The DAW: record, produce, mix

Coming soon. FK Audio Suite is in development. The DAW will be a free full version - no trial, no subscription, no account.

FK Audio Suite is a digital audio workstation for recording, production and mixing with real and virtual instruments. Its interface and workflow follow the established studio DAWs, so you feel at home quickly.

What already works

Everything on this page runs today in the development version.

Recording and editing

• Multitrack recording with mono, stereo, instrument, group and FX tracks
• Loop recording with takes and comping
• Clip editing: trim, fades, clip gain, glue, multi-select
• Unlimited undo
• Tempo, time signature and key tracks, metronome with count-in

MIDI

• Key editor (piano roll) with quantize, velocity and controller lanes
• Chords by scale degree
• MIDI recording and import, MIDI learn, devices can be plugged in while running

Mixing

• Mix console and inspector
• Group tracks (nestable) and FX tracks with pre/post sends
• Several automation lanes per track

Plugins

• Built in: gain, EQ, compressor, limiter, distortion, a 16-voice synth and a sampler for SFZ instruments
• Hosts VST3 and LV2 plugins. Plugins are scanned in a separate process, so a faulty plugin cannot take the DAW down.

Export

• WAV and FLAC, 16, 24 or 32 bit, the whole project or the loop range

Platforms

• Linux first (tested on Ubuntu 24.04 with PipeWire/JACK or ALSA)
• Windows is planned
• macOS is not planned for now

Free - really

The DAW costs nothing and has no feature limits. We earn our money with the optional plugins, not with the DAW.