Ardour DAW Overview
Ardour is a free, open-source digital audio workstation for Windows, macOS, and Linux aimed at professional audio recording, editing, and mixing. It provides unlimited multi-track recording, a full-featured mixer with flexible routing and automation, non-destructive editing, and support for plugins (VST, LV2, AU) and external control surfaces, making it suitable for music production, post-production, and live recording. It is developed as a community open-source project funded by subscriptions and donations; you can build it yourself for free or download ready-made builds for a modest contribution. Its professional feature set at no required cost appeals to serious audio work. This page links straight to Ardour's official Ardour DAW source.