Rosegarden AlternativesMusic Production Apps & Digital Audio Workstations like Rosegarden

Rosegarden is described as 'Well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment' and is a popular music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Rosegarden for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iPad apps. The best Rosegarden alternative is LMMS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Rosegarden are FL Studio, REAPER, MuseScore Studio and Ardour.

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  1. LMMS icon

    LMMS

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    Cross-platform digital audio workstation supporting lossless audio and VST plugins. Features include music looping, sequencing, and MIDI support. Provides an ad-free, privacy-focused, portable experience without registration, working offline with extensibility through plugins and add-ons.

    91 LMMS alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
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    • Almost everyone thinks LMMS is a great Rosegarden alternative.

    • LMMS is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Rosegarden.

    • LMMS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Rosegarden.

    • LMMS is Free and Open SourceRosegarden is also Free and Open Source
    • LMMS is Privacy focused and LightweightRosegarden is not according to our users
  2. FL Studio icon

    FL Studio

     494 likes

    A complete digital audio workstation featuring professional music creation tools for mixing, mastering, editing, and sequencing. It includes a responsive piano roll sequencer, lifetime license updates, visualizer plugins for video creation, and multi-touch support for advanced graphical interface navigation.

    94 FL Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • HUAWEI AppGallery
    • iPad
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    • FL Studio is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Rosegarden.

    • FL Studio is the most popular commercial alternative to Rosegarden.

    • FL Studio is Paid and ProprietaryRosegarden is Free and Open Source
    • FL Studio is LightweightRosegarden is not according to our users
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    REAPER

     254 likes

    A digital audio workstation, MIDI sequencer and video editing software application created by Cockos. The current version is available for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux.

    83 REAPER alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Avid Sibelius

    Professional music notation software for Windows and macOS featuring intuitive, task-based score creation, MIDI and onscreen input, up to 16 staves, guitar tab conversion, Magnetic Layout, dynamic parts updates, text and lyric su...

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    MuseScore Studio

     246 likes

    Compose, arrange, and share music using free, open-source software for Windows, Mac, and Linux with integrated playback, fast note entry, MIDI, MusicXML, PDF support, multilingual UI, and direct connection to an online sheet music community for sharing scores.

    71 MuseScore Studio alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
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  8. Ableton Live icon

    Ableton Live

     212 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.

    85 Ableton Live alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Cakewalk

     75 likes

    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

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. 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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    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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