Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application. Record, edit, and mix on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
United States
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Open Source Reason AlternativesMusic Production Apps & Digital Audio Workstations like Reason
The best open source alternative to Reason is Ardour. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ComposeYogi or Bespoke Synth. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Reason and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Reason are Soundcraft, Qtractor, OpenMPT and Radium.
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- 103 Ardour alternatives
57 ComposeYogi alternativesA free, open-source music composition tool for beat-making, loops, and arrangements — built with Web Audio, WASM, and modern web tech.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Docker
93 Bespoke Synth alternativesBespoke is a software modular synthesizer. It contains a bunch of modules, which you can connect together to create sounds.
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
- United States
51 Soundcraft alternativesRecording, editing and mixing audio; an open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Avid Pro Tools, rebuilt in pure Rust.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Flatpak
- AppImage
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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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- Flathub
- Flatpak
Portugal
EU
+5
44 OpenMPT alternativesOpenMPT (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...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
Germany- EU
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Cost / License
- Paid
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Norway
+3
120 Rosegarden alternativesRosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Linux
- BSD
- Global
Efflux is a Progressive Web Application allowing you to create music within your browser, either on- or offline on anything from a phone to desktop machine.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Online
Netherlands- EU
Seq66 is a MIDI sequencer and live-looper with a hardware-sampler grid-pattern interface, MIDI automation for live performance, sets and playlists for song management, scale/chord-aware piano-roll interface, song editor for creative composition, and control via mouse...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
Finland- EU
Cacophony is a minimalist and ergonomic MIDI sequencer. It's minimalist in that it doesn't have a lot of functionality MIDI sequencers have. It's ergonomic in that there is no mouse input and a very clean interface, allowing you to juggle less inputs and avoid...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- itch.io
Canada
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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...
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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