DAWs
! Digital Audio Workstations !
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| Audacity | Audio editor and DAW, in GTK, with support for multiple tracks and 8, 16, or 24/32-bit samples, read/write many file formats, uses LADSPA and VAMP plugins. JACK and ALSA directly. | 2016-01-20 |  |  | LP | ||||||
| BEAST/BSE | GTK multitrack music composition and audio synthesis app. Uses ALSA audio, and ALSA RawMidi | 2017-06-27 | |||||||||
| darkwave daw | An open source, Digital Audio Workstation for Windows | 2011-06-06 |  | ||||||||
| ecasound | hard-disk recording and audio processing from the Linux console or one of its GUI apps | 2014-01-03 | |  | | LP | |||||
| EMi | Python GUI for "ecasound" | 2006 | |||||||||
| Frinika | music workstation software for operating systems running Java 1.5 | 2013-10-22 | |||||||||
| GNUsound | GTK app with support for multiple tracks and 8, 16, or 24/32-bit samples, read/write many file formats, and LADSPA plugins. Uses ALSA or JACK | 2008-07-06 | | LP | |||||||
| KHdRecord | direct-to-disk audio recorder | 2006-07-10 | | ||||||||
| LMMS | Free alternative to popular programs like FruityLoops | 2017-01-06 | |||||||||
| meterec | Console based multitrack recording | 2012-08-17 | | | JS | ||||||
| MixMagic | GTK app, handles large soundfiles | 2001-01-30 | | ||||||||
| MusE | MusE is a MIDI/Audio sequencer with recording and editing capabilities written originally by Werner Schweer now developed and maintained by the MusE development team. MusE aims to be a complete multitrack virtual studio for Linux. MusE supports VST-, LV2-, DSSI- and LADSPA-plugins and uses Jack for audio and midi as well as alsa-sequencer for midi. | 2015-01-28 | |  | | | DS LP LV2 | ||||
| Nama | DAW with a command language and terminal mode | 2016-01-10 | | | LP LV2 | ||||||
| Non-Timeline | Fast, powerful DAW | in active development | | |  | ||||||
| ocenaudio | Cross-platform audio editor and DAW, using the Ocen Framework. Supports multiple tracks and 8, 16, or 32-bit samples. Reads and writes FLAC, MP3, and many other file formats. Uses VST plugins. Uses ALSA direct or PulseAudio. Highly refined GUI. | 2015-01-05 | |||||||||
| ProTux | hard-disk recording and audio processing suite. | not released yet | |||||||||
| QRT | QT port of Paul Lansky's Rt realtime soundfile mixer | 2007-11-04 | | ||||||||
| Qtractor | Advanced Qt-based audio/MIDI sequencer supporting plugins (softsynths/effects). Uses JACK for audio, and ALSA sequencer interface for MIDI | 2016-11-21 | | | | | DS JS LP LV2 | ||||
| SLab | hard-disk recorder, will record up to 64 tracks | 2001-11-07 | | ||||||||
| Traverso | multitrack audio recording and editing program | 2010-10-08 | | | LV2 | ||||||
| Wired | audio/MIDI music production system. Uses JACK | 2009 | | | | ||||||