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DAW
The following list are DAW (digital audio workstation) apps. A DAW allows you to record/overdub numerous “tracks” of audio, synchronized and mixed down (typically to 2 channel stereo). You can typically mute or solo, and apply effects, per each individual track.
Recommended: Ardour, Qtractor, Audacity, LMMS
| Page | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| Ardour Professional-grade multitrack/multichannel hard-disk recording. Ardour allows you to record and edit both audio and MIDI data, add many different kinds… | DAWs, MIDI Software, Sequencers, JACK Transport, LADSPA Host, ALSA sequencer, JACK MIDI, LV2 Host, Open Sound Control (OSC), JACK, JACK Session, Non Session Management, Vamp | |
| 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 plu… | DAWs, LADSPA Host, Vamp, JACK Transport, JACK, Audio Editors | |
| BEAST/BSE Beast is a powerful music composition and modular synthesis application. It has excellent technical abilities like multitrack editing, unlimited und… | DAWs, Synthesis/Composition Tools, MIDI Software, Sequencers | |
| ecasound daw jack_transport ladspa jack alsa_seq | DAWs, JACK Transport, LADSPA Host, JACK, ALSA sequencer | |
| EMi Python GUI for ecasound. daw ecasound | DAWs, ecasound | |
| Frinika Music workstation software for operating systems running Java 1.5. Information from the Frinika website: Frinika is a free (licensed under GNU GPL) c… | DAWs, MIDI Software, Sequencers | |
| GNUsound GTK sound editor 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… | DAWs, JACK, LADSPA Host | |
| LMMS it's the Linux MultiMedia Studio, “... a free alternative to popular programs like FruityLoops, Cubase and Logic” midi_software sequencers daw | MIDI Software, Sequencers, DAWs | |
| meterec meterec works as a basic multi track tape recoder. The aim of this software is to minimise the interactions of the users with the computer and allow th… | DAWs, JACK, JACK Session, JACK Transport | |
| MusE MusE is a MIDI/Audio sequencer with recording and editing capabilities written originally by Werner Schweer now developed and maintained by the MusE devel… | JACK Transport, JACK MIDI, ALSA sequencer, LADSPA Host, DSSI, LASH, Sequencers, MIDI Software, JACK, LV2 Host, VST, DAWs | |
| nama DAW based on the Ecasound audio processing engine. Provides a command interpreter with a Tk based GUI and project management using git. Productivity aids … | ladish L1, ecasound, DAWs, LADSPA Host, LV2 Host, JACK, JACK Transport | |
| Non-Timeline The Non Time is a powerful, reliable and fast modular Digital Audio Workstation system, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It ut… | DAWs, JACK Transport, Non Session Management, FLTK, JACK, Open Sound Control (OSC) | |
| 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… | Audio Editors, DAWs, File Conversion, VST, PulseAudio | |
| ProTux hard-disk recording and audio processing suite. ProTux is not released yet. Version 0.7 can be downloaded, but users are advised to wait for version 1.… | DAWs | |
| Qtractor Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework. Target platform is Linux, where the Jack Audio Con… | DAWs, MIDI Software, Sequencers, JACK, JACK Transport, ALSA sequencer, DSSI, LADSPA Host, LV2 Host, ladish L1, JACK Session, Non Session Management | |
| Traverso multitrack audio recording and editing program. Supports Jack, LV2, Jack Transport. daw jack_transport lv2 jack | DAWs, JACK Transport, LV2 Host, JACK | |
| Zrythm A digital audio workstation designed to be featureful and easy to use. It allows limitless automation through curves, LFOs and envelopes, supports multi… | DAWs, LV2 Host, JACK, rtaudii, rtmidi, sdl2, pipewire, JACK Transport, alsa, PulseAudio |
Audio Editors
The following list are audio editing apps. Unlike a DAW, the audio editor doesn't deal with mixing/synchronizing numerous audio tracks. Instead, it concentrates upon editing a single audio file (typically mono or stereo). Because of this precise dedication, it usually allows more fine-tuned editing of the actual waveform than a DAW does. (But some DAWs are more like editors, such as Audacity.) Typically, the waveform is graphically displayed whereby you can zoom in/out, and use the mouse to mark an excerpt for processing.
| Page | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| 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 plu… | DAWs, LADSPA Host, Vamp, JACK Transport, JACK, Audio Editors | |
| AudioCutter Cinema Java app with an emphasis on editing “surround” soundfiles java audio_editors | JAVA software, Audio Editors | |
| ecawave audio_editors | Audio Editors | |
| Eisenkraut Eisenkraut is a standalone, cross-platform audio file editor using the SuperCollider3 app jack audio_editors META:releasedate=2020-10-06~~ | JACK, Audio Editors | |
| KWave Soundfile editor for KDE audio_editors | Audio Editors | |
| LAoE LAoE means Layer-based Audio Editor, and it is a rich featured graphical audiosample-editor, based on multi-layers, floating-point samples, volume-masks, … | JAVA software, Audio Editors | |
| LoopAuditioneer Loads a .wav file, displays/plays existing markers and loops, and lets you adjust/resave them. Can also create new, cross-faded loops. Uses wxW… | Audio Editors | |
| Marlin audio_editors | Audio Editors | |
| mhWaveEdit Simple GUI soundfile editor. LADSPA plugin support. Uses ALSA or JACK jack audio_editors ladspa | JACK, Audio Editors, LADSPA Host | |
| 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… | Audio Editors, DAWs, File Conversion, VST, PulseAudio | |
| Polyphone Soundfont Editor More than a simple editor, Polyphone has been designed to efficiently deal with big sets of instruments involving a large amount of … | Audio Editors | |
| Snd Sound editor modelled loosely after Emacs. It can be customized and extended using either s7, Ruby, or Forth. Related projects and documentation: ladsp… | LADSPA Host, JACK, Audio Editors | |
| Snd-ls a version of Snd for those of us who “don't know Scheme very well”. snd ladspa jack audio_editors | Snd, LADSPA Host, JACK, Audio Editors | |
| Snd-RT realtime audio extensions for Snd. snd alsa_seq ladspa jack audio_editors | Snd, ALSA sequencer, LADSPA Host, JACK, Audio Editors | |
| SndBite “audio editor designed for breaking large recordings into smaller components” audio_editors | Audio Editors | |
| Sonic Visualiser advanced waveform/spectrogram viewer and audio annotation editor vamp dssi ladspa jack audio_editors | Vamp, DSSI, LADSPA Host, JACK, Audio Editors | |
| Studio requires Tcl/Tk audio_editors | Audio Editors | |
| Swami Sampled Waveforms And Musical Instruments (SWAMI) is a tool in progress for creating, editing, and combining SF2 SoundFonts. Uses JACK. jack audio_edito… | JACK, Audio Editors, JACK MIDI, Soft Synths/Samplers, Soundfile utility, Soundfonts and Related | |
| WaveSurfer a soundfile editor, requires the Snack extensions audio_editors | Audio Editors |
Unmaintained software
| Page | Description | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| DarkWave Studio DAW An open source, Digital Audio Workstation for Windows daw unmaintained | DAWs, Unmaintained projects | |
| KHdRecord daw unmaintained | DAWs, Unmaintained projects | |
| MixMagic audio mixing program for GNOME, handles large soundfiles daw unmaintained | DAWs, Unmaintained projects | |
| QRT QT port of Paul Lansky's Rt realtime soundfile mixer daw unmaintained | DAWs, Unmaintained projects | |
| SLab hard-disk recorder, will record up to 64 tracks Graphical user interface, and support to ALSA. No Jack-support. daw unmaintained | DAWs, Unmaintained projects | |
| Wired audio/MIDI music production system. Uses JACK. daw midi_software sequencers jack alsa_seq unmaintained | DAWs, MIDI Software, Sequencers, JACK, ALSA sequencer, Unmaintained projects | |
| XO Wave Java-based hard-disk recording/editing system Project is discontinued. New project for same people is Xonami daw unmaintained | DAWs, Unmaintained projects |