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 …

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

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.

Oct 18, 2024 · It seems that Ardour 8.10 might be the final update in the Ardour 8.x series unless further significant bugs are discovered. Meanwhile, the development team is diligently focusing on the next …

Ardour on Windows (2021) 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 …

In Ardour 9.0 the GUI drawing speed will be significantly faster, at least on very dense pages like the mixer. This is a complicated area, and there are still monitor configurations where our new …

Feb 4, 2025 · Release of Ardour 8.4 Open-Sou.... Paul Davis announced today the release and general availability of Ardour 8.4 as a new maintena....

Ardour 8.11 has been released, addressing a significant workflow-blocking bug affecting Linux users of this open-source digital audio workstation (DAW).

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.