DAWs
- LMMS | FOSS | Powerful DAW with MIDI and VST support.
- Audacity| FOSS | Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor with VST support.
- Ardour| OSS |
- zrythm| OSS |
Plugins
Synthesizers
- Surge XT| FOSS | Great synthesizer with an extensive user made patch library.
- Vital | FOSS* | Solid alternative to Serum, optional extra patches and wavetables with the paid version.
- Cardinal | FOSS | Virtual modular synthesizer plugin based on VCV Rack.
- dexed | FOSS | Plugin synth that is closely modelled on the Yamaha DX7.
- Helm | FOSS | Polyphonic synth with lots of modulation.
- ZynAddSubFX | FOSS | One of the most in depth FOSS synthesizers.
Effects
- CloudSeed | FOSS | Algorithmic reverb plugin best employed as a special effect, for creating thick, lush pads.
- Surge XT FX | FOSS | Package of FX included with the Surge synthesizer.
- Airwindows | FOSS | Simplistic and experimental plugins.
Trackers
- sunvox | FOSS | Node based modular synthesizer with a pattern-based sequencer.
- OpenMPT | FOSS | Powerful tracker application that makes writing music fun, easy and efficient
Compositors
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Cool, thank you.
Do you have a link to a guide on how to start with DAW? or at least explain the basics±?
Thanks again 👍🏻
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Here is a series about LMMS:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqazFFzUAPc4K1To5JTtR3cskcdRifM1M
Unfortunately such content is limited, I might create some guides/tutorials in the future though.
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Cool, I didn’t know about LLMS. Looks great. I’ll give it a spin.