Free LMMS Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to LMMS for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is Cakewalk. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Cakewalk or Zrythm. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to LMMS and many of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to LMMS are Carla, Waveform, FamiStudio and MAGIX Music Maker.

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  1. Cakewalk icon

    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...

    115 Cakewalk alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    Comments about Cakewalk as an Alternative to LMMS
    Richie Scassellati
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    I feel like Cakewalk is a lot easier to use than LMMS and is more feature-packed, like audio editing and recording.

    kendo friendo
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    Cakewalk is a fully featured mainstream DAW offered for free. It offers everything you'd expect from paid software, and the Bandlab website has a very cool Github style collaboration and seller ecosystem.

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    • Cakewalk is the most popular free alternative to LMMS.

    • Cakewalk is Free Personal and ProprietaryLMMS is Free and Open Source
  2. Zrythm icon

    Zrythm

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    Zrythm is a digital audio workstation designed to be featureful and easy to use.

    93 Zrythm alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Paulo Corceiro
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    Not exactly "Free". There's a free version but you can't save or load.

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    • Zrythm is Freemium and Open SourceLMMS is Free and Open Source
  4. Bespoke Synth icon

    Bespoke Synth

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    Bespoke is a software modular synthesizer. It contains a bunch of modules, which you can connect together to create sounds.

    81 Bespoke Synth alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Comments about Bespoke Synth as an Alternative to LMMS
    Guest
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    it allows for audio routing loops! been wanting this in fl studio for over a decade, and finally found it here. its a bit rough around the edges, if youre bougie and need everything to look fancy in order to make sounds its not for you. but its basically like using a modular synth except you dont have to spend a fortune on hardware

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    • Bespoke Synth is Free and Open SourceLMMS is also Free and Open Source
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    MAGIX Music Maker

    Create songs, soundtracks, and beats with 1,500+ sounds, 64 audio/MIDI tracks, and a mixing console featuring effects and synths, catering to new and experienced musicians. Industry-standard CD burning and a user-friendly interfa...

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    Carla

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    Carla is an audio plugin host, with support for many audio drivers and plugin formats. It has some nice features like automation of parameters via MIDI CC (and send output back as MIDI too) and full OSC control.

    44 Carla alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  8. FamiStudio icon

    FamiStudio

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    FamiStudio is very simple music editor for the Nintendo Entertainment System or Famicom. It is designed to be easier to use than FamiTracker, but its feature set is also much more limited. It is targeted at both chiptune artists and NES homebrewers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Android
    • Wine
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    MAGIX Music Maker

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    Create songs, soundtracks, and beats with 1,500+ sounds, 64 audio/MIDI tracks, and a mixing console featuring effects and synths, catering to new and experienced musicians. Industry-standard CD burning and a user-friendly interface make music creation seamless and accessible.

    40 MAGIX Music Maker alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  12. KOMPLETE icon

    KOMPLETE

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    Step into music production with KOMPLETE a curated selection of studio-quality instruments, effects, utilities, loops, and samples for the low price of nothing at all. Play over 2,000 customizable sounds – drums and percussion, bass, acoustic instruments, synths, pads and...

    70 KOMPLETE alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
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    Sekaiju

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    "Sekaiju" is a free, open source MIDI sequencer software for creating and editing MIDI data. This software enables you to create music with your MIDI modules or synthesizers. Sekaiju also can be used as a powerful MIDI editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  14. Buzz icon

    Buzz

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    Buzz is the first ever "easy to use" free modular software based synthesizer. What this means is that the entire system is based on objects, which may be routed in a modular fashion, giving you the freedom to be as creative as you want.

    45 Buzz alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
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  15. Frinika icon

    Frinika

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    Frinika is a free (licensed under GNU GPL) complete music workstation software containing sequencer, midi support, soft synthesizers, audio recorder, piano roll/tracker/notation editing and more. The goal of Frinika is to be a complete platform for making music with your...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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