Alternatives to Ardour for Linux with any license

Audacity

Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. You can use Audacity to record live audio, convert tapes and records, edit sound files, change...
- Audacity is not a DAW. It is an awesome audio editor. Guest • Jul 2018 • 14 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It's not a DAW, It's an audio editor... why is this still the top alternative?! Guest • Mar 2019 • 7 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Audacity is an audio editor, not a DAW. Lacks *lots* of functionality of Ardour. Guest • Jun 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Audacity is for editing music, not creation. Guest • Jun 2019
- Audacity is audio editor Ardour is a DAW Guest • Aug 2016 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... LAME
Audio Editing Multitrack editing Ad-free Support for Android Things ... Audio Recording FSA tracking Mix Music Noise Reduction Remove Noise Pitch Correction Portable Record to tape Support for VST plugins Add a feature

1915 Like
LMMS

LMMS is a free cross-platform alternative to commercial programs like FL Studio , which allow you to produce music with your...

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

419 Like
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

145 Like
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.

Commercial Mac Windows Linux
Audio Editing Audio Recording Modular System Mix Music ... Music Composer Piano Roll Scripting Support for VST plugins Add a feature

58 Like
Tracktion

Tracktion is a multi-platform software for music production, with a modern graphic user interface.

Freemium Mac Windows Linux
Audio Editing Audio Recording Modular System Mix Music ... Music Composer Piano Roll Support for VST plugins Add a feature

32 Like
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

48 Like
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

35 Like
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

39 Like
Radium

Radium is a music editor with a new type of interface. - Compared to the normal sequencer interface editing is quicker and more musical data fits on the screen. -...

Commercial $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Audio Editing Modular System Music Composer Piano Roll ... Support for VST plugins Add a feature

17 Like
Waveform

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

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

5 Like
Traverso DAW

Traverso DAW is an audio recording and editing program which is very well suited to record a single voice, a band, an ensemble, a whole orchestra or any other source of...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Audio Editing Audio Recording MultiTrack Add a feature

15 Like
Frinika

Frinika is a free (licensed under GNU GPL) complete music workstation software containing sequencer, midi support, soft synthesizers, audio recorder, piano...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Support for VST plugins Add a feature

14 Like
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

12 Like
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 Tabbed interface Support for VST plugins Add a feature

13 Like
Open Octave

Open Octave Midi is a Linux based Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) designed to give musicians the tools needed to make composing on a computer possible, and even fun! The...
- Discontinued The official website is no longer available. Last version, oomidi-2012, can be still downloaded from Launchpad
Free Open Source Linux
Supports for MIDI Music Composer Add a feature

13 Like