Reason AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Audio Editors

The best Audio Editor 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 are Audio Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Audio Editor alternatives to Reason are Ableton Live, Bitwig Studio, Adobe Audition and Logic Pro.

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    Ardour

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    Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application. Record, edit, and mix on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.

    103 Ardour alternatives

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    Ableton Live

     223 likes

    Music software facilitating idea creation, editing, and performance with Arrangement and Session Views. Enhanced interfaces, improved waveforms, and great EQs provide intuitive and detailed music-making for studio and stage experiences.

    103 Ableton Live alternatives

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    Bitwig Studio

     99 likes

    Bitwig Studio is a multi-platform music-creation system for production, performance and DJing, with a focus on flexible editing tools and a super-fast workflow.

    67 Bitwig Studio alternatives

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    • Flathub
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    Adobe Audition

     190 likes

    A comprehensive audio editing suite designed for commercial use with features like post-production refinement, video and podcast editing capabilities, minus composition tools. Equipped with Waveform and Multitrack modes for recording and editing, with new Clip and Session Markers.

    108 Adobe Audition alternatives

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  9. Bespoke Synth icon

    Bespoke Synth

     34 likes

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

    93 Bespoke Synth alternatives

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    • Discontinued

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  10. Logic Pro icon

    Logic Pro

     127 likes

    Comprehensive studio app offering advanced DAW and MIDI tools, a creative interface, powerful software instruments, plugins like Beat Breaker, full mixer capabilities, and seamless integration with Mac and iPad for professional-sounding mixes.

    95 Logic Pro alternatives

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    AudioTool

     87 likes

    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.

    90 AudioTool alternatives

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    • Online
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    Avid Pro Tools

     62 likes

    Pro Tools makes music creation fast and fluid, providing a complete set of tools to create, record, edit, and mix audio. Get inspired and start making music with a massive collection of plugins, instruments, and sounds.

    100 Avid Pro Tools alternatives

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    Qtractor

     56 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...

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