Audacity AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Digital Audio Workstations

The best Digital Audio Workstation alternative to Audacity is REAPER. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Wavacity or DaVinci Resolve Fairlight. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Audacity and many of them are Digital Audio Workstations so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Digital Audio Workstation alternatives to Audacity are TwistedWave, Cakewalk, Sneedacity and Radium.

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Free open-source multi-track audio editor and recorder with 32-bit float processing. Supports many formats and plugins for Windows, macOS, Linux.

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Audacity alternatives page was last updated Feb 13, 2025
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  1. REAPER icon

    REAPER

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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.

    85 REAPER alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Audio Recording
    2.  Digital Audio Workstation
    3.  Support for VST Plugins
    4.  Support for scripting
    5.  MultiTrack
    6.  Support for MIDI
    7.  Extensive customisability
    8.  Portable
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Spectral editing
    11.  Multi Channel
    12.  Lossless Audio

    REAPER VS Audacity

     
    Comments about REAPER as an Alternative to Audacity
    Guest
    Positive •Jul 3, 2021
    1

    Reaper, while beeing less ressource hungry (totaling to about 15mb portable/installed) has everything you need to start recording and mixing music.

    The only thing 'missing' would be sound librarbies to use with MIDI, which most people order seperately for specific content.

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    • Almost everyone thinks REAPER is a great Audacity alternative.

    • REAPER is Paid and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
    • REAPER is Customizable and LightweightAudacity is not according to our users
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    TwistedWave

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    TwistedWave is a very easy to use and powerful audio editor.

    It supports Audio Unit plug-ins and many file formats, including wav, aiff, caf, mp3, mp4, FLAC, Ogg/Vorbis and ambisonic sound files.

    Good multichannel support. TwistedWave lets you easily add, remove or reorder chan.

    47 TwistedWave alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • CH flagSwitzerland

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    TwistedWave screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Text to Speech
    2.  Batch Editing
    3.  Lossless Audio
    4.  Support for VST Plugins
    5.  Sound Effects

    TwistedWave VS Audacity

     
    Comments about TwistedWave as an Alternative to Audacity
    Guest
    Negative •Jan 15, 2018
    -6

    you have to have a pre made file

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    • Most users think TwistedWave is a great Audacity alternative.

    • TwistedWave is the most popular Web-based alternative to Audacity.

    • TwistedWave is Paid and ProprietaryAudacity is Free and Open Source
    • TwistedWave is LightweightAudacity is not according to our users
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    Cakewalk

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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...

    113 Cakewalk alternatives

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • SG flagSingapore

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Cakewalk screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Support for VST Plugins
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Support for MIDI
    4.  Multitrack editing
    5.  Step Sequencer
    6.  Dark Mode
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Virtual Instrument
    9.  Music Looper
    10.  Lossless Audio
    11.  Music Sequencer
    12.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Cakewalk VS Audacity

     
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    Soundop

    Soundop is a Windows-based audio editing software with features for recording, editing, mastering, and mixing audio. It offers waveform and spectral editing, and supports unlimited audio and bus tracks.

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    Wavacity

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    Wavacity is derived from the open source Audacity and modified to run in the web browser.

    52 Wavacity alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
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    Discontinued

    The latest update to the project is from July 2023. A lot of features do not work on the website (generate, many effects etc.)https://github.com/ahilss/wavacity/commit/38ba56b96df2ba8265fcd471465c82842340da7d

    Wavacity Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

    Wavacity VS Audacity

     
  7. DaVinci Resolve Fairlight icon

    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight

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    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!

    12 DaVinci Resolve Fairlight alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight screenshot 1

    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight Features

    1.  MultiTrack
    2.  Sound Effects
    3.  Mix Music

    DaVinci Resolve Fairlight VS Audacity

     
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    Sneedacity

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    Sneedacity (named after Sneed's Feed and Seed from The Simpsons episode, "E-I-E-I-D'oh") is a free (libre), open source, and privacy-respecting audio recording and editing suite forked from Audacity.

    109 Sneedacity alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The latest version (2022.03) is from March 2022.

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Portable
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Multitrack editing
    7.  Mix Music

    Sneedacity VS Audacity

     
    Comments about Sneedacity as an Alternative to Audacity
    stevetf
    •May 23, 2022
    3

    Another dead fork of Audacity.

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    • Sneedacity is Free and Open SourceAudacity is also Free and Open Source
    • Sneedacity is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAudacity is not according to our users
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    Radium

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    Radium is a music editor with a new type of interface.

    72 Radium alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Radium Features

    1.  Music Sequencer
    2.  Support for VST Plugins
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Piano Roll
    5.  Modular System

    Radium VS Audacity

     
    Comments about Radium as an Alternative to Audacity
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    fernandomanuelrodrigues
    Negative •Jun 17, 2017
    5

    This is a DAW, NOT an audio editor

    Jonathan Brickman
    Negative •Jan 5, 2023
    0

    It's not the same kind of application, it's not an audio editor.

    Guest
    Negative •May 28, 2021
    1

    Radium is not an audio editor but a music sequencer. Not an alternative to Audacity

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    • Some users think Radium is a great Audacity alternative, some don't.

    • Radium is Paid and Open SourceAudacity is Free and Open Source
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