Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application. Record, edit, and mix on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
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Open Source LMMS Alternatives for Linux
There are many alternatives to LMMS for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Linux alternative is Ardour. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Zrythm or Carla. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to LMMS and many of them are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to LMMS are Bespoke Synth, Qtractor, FamiStudio and Rosegarden.
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93 Ardour alternatives
94 Zrythm alternativesZrythm is a digital audio workstation designed to be featureful and easy to use.
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- Freemium
- Open Source
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- Flathub
- Flatpak
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Comments about Zrythm as an Alternative to LMMS
- Zrythm is Freemium and Open Source
44 Carla alternativesCarla 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.
82 Bespoke Synth alternativesBespoke is a software modular synthesizer. It contains a bunch of modules, which you can connect together to create sounds.
Comments about Bespoke Synth as an Alternative to LMMS
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
- Bespoke Synth is Free and Open Source
77 Qtractor alternativesQtractor 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...
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34 FamiStudio alternativesFamiStudio 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.
108 Rosegarden alternativesRosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
- BSD
86 Stargate alternativesStargate is a holistic audio production solution, with everything you need to make music on a computer.
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32 MusE Sequencer alternativesOpen-source DAW for GNU/Linux designed for multitrack MIDI and audio sequencing, real-time effects, automation, plugin support including LV2, VST, DSSI, non-destructive editing, JACK compatibility, and free BSD port for advanced audio production and virtual studio needs.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Linux
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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...
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Discontinued
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65 Bosca Ceoil alternativesBosca Ceoil is all about looping, and designed that way at its heart. Songs are built up from lots of tiny 16 note patterns – the intended workflow is that you loop over these single patterns until you have something you like, then you start making variations.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Discontinued
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- Adobe AIR
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51 LinuxSampler alternativesLinuxSampler - free, open source pure software audio sampler with professional grade features.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Mac
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Not exactly "Free". There's a free version but you can't save or load.