Linux Digital Audio and Music Workstation Comparison Matrix

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4		FLOSS/freeware/shareware:	Zrythm	LMMS	Qtractor	Ardour	Radium	Giada	MusE	Beast	MusiKernel	LNX_Studio	Buzztrax	Custom stack:
5	Release	Stable version (tbc)		1.2.2	0.9.23	6.8	6.9.96	0.18.2	4	0.15.0	2.16.05.1	2.0	master
6		Release date (tbc)	11/09/2021	04/07/2020	10/07/2021	02/07/2021	17/08/2021	12/09/2021	20/04/2021	05/11/2019	24/04/2016	12/04/2016	30/12/2015
7		Development activity	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	Active	master
8		Last dev/OS commit (tbc)	Frequent	Frequent	Frequent	Frequent	Frequent	Frequent	Frequent	Frequent	14/11/2017	19/10/2017	22/10/2017
9		License	GPLv3+	GPLv2+	GPLv2+	GPLv2	GPLv2+	GPLv3	GPLv2	LGPL-2.1+	GPLv3	GPLv3	LGPL-2.1

10		Language	C	C++	C++	performances	C++/C	C++	C++	C++	C, Python 3	SuperCollider
11		Toolkit	GTK+3	Qt 5	Qt 5	GTK2	Qt 5	FLTK	Qt 5	GTK+/Rapicorn	Qt 5
12		UI style		Built-in MDI	DMI	MDI	MDI	SDI	SDI	MDI		SDI
13		Subjective note	Newer	FL-like	Robust DAW	Full DAW	Tracker DAW	Looper, ltd. ctrl.	DAW	Internal modular	Fast	Groove DAW	Unstable?
14	Audio systems	ALSA	✘	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
15		PulseAudio	✘	✔	✘	✘	✘	✔	✔
16	b.vc.c zvbb. b.	JACK	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
17	MIDI systems	ALSA MIDI	~ bridged	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
18		JACK-midi	✔	✘	✔ bridged	✔	✔	✔	✔
19	Sessions	LASH	✘	✘	✘		✘		✔U
20		JACK Session	✘	✘	✔	✔
21		NSM	✘	✘	✔	✔	✘
22	Projects	Restore previous	~ broken atm	✔ Recent menu	✔	✔	✔		✔ Recent menu
23		Undo	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
24		Redo	✔		✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
25		Persistent Undo/Redo	✘		✘	✔
26	Synchronisation	MIDI beat clock			✔	✔	✘		✔
27		MIDI time code (MTC)			✘	✔	✘		✔
28		LTC			✘	✔	✘
29	z	MMC			✔	✔	✘
30		JACK Transport	✘	✘	✔	~ fixed bpm	✔		✔
31		Ableton Link	✘	✘	~ jack_link	✘	✘
32
33	External patching	Internal port selection			✔	✔		✔	✔
34		Auto external patch		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
35		Multiple audio outs			✔				✔
36	Routing	Mixer channels	✔	✔	✔	✔	ableton		✔	✔
37		Panning	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔
38		Spatialisation	✘			✔
39		Channel effects	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
40		Busses	✔		✔	✔			✔			✔
41		Patch matrix graph			✘	✔
42		Patch out->in lists			✔	✘						✔
43		Patch graph (virt. cable)			✘	✘	✔ vertical	✘		✔		✘	✔
44		Patch graph grid snap			✘			✘				✘
45		Patch graph thumbnail			✘			✘				✘
46	Recording	Audio		✘	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
47		Multitrack audio			✔	✔	✔		✔
48		Record arm			✔				✔
49		Live waveform			✔				✔
50		MIDI	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔
51		Multitrack MIDI			✔	✔			✔
52		Punch recording			✔	✔			✔
53		Multiple takes			✔	✔ playlists			✔
54		Metronome		✔	✔	✔			✔
55		MIDI quantisation	~ WIP	✔	✔	~ editing			✔
56
57	Playback	Play from start	✔	✔	✔	✔			✔	✔
58		Region looping	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔
59		Song autolooping	~ WIP
60	Monitoring	Muting	✔	✔	✔	✔			✔	✔
61		Soloing	✔	✔	✔	✔			✔	✔
62		Exclusive solo		✔
63	Visualisation	Mixer levels	✔	✔	✔	✔			✔
64		Peak levels		✔	✔	✔
65		Waveform			✔	✔
66		Spectrogram waveform			~ plugin	~ plugin
67		FFT display								✔
68		Scope			~ plugin	~ plugin
69	Sample synthesis	Sample playback	✔	✔			✔			✔
70		Audio editor		~ Limited			✔			✔			✔
71		Time stretching		✔	✔
72	Sample formats	WAV	✔	✔	✔				✔	✔
73		PCM	✔		✔
74		AIFF			✔
75		FLAC	✔		✔
76		MP3	✔	✔	✔					✔
77		AAC
78		Vorbis			✔				✔	✔
79		Speex
80		VOC (Soundblaster)
81	Soundfont formats	SF2		✔	~ plugin		✔		✔ FluidSynth	✔		✘
82		SF3			~ plugin
83		SFZ			~ plugin							✘
84		GIG			~ plugin							✘
85	Processing	Modular synthesis		✘		✘	✔	✘		✔			✔
86		Bundled plugins		✔			✔		✔	✔	✔
87		Multicore processing	✔	✔			✔			✔
88		Delay compensation			✔		✔		✔
89		CPU usage metering	✔						✔	✔
90	Plugin formats	LV2	✔	✘	✔	✔	✘		✔			✘
91		LADSPA	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔		✔	✔		✘
92		DSSI	✘		✔	✘	✘		✔			✘
93		Linux VST2	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
94		Linux VST3	✘		✘	✔	✔	✔
95		Internal Windows VST	✘	✔ Wine dep.	✔dssi-vst	✘
96
97	Sequencing	Piano roll window/tab	✔	✔	✔	✘		✔	✔	✔		✔ in synth
98		Piano roll inline	✘	✘	✘	✔	✔ vertical	✘				✘
99		Pattern ghost note underlay			✘			✘
100		Tracker (vert. numeral)		✘	✘	✘	✔	✘	✘	✔			✔