Top Alternatives to GarageBand

Audacity is a free opensource audio editor utility which also cross platform.

LMMS (formerly Linux MultiMedia Studio) is digital audio workstation software.

FL Studio is a complete software music production environment or Digital Audio Workstation.

Ardour is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application.

Adobe Audition (formerly Cool Edit Pro) is a digital audio workstation from Adobe Systems featuring both a multitrack, non-destructive mix/edit environment and a destructive-approach waveform editing view.

REAPER is a multitrack recording and a digital audio workstation created by Cockos. The current version is available for Microsoft Windows and macOS – beta versions are also available for Linux.

Ableton Live is a software music sequencer and digital audio workstation for macOS and Windows.

Reason is a digital audio workstation for creating and editing music and audio.

Sony Sound Forge (Sonic Foundry Sound Forge) is a digital audio editing suite aimed at the professional and semi-professional markets.

Logic Pro is a digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer software application for the macOS platform.

Cubase is a music software for music recording, arranging and editing as part of a digital audio workstation.

ACID Pro is a professional digital audio workstation (DAW) software program.

Pro Tools redefined the music, film, and TV industry, providing everything you need to compose, record, edit, and mix music and audio.

Bitwig Studio is a multi-platform music-creation system for production, performance and DJing, with a focus on flexible editing tools and a super-fast workflow.

Mixcraft is a multitrack recording application for Windows.

Qtractor is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application for Linux.

LinuxSampler is a music sampler, aiming to provide a pure software audio sampler with professional grade features.

PreSonus Studio One is a line of digital audio workstation software used to create, record, and master music.

Soundation is a powerful online music studio with professional features like recording, effects, virtual instruments and over 700 free loops and sounds.

MuLab is an inspiring music production studio.

Cakewalk SONAR is a digital audio workstation software.

Jokosher is a free software, nonlinear multi-track digital audio editor, which is released under the GNU GPL. It is being developed in Python, using the GTK+ interface and GStreamer as an audio back-end.

Cross DJ allows you to mix tracks intuitively, play with effects, loops, or scratch like a pro.

WaveShop is a free, open-source audio editor.

Anvil Studio is a multitrack MIDI and audio editing, digital audio workstation software.

Tracktion is a digital audio software for recording and editing audio and MIDI.

Ohm Studio is the first real-time collaborative pro DAW.

Traverso DAW is a cross-platform multitrack audio recording and audio editing suite with support for CD mastering and non-linear processing.

energyXT is a music production software.

Harrison Mixbus is a digital audio workstation (DAW) software.

Luppp is a music creation tool, intended for live use.