Ardour

Overview

Ardour is a powerful, free and open-source digital audio workstation for recording, editing, mixing, and mastering audio and MIDI. Designed for professional workflows, it supports unlimited tracks, non-destructive editing, advanced routing, plugin formats including VST, LV2, LADSPA and AudioUnit, video timeline synchronization, and full automation. Available on Linux, macOS, and Windows, Ardour is widely used by musicians, audio engineers, podcasters, composers, and sound designers.

Key features

• Digital audio workstation
• DAW
• Audio recording
• Music production
• Open source
• MIDI editing
• Audio mixing
• Mastering
• Multitrack
• Plugin support
• Cross platform
• Professional audio
• Sound engineering