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We've compiled a list of 81 free and paid alternatives to Cakewalk. The primary competitors include Audacity, LMMS. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Cakewalk and FL Studio, GarageBand, Adobe Audition. Also you can look at other similar options here: Audio and Music Software.


Audacity is a free, open source, and cross-platform audio and music editor.

LMMS
Free Open Source

Make music with a free, cross-platform tool

FL Studio is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for Windows PCs and macOS.

Robust music creation and recording studio for Mac and iOS.

DAW from the original developer of WinAMP.

Ardour
Open Source

Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application.

Logic Pro lets you translate musical inspiration into professional productions.

Collaborate and make music in your browser with a full-featured, modular music studio.

Comprehensive digital audio workstation for music composition, audio editing, mixing and mastering.

Cakewalk Platforms

tick-square Windows

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Cakewalk Overview

Cakewalk, formerly SONAR, is a comprehensive audio software for music composition, audio recording, editing, mixing and mastering. It features a full suite of high quality audio and MIDI effects and instruments and composition tools ranging from drum sequencer and piano roll editor to a sophisticated score composer. It's all powered by an advanced console for mixing and mastering unlimited tracks, complete with a pro channel section for analyzing audio and applying mastering and other studio effects like console emulation, tape emulation and convolution reverb.

FEATURES
Professional mixing console for mixing and mastering unlimited tracks.
Comprehensive suite of core audio effects for applying delays, filters and reverbs.
Modular guitar amp modeler featuring 3-D mic placement, blending and phase inversion, assorted ambience types and granular amp and fx controls.
Mastering suite for compression, tape and console emulation and audio analysis.
Bundled instruments ranging from drums and bass to piano and strings.
Built in time-stretching and slice-based audio manipulation.
MIDI effects including chord analyzer, transposer and arpeggiator.
World class convolution reverb with nice selection of impulse responses.
VST and DirectX instrument and effect support as well as Rewire support for connecting to other audio apps.

Cakewalk Features

tick-square Step Sequencer
tick-square Melodyne Intergration
tick-square Supports for MIDI
tick-square MultiTrack
tick-square Ad-free
tick-square Multitrack editing
tick-square Support for VST plugins
tick-square Piano Roll
tick-square Works Offline
tick-square Music Composer
tick-square Mix Music
tick-square Customizable

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Cakewalk Categories

Audio and Music Software

Cakewalk Tags

midi-editor music-recording digital-audio-workstation

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