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Pre-alpha, about 40% ready for real work

Sound, a free audio editor and DAW in your browser

Record, edit and mix audio on a multitrack timeline with a full mixer, automation and MIDI. A free alternative to Audition and Ableton Live and FL Studio.

Open SoundSound vs Audition
Sound running in Madosuite in a browser tab

What Sound does

From the app’s own documentation, version 0.15.0.

Tools

  • Multitrack editing with fades, crossfades and comping lanes
  • Mixer with inserts, sends, busses and VCAs
  • Automation for volume, pan, sends and plugins
  • Built-in EQs, dynamics, reverbs, synths and a sampler
  • MIDI piano roll, score view and quantize
  • Punch-in and loop recording
  • Surround up to 9.1.6 and Ambisonics
  • Bounce the mix or stems with a loudness report

Files it opens

WAVAIFFFLACMP3OggAACALACCAFMIDI

Files it saves

WAVAIFFFLACMIDIMusicXML

Not there yet

  • Choosing an audio interface and buffer size
  • Recording MIDI from a controller
  • AAF and OMF session exchange

What Sound replaces

The paid apps people use for the same job. Prices from the vendors’ US pages on 14 November 2026.

Sound instead of Audition

Audition costs US$22.99 a month on an annual plan, billed monthly.

Read the comparisonSound instead of Creative Cloud Pro

Creative Cloud Pro costs US$69.99 a month on an annual plan, billed monthly (US$779.88 a year paid up front).

Read the comparisonSound instead of Ableton Live

Ableton Live costs US$349 once for Live 12 Standard (list price).

Read the comparisonSound instead of FL Studio

FL Studio costs US$179 once for Producer Edition (list price).

Read the comparison

Sound questions

Is Sound free?

Yes. Sound is part of Madosuite, which is free. It runs in your browser on your own device.

Which files does Sound open?

WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, Ogg, AAC, ALAC, CAF, MIDI. It saves WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MIDI, MusicXML.

Is Sound ready for real work?

Pre-alpha: its makers rate it about 40% ready for real work. Not there yet: choosing an audio interface and buffer size; recording midi from a controller; aaf and omf session exchange.

Can Sound replace Audition?

For recording, cleaning up and mixing audio, often yes, and free. Sound is pre-alpha: you cannot yet pick an audio interface or buffer size.

Where are my files kept?

In the browser on your device, inside Madosuite’s own Linux machine, in its home folder. Your files are not uploaded to us. Clearing the site’s data in your browser deletes them, so download what you want to keep.

Who makes the apps?

The suite apps are the ArtCraft team’s open-source Crafting Apps, under the MIT or Apache-2.0 licence. Madosuite puts them on one desktop in your browser, with Files, a Terminal and Edix, the code editor. See credits.

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Sound is SoundCraft 0.15.0 by the ArtCraft team, open source under MIT or Apache-2.0. Credits.