Jokosher is a simple yet powerful multi-track studio. With it you can create and record music, podcasts and more, all from an integrated simple environment.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, initially just for the Linux operating system but now also with support for Windows and Solaris.
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.
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. Audio-tracks are called "instruments" in Jokosher. 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.[3] 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.
