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What is some good FOSS software for recording/producing music? (hexbear.net)

submitted 7 months ago by disposable_cracker@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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I'm looking to set up a machine for my stepdad to record and edit music on. Audacity is the first choice that comes to mind, but I'm wondering if there are better/more fitting to usecase options out there.

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[–] Hurvitz@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Audacity is the actually FOSS answer, afaik. I've used it a lot, but not for music (much). It's not a DAW, but if it's just recording and stitching tracks together it will 100% work, and with some effort you can do fancier stuff.

There's also Ardour and Zrythm which are more real DAWs Ithink? but I know nothing about them. Maybe try ardour if you already know you don't want to do audacity