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# Ardour

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> Ardour is an on-premise open source solution that helps businesses upload, record, and edit audio clips on Linux, MacOS and Windows devices. Editors can extract soundtracks from imported videos, add blank frames, and route multichannel tracks to separate mixer strips. 

Ardour allows organizations to combine master records and individual tracks, undo/redo edits and maintain video-frame granularity across tracks. Managers can view the frame-to-frame timeline of the video and utilize the stop and forget feature to cancel a recording pass and recover disk spaces.

Using Ardour’s mix groups functionality, businesses can control the basic properties of soundtracks, such as solo, record enable, or mute according to requirements. Support is extended via email and other online measures.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 3 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 3 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Linux Audio Systems

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing model**:  (Free version available)
- **Pricing Details**: Ardour is an open-source and free software
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise)
- **Supported Languages**: English
- **Available Countries**: United States

## Features

- Audio Capture
- Audio Editor
- Monitoring

## Category

- [Audio Editing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4645/audio-editing/software)

## Alternatives

1. [Audacity](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/117915/audacity) — 4.5/5 (464 reviews)
2. [Logic Pro](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/117876/logic-pro) — 4.8/5 (149 reviews)
3. [Adobe Premiere Pro](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/317663/adobe-premiere-pro) — 4.7/5 (566 reviews)
4. [Adobe Audition](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/117885/adobe-audition) — 4.7/5 (243 reviews)
5. [Pro Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/117918/pro-tools) — 4.7/5 (92 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Great for Live performance" — 5.0/5

> **Verified Reviewer** | *29 December 2022* | Nonprofit Organisation Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: I recently started using Ardour for live performances and have been really impressed with the cue function. It allows me to set up and trigger audio clips and sequences on the fly, without interrupting the flow of the performance. Setting up audio clips and sequences is straightforward - I can import audio files or create MIDI sequences within the program and then arrange them on specific tracks or busses. The cue function is also great for triggering automation events like changes in volume, panning, or effects processing by creating automation curves for specific tracks or busses. Additionally, I have found the clip sidebar feature to be incredibly useful. It's a dedicated panel that displays all the audio clips and sequences I've imported or created in a project, along with information about their length, color, and location within the project. I really appreciate being able to quickly and easily access and trigger audio clips and sequences during a live performance by simply clicking on them in the clip sidebar. And the ability to create folders and assign colors to audio clips and sequences within the clip sidebar makes it easy to keep track of and distinguish different elements of my live performance.
> 
> **Cons**: Ardour is a great DAW with regular updates. It has been a great alternative to expensive DAWs for live performance and the user interface is easy to work with. I don’t have any complaints and most of the issues I encountered have not been a deal breaker yet and there is a lot of tutorials online.
> 
> Perfect tool for live performance and keeps updating and upgrading.

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### "ARDOUR, un DAW open source professionnel" — 4.0/5

> **Andry** | *27 September 2023* | Internet | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Ardour offre une large gamme de fonctionnalités pour l'enregistrement, l'édition et le mixages de divers formats de fichiers audio, ce qui facilite l'intégration avec d'autres logiciels et matériel audio. Il peut être utilisé avec des instruments virtuels, des effets externes et des contrôleurs matériels. Il prend en charge aussi la synchronisation vidéo pour la post-production sonore.
> 
> **Cons**: Par rapport aux DAW commerciales, Ardour  possède une sélection plus limitée de plugins inclus de base. La configuration et l'intégration de matériel audio externe peuvent-être plus complexes surtout pour ceux qui débute.
> 
> Ardour est un logiciel DAW open source polyvalent et puissant qui offre une gamme complète d'outils pour l'enregistrement, l'édition, le mixage et la production audio. Il offre la possibilité de synchroniser le son avec la vidéo.

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### "Missing information" — 5.0/5

> **Damien** | *13 October 2021* | Music | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: This software had all of the 10 features in the comparison. There are a lot of help resources due to the very large community of developers and users, and lot of tutorials. this software has no limit of the number of tracks and the number of channels.
> 
> **Cons**: The timestretching algorithm (rubberband i think) )is a little less efficient than protool's for example

## Links

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