Ardour Alternatives

Ardour is described as 'Hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application. Record, edit, and mix on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows' and is a very popular music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Ardour for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPad apps. The best Ardour alternative is LMMS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ardour are REAPER, FL Studio, Ableton Live and Bitwig Studio.

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  1. Qtractor icon
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    Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework. Target platform is GNU/Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) for audio, and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) for MIDI, are the main infrastructures for...

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  2. Avid Pro Tools icon
     57 likes

    Pro Tools makes music creation fast and fluid, providing a complete set of tools to create, record, edit, and mix audio. Get inspired and start making music with a massive collection of plugins, instruments, and sounds.

    91 Avid Pro Tools alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. Studio One icon
     48 likes

    Studio One is an advanced digital audio workstation for Mac and Windows featuring a bevy of powerful composition, editing, mixing and mastering tools on top of standard multi-track DAW features. Highly praised for its intuitive chord track that lets users drag and drop both...

    54 Studio One alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    • Studio One is Paid and ProprietaryArdour is Paid and Open Source
  4. Melodic Mind icon
     8 likes

    Mobile-first platform with integrated DAW, stem separation, songwriting, synthesizer, real instruments, music theory, practice toolkit, vocal training, chromatic tuner, progress tracking, and unique gamification inspired by anime quests, all in a free public beta.

    52 Melodic Mind alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  5. Waveform icon
     57 likes

    Waveform is a commercial, cross-platform DAW. With a focus on design and composition, it offers tools to greatly simplify everything from initial inspiration to the final mix.

    63 Waveform alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Reason icon
     117 likes

    Reason is a virtual studio rack with all the tools and instruments you need to turn your ideas into music. And it's more than just a set of excellent synths and effects. It's a complete music system. Step into the age of Reason.

    73 Reason alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. Rosegarden icon
     58 likes

    Rosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. SoundBridge icon
     10 likes

    Free digital audio workstation featuring complete tracking, sequencing, editing, and mixing tools, third-party VST plugin integration, multi-touch screen gestures, real-time online collaboration, automation, built-in effects, low-latency drivers, and compatibility with Windows and macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. FamiStudio icon
     24 likes

    FamiStudio is very simple music editor for the Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom. It is designed to be easier to use than FamiTracker, but its feature set is also much more limited. It is targeted at both chiptune artists and NES homebrewers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Wine
     
  10. ACID Pro icon
     47 likes

    Experience transformative music production with multitrack recording, comprehensive MIDI sequencing, legendary looping, and Transparent Technology for seamless creative flow without barriers in professional audio creation and post-production.

    62 ACID Pro alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Draw.Audio icon
     8 likes

    Explore sound art with an innovative, free musical sketch-pad offering a synthesizer, sequencer, and drawing tools. Underpinned by the Web Audio API, it enables music recording, editing, and playback without ads, all in a seamless web-based interface for creative expression.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. WavePad icon
     46 likes

    Comprehensive audio editing software for Windows and macOS, offering recording, editing tools like cut, copy, paste, effects, batch processing, file format support, integration with MixPad, spectral analysis, text-to-speech, and audio restoration. Export to video or audio.

    56 WavePad alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
     
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