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Audio editing and production gathers tools for recording, mixing, and shaping sound. Entries include digital audio workstations, mixers, synthesis tools, sound effect libraries, and small utilities for pitch, tempo, or mastering. They range from full studios to single-purpose tools, so look at what each one does before you build a workflow around it, since track limits, plugin support, and how it handles latency matter more than a long feature list. Sample packs and presets carry their own licences, so check what you are allowed to use in a release. Some entries are free and some are commercial, with very different support.
OpenUtau is an open singing synthesis platform described as an open source UTAU successor. It is available as a Windows x64 installer and portable versions, with installation guides for macOS x64 and Linux x64. A beta is referenced for DiffSinger or the arm64 version for macOS.
OrangeFreeSounds is an audio creation tool for recording, editing, mixing, sound design, or music production.
orDrumbox is a free online drum machine and multi-track step sequencer that runs in a web browser. It offers a step sequencer, automatic rhythm and pattern generation, an integrated software synthesizer, and drum kits and audio samples. Users can create and edit drum patterns and export them as WAV files.
ossia score is a free, open-source intermedia sequencer for Windows, macOS and Linux. It sequences audio, video, OSC, MIDI and DMX on an interactive timeline and supports scripting with JavaScript and Faust. It is used for interactive shows, installations and live electronic music.
Pianobook is a community of composers, producers and music makers sharing free virtual instruments. Founded by Christian Henson in 2018, the site offers a catalogue of sounds and encourages use of the free Decent Sampler plugin. Instrument demos are contributed by the community.
plugdata is a free, open-source visual audio programming environment and a modern fork of Pure Data. It offers VST3, AU, CLAP and LV2 plugin export, includes the ELSE and Cyclone libraries, and supports Daisy hardware and code export. It runs as a standalone app, a DAW plugin, or on embedded hardware.
Plugins4Free is an archive of free audio instrument and effect plugins. It lists plugins for VST/AU platforms used with software such as Cubase, FL Studio, Reaper and Ableton, and includes entries for synths, drum generators and other instruments with their systems, formats and developers.
PresetShare is a platform for exchanging free presets for VST synthesizers. Users can publish and download presets for synthesizers such as Serum, Vital, Surge and Phase Plant, browse presets by synthesizer, genre and sound type, and follow quests and bundles.
ProducerLibrary is an audio or music resource for streaming, discovery, editing, production, or library management.
React Guitar is a guitar component for React described as beautiful and accessible. It has 6 strings and 22 frets starting from 0, with adjustable tuning, theme options including Spanish and dark, left-handed mode, play on hover and chord and strum displays.
REAPER is a digital audio production application for Windows, macOS and Linux. It provides multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering, supports many plug-in formats, and can be extended and scripted. A single fully featured version is available for evaluation for 60 days.
Resanance is an audio or music resource for streaming, discovery, editing, production, or library management.
Riffle is a browser-based musical canvas for recording ideas, layering sounds and collaborating live. Users drag audio, lyrics, sounds, images, embeds and notes onto a canvas, stack licensed samples and instruments, and edit together in real time. Sharing tracks happens in the browser. A co-producer feature called Sous Chef offers suggestions, with every suggestion kept, tweaked or cut by the user.
Roland50.studio is an audio or music resource for streaming, discovery, editing, production, or library management.
SampleSwap is a free sound sample library offering audio samples, drum loops and kits, vocals and royalty-free music for download. The collection includes drum loops, drum hits, melodic loops, vocal samples, sound effects and instrument sounds. Tracks in the royalty-free music section carry licenses describing whether they may be remixed or used in commercial productions.
samplv1 is an old-school all-digital polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. It is available as a stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session, NSM and JACK/ALSA MIDI input support, and as an LV2 instrument plug-in. It is free, open-source software under the GNU GPL version 2 or later.
Scale Sequencer is a step sequencer for any scale in which users click tiles to make music. It offers a range of scales, including Ionian, Dorian, Pentatonic, Blues, Whole Tone and Messiaen's modes. It is based on a migration of ToneMatrix by Max L.
Sequencer64 is an audio creation tool for recording, editing, mixing, sound design, or music production.
Serato is an audio or music resource for streaming, discovery, editing, production, or library management.
jsfxr is a simple online 8-bit sound maker and sound effects generator that runs in the browser. It offers settings for envelope, frequency, vibrato, arpeggiation and filters, and sounds can be downloaded as WAV files or saved as JSON. It can also serve as a sound library in JavaScript games.
Sfzinstruments maintains a list of SFZ instruments available online, some commercial and some free. The list covers categories including basses, brass, drums, guitars, keyboards, percussion, pianos, strings, synthesizers, vocals and woodwinds. The page notes that some instruments may not work with certain players because they use unsupported sfz opcodes.
SmoredBoard is a free soundboard and realtime voice changer for Windows. It offers unlimited sound slots, drag-and-drop loading of audio files and a built-in sound editor for trims and cuts. Sounds and voices are stored locally and work offline without an account. A Pro tier is mentioned as offering extra features.
Sonic-Pi is an audio or music resource for streaming, discovery, editing, production, or library management.
Soundboard.com is a community library of free soundboards, sound effects, mp3 sounds and audio clips. Users can browse categories, create and customize their own soundboards, share boards and sell their own sounds. The site was originally designed in 2007 as a small desktop application before becoming a community collection of sounds.
