Final Release JAD 1.0

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The technical manager of the JackLab of project, Oliver Bengs, released the final 1.0 version of the JackLab Audio Distribution (JAD) today after development period of over eight months. JAD 1.0 is based upon OpenSUSE 10.2 with the addition of a real time Kernel for fast audio processing with the professional audio server ' JACK '. JackLab 1.0 is the most comprehensive selection of open source audio and multimedia software to date. The Enlightenment D17 window manager (with 'KDE-lite' tweaks) is used by default, with the option of using the full KDE 3.5.7 instead.

JAD 1.0 aims to lower the Linux entry barriers, making things as easy as possible for musicians and multimedia content creators and it offers complete compatibility with openSUSE 10.2. The Smart package manager is included for quickly and easily updating or adding new software and 'YasT' is included for easy graphical system administration. The system is immediately operational after installation for tasks such as multi-track recording with 'Ardour 2 ', real time audio synthesis with ' ZynAddSubFX ', MIDI sequencing with ' Rosegarden'. video editing with 'KDEnlive ' and graphics manipulation with programs such as ' Inkscape ' and ' The Gimp '.

Unlike other existing Linux audio distributions (64studio, Ubuntustudio, Musix, dynebolic) JAD 1.0 offers complete support for ASIO. Thanks to WINE you can use Windows VST host programs such as Reaper or EnergyXT2 with a very large number of VST Plugins but with latency as good as Linux native JACK audio applications. The user must first add the WINEASIO driver to the WINE register and can these applications then easily as used from Windows. This is easily done and documented on the JackLab wiki.

In addition, native VST for Linux is supported by ' JOST ', a small modular host. Some native Linux VST Plugins are included with the distribution but there more that can't be included for legal reasons. JOST also supports LADSPA, the native LinuxAudioDeveloper plugin format. JackLab comes with over 300 LADSPA plugins.

JAD 1.0 is the result of a collaboration of musicians and free software developers and enthusiasts. This community was started by musician and media producer Michael Bohle in order to improve and promote the development of pro-audio under Linux. openSUSE was selected as the basis of JAD because it is the worlds most user friendly and easy to use version of Linux. The project is independent from openSUSE but intends to give back to the community by improving SUSE's support for pro-audio and multimedia creation.

In order to safeguard JAD and its future development, a registered promotion association [ JackLab e.V. ] is planned. JackLab e.V will sponsor the activities of the JackLab community such as workshops, participating in shows and holding developer conferences and hopefully it will also fund the development of exciting open source audio projects.

The project would like to thank all the testers and early adopters for their assistance in creating JAD 1.0. Not to forget all the good discussions in blogs, forums and magazines. The overwhelmingly positive response from musicians was very encouraging. We received feedback from the whole world, where JAD 1.0 is now used in recording studios, schools, workshops and youth centers.