Video
    * Photo

<note>A "Full" install includes all three series/categories. Audio, Video and Photo.</note>

These "series" or "categories" can be installed separately or you can do a full install.

Examples:

  * 'sepkg -q full' will download and install everything (full install).
  * 'sepkg -q audio' will download and install the audio queue/packages.
  * 'sepkg -q video' will download and install the video queue/packages.
  * 'sepkg -q photo' will download and install the photo queue/packages.

Please see [[studioware:quick_start|Quick Start]] for detailed installation documentation.

Brief descriptions of the installation tool and where to download it:

   * Sepkg - Studioware package builder [[http://studioware.org/sepkg | download sepkg]]

<note>
Things change all the time - source download URLs are moved, sources are deleted, websites vanish etc.
If you have any problems, chat to us in #studioware on freenode.
</note>

===== Quick Start Installation Guide =====
[[studioware:quick_start | Quick Start]]\\
[[studioware:going_further|Going Further]]

====== Tips and Hints ======
[[studioware:tips_and_hints | Tips and Hints]]
====== Sources ======
  * Originally written by [[wiki:user:mesa | mesa]]
  * Contributions by [[wiki:user:dive | dive]] -->

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