Audio software

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Free/open source software for creating and/or editing sounds and music.

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General Sound Editing

Sound editors
Application name/link Active1 Stable2 Details License
sfxr No Yes Simple sound effect generator (flash version available) GPL
Audacity Yes Yes Standard FOSS recording program, cross-platform GPL

Music applications

Music applications
Application name/link Active1 Stable2 Multi-Track Recording MIDI LADSPA plugins LV2 plugins VST plugins Jack support Details License Operating Systems
Ardour Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Digital audio workstation GPL Linux, OS X
Hydrogen Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Drum computer GPL Linux, OS X, Windows3
Rosegarden Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Fully featured music suite GPL Linux, OS X
Wired Yes No Yes Yes Professional Linux music app GPL/LGPL Linux
Traverso DAW Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Relatively new audio recording and editing suite GPL Linux, OS X, Windows
LMMS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Linux MultiMedia Studio, young but stable project GPL Linux, Windows
Jokosher Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Young and user-friendly multi-track recording software GPL Linux, OS X, Windows

1Development activity (releases, activity in repository) must not be older than one year 2'Stable' releases exist 3Experimental

Trackers

Trackers
Application name/link Active1 Stable2 Details License
Aldrin Yes No Extensible, modular sequencer/tracker by paniq GPL
Chibitracker Yes Yes Portable Impulse Tracker clone GPL
Milkytracker Yes Yes Multi-platform tracker GPL

Scorewriters

Scorewriters
Application name/link Active1 Stable2 GUI Details License
LilyPond Yes Yes No Able to generate complex music sheets from a handwritten textfile GPL
Denemo Yes Yes Yes GUI-frontend for Lilypond, multi-platform GPL
NoteEdito No Yes Yes KDE scorewriter, old though GPL


Audio software lists

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