Ardour, free and open-source digital audio workstation | Ardour DAW Ardour is an open source, collaborative effort of a worldwide team including musicians, programmers, and professional recording engineers Development is transparent — anyone can watch our work as it happens
Ardour (software) - Wikipedia Ardour is a free and open-source digital audio workstation and hard disk recorder that runs on Linux, macOS, FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows Its primary author is Paul Davis, who is also responsible for the JACK Audio Connection Kit
Download Ardour | Ardour Community But if you're hoping to modify Ardour or get involved in our development process, or don't want to or cannot pay for our pre-built versions, this is where to start
Ardour on Windows | Ardour DAW Ardour on Windows (2021) Ardour runs on Windows You can download it from the regular download area It runs identically to the Linux and macOS versions Currently, we support VST2, VST3, LV2 and LADSPA plugin formats on Windows
Ardour 9. 0 — Whats new | Ardour DAW In Ardour 9 0 the GUI drawing speed will be significantly faster, at least on very dense pages like the mixer This is a complicated area, and there are still monitor configurations where our new implementation will misbehave
Ardour 9. 2 — Whats new | Ardour DAW Ardour 9 2 released February 23rd 2026 We are pleased to announce the release of Ardour 9 2 This is primarily a hotfix release intended to correct a number of bugs in the 9 0 release
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Ardour 7. 0 - Whats new | Ardour DAW Ardour 7 0 released October 15th, 2022: After more than a year since Ardour 6 9, Ardour 7 0 is now available This new release features major new features for the software, as well as substantial (even if largely invisible) internal engineering changes
System Requirements - Ardour DAW Ardour (and all advanced digital audio software) will work better if you use a professional or semi-professional audio interface that is capable of simultaneous playback and recording