Ardour, the free and open DAW, is better than ever

Ardour, the criminally underrated free and open source DAW for Mac, Windows, and Linux, has been a little quiet lately. Over the weekend, we learned what’s coming in Ardour 9.0/9+, and why the devs have been busy. Not sure where to start? Check out how-to videos, including voice-activated recording(!)

People are speedrunning FL Studio: meet extreme DAW sports

If you haven’t been following the FL Studio speedrun phenomenon, you’re in for a treat – and it’s had a big week with a new record holder on a song that was supposed to have begun as a joke. (Whoops.) So yeah, nerds, if you thought you could escape competitive sports by using DAWs – think again.

Peter Kirn - September 4, 2023

Studio One 6: video track, collaboration, new effects, mixing controls; review roundup

The latest in DAW news: PreSonus’ Studio One has added a bunch of features, including improved collaboration and video scoring and some fun new devices. Here’s what’s new and what folks are saying.

Peter Kirn - October 4, 2022

Tracktion Waveform Free gets updates for 2022 – and it’s a solid no-cost starter DAW

Peter Kirn - August 22, 2022

Bitwig Studio 4.1: color palettes, note FX with physics and more, Sampler release chaining

Peter Kirn - November 4, 2021

Ableton Live 11.1 in public beta, with new tools and native Apple Silicon support

Peter Kirn - September 28, 2021

FL Studio 20.8.4 – Apple Silicon, Frequency Shifter, video scrubbing, 3X oscillators

Peter Kirn - September 6, 2021

Gleetchlab, experimental DAW, is now on Windows too – and crazy as ever

Peter Kirn - March 31, 2021

MIDI 2.0 in a DAW – MultitrackStudio adds MPE and new MIDI standard

Peter Kirn - March 22, 2021

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