Alternatives to Ableton Live for Linux with any license

LMMS

LMMS is a free cross-platform alternative to commercial programs like FL Studio , which allow you to produce music with your...
- LMMS is a standard DAW like FL or GarageBand. Doesn't have the live performance workflow of Live Guest • 6 days ago
- No copy and paste, janky VST support, awkward workflow in general; it's more of a shell of FL Studio, and even then I wouldn't recommend it to anybody. Guest • May 2019 • 4 agrees and 3 disagrees
- It is good but does not even come close to the Abelton workflow. Guest • Aug 2017 • 20 agrees and 6 disagrees
- If you are just getting into the scene and are on a budget, its pretty darn decent especially for being free and open source. Guest • Jan 2019 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- While LMMS might be free, it does not come close to the abilities of Ableton. wusteldru • Feb 2019
- LMMS is just great! With a good tablet with Debian installed it can even run on Android! Guest • Mar 2018 • 0 agrees and 4 disagrees
- LMMS is free and has a lot of functions similar to ableton live functions, but they are a bit hard to use. Guest • Oct 2017 • 6 agrees and 3 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com
Support for VST plugins Music Composer Support for Android Things Audio Editing ... Audio Recording DRM Free Export to MIDI Export to MP3 Free API Google Drive integration Lossless quality MIDI keyboard input Mix Music Music Composer Open Source apps Performance Monitoring Piano Roll Picture sharing Plugin API Portable Royalty-free music Sample packs Sync with Simplenote Stability Add a feature

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Ardour

Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application. Record, edit, and mix on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
- The description did not mention you can make music on the program yourself. Guest • Nov 2017 • 2 agrees and 17 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Mix Music Audio Editing Multitrack editing Non destructive editing ... Support for VST plugins Add a feature

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Bitwig Studio

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.
- Made by former Ableton employees and has a similar but different workflow Guest • Mar 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Very similar functionality + similar workflow. Easy recovery from rare crashes, and plugin sandboxing means fewer crashes in comparison to Ableton Live Guest • Dec 2016 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees
Commercial Mac Windows Linux
Audio Editing Audio Recording Modular System Mix Music ... Music Composer Piano Roll Scripting Support for VST plugins Add a feature

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Reaper

REAPER is a complete digital audio production application for Windows, Mac and Linux, offering a full multi-track audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Customizable Support for VST plugins Audio Editing Supports for MIDI ... Multi Channel MultiTrack Mix Music Music Composer Piano Roll Pitch shift engine Portable Scripting support Spectral editing Add a feature

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Tracktion

Tracktion is a multi-platform software for music production, with a modern graphic user interface.
- Pretty good for a free app. The flow of the app is quite different from the Ableton though. Guest • Jul 2019
- This program is incredible obtuse and poorly designed, hiding all of its basic functionality behind one of the worst UIs I've ever seen. Not worth the time to learn. Guest • Jul 2019
Freemium Mac Windows Linux
Audio Editing Audio Recording Modular System Mix Music ... Music Composer Piano Roll Support for VST plugins Add a feature

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Rosegarden

Rosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment. Rosegarden is an easy-to-learn...

Free Open Source Linux
Customizable Music Composer Record midi & audio in real-time Add a feature

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Qtractor

Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework. Target platform is Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK)...

Free Open Source Linux
Audio Editing Multitrack editing Support for VST plugins Add a feature

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Renoise

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...

Commercial Mac Windows Linux
Supports for MIDI Audio Editing MIDI keyboard input Beat maker ... Customizable Mod-tracker Mix Music Music Composer Support for VST plugins Add a feature

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LinuxSampler

LinuxSampler - free, open source pure software audio sampler with professional grade features. The LinuxSampler project was founded with the goal to produce a free...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Load midifiles Simple installation Add a feature

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Waveform

Full-featured, cross-platform Digital Audio Workstation built for inspiration and composition .

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux
Music Composer Add a feature

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Looplabs

Looplabs is a collaborative cloud based music studio that lets anyone, regardless of skills or ability, easily make professional quality music anywhere, anytime and with...

Free Mac Windows Linux Web Chrome OS
Beat maker Music Composer Real time collaboration SNMP Trap Support Add a feature

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Harrison Mixbus

A full-featured Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) by Harrison with mixing that mimics the properties of an analogue mixer. Harrison consoles are world-renowned and they...

Commercial Mac Windows Linux
Audio Editing Audio Recording Mix Music Support for VST plugins Add a feature

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Luppp

Luppp is a music creation tool, intended for live use. The focus is on real time processing and a fast, intuitive workflow. With extensive MIDI mapping support, you can...

Free Open Source Linux
Live performance Automatic Looping Supports for MIDI Music Composer Add a feature

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energyXT

Create music now With energyXT you will be creating tracks faster than with any other music application out there. Launch energyXT and you are ready to make tracks in...

Commercial Mac Windows Linux iPhone iPad
Audio Recording Supports for MIDI MultiTrack Mix Music ... Music Composer Piano Roll Save-as-mp3 Tabbed interface Support for VST plugins Add a feature

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Skale Tracker

Skale Tracker is a music tracker (a special kind of music sequencer) available for Windows and Linux on the desktop as well as in a Flash-based browser verison. Skale...
- Discontinued Online version is no longer available. Last desktop version, v0.81, released on December 2005, it's still downloadable and usable.
Free Windows Linux
Beat maker Support for VST plugins Add a feature

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