Comparison of free software for audio

This comparison of free software for audio lists notable free and open source software for use by sound engineers, audio producers, and those involved in sound recording and reproduction.

Various projects have formed to integrate the existing free software audio packages.

Many computer music programming languages are implemented in free software. See also the comparison of audio synthesis environments.

See also streaming below.

The following packages are digital audio editors.

These programs are for use with streaming audio.

These music sequencer programs allow users to arrange notes (pitch-shifted sound samples) on a timeline: see tracker (music software).

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