In the next article we are going to take a look at Giada. This is one free and minimal audio tool with which to create electronic music aimed at DJs or live interpreters. It is free open source software for Gnu / Linux, Windows and MacOS. It is released under the open source GNU General Public License version 3+. Users can use Giada as an audio loop machine, sequencer, live sample or drum machine.
The software comes with a 32-bit multithreaded support floating point audio engine, built-in wave editor, VST and MIDI support. It also has an action recorder and editor, Piano Roll editor, BPM and rhythm synchronization, etc. As well allows use of an unlimited number of keyboard controlled channels and various playback combinations in Giada.
Being able to work with this software is quite simple. We will only have to take the channel, complete it with samples or MIDI events and start the show using this little software like loop machine, drum machine, sequencer, live sample or as plug-in / effect host.
General characteristics of Giada
- This software It is intended to be a compact and portable virtual appliance for Gnu / Linux, Mac and Windows for use in production and live sets. 100% open source, in a constant stage of development. Giada continues to grow every day, with free use and distribution so that users can use it without limitations.
- Ultralight internal design. Giada is designed to be a fast and reliable audio tool, focused on productivity. It has an elegant interface.
- Support multi-thread / multi-core. The audio material is executed in a separate process, while the interface will be at the user's command. In this way, the music never stopseven during the heaviest processing.
- 32-bit floating point audio engine. All samples are converted and managed internally to provide a high definition audio mix, with full support for ALSA, JACK, CoreAudio, ASIO and DirectSound. Thanks to its precise sample-based calculations, Giada can run for hours without losing a bpm.
- Internal resampler high quality.
- Unlimited number of channels (controllable via keyboard).
- We will have various play modes and combinations.
- BPM and sync rhythm with precise sample motor.
- Support of MIDI input and output.
- Built-in wave editor. It allows record real-world samples with automatic channel selection and input lag compensation. The core engine is powered by Libsamplerate, providing state-of-the-art sampling quality.
- Live action recorder with automatic quantizer.
- Piano Roll Editor.
- Portable patch storage system, based on JSON files.
- It has patches with support for all major uncompressed file formats. Giada handles any uncompressed audio format, like .wav, .aiff, and many others. All your sounds and actions can be safely stored in small and compact open source files.
These are just some of the features of this software. To know them all and in more detail, you can consult the project website or in GitHub page.
Download and use Giada as AppImage file in Ubuntu
Giada is available as AppImage for Ubuntu users. We will be able download latest AppImage file by Giada from the previous link.
To make it work we will have to right-click on the downloaded .AppImage file and select Properties. Then we will have to go to the Permissions tab and check the option "Allow to run the file as a program”. Another option to give it the permissions will be to open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and from the folder in which we have saved the downloaded file, write the command:
sudo chmod +x Giada-0.15.4-x86_64.AppImage
For launch the program, from the same terminal we will only have to write the following command and press Enter:
./Giada-0.15.4-x86_64.AppImage
To get started with this software, you can follow the tutorials that its creators have in their Youtube or documentation offered on the project website.
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