Summary

OpenDaw is a free, open-source Digital Audio Workstation designed for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It features a Qt 6 user interface and uses the Tracktion Engine (JUCE) as its audio backend. The software supports audio and MIDI tracks, a piano roll, sheet music notation, destructive audio editing, VST3 instrument support, bus routing, automation, audio export, built-in effects, and an AI assistant.

Features

• Multi-track audio and MIDI arrangement with horizontal scrolling and drag-and-drop support for audio and MIDI files.
• Waveform display for audio clips and note preview for MIDI clips.
• Clip manipulation including dragging, snapping to the grid, splitting, looping, fades, colors, and context menus with editing options.
• Track automation lanes with freehand drawing, breakpoint editing, resizing, and parameter selection.
• Full-featured piano roll editor supporting note placement, resizing, quantization, velocity, and continuous controller lanes.
• Sheet music view rendering MIDI clips as standard notation with key signatures, rests, bar lines, zooming, and panning.
• Destructive audio clip editor with undo/redo, waveform selection, fades, normalize, reverse, gain adjustment, silence insertion, DC offset removal, crossfade, and loop/reverse toggles.
• Support for VST3 instruments and effects with scanning, plugin management, parameter automation, and native editor windows.
• Transport controls with playback, recording, looping, BPM and time signature adjustment, timeline scrubbing, and MIDI panic function.
• Export options including WAV, FLAC, and OGG with configurable quality and bit depth.
• Signal routing view with drag-and-drop cabling between inputs, tracks, buses, and outputs.
• Claude AI assistant integration to aid workflow.

Platforms

Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux with installer and portable versions.