LMMS Alternatives and Similar Software

FL Studio

FL Studio (originally known as FruityLoops) is a full-featured Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) offering a complete range of professional tools for everything from audio editing and beat creation to advanced arrangement, composition, mixing and mastering. Sporting a fast, high-tech UI that runs at native speed, the DAW defaults to a relatively simple drum pattern sequencing interface while more advanced features are just a click or keypress away.

• LMMS was modeled after FL Studio so it's very similar, though FL Studio has years of refinement through commercial development. LMMS is viable for creating commercial quality productions but FL's polished interface and workflow hugely simplify the task. Ugotsta • Mar 2020 Disagree   Agree
• They work well with high quality results. FL Studio is a little more advanced though Guest • May 2016 • 4 agrees and 10 disagrees Disagree   Agree

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet

Ardour

Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application. It runs on GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. Ardour's intention is to provide digital audio workstation software suitable for professional use. NOTE: Ardour source code is freely available but pre-built binaries are commercial free-libre software: users who download from ardour.

Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD

Ableton Live

Live is software for creating musical ideas, turning them into finished songs, and even taking them onto the stage. With two views - the classic Arrangement View, where musical ideas are laid out along a timeline, and the unique Session View, where you can improvise and quickly experiment with musical ideas - Live is a fast, fun, intuitive way to make music. What's new: The latest version of Live comes with everything from workflow enhancements to audio improvements.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows

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 and mastering tool set. REAPER supports a vast range of hardware, digital formats and plugins, and can be comprehensively extended, scripted and modified. FEATURES: - Efficient, fast to load and portable. Can be installed and run from a portable or network drive.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux

GarageBand

Welcome to the school of rock. A Mac-sized practice space. Your own recording studio. If you want to learn to play an instrument, write music, or record a song, GarageBand can help — whether you’re a rookie or a rock star. GarageBand is a whole music creation studio right inside your Mac — with a complete sound library that includes software instruments, presets for guitar and voice, and virtual session drummers.

Commercial Mac iPhone iPad

Caustic

Caustic is a music creation tool inspired by rack-mount synthesizers / samplers rigs. Everything is real-time and optimized for mobile devices.

Freemium Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad

Logic Pro

Logic Pro lets you translate musical inspiration into professional productions. A range of powerful, easy-to-use features puts sophisticated tools at your fingertips, and complete surround support lets you make incredible, immersive music.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac

Cubase

Cubase is a computer program for music production/recording. The program offers recording, producing and mixing of sounds in order to make music production for distribution on CDs or the internet. Cubase is a series of MIDI, music sequencer and digital audio editing computer applications (commonly known as a DAW - Digital Audio Workstation).

Commercial Mac Windows

AudioTool

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. With the flexibility of modular routing and an ever increasing arsenal of sound generators and effects, musicians and sound designers can create practically any sound they can imagine.

Free Web

Bitwig Studio

A dynamic software for creating and performing your musical ideas in the studio and on stage, Bitwig Studio inspires you to take greater control of your music, giving you access to every aspect of your production. Streamline your creative process and quickly evolve your ideas into complete songs, tracks, and compositions. Record and arrange, improvise and perform, or do it all at once. Welcome to the next generation of music creation and performance software.

• More sophiscated with professionals as target audience. Guest • Jan 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree   Agree

Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Linux