Adobe Audition AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Digital Audio Workstations

The best Digital Audio Workstation alternative to Adobe Audition is REAPER. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try GarageBand or ComposeYogi. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Adobe Audition and many of them are Digital Audio Workstations so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Digital Audio Workstation alternatives to Adobe Audition are Ardour, Ableton Live, Cakewalk and Logic Pro.

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  1. REAPER icon
     255 likes

    Digital audio workstation for Windows, macOS, and Linux offering multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, mixing, mastering, powerful automation, plugin support, scriptable customization, portable installs, frequent updates, and a comprehensive feature set.

    87 REAPER alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  2. Ableton Live icon
     213 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.

    90 Ableton Live alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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    Ableton Live vs Adobe Audition Comments
    Cody Pertuit
    Negative
    0

    It's targeted at musicians and has pretty horrendous file management, there's no easy way to export a specific clip to a file, without many extra steps. It's a fantastic DAW I use regularly but I also use Audition to manage my audio samples and to record short audio clips.

    • Ableton Live is Paid and ProprietaryAdobe Audition is also Paid and Proprietary
  3. GarageBand icon
     267 likes

    Experience a rich music creation suite on Mac and iOS with comprehensive sound libraries, virtual session drummers, and user-friendly tools suitable for beginners and pros. Create, edit, and share your music effortlessly through a seamless Apple integration.

    108 GarageBand alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  4. Cakewalk icon
     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...

    120 Cakewalk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Logic Pro icon
     121 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.

    84 Logic Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPad
     
  6. Avid Pro Tools icon
     57 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.

    95 Avid Pro Tools alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. Every track includes real time equalization and dynamics processing to sweeten and fine tune your mix. This is in addition to your six real time track effects, making Fairlight far more powerful than other digital audio workstation software!

    13 DaVinci Resolve Fairlight alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Qtractor icon
     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...

    81 Qtractor alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  9. Studio One icon
     48 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...

    59 Studio One alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Studio One vs Adobe Audition Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    While the program is quite good, the controls are quite different to Audition and make it difficult to adjust and understand.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Studio One is Paid and ProprietaryAdobe Audition is also Paid and Proprietary
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