Free Digital Audio Workstation & Music Making App

Gadget

Gadget is a free sequencer and DAW VST, Audio Unit, AAX developed by Korg. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS, iOS.

Gadget is an all-in-one music production studio software for Mac, PC (plug-ins only) and iOS. A free lite version is also available for macOS.

Gadget for Mac comes with the complete collection of 30 gadget instruments, and also lets you use them as plug-ins in any DAW supporting AU, VST or AAX.

A unified single-screen interface that fully utilizes the large display of the Mac makes music production workflow intuitive. Inter-operation with the iOS version via iCloud, powerful functionality for exporting to Ableton Live, and many other new included technologies bring you additional production possibilities and creative enjoyment.

Providing numerous instruments, yet simple to operate and easy to use, Korg say that it’s “a completely new concept in DAW software”.

Gadget for iOS offers a collection of more than 20* different synthesizers and drum machines called “Gadgets.” These gadgets were designed to assist the user to produce powerful electronic music. The latest version features universal support not only for the iPad, but also for the iPad Pro and the iPhone.

* The total number of gadgets including in-app purchases etc.

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http://www.korg.com/

Elias Studio

Elias Studio is a free DAW developed by Elias Software. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

The Elias Studio is the tool where composers arrange their adaptive music score. With its familiar DAW-like interface, composers have a comfortable environment to work in. With the ability to pre-configure chains of musical events, you can have complete control of the game soundtrack.

http://www.eliassoftware.com/

Digital Musician Plug-in (DMP)

Digital Musician Plug-in (DMP) is a free sequencer and DAW VST, Audio Unit developed by digitalmusician.net. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

The Digital Musician Plug-in (DMP) sits in any insert channel of any VST or AU Audio Sequencer/ DAW enabling real time, online connection of different music production applications with one audio and video stream.

Features:

ASIO and Core Audio support.

Sample accurate sync.

Drag and Drop of audio files.

Video feed.

Talkback.

Chat.

And a host of other features.

DMP 2.0 is a peer-to-peer solution requiring a host DAW that uses ASIO/Core Audio and a high-speed Internet connection. It is available as a free download to all registered members of digitalmusician.net.

Digitalmusician Container (DMC) is a standalone application providing the same feature-set as the DMP Plug-in.

http://www.digitalmusician.net/

Digital Musician Container (DMC)

Digital Musician Container (DMC) is a free sequencer and DAW stand alone application developed by digitalmusician.net. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

When Charlie Steinberg co-founded digitalmusician.net in 2006 a major challenge was to develop a software application that facilitated online collaboration between musicians around the world. It needed to overcome the technical difficulties of realtime data transfer over the internet and also integrate seamlessly with the DAWs musicians used to create their own music. Out of that vision the Digital Musician Recorder (DMR) and Digital Musician Link (DML) applications were developed.

Digital Musician Container (DMC) is the next generation of online interactive software applications. Charlie Steinberg integrated the DMR and DML applications into one high performance DMC application and added a whole host of new features.

The DMC features include:

Full function multitrack sequencing and recording.

Rewire master or slave integration with DAWs.

Peer to Peer connection and realtime collaborative recording via the internet.

Audio Wave file display with comprehensive editing functions.

VST Plug in support.

Drag and Drop of audio files between DMC and DAW.

Video conferencing and extended chat for support of the producer and musician relationship.

Offline automatic synchronization of project data via the DMN server.

Integrated Send File utility for transfer of high resolution audio files.

Integrated Buy/Sell of tracks function.

Full integration with the digitalmusician.net website.

ASIO and Core Audio support.

DMC is available as a free download to all DMN members.

http://www.digitalmusician.net/

DarkWave Studio

DarkWave Studio is a free sequencer and DAW and host stand alone application developed by ExperimentalScene. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b.

DarkWave Studio is a modular virtual studio for the creation of electronic music. With DarkWave Studio you can easily use the included audio machines and third party VST effects and instruments to create music. DarkWave Studio allows the connection of machines in an ad-hoc cabling fashion. DarkWave Studio comes with both native versions for 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows, although you may use the 32-bit version on all editions of Windows for backwards compatibility with 32-bit VST plug ins.

DarkWave consists of the following main parts:

Studio (Work With Machines).

Pattern Editor (Create Pieces Of Music).

Sequencer (Arrange Patterns Into A Song).

Multi-track Hard Disk Recorder (Master Your Music).

Native x64 and x86 Windows Platform Support.

VST PlugIn Support – Limitlessly Expandable With Instrument and Effects PlugIns.

Both DirectSound And ASIO Audio Driver Support – Low Latency Output.

Multi Core / Multi CPU Support.

Full 64-bit Double Precision Floating Point Audio Processing.

The following plugins are included with DarkWave:

ES Audio Input – Allows Input From Sound Card.

ES Arpeggiator – For Easily Playing Complicated Arpeggios With A MIDI Keyboard.

ES ControlChange Mapper – Map Control Change Events From One Index To Another.

ES MIDI Input – Play Instruments From A Music Keyboard.

ES MIDI Output – Sequence External MIDI Synthesizers.

ES Mixer – 8 Track Stereo Mixer With 2 Auxilary Tracks.

ES DGenR8 – Synthesize Drum Beats With Roland TR-909 Flavour.

ES BassHead – Top Notch Virtual Analog Subtractive Synthesizer.

ES SpatialVerb – Realistic Reverb Effects With The Smoothest Sound.

ES Stomp – Synthesize That Classic Techno Thumping Kick Drum.

ES AntiAlias – 32x Digital Oversampling Filter.

ES QuadDelay – For Trippy Echo Effects.

ES Distort – Basic Overdrive Distortion Effect.

ES Crunch – Limit Bits Per Sample Anywhere From 16 To 1 Bits.

ES StereoSplitter – Split An Input Stereo Signal Into Left And Right Output Mono Signals.

ES StereoJoiner – Combine Left And Right Input Mono Signals Into A Single Output Stereo Signal.

ES Scope – View Generated Waveforms In Realtime.

ES Control Monitor – View Control Messages.

ES DownStepper – Sample Rate Reduction Filter.

https://www.experimentalscene.com/