OpenMPT AlternativesMusic Production Apps & Digital Audio Workstations like OpenMPT

OpenMPT is described as '(short hand for Open ModPlug Tracker) is a popular tracker software for Windows. OpenMPT is completely free and allows you to create and play back some great music on your computer. Based on the original ModPlug Tracker written by Olivier Lapicque, OpenMPT is free' and is a popular music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to OpenMPT for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best OpenMPT alternative is MilkyTracker, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OpenMPT are Qtractor, Bintracker, Renoise and Schism Tracker.

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  1. MilkyTracker icon

    MilkyTracker

     38 likes

    MilkyTracker is an open source, multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker...

    30 MilkyTracker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Flathub
    • Haiku
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    • Almost everyone thinks MilkyTracker is a great OpenMPT alternative.

    • MilkyTracker is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to OpenMPT.

    • MilkyTracker is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to OpenMPT.

    • MilkyTracker is Free and Open SourceOpenMPT is also Free and Open Source
  2. Qtractor icon

    Qtractor

     52 likes

    Qtractor 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...

    76 Qtractor alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  4. Bintracker icon

    Bintracker

     12 likes

    Bintracker is an advanced, cross-platform chiptune music editor. Bintracker supports many different sound routines on a wide range of 8-bit and 16-bit systems as it uses Mame as an emulation backend. So you can compose for SID, AY, FM, Beeper..

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Renoise icon

    Renoise

     43 likes

    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 sound samples, soft synths, and effects plug-ins. It is also able to interface with MIDI equipment.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Renoise is the most popular commercial alternative to OpenMPT.

    • Renoise is Paid and ProprietaryOpenMPT is Free and Open Source
    • Renoise is CustomizableOpenMPT is not according to our users
  7. Schism Tracker icon

    Schism Tracker

     19 likes

    Schism Tracker is a free reimplementation of Impulse Tracker, a program used to create high quality music without the requirements of specialized, expensive equipment, and with a unique "finger feel" that is difficult to replicate in part.

    29 Schism Tracker alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
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    Comments about Schism Tracker as an Alternative to OpenMPT
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    Faithfully emulates the look and feel of Impulse Tracker on modern systems, providing an authentic experience for creating S3M and IT files.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Schism Tracker is Free and Open SourceOpenMPT is also Free and Open Source
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    Psycle

     13 likes

    Psycle is a Music tracker (like FastTracker 2 or Impulse Tracker) combined with plugin modularity. It supports its own plugin API, the VST2 plugin standard, and a tracker style sampler playback.

    Cost / License

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Reason icon

    Reason

     117 likes

    Reason is a virtual studio rack with all the tools and instruments you need to turn your ideas into music. And it's more than just a set of excellent synths and effects. It's a complete music system. Step into the age of Reason.

    73 Reason alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Comments about Reason as an Alternative to OpenMPT
    Guest
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    does not perform as a tracker

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • This alternative is disputed. Reason is a legitimate OpenMPT alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • Reason is Paid and ProprietaryOpenMPT is Free and Open Source
  12. Studio One icon

    Studio One

     48 likes

    Studio One is an advanced digital audio workstation for Mac and Windows featuring a bevy of powerful composition, editing, mixing and mastering tools on top of standard multi-track DAW features. Highly praised for its intuitive chord track that lets users drag and drop both...

    54 Studio One alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  13. SunVox icon

    SunVox

     42 likes

    SunVox is a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern based sequencer (tracker). It is a tool for those people who like to compose music wherever they are, whenever they wish. On any device.

    55 SunVox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Windows Mobile
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Comments about SunVox as an Alternative to OpenMPT
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    A great free (although the Android and iPhone versions are paid) Tracker that works on just about any desktop or portable operating system. I would argue it is the best portable tracker software available

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    • SunVox is the most popular iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to OpenMPT.

    • SunVox is Freemium and ProprietaryOpenMPT is Free and Open Source
    • SunVox is CustomizableOpenMPT is not according to our users
  15. DefleMask icon

    DefleMask

     16 likes

    A cross-platform and multi system chiptune music tracker.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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