Giada is a free open source, minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs, live performers and electronic musicians.
Pick up your channel, fill it with samples or MIDI events and start the show by using this tiny tool as a loop machine, drum machine, sequencer, live sampler or yet as a plugin/effect host.
Giada aims to be a compact and portable virtual device.
Key Features
- Samples are internally converted and managed to provide hi-definition audio mixing
- ALSA, JACK + Transport, CoreAudio, ASIO and DirectSound full support.
- Multi-thread/multi-core support.
- Unlimited number of channels with different playback modes and combinations.
- Different playback modes and combinations.
- BPM and beat sync with sample-accurate loop engine.
- Built-in wave editor.
- MIDI I/O, VST/VSTi plugin support.
- Live sampler from external inputs.
- Piano Roll editor.
- Action recorder.
- Action editor.
- Live quantizer.
- Patch-based system with support for all major uncompressed file formats.
- Based on few external libraries.
- 32-bit floating point audio engine.
Website: www.giadamusic.com
Support: Documentation
Developer: Giovanni A. Zuliani
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Giada is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| DJ Software | |
|---|---|
| Mixxx | Designed for both professional and amateur DJs with powerful features |
| Giada | Hardcore audio tool for DJs, live performers and electronic musicians |
| xwax | Digital Vinyl System |
| IDJC | Shoutcast/Icecast client with two main media players |
| terminatorX | Realtime audio synthesizer; “scratch” on digitally sampled audio data |
| Luppp | Music creation tool, intended for live use |
| Linux Show Player | Cue player designed for stage productions |
| Vahatraker | Live MIDI sequencer |
| ShoopDaLoop | Advanced live looping application with DAW-like elements |
| Seq24 | Minimal loop based midi sequencer |
| Chipdisco | Dual-deck DJ app for tracker modules |
Read our verdict in the software roundup.
 Explore our comprehensive directory of recommended free and open source software. Our carefully curated collection spans every major software category.This directory is part of our ongoing series of informative articles for Linux enthusiasts. It features hundreds of detailed reviews, along with open source alternatives to proprietary solutions from major corporations such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, IBM, Cisco, Oracle, and Autodesk. You’ll also find interesting projects to try, hardware coverage, free programming books and tutorials, and much more. Discovered a useful open source Linux program that we haven’t covered yet? Let us know by completing this form. |