mp3splt
mp3splt Project
mp3splt splits supported compressed-audio files without requiring a conventional workstation edit.
View details →THE AUDIO MAGAZINE / RESOURCES
Open source – Free Music Software & Plug-ins
Find permanently free recording tools, instruments, effects and audio utilities for desktop, mobile and the browser. Each listing explains its purpose, compatibility and important free-edition restrictions, with links to the official source.
These are researched directory entries, not hands-on reviews. Optional purchases, account requirements and limited editions are identified on product pages. Format availability can differ by operating system.
188 listings
MusE
MusE Project
MusE is a Linux MIDI and audio sequencer with editors for arranging notes, controller data and recorded material.
View details →MuseScore Studio
MuseScore
MuseScore Studio is a desktop notation application for entering, arranging and engraving musical scores.
View details →MusicBrainz Picard
MusicBrainz
Picard organizes and edits music-file metadata using the MusicBrainz database and related identification tools.
View details →Neural Amp Modeler
Steven Atkinson
Neural Amp Modeler plays compatible learned models of amplifiers and other nonlinear audio devices.
View details →NeuralNote
DamRsn
NeuralNote converts recorded audio into MIDI note information using a transcription model.
View details →New Session Manager
New Session Manager
New Session Manager manages groups of compatible Linux audio applications and their saved session data.
View details →NINJAM
Cockos
NINJAM provides an interval-based system for making music together over the internet.
View details →NoiseTorch
NoiseTorch Contributors
NoiseTorch creates a processed microphone path with real-time noise suppression on supported Linux audio systems.
View details →Non Session Manager
Audioroute / NON Project
Non Session Manager coordinates compatible applications as a saved Linux audio session.
View details →Nootka
Nootka Project
Nootka helps musicians learn notation and connect written notes with instrumental playing.
View details →Nyquist
Roger Dannenberg / Nyquist Contributors
Nyquist combines a programming language with facilities for sound synthesis and processing.
View details →OB-Xf
Surge Synth Team
OB-Xf continues the last open-source OB-Xd codebase within the Surge Synth Team’s current development infrastructure.
View details →OBS Studio
OBS Project
OBS Studio captures and mixes audio and video for recording or live streaming.
View details →Odin 2
TheWaveWarden
Odin 2 combines several oscillator approaches with filters, modulation and effects in a semi-modular instrument.
View details →Open Sound Meter
Open Sound Meter
Open Sound Meter provides audio-system measurement and analysis tools.
View details →Open Stage Control
Vox Hunt / Open Stage Control
Open Stage Control creates customizable remote-control interfaces for audio and multimedia systems.
View details →OpenMPT
OpenMPT Project
OpenMPT is a tracker-based composition application descended from the module-music tradition.
View details →OpenUtau
OpenUtau Contributors
OpenUtau is an open-source singing-synthesis editor for arranging notes, lyrics and expressive parameters.
View details →Orca
Hundred Rabbits
Orca is a grid-based programming environment for generating musical control patterns.
View details →ossia score
ossia
ossia score is an interactive sequencer for coordinating media and control processes.
View details →Overtonium
Benjamin Dehli
Overtonium presents additive synthesis as a mixer of 32 harmonic sine oscillators plus a noise channel.
View details →padthv1
rncbc / Rui Nuno Capela
padthv1 is a synthesizer centered on the PADsynth approach to creating complex sustained spectra.
View details →PaulXStretch
Sonosaurus
PaulXStretch stretches recorded audio into long, evolving textures using spectral processing.
View details →Availability, licensing and system requirements can change. Verification refers to official documentation and download availability, not installation or hands-on testing. Check the developer's current terms before installing.