Jokosher

{{Infobox software

| name = Jokosher

| logo = Jokosher logo.png

| logo size = 300px

| screenshot = Jokosher.png

| screenshot size = 300px

| caption = Latest trunk version of Jokosher (11 December 2006)

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| developer = [https://web.archive.org/web/20060719074030/http://jokosher.python-hosting.com/ Jokosher community]

| released =

| discontinued = yes

| latest release version = 0.11.5

| latest release date = {{start date and age|df=yes|2010|04|11}}

| programming language = Python (GTK+)

| operating system = Linux, Windows

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| genre = Digital audio editor

| license = GPL-2.0-only with exception

| website = {{URL|https://launchpad.net/jokosher}}

}}

Jokosher was a free software, non-linear multi-track digital audio editor, released under the GPL-2.0-only. It was written in Python, using the GTK+ interface and GStreamer as an audio back-end, initially just for the Linux operating system but also with support for Windows.

It was released to the public on 21 July 2006. Version 0.2 was publicly released on 20 November 2006 and it included support for extensions, LADSPA effects, and many bug fixes.[http://www.jokosher.org/2006/11/20/jokosher-02-released/ Jokosher 0.2 Released] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205232732/http://www.jokosher.org/2006/11/20/jokosher-02-released/ |date= 5 December 2006 }} – Website news announcing the 0.2 release of Jokosher, and features. Development on the project stopped in April 2012,[https://code.launchpad.net/jokosher Launchpad code repository for the project] and the project is no longer active.[https://answers.launchpad.net/jokosher/+question/193864 Launchpad questions: "Is this project dead?"]

Background

At the beginning of 2006, Jono Bacon was dissatisfied with the available free and open source Linux multi-track editors, and used Cubase instead to produce LugRadio, a Linux fortnightly podcast. He later conceived the idea of what initially was Jonoedit. The name Jokosher came later, a pun on the fact that his name contains the phrase "no bacon". The aim was to create an open source multi-track editor that was easy to use, so the user did not require an understanding of multi-track recording.[https://web.archive.org/web/20061011141032/http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=603 jonobacon@home: Building the Perfect Audio Editor] – Blog post announcing the direction of the project.

Using LugRadio, his blog and the various planet aggregators connected to it, a community came together to form the Jokosher art, coding, documentation, and packaging teams working on the project.

Features

=Ease of use=

The interface aimed to use concepts familiar with the artists and musicians that used the program. This means that the user wouldn't require great deal of familiarity with multi-track editors to be able to record.

=Editing and mixing=

Jokosher included tools for splitting, trimming and moving, when editing. During the mixing, multi-track volume is available with VU sliders. Audio-tracks are called "instruments" in Jokosher. A range of instruments could be added to a project, and instruments renamed. Instruments could also be muted and soloed easily.

=Audio=

Jokosher could import audio from Ogg Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, WAV and anything else supported by GStreamer into projects. After recording, it could export back to any of these formats.{{cite news |last1=German |first1=Jack M |title=Jokosher: A Completely Kosher Audio Multitool |url=https://linuxinsider.com/story/jokosher-a-completely-kosher-audio-multitool-72993.html |accessdate=1 July 2020 |work=LinuxInsider |date=3 August 2011}}

GStreamer

Jokosher needed either the latest version of GStreamer and Gnonlin installed, or a Concurrent Versions System (CVS) checkout of GStreamer and Gnonlin compiled.[http://www.jokosher.org/setting-up-cvs-gstreamer InstallingCvsGstreamerJokosher] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107080829/http://www.jokosher.org/setting-up-cvs-gstreamer |date= 7 November 2006 }} – Wiki page describing how to install CVS Gstreamer for use with Jokosher. This was because Jokosher took advantage of features and bug fixes available in the latest versions of Gstreamer available at the time. The Jokosher development team also contributed to GStreamer development.