wavbreaker
Wavbreaker Team
wavbreaker divides audio recordings into separate files using a graphical view and track markers.
View details →THE AUDIO MAGAZINE / RESOURCES
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.
424 listings
WaveEdit
Synthesis Technology / WaveEdit Contributors
WaveEdit is a wavetable editor for creating and arranging single-cycle waveforms.
View details →Waveform Free
Tracktion
Waveform Free provides a conventional track-based environment for recording, editing and mixing audio alongside MIDI instruments.
View details →WaveSurfer
KTH / WaveSurfer Contributors
WaveSurfer is an audio visualization and editing application associated with speech and sound analysis.
View details →Wavosaur
Wavosaur Team
Wavosaur is a compact Windows audio editor for waveform editing, recording and processing.
View details →WebAudioFont
WebAudioFont / Surikov
WebAudioFont provides browser-oriented sample instruments and examples for making music with web audio.
View details →WhispAir
Full Bucket Music
WhispAir uses wavetable synthesis for sounds that move through changing harmonic content.
View details →Wider
Polyverse Music
Wider increases stereo spread through a focused interface.
View details →x42 Plugins
x42
The x42 collection includes open-source audio utilities, metering and specialized processing tools.
View details →Yoshimi
Yoshimi Project
Yoshimi is a Linux synthesizer developed from the ZynAddSubFX tradition, with multiple synthesis methods and a performance-oriented workflow.
View details →Youlean Loudness Meter Free
Youlean
Youlean Loudness Meter Free measures program loudness and related level information.
View details →Zebralette 3
u-he
Zebralette 3 places a spectral oscillator from Zebra 3 in a compact free synthesizer.
View details →Zenbeats Free
Roland
Zenbeats provides a cross-platform music-making environment with a permanently free starting tier and paid expansion options.
View details →Zrythm source edition
Zrythm Project
Zrythm is an open-source music workstation with audio and MIDI production facilities.
View details →Zyklop
Dawesome / Tracktion
Zyklop is a free sound-design instrument built around resynthesis-oriented exploration.
View details →ZynAddSubFX
ZynAddSubFX Project
ZynAddSubFX combines additive, subtractive and pad-oriented synthesis engines in one open-source instrument.
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