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Comparison Of MultiTrack Recording Software

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The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of Multitrack recording programs. Please see the individual products articles for further information. These tables are from Wikipedia and are used under the GNU license.

General

Basic general information about the software: creator/company, license/price etc.

Multitrack recorder Creator Cost (USD) Software license External Hardware Required
Pro Tools Digidesign Proprietary Digidesign components - Minimum c. $200
Tracktion Mackie $99 / $249 Proprietary
Garageband Apple $79 with iLife, or free with a new Mac Proprietary
Logic Express/Studio Apple $199 / $499 Proprietary
n-Track Fasoft $54 / $79 Proprietary
FL studio Image Line Software $49 / $99 / $149 / $361 Proprietary
Cubase Steinberg $199 / $499 / $999 Proprietary
Ardour Ardour Free GNU GPL
Audacity Audacity Free GNU GPL
Jokosher Jokosher Free GNU GPL
Traverso Traverso Free GNU GPL
Rosegarden Rosegarden Free GNU GPL
Mixcraft Acoustica $50 Proprietary
Sonar Cakewalk $139 / $369 / $619 / $719 Proprietary
REAPER Cockos "Uncrippled unexpiring shareware" / $50 Non-commercial / $225 Commercial License Proprietary
RiffWorks Sonoma Wire Works Free Demo / $129 Proprietary

Operating system and plugin support

The operating systems and plugin types the software can run natively (without emulation).

Microsoft Windows Mac OS X Linux Rewire JACK VST LADSPA LV2 DSSI RTAS AU DXi MAS
Pro Tools yes yes no yes no yes no no no yes no no no
Tracktion yes yes no yes no yes no no no no no no no
Garageband no yes no yes no partial (via converter) no no no no yes no no
Logic Express/Studio no yes no yes no partial (via converter) no no no no yes no no
FL studio yes no no yes no yes no no no no no yes no
n-Track yes no no yes no yes no no no no no no no
Cubase yes yes no yes no yes no no no no no terminated (SX3.1) no
Ardour no yes yes no yes yes yes no no yes no no
Audacity yes yes yes no yes yes yes no no no no no
Jokosher no no yes no no no yes no no no no no
Traverso yes yes yes No yes yes no no no no no
Rosegarden no no yes no yes yes yes  ? yes no no no no
Mixcraft yes no no no no yes no no no no no yes no
Sonar yes no no yes no yes no no no no no yes no
REAPER yes no no yes no yes no no no no yes yes no
RiffWorks yes yes no yes no yes no no no no no no no

File format support

The various file types the software can read/write.

OMF AAF MIDI WAV MP3 AAC Ogg REX2 Others
Pro Tools yes with DV Toolkit or DigiTranslator addons yes yes yes Yes (with license) no (Coming 7.4)
Tracktion no no yes yes yes yes yes yes
GarageBand no no yes yes yes
Logic Express/Studio partial yes yes yes yes yes
FL Studio no no yes yes yes yes
N-Track no no
Cubase yes no yes yes yes yes <ref name="REX2 Import">Import only.]
Ardour no [1] no In development]
Audacity no no no yes yes no yes no
Jokosher no no
Traverso no no yes yes yes FLAC, WavPack
Rosegarden no no
Mixcraft no no yes yes
Sonar yes yes yes yes yes W64, CAF, SD2, FLAC, AU
REAPER no no yes yes yes no yes
RiffWorks no no no yes Export only no no yes Export Only yes
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