Linux Show Player, LiSP for short, is a free cue player, primarily intended for sound-playback during stage productions.
The ultimate goal is to provide a complete playback software for musical plays, theatre shows, and similar.
This is free and open source software. Only Linux is supported.
Key Features
- List layout.
- Cart layout (buttons) for touchscreens.
- Undo/Redo changes.
- Concurrent cues playback.
- Pre/Post wait.
- Realtime sound effects: equalization, pitch shift, speed control, compression.
- Peak and ReplayGain normalization.
- Send/Receive MIDI and OSC.
- Multi-language support.
- Can play (almost) any kind of media file.
Website: github.com/FrancescoCeruti/linux-show-player
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Developer: Francesco Ceruti
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

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