Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application. Record, edit, and mix on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
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- Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
United States
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Cubase AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Audio Editors
The best Audio Editor alternative to Cubase is Ardour. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ComposeYogi or Cakewalk. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Cubase and many of them are Audio Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Audio Editor alternatives to Cubase are FL Studio, Ableton Live, Bitwig Studio and Logic Pro.
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- 100 Ardour alternatives
106 FL Studio alternativesA complete digital audio workstation featuring professional music creation tools for mixing, mastering, editing, and sequencing. It includes a responsive piano roll sequencer, lifetime license updates, visualizer plugins for video creation, and multi-touch support for advanced graphical interface navigation.
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- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- HUAWEI AppGallery
- iPad
Belgium
EU
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55 ComposeYogi alternativesA free, open-source music composition tool for beat-making, loops, and arrangements — built with Web Audio, WASM, and modern web tech.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
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- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Docker
96 Ableton Live alternativesMusic software facilitating idea creation, editing, and performance with Arrangement and Session Views. Enhanced interfaces, improved waveforms, and great EQs provide intuitive and detailed music-making for studio and stage experiences.
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- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
Germany- EU
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127 Cakewalk alternativesCakewalk, formerly SONAR, is a comprehensive audio software for music composition, audio recording, editing, mixing and mastering. It features a full suite of high quality audio and MIDI effects and instruments and composition tools ranging from drum sequencer and piano roll...
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- Free Personal
- Proprietary
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- Windows
Singapore
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62 Bitwig Studio alternativesBitwig Studio is a multi-platform music-creation system for production, performance and DJing, with a focus on flexible editing tools and a super-fast workflow.
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- Paid
- Proprietary
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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90 Logic Pro alternativesComprehensive studio app offering advanced DAW and MIDI tools, a creative interface, powerful software instruments, plugins like Beat Breaker, full mixer capabilities, and seamless integration with Mac and iPad for professional-sounding mixes.
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- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- iPad
- United States
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102 Zrythm alternativesZrythm is a digital audio workstation designed to be featureful and easy to use.
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- Freemium
- Open Source
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Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Cyprus- EU
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90 Bespoke Synth alternativesBespoke is a software modular synthesizer. It contains a bunch of modules, which you can connect together to create sounds.
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- United States
85 AudioTool alternativesMake music online with a powerful set of tools ranging from synthesizers and samplers to mixers, delays, reverb and much more. AudioTool is an advanced, collaborative DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) built for the browser.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- Germany
- EU
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98 Avid Pro Tools alternativesPro 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.
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- Paid
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- United States
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63 Studio One alternativesStudio 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...
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- Paid
- Proprietary
Application typeApplication types
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- United States
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