Install OmaAudio

OmaAudio guide

OmaAudio is an audio editor for Omarchy: edit a recording, arrange tracks, clean up a voice, mix and deliver at the right loudness. Each part is explained below, with a short film showing it in use.

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Installing OmaAudio

Download the package from GitHub, install it with pacman, and open it from the app launcher.

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The window

Four pages for one project, docks either side, and help on every control.

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Opening and importing

Bring in audio files, or a whole session exported from your video editor, picture and all.

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Editing a take

Select, cut, fade and level one recording on the Take page.

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The Arrange page

Tracks and clips side by side: move, trim, fade, set levels, split and delete.

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Crossfades, clip effects and envelopes

Blend one clip into the next, give a single clip its own effects, and shape its volume over time.

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Pitch and duration

Change a clip's pitch or its length, and with realtime processing on, change it again whenever you like.

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Markers

Name places to find again, mark ranges, jump between them, and write them into exported files.

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The video reference

Edit sound against its picture: import a video, place it on the timeline, step through it a frame at a time.

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Effects

Add effects to a track, adjust them in their own panel while it plays, and start from a preset.

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The Sound panel and Quick Fixes

Say what a track is, then turn on the fixes it needs, and set its loudness.

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Recipes

A saved list of steps, built once and run on any recording in one click, as one Undo step.

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Tidy pauses

Find the long gaps between words and shorten, remove or mark them, keeping the rhythm of the talk.

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Spectral repair

See sound by frequency, learn the noise, take it away, and restore clipped peaks.

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Recording

Choose an input, arm a track or not, and press Record.

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Mixing and the master bus

Faders, pan, mute and solo for every track, and effects on the whole mix.

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Automation

Volume, pan or any effect setting that changes over time, drawn as points or recorded as it plays.

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Routing and ducking

Send tracks through a bus, add sends, and have music dip under a voice by itself.

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Mastering and loudness

Check the whole mix, finish it on the master bus, and choose the loudness it's delivered at.

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Exporting

Measure the mix, set the level for where it's going, and export the whole project or a time selection.

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Process Many Files

Put a folder of recordings through the same effects or recipe, each to a new file.

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Collect Project

A portable copy of the project with every sound and the reference video, ready to move to another machine.

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The agent command line

Everything the window does, from a script or an AI agent, with no window open.

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Help and preferences

Help on every control, the user manual inside the app, and your settings and shortcuts.