PdDroidParty
Chris McCormick / PdDroidParty Contributors
PdDroidParty runs compatible Pure Data based musical patches on Android devices.
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
PianoBooster
PianoBooster Project
PianoBooster is a MIDI-based piano practice application that displays musical notation and follows played notes.
View details →PipeWire
PipeWire Contributors
PipeWire is a Linux multimedia routing system used to connect audio applications and hardware.
View details →Plastic Funeral
Unplugred
Plastic Funeral is a distortion effect from Unplugred’s open-source collection, with a laser-like digital character.
View details →plugdata
plugdata Team
plugdata brings a graphical patching environment into standalone and plug-in workflows.
View details →Polyphone
Polyphone
Polyphone is an editor for creating and managing SoundFont instruments.
View details →Praat
Praat Team
Praat is a speech-analysis application with tools for inspecting pitch, formants, timing and other acoustic properties.
View details →Prisma
Unplugred
Prisma is a modular multiband distortion effect from Unplugred’s open-source collection.
View details →Proteus
GuitarML
Proteus is a guitar-oriented neural-model player from GuitarML.
View details →Pure Data
Pure Data Community
Pure Data is a visual programming environment in which objects and connections form audio and control patches.
View details →Purr Data
Purr Data Community
Purr Data is a visual audio-programming environment derived from Pure Data, with a revised interface and an extended object collection.
View details →Pyo
Ajax Sound Studio
Pyo is a Python audio-processing module for building synthesis and signal-processing systems.
View details →QjackCtl
QjackCtl Project
QjackCtl provides a graphical control interface for the JACK audio system.
View details →QMidiArp
QMidiArp Contributors
QMidiArp generates arpeggiated patterns and other MIDI modulation in a Linux music setup.
View details →qpwgraph
rncbc / Rui Nuno Capela
qpwgraph presents a graphical patchbay for PipeWire audio and related connections.
View details →Qsampler
Qsampler Project
Qsampler is a graphical front end for the LinuxSampler engine.
View details →Qsynth
Qsynth Project
Qsynth is a graphical front end for FluidSynth.
View details →Qtractor
Qtractor Project
Qtractor is a Linux audio and MIDI sequencer with a track-based arrangement interface.
View details →Radium source edition
Radium
Radium combines tracker ideas with a graphical composition environment.
View details →Rakarrack
Sonic Ladder
Rakarrack is a Linux-oriented guitar multi-effects application with a rack of processing options.
View details →Rosegarden
Rosegarden Project
Rosegarden combines music notation with MIDI sequencing and audio arrangement on Linux.
View details →RTcmix
RTcmix Contributors
RTcmix is a programmable environment for synthesis, processing and algorithmic music.
View details →Saike JSFX
Saike
Saike's JSFX collection contains experimental instruments, effects and production utilities for compatible hosts.
View details →samplv1
rncbc / Rui Nuno Capela
samplv1 is a polyphonic sample-based instrument for Linux workflows.
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.