GarageBand Alternatives

GarageBand is described as 'Full-featured music studio offering sound library, virtual drummers, and instrument presets available on Mac and iOS. Ideal for all skill levels' and is a very popular music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to GarageBand for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPad apps. The best GarageBand alternative is LMMS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GarageBand are FL Studio, REAPER, Ardour and Walk Band.

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GarageBand alternatives are mainly Music Production Apps, but if you're looking for Digital Audio Workstations or Audio Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Windows, Android, Linux, Online, Open Source, Android Tablet and Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to GarageBand.
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  1. Cantabile icon
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    Cantabile is a music workstation for live performing musicians. Build your ideal rig - one that leaves you free to focus on giving your best performance.

    30 Cantabile alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. SAWStudio icon
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    SAWStudio combines both high-tech virtual mixing and hard disk editing technologies into one power-packed application.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. Amped Studio icon
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    Amped Studio is a modern web based music studio and production environment. With the instant access of a web application you can quickly get in to creating music with virtual instruments, effects, loops, samples and easy to use tools.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Comments about Amped Studio as an Alternative to GarageBand
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    It came with very very basic sounds- audio recordings were offsynch- need to quantize. somehow...

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Amped Studio is Freemium and ProprietaryGarageBand is Free and Proprietary
  4. KORG Gadget icon
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    KORG Gadget offers a collection of more than 20* different synthesizers and drum machines called “Gadgets.” These gadgets were designed to assist the user to produce powerful electronic music. The latest version features universal support not only for the iPad, but also for the...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5. BeatMaker icon
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    BeatMaker is a powerful mobile music composition tool with a pattern-based sequencer, audio recorder, advanced MIDI support and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. Harrison Mixbus icon
     12 likes

    A full-featured Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) by Harrison with mixing that mimics the properties of an analogue mixer.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about Harrison Mixbus as an Alternative to GarageBand
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    Easy to get started with, but infinitely powerful.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Harrison Mixbus is Paid and ProprietaryGarageBand is Free and Proprietary
    • Harrison Mixbus is LightweightGarageBand is not according to our users
  7. LinuxSampler icon
     29 likes

    LinuxSampler - free, open source pure software audio sampler with professional grade features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  8. Absynth icon
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    ABSYNTH 5 is an exceptional synthesizer with unique sonic potential and more than 2,100 preset sounds. Its speciality is a limitless spectrum of unusual, evolving sounds created using the powerful, hybrid synthesis architecture and sophisticated modulation and effect system -...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. WavTool icon
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    Make high-quality music with an AI assistant in a cutting-edge, online DAW. WavTool combines a powerful and extensible, modular sound system with AI advancements to make it easy to create music online while still providing infinite flexibility through a plugin-based design that...

    56 WavTool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Ashampoo Music Studio offers a comprehensive set of tools to easily edit, produce, cut, mix, and organize audio files. Even streams from apps like Spotify, Deezer, or Amazon Music can be conveniently recorded.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. DarkAudacity icon
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    DarkAudacity is a build/fork of the the well known free sound editor, Audacity, customized with a darker, more modern theme - and a few small tweaks. The audio engine underneath is the same audio engine. The same code powers it. Like Audacity, it is completely free.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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