Free Studio One AlternativesMusic Production Apps & Digital Audio Workstations like Studio One

The best free alternative to Studio One is LMMS, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Studio One and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Studio One are GarageBand, Zrythm, Hydrogen and AudioTool.

Studio One alternatives are mainly Music Production Apps but may also be Digital Audio Workstations or Audio Editors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Studio One.

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LMMS
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
Digital Audio Workstation
Audio Recorder
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
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Haiku
89 LMMS alternatives
LMMS is a free cross-platform alternative to commercial programs like FL Studio , which allow you to produce music with your computer. This includes the creation of melodies and beats, the synthesis and mixing of sounds, and arranging of...
- - LMMS is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Studio One.
- - LMMS is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Studio One.
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LMMS Features
1. Support for VST PluginsLMMS support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
2. PortableLMMS can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Music SequencerRecord, edit, or play back music with LMMS, by handling note and performance information.
4. DRM FreeNo Digital rights management (DRM), i.e. no copy protection.
Piano Roll
Export to MP3
Export to MIDI
MIDI Keyboard Input
Free API
Customizable
Royalty-free music
Lossless quality
Mix Music
Image exporting
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GarageBand
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Free • Proprietary
Music Production App
Digital Audio Workstation
Audio Recorder
Mac
iPhone
iPad
103 GarageBand alternatives
Welcome to the school of rock. A Mac-sized practice space. Your own recording studio. If you want to learn to play an instrument, write music, or record a song, GarageBand can help — whether you’re a rookie or a rock star.
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GarageBand Features
1. Works OfflineGarageBand can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
2. Virtual InstrumentGarageBand uses mainy virtual instruments (piano, guitar, drums, bass, etc.).
3. Music SequencerRecord, edit, or play back music with GarageBand, by handling note and performance information.
Preset beats
Audio Samples
Piano Roll
Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
Zrythm
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Freemium • Open Source
Music Production App
Digital Audio Workstation
Audio Recorder
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
86 Zrythm alternatives
Zrythm is a digital audio workstation designed to be featureful and easy to use.
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Zrythm Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsZrythm can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
2. Support for VST PluginsZrythm support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
3. Ad-freeZrythm doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
4. Music SequencerRecord, edit, or play back music with Zrythm, by handling note and performance information.
Multiple languages
Audio Export
Mix Music
Support for Audio Units Plugins
Music Mastering
Hydrogen
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Free • Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
35 Hydrogen alternatives
Hydrogen is an advanced drum machine for GNU/Linux. It's main goal is to bring professional yet simple and intuitive pattern-based drum programming.
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Hydrogen Features
1. Support for MIDIHydrogen includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
2. DecentralizedHydrogen is based on a decentralized infrastructure with no single entity controlling it.
3. Music LooperHydrogen supports a grid of musical loops and phrases that you can trigger and manipulate in real time.
4. Music SequencerRecord, edit, or play back music with Hydrogen, by handling note and performance information.
Drums
AudioTool
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Free • Proprietary
Music Production App
Audio Editor
Online
69 AudioTool alternatives
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.
- - AudioTool is the most popular Web-based alternative to Studio One.
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AudioTool Features
1. Support for MIDIAudioTool includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
2. Music SequencerRecord, edit, or play back music with AudioTool, by handling note and performance information.
Mix Music
Browser-based
Modular System
Cloud based
Community-based
Piano Roll
Sound Effects
Cakewalk
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Audio Recorder
Audio Editor
Digital Audio Workstation
Windows
108 Cakewalk alternatives
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...
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Cakewalk Features
1. Support for VST PluginsCakewalk support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
2. Ad-freeCakewalk doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Support for MIDICakewalk includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
4. Virtual InstrumentCakewalk uses mainy virtual instruments (piano, guitar, drums, bass, etc.).
5. Music LooperCakewalk supports a grid of musical loops and phrases that you can trigger and manipulate in real time.
6. Lossless AudioCakewalk has lossless audio support, basically studio quality sound.
7. Dark ModeCakewalk supports dark mode for comfortable usage in low light conditions.
8. Works OfflineCakewalk can be used without the need to connect to the internet.
9. Music SequencerRecord, edit, or play back music with Cakewalk, by handling note and performance information.
Multitrack editing
Step Sequencer
Melodyne Intergration
Mix Music
Piano Roll
Music Recording
Customizable
Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
MultiTrack
OpenMPT
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
Digital Audio Workstation
Windows
66 OpenMPT alternatives
OpenMPT (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...
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OpenMPT Features
1. PortableOpenMPT can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. Support for MIDIOpenMPT includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
3. Support for VST PluginsOpenMPT support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
4. Music SequencerRecord, edit, or play back music with OpenMPT, by handling note and performance information.
Mod-tracker
Modules
Mods
Bespoke Synth
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
Digital Audio Workstation
Mac
Windows
Linux
75 Bespoke Synth alternatives
Bespoke is a software modular synthesizer. It contains a bunch of modules, which you can connect together to create sounds.
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Bespoke Synth Features
1. Virtual InstrumentBespoke Synth uses mainy virtual instruments (piano, guitar, drums, bass, etc.).
2. Node BasedBespoke Synth supports node editing, a form of visual programming that gives you full control over the rendering.
Modular connections
Synthesizer
Mix Music
Music Recording
FamiStudio
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
Wine
31 FamiStudio alternatives
FamiStudio 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.
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FamiStudio Features
1. Support for MIDIFamiStudio includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
Qtractor
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
Digital Audio Workstation
Audio Editor
Linux
74 Qtractor alternatives
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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Qtractor Features
1. Support for MIDIQtractor includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
2. Support for VST PluginsQtractor support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
3. Music SequencerRecord, edit, or play back music with Qtractor, by handling note and performance information.
Multitrack editing
Rosegarden
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
Digital Audio Workstation
Linux
BSD
103 Rosegarden alternatives
Rosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment.
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Rosegarden Features
1. Music LooperRosegarden supports a grid of musical loops and phrases that you can trigger and manipulate in real time.
2. Support for MIDIRosegarden includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
Piano Roll
Customizable
Bosca Ceoil
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
Mac
Windows
Linux
Adobe AIR
66 Bosca Ceoil alternatives
Bosca 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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Bosca Ceoil Features
1. Support for MIDIBosca Ceoil includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
2. PortableBosca Ceoil can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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