Music Production Apps

Writing music is pretty important: after all, we wouldn’t have music without the ability to write it. Tools such as FL Studio and GarageBand have made music creation easier and more accessible than in any other point in history.

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  1. LMMS icon
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    Free cross-platform DAW supporting VST plugins, MIDI, and lossless audio. Offers music loopers and sequencers with privacy, no ads, and offline capability.

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    Best alternatives are FL Studio iconFL StudioandREAPER iconREAPER91 alternatives
  2. REAPER icon
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    REAPER (Rapid Environment for Audio Production, Engineering, and Recording) is a digital audio workstation, MIDI sequencer and video editing software application created by Cockos. The current version is available for Microsoft Windows (XP and newer), macOS (10.5 and newer), and Linux.

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    Best alternatives are LMMS iconLMMSandArdour iconArdour85 alternatives
  3. FL Studio icon
     482 likes

    Comprehensive DAW for digital audio tasks, featuring advanced composition, arrangement, and editing tools, tailored for music professionals.

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    Best alternatives are LMMS iconLMMSandAbleton Live iconAbleton Live93 alternatives
  4. MuseScore Studio icon
     237 likes

    MuseScore is a free music notation and composition software available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

    Best alternatives are TuxGuitar iconTuxGuitarandGuitar Pro iconGuitar Pro74 alternatives
  5. Ardour icon
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    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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    Best alternatives are LMMS iconLMMSandREAPER iconREAPER89 alternatives
  6. Mixxx icon
     160 likes

    Mixxx integrates the tools DJs need to perform creative live mixes with digital music files.

    Best alternatives are VirtualDJ iconVirtualDJandTraktor Pro iconTraktor Pro29 alternatives
  7. Suno AI icon
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    Suno allows anyone to create music, regardless of skill level. It eliminates the need for instruments, relying solely on imagination. The Suno AI, previously known as Bark (AI), has evolved from generating speech to creating all kinds of...

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    Best alternatives are Sonauto iconSonautoandUdio iconUdio53 alternatives
  8. Udio icon
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    Udio is an app for music creation and sharing that allows you to generate amazing music in your favorite styles with intuitive and powerful text-prompting.

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    Best alternatives are Suno AI iconSuno AIandSonauto iconSonauto48 alternatives
  9. Ableton Live icon
     203 likes

    Software for creating musical ideas, turning them into songs, and performing them, featuring Arrangement and Session Views for fast music-making.

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    Best alternatives are Bitwig Studio iconBitwig StudioandFL Studio iconFL Studio83 alternatives
  10. Sonauto icon
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    Sonauto is an AI music editor that turns prompts, lyrics, or melodies into full songs in any style. For example, in a few minutes with Sonauto you can make an original birthday song for your friend, sung by Frank Sinatra.

    Best alternatives are Suno AI iconSuno AIandUdio iconUdio41 alternatives
  11. GarageBand icon
     264 likes

    Full-featured music studio offering sound library, virtual drummers, and instrument presets available on Mac and iOS. Ideal for all skill levels.

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    Best alternatives are FL Studio iconFL StudioandLMMS iconLMMS100 alternatives
  12. Adobe Audition icon
     181 likes

    Robust audio editing tool for commercial projects offering dynamic post-production features, perfect for video and podcast editing.

    Best alternatives are Audacity iconAudacityandREAPER iconREAPER95 alternatives
  13. Bitwig Studio icon
     89 likes

    Bitwig 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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    Best alternatives are LMMS iconLMMSandREAPER iconREAPER49 alternatives
  14. Cakewalk icon
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    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...

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    Best alternatives are Audacity iconAudacityandLMMS iconLMMS113 alternatives
  15. Bespoke Synth icon
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    Bespoke is a software modular synthesizer. It contains a bunch of modules, which you can connect together to create sounds.

    Best alternatives are LMMS iconLMMSandREAPER iconREAPER75 alternatives