Ardour, the free digital audio workstation

Ever played with Ardour? They have just released version 2.8.4 for Linux and OS X.

* Unlimited audio tracks and buses
* Non-destructive, non-linear editing with unlimited undo
* Anything-to-anywhere signal routing
* Unlimited pre- and post-fader plugins
* 32 bit floating point audio path
* Automatic track delay compensation
* Sample accurate automation
* Standard file formats (BWF, WAV, WAV64, AIFF, CAF & more …)
* Full AudioUnit plugin support on OS X
* More than 200 LADSPA & LV2 plugins freely available
* Support for Windows VST plugins available
* MIDI CC control with 1 click
* Level 2 MIDI Machine Control
* MIDI Timecode (MTC) Master or Slave
* Full integration with all JACK applications
* Video-synced playback, pull up/pull down
* No copy-protection
* Distributed, world-wide development
* Released under the GPL
* Source code for everyone
* Open XML session file format
* On OS X, works with any CoreAudio supported audio hardware
* On Linux, works with any ALSA/FFADO-supported audio hardware
* Network audio (full fidelity over local network or long haul with CELT) via NetJack

Sounds good to me! (Excuse the pun.)

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