Ableton Live!

Create, Finish, Perform Live is software for creating musical ideas, turning them into finished songs, and even taking them onto the stage. With two views the classic Arrangement View, where musical ideas are laid out along a timeline, and the unique Session View, where you can improvise and quickly experiment with musical ideas Live is a fast, fun, intuitive way to make music. Learn about Live

Ableton Live alternatives

  • LMMS

  • 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 samples. You can have fun with your MIDI-keyboard and much more; all in a user-friendly and modern interface.

    tags: Portable beatbox digital-audio-workstation drum-machine free-api
  • FL Studio

  • tags: audio-recording beats digital-audio-workstation drum-matrix-editing live-recording
  • GarageBand

  • 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.

    tags: audio-recording garage-band ilife midi-keyboard-input music-production
  • Ardour

  • Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application. It runs on GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. Ardour's intention is to provide digital audio workstation software suitable for professional use.

    tags: audio-editor digital-audio-workstation jack-compatible music-mixing music-sequencer
  • Reaper

  • REAPER is a complete digital audio production application for Windows and OS X, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset.

    tags: Portable audio-editor customizable digital-audio-workstation midi-editor
  • AudioTool

  • Start making music today — right in your browser. We provide all the tools to get you started!

    tags: audio-editor audio-effects audio-sampler community-based modular-system
  • Bitwig Studio

  • Bitwig Studio is a multi-platform music-creation system for production, performance and DJing, with a focus on flexible editing tools and a super-fast workflow.

    tags: beats digital-audio-workstation dj-music music-mixing music-production
  • Logic Pro

  • Logic Pro lets you translate musical inspiration into professional productions. A range of powerful, easy-to-use features puts sophisticated tools at your fingertips, and complete surround support lets you make incredible, immersive music.

    tags: clear-interface mixer music-mixing music-production music-recording
  • Cubase

  • Cubase is a computer program for music production/recording.The program offers recording, producing and mixing of sounds in order to make music production for distribution on CDs or the internet.

    tags: audio-editor digital-audio-workstation midi-sequencer music-mixing music-production
  • Caustic

  • Caustic is a music creation tool inspired by rack-mount synthesizers / samplers rigs. Everything is real-time and optimized for mobile devices.

    tags: audio-recording beat-maker loops music-mixing music-production
  • Tracktion

  • Tracktion is an advanced DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) that uses an intuitive, single-screen interface to ease the music production workflow.

    tags: audio-editor audio-recording digital-audio-workstation midi-sequencer music-mixing
  • Magix ACID Pro

  • ACID Pro 7 software is a DAW powerhouse that combines full multitrack recording and mixing, MIDI sequencing, and legendary ACID looping functionality for a seamless music-creation and post-production environment. More creative partner than production tool, ACID Pro 7 software inspires you like nothing else. With its Transparent Technology™ design, ACID Pro 7 software removes typical barriers to the creative workflow so you can effortlessly transform ideas into real results.

    tags: digital-audio-workstation loops music-mixing music-production music-sequencer
  • Renoise

  • Renoise is a contemporary digital audio workstation (DAW) based upon the heritage and development of tracker software. Its primary use is the composition of music using sound samples, soft synths, and effects plug-ins. It is also able to interface with MIDI equipment. The main difference between Renoise and other music software is the characteristic vertical timeline sequencer used by tracking software.

    tags: beat-maker digital-audio-workstation music-production sampler vst-plugins-support
  • 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 Connection Kit (JACK) for audio, and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) for MIDI, are the main infrastructures to evolve as a fairly-featured Linux desktop audio workstation GUI, specially dedicated to the personal home-studio.

    tags: audio-editor digital-audio-workstation dssi-plugins-support ladspa-plugins-support vst-plugins-support