https://github.com/poweruser64/universal-studio
An audio production environment for Linux, built for collaboration. This is a mirror of Universal Studio on codeberg.org
https://github.com/poweruser64/universal-studio
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An audio production environment for Linux, built for collaboration. This is a mirror of Universal Studio on codeberg.org
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/poweruser64/universal-studio
- Owner: PowerUser64
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2022-10-11T22:06:52.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-11-26T05:28:16.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-09-01T10:17:36.365Z (9 months ago)
- Language: Shell
- Homepage: https://codeberg.org/PowerUser/universal-studio
- Size: 129 KB
- Stars: 9
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
# Universal Studio
**Project status:** *beta* - feel free to test this project. "It works on my
machine, let me know if it doesn't work on yours."
Universal Studio is an audio production environment for Linux, built to enable
collaborative audio production across distributions and environments. Included
in this is a broad selection of DAW's, plugins, and collaboration tools.
Although this project was initially built to enable the Linux audio community
to more easily tackle collaborative challenges like [Server vs
Server](https://www.servervsserver.com/), it's also quite suitable as a place
to start for anyone who is looking to use Linux for audio production.
## Usage
This project contains a script called `universal-studio` that can be used to
launch any program it provides. To get `universal-studio`, execute this:
```bash
curl -sSLO https://codeberg.org/PowerUser/universal-studio/releases/download/0.2.0/universal-studio
chmod +x universal-studio
./universal-studio ardour
```
After a moment, Ardour should launch. Replace `ardour` with another application
listed in `flake.nix` to launch a different one instead. Please note that
everything will need to be download the first time you use it, so the first run
will take longer than usual.
## Links
* [Codeberg (Main repository)](https://codeberg.org/PowerUser/universal-studio)
* [GitHub (Mirror)](https://github.com/PowerUser64/universal-studio)
* Support the project - [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/PowerUser/)
## Contributing
Feel free to do any of the things in the [TODO](#TODO) section yourself and
submit a pull request! If you want a package, first search for it on
[search.nixos.org](https://search.nixos.org/packages?channel=unstable). If you
don't find it, please make a packaging request at the [nix package
repository](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/). If you do find it, please open
an issue to request the package or add it yourself and submit a pull request.
## TODO
* Beautify readme
* [ ] Banner
* [ ] Badges
* [ ] Blazingly fast
* Other trendy things
## FAQ
### What does `universal-studio` do?
Universal Studio works in one of two ways, depending on whether you have the
`nix` command already. If you have the `nix` command, it runs the project as a
flake, using the system version of `nix`. If you don't have the `nix` command,
it downloads a static `nix` binary from
[`nix-portable`](https://github.com/DavHau/nix-portable) and then runs the
project in the same way it would if `nix` was already installed. The difference
is `nix-portable` doesn't require privileges to use and isn't as invasive to
get running (it only creates one directory). You can also force it to use
nix-portable by setting `FORCE_NIX_PORTABLE` to `true` before running the
script, or set it inside the script.
### How do I completely remove this from my system?
How you remove this depends on whether you were using `nix-portable` or `nix`.
Follow the instructions below for whether or not you have nix. If you don't
know whether you are using nix, you probably aren't, but if running `which nix`
in your terminal gives you an error, you aren't using nix.
#### I am not using `nix`
1. Remove the `~/.nix-portable` directory (you may need to run `chmod -R 777`
on it first)
2. Remove the `nix-portable` binary and the `universal-studio` script from
where you are storing them.
3. If you don't use nix at all, you'll also likely want to remove these files
and directories:
- `~/.nix-defexpr`
- `~/.nix-channels`
- `~/.nix-profile`
#### I am using `nix`
If you are using `nix`, you should look into the `nix-collect-garbage` command,
which you can learn about in the [nix
manual](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/command-ref/nix-collect-garbage.html).
If you want to uninstall nix, the nix manual has information on how to do that
in the [uninstall
section](https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/installation/uninstall).
## Credits
Huge credit to [@tobiasBora](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/tobiasBora) on
the NixOS forum for helping get this project started in nix. You can read our
forum post [here](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/22191). This project would not
have been possible without his support.
[pacew/unfatarians-studio](https://codeberg.org/pacew/unfatarians-studio) -
This is the beginning of this project, as a docker image. Developing it as a
docker image proved to have a number of unforeseen challenges, and in the
process of researching alternatives, I discovered nix. Since it was such a big
swing in how the project worked, I decided it would be best to put it in a new
repository. Huge props to @pacew and @JohnTheBard for all their hard work on
the project.