DAWs & Hosts

Digital audio workstations and plugin hosts.

Entries: 7
Free: 0
Developers: 7

Ableton Live Ableton DAW VST3 AU Standalone Mac · Win Paid Paid · Mac · Win

Bitwig Studio Bitwig DAW VST3 CLAP Standalone Mac · Win · Linux Paid Paid · Mac · Win · Linux

Cubase Steinberg DAW VST3 Standalone Mac · Win Paid Paid · Mac · Win

FL Studio Image-Line DAW VST3 AU Standalone Mac · Win Paid Paid · Mac · Win

Logic Pro Apple DAW AU Standalone Mac Paid Paid · Mac

REAPER Cockos DAW VST3 CLAP Standalone Mac · Win · Linux Paid Paid · Mac · Win · Linux

Reason Reason Studios DAW VST3 AU AAX Standalone Mac · Win Paid Paid · Mac · Win

Developers in DAWs

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Steinberg DAW · 3 entries Steinberg develops Cubase and Nuendo, and originally created the VST plugin standard that most of this directory is built on. Profile

Reason Studios DAW · 2 entries Reason Studios makes Reason, a digital audio workstation built around a simulated rack of instruments and effects that can be patched in the same way as hardware. Profile

Ableton DAW · 1 entry Ableton makes Live, a digital audio workstation built around a clip-based session view that later added a conventional arrangement timeline. It is widely used for electronic production and live performance, where clips can be launched and manipulated without a linear timeline. Profile

Apple DAW · 1 entry Apple develops Logic Pro, the macOS-only digital audio workstation that grew out of Emagic’s Logic range after the 2002 acquisition. It is sold once through the App Store with no upgrade fees. Profile

Bitwig DAW · 1 entry Bitwig Studio is a digital audio workstation with a modular modulation system built into the core of the application, letting almost any parameter be driven by LFOs, envelopes or other modulators. Profile

Cockos DAW · 1 entry Cockos develops REAPER, a digital audio workstation known for a small installer, low CPU overhead and an extremely deep customisation and scripting system. Profile

About this category

Digital audio workstations and hosts: the software that everything else runs inside. Licence models, edition pricing and platform restrictions included, because those decide most purchases.

Every entry states whether the tool is free or paid. Nothing here is sold, hosted or licensed by this site.