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Ardour

Ardour

Free, open-source digital audio workstation for multitrack recording, editing and mixing of audio and MIDI.

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Overview

Ardour is a professional, open-source digital audio workstation for multitrack recording, editing and mixing of audio and MIDI. It is community-driven and offered as a free download with optional paid support of the project.

It is aimed at musicians, composers, audio engineers and producers across studio recording, live sessions, sound design, film scoring and podcasting. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows and FreeBSD.

  • Non-destructive multitrack audio and MIDI recording with 32-bit floating-point processing
  • Support for AudioUnit, LV2, VST2/VST3 and LADSPA plugin formats
  • Clip and cue recording for a live-looping workflow
  • Dedicated pianoroll MIDI editor
  • Integrated freesound.org search for clips and samples
  • Cross-platform and fully open-source

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