qtractor(1) General Commands Manual qtractor(1)

Qtractor - An Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer

qtractor [options] [session-file]

This manual page documents briefly the qtractor command-line options.

Qtractor is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework. 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.

-s, --session-id <uuid>

Set session identification (uuid)

-?, --help

Displays help on command-line options.

-v, --version

Show version information.

Configuration settings are stored in ~/.config/rncbc.org/Qtractor.conf

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).

April 16, 2026