Ableton Live Alternatives

Ableton Live is described as 'Software for creating musical ideas, turning them into songs, and performing them, featuring Arrangement and Session Views for fast music-making' and is a very popular music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Ableton Live for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Web-based apps. The best Ableton Live alternative is LMMS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ableton Live are Bitwig Studio, FL Studio, Ardour and REAPER.

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Ableton Live 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 Free, Linux, iPad, Linux + Free, Android, Open Source and Windows + Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Ableton Live.
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  1. KiraStudio icon
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    Lightweight music creation studio for desktop and mobile with full automation tools, modular instrument design, piano roll composing, flexible effects, SoundFont and synthesis support, MIDI import/export, and audio export, designed for projects from sketches to completion.

    55 KiraStudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  2. AudioTool icon
     84 likes

    Make 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.

    84 AudioTool alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    AudioTool vs Ableton Live Comments
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    Really great interface for starting out, very much capable in the basics, but the actual effects and imputing your own samples isn't too great.

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    EEZY to use and has a good UI

    • AudioTool is Free and ProprietaryAbleton Live is Paid and Proprietary
  3. Waveform icon
     60 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.

    75 Waveform alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Waveform vs Ableton Live Comments
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    Intuitive UI, lots of features even in the free version.

    • Waveform is Freemium and ProprietaryAbleton Live is Paid and Proprietary
  4. Avid Pro Tools icon
     59 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.

    97 Avid Pro Tools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Avid Pro Tools vs Ableton Live Comments
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    they really do different things, also not free

    • Avid Pro Tools is Paid and ProprietaryAbleton Live is also Paid and Proprietary
  5. Melodic Mind icon
     11 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. FamiStudio icon
     28 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Wine
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • iPhone
     
  7. Qtractor icon
     53 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...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  8. Studio One icon
     50 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...

    62 Studio One alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Reason icon
     116 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.

    80 Reason alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  10. ACID Pro icon
     49 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.

    69 ACID Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Renoise icon
     43 likes

    Renoise is a contemporary digital audio workstation (DAW) based upon the heritage and development of tracker software. Its primary use is the composition of music using sound samples, soft synths, and effects plug-ins. It is also able to interface with MIDI equipment.

    64 Renoise alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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