qtractor(1)

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version 1.6.4 · 4 versions
, in arch rolling, fedora 44, nixpkgs unstable

qtractor 💖🎧

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for qtractor — it lives in the General Commands Manual section, and honestly? she's giving main character energy from the very first line. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

Qtractor — an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer 🎹🎶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

qtractor [options] [session-file]

like, that's it. that's the whole vibe. options and maybe a session file, slay. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page documents, briefly, the qtractor command-line options. just the options, bestie — the quick rundown, no essay. 📝

Qtractor is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework. no cap. 🫶

target platform is Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) for audio and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) for MIDI are the main infrastructures to evolve as a fairly-featured Linux desktop audio workstation GUI — specially dedicated to the personal home-studio. 🏠🎚️✨

iykyk: JACK handles your audio, ALSA handles your MIDI, and Qtractor is the gorgeous little GUI that ties it all together for your bedroom studio era. 🌙🎀

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -s, --session-id <uuid> — set the session identification, aka the uuid. it's literally giving your session its own little name tag. 🏷️✨
  • -?, --help — displays help on command-line options. when in doubt, ask her nicely. 🙈
  • -v, --version — show version information. the classic "who even are you" check. 👑
  • -s, --session-id <uuid> — ...

wait no, that was the first one, don't come for me 😭 — three options total, we listed all three, periodt.

🎀 FILES 🎀

configuration settings are stored in ~/.config/rncbc.org/Qtractor.conf — that's where all her little preferences live, tucked away safe and sound. 🗂️💜

⭐ AUTHOR ⭐

Qtractor was written by Rui Nuno Capela. 👑

this manual page was written by Gürkan Sengün <gurkan@phys.ethz.ch>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). so generous, so iconic. 🫶🌸

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

not me checking... okay so there aren't any SEE ALSO references on this page. nothing to cross-reference, bestie. that section just isn't here. 💀 (keeping it 100 with you.)

aaaand that's the whole page, no notes. 💖 this beauty comes from qtractor(1), dated April 16, 2026 — go make some music, bestie, you've got this. 🎧🔥✨🎀🦋

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