{"id":8578,"date":"2015-07-06T15:33:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T15:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=8578"},"modified":"2015-07-06T15:33:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T15:33:39","slug":"20-free-and-open-source-music-making-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/20-free-and-open-source-music-making-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Free and Open Source Music Making Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"www.musicradar.com\" target=\"_blank\">Music Radar<\/a> have put together a list of 20 of the best free and open source music making applications.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the full list <a href=\"http:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tuition\/tech\/20-great-free-and-open-source-music-making-programs-582934\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for more details but here&#8217;s the list for you:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Audacity<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/linuxsampler.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinuxSampler<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/cecilia.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cecilia<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hydrogen-music.org\/hcms\" target=\"_blank\">Hydrogen<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/puredata.info\/downloads\/pure-data\" target=\"_blank\">Pure Data<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/mixxx.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mixxx<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosegardenmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rosegarden<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rncbc.org\/drupal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Qtractor<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rncbc.org\/drupal\" target=\"_blank\">samplv1<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/supercollider.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">SuperCollider<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/sonicbirth.sourceforge.net\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">SonicBirth<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/ajaxsoundstudio.com\/software\/soundgrain\/\" target=\"_blank\">Soundgrain<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/lmms.io\/\" target=\"_blank\">LMMS<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">ZynAddSubFX<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/tal-software.com\/products\/tal-noisemaker\" target=\"_blank\">TAL-NoiseMaker<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.giadamusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Giada<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/sourceforge.net\/projects\/dssi\/files\/hexter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hexter<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/rakarrack.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rackarrack<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/ardour.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ardour<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntustudio.org\/tour\/audio\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu Studio<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Radar have put together a list of 20 of the best free and open source music making applications. 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