Ardour

author: Paul Davis


Ardour is a flexible open-source DAW designed for audio and MIDI recording, editing and mixing. In the context of spatial audio, its strengths are the integration with JACK, the high channel count per track and advanced routing options.

tech specs

license: open source (GPLv2), paid for pre-built binaries
channels per track: 128

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bibliography

Barrett, N. (2016). A Musical Journey towards Permanent High-Density Loudspeaker Arrays. Computer Music Journal, 40(4), 35–46. https://doi.org/10.1162/COMJ_a_00381
Nettingsmeier, J. (2010). Higher-order Ambisonics—A future-proof 3D audio technique. 12.