Tsunami
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The facts
Each one read from Tsunami's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audio and MIDI
- The listed features include audio effects, MIDI editing, synthesizers, samples, signal chains, and persistent sessions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Audio tools
- Listed features include audio effects, synthesizers, samples, and signal chains.checked 11 Oct 2026
- CPU support
- The plugin system supports x86_64 and aarch64 CPUs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- The Linux build guide lists GTK 4, zlib, and FFTW3 as required libraries, with audio libraries including PulseAudio and ALSA recommended.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended use
- The maker says it was mainly developed for personal home recording needs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The repository identifies its license as GPL-3.0.checked 12 Oct 2026
- MIDI and sessions
- Tsunami supports MIDI editing and persistent sessions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- MIDI sequencing
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Multitrack editing
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Plugin architecture
- Plugins can define classes such as audio effects that can be used inside Tsunami.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Plugins
- Tsunami has a plugin system using its own language and just-in-time compiler for plugin code.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Processor support
- The plugin system supports x86_64 and aarch64 CPUs.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Tsunami is an open-source Digital Audio Workstation designed for ease of use.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Recording and mixing
- Features include multi-track mixing and multi-version audio recording.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Support and documentation
- The repository links to build and run, usage, plugin-writing, internal-design, and development-plan documentation; its usage guide currently says “TODO.”checked 11 Oct 2026
- Use case
- The maker says it was mainly developed for personal home-recording needs.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Linux
- The project was initially written for Linux and provides Linux build instructions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Linux support
- Tsunami was initially written for Linux, and the maker provides Linux build instructions for dependencies including GTK4, zlib, and fftw3.checked 12 Oct 2026
- macOS
- macOS support is described as experimental; the build guide says installing is unsupported and explains how to build an app bundle.checked 11 Oct 2026
- macOS support
- macOS support is described as experimental, and the guide says installation is unsupported while an app bundle can be built.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linux, Windows, macOSchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Windows
- Windows support is described as experimental and documented for Visual Studio 2022.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The project README says it was mostly written by Michael Ankele.checked 12 Oct 2026
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