<s>
This	O
comparison	B-Application
of	I-Application
free	I-Application
software	I-Application
for	I-Application
audio	I-Application
lists	O
notable	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
use	O
by	O
sound	B-Application
engineers	O
,	O
audio	O
producers	O
,	O
and	O
those	O
involved	O
in	O
sound	B-Application
recording	O
and	O
reproduction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GTK/Cocoa	O
Python	B-Language
?	O
</s>
<s>
DiscontinuedGPL-2.0-or-later	O
Muine	B-Language
GTK#	O
C#	B-Application
no	O
database	O
can	O
use	O
GStreamer	B-Language
and	O
xineGPL-2.0-or-later	O
32px|Nightingale	O
Nightingale	B-Language
XULRunner	B-Language
C++	B-Language
SQLite	B-Language
?	O
</s>
<s>
Discontinued	O
fork	O
of	O
Songbird	B-Application
,	O
with	O
Linux	B-Application
supportGPL	O
v2	O
,	O
MPL	B-License
,	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
32px|Quod	O
Libet	O
Quod	B-Language
Libet	I-Language
4.3.0	O
GTK	B-Application
Python	B-Language
Pickle	B-Library
noGPL-2.0-or-later	O
32px|qmmp	O
qmmp	B-Language
Qt	O
C++	B-Language
no	O
database	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
32px|Rhythmbox	O
Rhythmbox	B-Language
GTK	B-Application
C	B-Language
not	O
GNU	O
Data	O
AccessGPL-2.0-or-later	O
Sayonara	B-Language
Player	I-Language
Qt	O
C++	B-Language
GPL-3.0-or-later	B-License
32px|Songbird	O
Songbird	B-Application
XULRunner	B-Language
C++	B-Language
SQLite	B-Language
?	O
Unofficial	O
Unofficial	O
Abandoned	O
(	O
Last	O
release	O
on	O
February	O
4	O
,	O
2013	O
)	O
GPL	B-License
v2	I-License
with	O
exceptions	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Creator	O
Linux	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
License	O
BRP-PACU	B-Language
Dual	O
channel	O
FFT	O
tool	O
for	O
equalization	O
of	O
sound	B-Application
systems	O
using	O
the	O
transfer	O
function	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
Praat	B-Language
Paul	O
Boersma	O
and	O
David	O
Weenink	O
of	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Amsterdam	O
A	O
program	O
for	O
the	O
analysis	O
of	O
speech	O
in	O
phonetics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Creator	O
Linux	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
LGPL-2.1-or-later	B-Application
,	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
fre:ac	B-Language
Robert	O
Kausch	O
formerly	O
BonkEnc	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
LibavLibav	O
team	O
Audio	O
&	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LGPL-2.1-or-later	B-Application
,	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
MPlayer	B-Application
Audio	O
&	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Creator	O
Linux	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
projects	O
have	O
formed	O
to	O
integrate	O
the	O
existing	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
audio	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Creator	O
Linux	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Creator	O
Linux	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
computer	B-Language
music	I-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
are	O
implemented	O
in	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
See	O
also	O
the	O
comparison	B-Application
of	I-Application
audio	I-Application
synthesis	I-Application
environments	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Creator	O
Linux	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
License	O
Csound	B-Application
Csound	B-Application
community	O
,	O
Barry	O
Vercoe	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
LGPL-2.1-or-later	B-Application
ChucK	B-Application
Ge	O
Wang	O
,	O
Perry	O
Cook	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Proprietary	B-Application
(	O
iOS	O
version	O
)	O
Nyquist	B-Application
Computer	O
Music	O
Project	O
at	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
University	O
,	O
Roger	O
B	O
.	O
Dannenberg	O
Pure	B-Language
Data	I-Language
Pd	O
Community	O
,	O
Miller	O
Puckette	O
BSD-3-ClauseSonic	O
PiSam	O
Aaron	O
MIIT	O
SuperCollider	B-Application
SuperCollider	B-Application
community	O
,	O
James	O
McCartney	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Creator	O
Linux	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
packages	O
are	O
digital	B-Application
audio	I-Application
editors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Creator	O
Linux	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
GUI	O
toolkit	O
Note	O
License	O
Ardour	B-Language
Paul	O
Davis	O
GTK+	B-Application
multi-track	O
audio	O
recorder	O
and	O
editorGPL-2.0-or-later	O
Audacity	B-Language
Dominic	B-Language
Mazzoni	I-Language
wxWidgets	B-Language
multi-track	O
audio	O
recorder	O
and	O
editorGPL-2.0-or-later	O
,	O
CC	O
BY	O
3.0	O
(	O
documentation	O
)	O
Ecasound	B-Language
limited	O
support	O
through	O
Cygwin	B-Language
command	O
lineaudio	O
recorderGPL-2.0-or-laterGnome	O
Wave	O
CleanerJeff	O
Welty	O
GTK+audio	O
editorGPL-2.0-or-later	O
Jokosher	B-Language
Jokosher	B-Language
community	O
GTK+	B-Application
GPL-2.0-only	B-License
with	O
exceptionLMMS	O
Tobias	O
Doerffel	O
as	O
of	O
0.4.0	O
with	O
Qt4	O
Qt	O
multi-track	O
audio	B-Application
editor	I-Application
intended	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
Cubase-like	O
software	O
(	O
DAW	B-General_Concept
)	O
GPL-2.0-or-laterMusE	O
QtMIDI	O
sequencerGPL-2.0-or-laterQtractor	O
QtA	O
non-destructive	O
multi-track	O
audio	O
and	O
MIDI	O
Workstation	O
(	O
DAW	B-General_Concept
)	O
GPL-2.0-or-laterRosegarden	O
Chris	O
Cannam	O
QtMIDI	O
sequencer	O
and	O
multi-track	O
recorderGPL-2.0-or-laterSoX	O
command-line	O
multi-track	O
audio	O
editor/processorLGPL	O
-2.1-or-later	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Creator	O
Linux	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
License	O
FluidSynth	B-Application
SoundFont	B-Application
player/renderer	O
LGPL-2.1-or-later	B-Application
TiMidity++	B-Language
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
Yoshimi	B-Application
Alan	O
Calvert	O
Various	O
BSDs	B-Operating_System
Forked	O
from	O
ZynAddSubFX	B-Language
in	O
2009	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
ZynAddSubFX	B-Language
Paul	O
Nasca	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
WildMIDI	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Creator	O
Linux	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Creator	O
Linux	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
music	O
sequencer	O
programs	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
arrange	O
notes	O
(	O
pitch-shifted	O
sound	B-Application
samples	O
)	O
on	O
a	O
timeline	O
:	O
see	O
tracker	B-Application
(	O
music	O
software	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Creator	O
Linux	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Name	O
Creator	O
Linux	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
?	O
</s>
