Ardour is an open source, collaborative effort of a worldwide team including musicians, programmers, and professional recording engineers. Development is transparent — anyone can watch our work as …

Ardour is a free and open-source digital audio workstation and hard disk recorder that runs on Linux, macOS, FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows. Its primary author is Paul Davis, who is also responsible …

But if you're hoping to modify Ardour or get involved in our development process, or don't want to or cannot pay for our pre-built versions, this is where to start.

ardour (ˈɑːdə) or ardor n 1. feelings of great intensity and warmth; fervour 2. eagerness; zeal

Ardour is a multifaceted application for music editing, recording, and mixing, with support for well-known file formats. The digital workstation is for music lovers and professional use as well.

Feb 24, 2026 · The Ardour team has released an update to the free, open-source digital audio workstation software for Windows, macOS and Linux. We are pleased to announce the release of …

Feb 24, 2026 · Discover the powerful new features of Ardour 9.0, the latest major update to your favorite DAW. Elevate your music production experience today!

Ardour runs on Windows. You can download it from the regular download area. It runs identically to the Linux and macOS versions. Currently, we support VST2, VST3, LV2 and LADSPA plugin formats on …

Ardour 9.2 released February 23rd 2026 We are pleased to announce the release of Ardour 9.2. This is primarily a hotfix release intended to correct a number of bugs in the 9.0 release.

Read the user manual, follow the crash course, watch bite-sized tutorials on how to use Ardour