Renoise AlternativesMusic Production Apps & Digital Audio Workstations like Renoise

Renoise is described as 'Contemporary digital audio workstation (DAW) based upon the heritage and development of tracker software. Its primary use the composition of music using sound samples, soft synths, and effects plug-ins. It is also able to interface with MIDI equipment' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Renoise for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPad apps. The best Renoise alternative is LMMS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Renoise are FL Studio, REAPER, Ardour and Ableton Live.

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  1. LMMS icon

    LMMS

     633 likes

    Cross-platform digital audio workstation supporting lossless audio and VST plugins. Features include music looping, sequencing, and MIDI support. Provides an ad-free, privacy-focused, portable experience without registration, working offline with extensibility through plugins and add-ons.

    91 LMMS alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
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    Renoise is a tracker-style DAW, LMMS is not.

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    • LMMS is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Renoise.

    • LMMS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Renoise.

    • LMMS is Free and Open SourceRenoise is Paid and Proprietary
    • LMMS is Privacy focused and LightweightRenoise is not according to our users
  2. FL Studio icon

    FL Studio

     494 likes

    A 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.

    94 FL Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
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    • FL Studio is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Renoise.

    • FL Studio is the most popular commercial alternative to Renoise.

    • FL Studio is Paid and ProprietaryRenoise is also Paid and Proprietary
    • FL Studio is LightweightRenoise is not according to our users
  4. REAPER icon

    REAPER

     254 likes

    A digital audio workstation, MIDI sequencer and video editing software application created by Cockos. The current version is available for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    83 REAPER alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Ableton Live

     212 likes

    Music 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.

    85 Ableton Live alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Cakewalk

     75 likes

    Cakewalk, 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...

    115 Cakewalk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Logic Pro

     120 likes

    Comprehensive 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.

    79 Logic Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPad
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    OpenMPT

     50 likes

    OpenMPT (short hand for Open ModPlug Tracker) is a popular tracker software for Windows. OpenMPT is completely free and allows you to create and play back some great music on your computer. Based on the original ModPlug Tracker written by Olivier Lapicque, OpenMPT is free...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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    Qtractor

     52 likes

    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...

    76 Qtractor alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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