allows for much more frequent operating system updates, and access to a much wider range of software. Installation In the past there has been no live version available of Ubuntu Studio, and no graphical installer. Since the 12.04 release, Ubuntu Studio has been available as a Live DVD. The disk image is about 1.8 GB, too large to fit on a standard CD, and as a result the recommended installation medium for Ubuntu Studio is a DVD or USB flash drive. Ubuntu Studio can also be installed on a pre-existing Ubuntu installation by installing the "ubuntustudio-desktop" package from Advanced Packaging Tool. In 9.10, the package "ubuntustudio-audio," shown during installation (and also available in the Synaptic Package Manager), cannot be installed without a working Internet connection. An Internet connection is required after installation to maintain system components. Software included Audio a2jmidid – a2jmidid is a daemon for exposing legacy ALSA sequencer applications in JACK MIDI system. Ardour – version 4 of the hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application (Works with JACK). Audacious – a lightweight audio player. Audacity – a digital audio editor application. BEAST – music composition and modular synthesis application. Creox – A real-time guitar effects program (works with JACK). FluidSynth with GUI QSynth – Software Wavetable Synthesizer (Works with JACK). Hydrogen – an advanced drum machine (Works with JACK). JACK Audio Connection Kit – a sound server daemon that provides low latency connections between applications for both audio and MIDI data. Jack Rack – Virtual rackmount of LADSPA DSP effects plugins (Works with JACK). JAMin – the JACK Audio Connection Kit Audio Mastering interface (Works with JACK). LilyPond – a program for engraving sheet music MusE – a MIDI/Audio sequencer using JACK and ALSA MuseScore – a music scorewriter for Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Mac Patchage – GUI access to patch MIDI and Audio software together for JACK. Pure Data – a programming environment for multimedia (Works with Jack). Tapiir – a software multitap delay with realtime audio I/O. (works with JACK). Timemachine – Records the last 30 seconds of sound to the hard drive, so a 'one off' sound can be captured (Works with JACK). TiMidity++ – a software synthesizer that is able to convert from MIDI to various formats. Xwax – a vinyl record emulator. Yoshimi – based on ZynAddSubFX but improves audio and MIDI capabilities. JACK performance is also improved. Installable from the