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Latest version 0.14.0, released 2026-10-28
soundcraft-0.14.0-windows-x64.msi · 14.4 MB
soundcraft-0.14.0-macos-universal.dmg · 29.0 MB
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage · 19.6 MB
Windows
soundcraft-0.14.0-windows-arm64-portable.zip
SHA-256 d13cde794d930052239f407643f143f5a11524c276e5444927b81783cae2ca7a
soundcraft-0.14.0-windows-arm64.msi
SHA-256 b11c3dd170badcc40b08736810f53b58360cde84eff00d4a733fb7bb1afe6298
soundcraft-0.14.0-windows-x64-portable.zip
SHA-256 c54601aaf20c55e2a7e30fad20f08ca56d0b8913f0182f15665413c89fe88904
soundcraft-0.14.0-windows-x86-portable.zip
SHA-256 ff34e026d7617c9b1bc09153303edc397d9404f63c094a5edc5cbab6b132516e
soundcraft-0.14.0-windows-x86.msi
SHA-256 b3adce0482e391d0a17ee59045051612a1e4b4cbe8ee5aae7ffe784aea111657
macOS
soundcraft-cli-0.14.0-macos-universal.zip
SHA-256 104e5674cf741e3579166b84fd7a687332f0de885165f50a05e46cc502660b75
Linux
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-aarch64.AppImage
SHA-256 498826a8315e46c4862f049d705ecc7c849fcb155db5cd0d5048cb2bbdc58049
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-aarch64.deb
SHA-256 e16db0b92dbd7e895c4d687b9e056944b90bd6ba5d719fb078deed1e28d7dcd0
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-aarch64.flatpak
SHA-256 edc12e8b16f8fdb6a5ab369f6cdd8b96bffda24ab7ecc5a07b05bf145f2e1557
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-aarch64.pkg.tar.zst
SHA-256 dc62e9b2d4f1cb4cf9ca2e310dee29278647826148476a4986630ff6b026977f
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-aarch64.rpm
SHA-256 07f58d5c1311d41b9e295014b95264523cb6fb16a2cf7fef9f37ade179c992e6
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-aarch64.tar.gz
SHA-256 912ef157833753c5ec87c79fe76ef42a7f68c746fd117882cbc2c8d6e1eb357d
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-riscv64.deb
SHA-256 9ad545ff060ccd60c48e6a1f51ca6040c0b5090e7342cb7b36d4b29473295176
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-riscv64.rpm
SHA-256 b23b3aaca0ee512e8a54bcf7a691b0995ee13d663d8b618c348449d666b6eb4b
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-riscv64.tar.gz
SHA-256 eecc5eac85d9c87221f80210e5cf2dee77a19ab7fee4cd8401be93502a5aedb6
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-x86_64.deb
SHA-256 82499c4ad1b1af7e6295ee3b5c92670cb9e16a75ea140a6b8d73b69cb110f159
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-x86_64.flatpak
SHA-256 9d31ec597fca8e64662553b2e378a844fde354b49d2e89ca61ada1e72a52597b
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
SHA-256 41a2518ae4bdb979720934a11ad035d8b809e11cb4ef5512f4c39ea6e53ccf88
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-x86_64.rpm
SHA-256 a14de7704e709c88b3e7ff39aa37cc49adf1343dab40b9cbcfa8058f58f160d0
soundcraft-0.14.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
SHA-256 2f83503feda6aa2c8d4bc12c44f571422c4389fc664a92bbed092d2bf1d500ad
FreeBSD
soundcraft-0.14.0-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz
SHA-256 927aaf41533d12341fed2a3f26da57ba6979b16d8a685535c03e6cda791f48f4
Web
soundcraft-web-0.14.0.zip
SHA-256 76290a220377d80aa62a3a196c8bcc8b28e01eaf5b0aad912fabf7eb5a9a767d
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In one or two sentences, before anything else.
SoundCraft is a free, open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) from the ArtCraft team: a clean-room rewrite of Avid Pro Tools in pure Rust for recording, editing and mixing audio. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD, and in a web browser.
What it can do, one sentence each, and whether we actually tested it.
Arranges and edits tracks with Shuffle, Slip, Spot and Grid modes and the Smart, Selector, Grabber, Trim, Pencil, Zoom and Scrubber tools, with fades and crossfades in five shapes, playlists with comping lanes, clip gain lines and undo for everything.
Ten inserts and ten sends per track, busses, aux inputs, master faders, VCAs, routing folders and automatic plugin delay compensation. Volume, pan, mute, sends and every plugin parameter can be automated live in Write, Touch, Latch and Trim passes.
Ships its own EQs, compressor, gate, de-esser, reverbs, delay, chorus, flanger and phaser, a subtractive synth, a drum synth and a sampler, and hosts CLAP, VST3 and Audio Units plugins. Any processor can run offline as AudioSuite.
The project's gap list says the signed macOS build still blocks third-party VST3 bundles and that Audio Unit editor views are not hosted yet.
Instrument and MIDI tracks, a piano roll with a velocity lane, step input, quantize and transpose, Standard MIDI File import and export, Audio-to-MIDI from a sung or played melody, a Score Editor and MusicXML export.
Recording MIDI from a keyboard or controller is not supported yet (README, Status and roadmap).
Punch in on a selection or on the fly, pre- and post-roll, loop recording with a playlist per take, input monitoring through the full channel strip, and autosave with recovery.
The README lists choosing an audio interface and buffer size as missing; the roadmap says device, sample-rate and buffer-size choice now exist, but routing to physical channels and a low-latency duplex path do not.
Imports WAV/BWF/RF64, AIFF/AIFC, FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, ALAC, CAF and the audio of MP4/MOV movies at any sample rate and bit depth. Bounces the mix or stems to WAV, AIFF or FLAC with dither, reporting peak, true peak and integrated loudness (LUFS).
The gap list says MP3, AAC and Ogg export are not there yet.
A video track with thumbnails and a Video window that follows the playhead, decoding H.264, ProRes and Motion JPEG in pure Rust with timecode burn-in; surround formats from stereo to 9.1.6 and Ambisonics, with a surround panner and object/bed routing.
Dolby Atmos/ADM delivery and HEVC/DNx decoding are on the gap list.
Every action is a command with an id and JSON parameters, reachable from the menus, the keyboard, `soundcraft-cli`, a JSON control channel and an MCP server for AI agents. Programmatic calls never open dialogs, and `session.inspect` reports exactly what changed.
The people it helps and the problems it solves, and where it ranks.
Built for
Problems it solves
What the project's documentation says you can do with it.
Case 1
Input
A backing track as a WAV or FLAC file imported into a new session, then a vocal recorded on a new track with punch-in or loop recording.
What the docs say
The README says recording supports punch-in, loop recording with a playlist per take and input monitoring through the channel strip, and Bounce writes WAV, AIFF or FLAC with a peak, true-peak and LUFS readout. Caveat: the gap list says takes are held in memory until you stop, so very long takes can exhaust RAM and a crash during a take loses it.
Case 2
Input
soundcraft-cli run --demo --cmd 'mix.volume={"track":"Kick","db":-6}' --cmd 'mix.insert={"track":"Bass","plugin":"eq_7band"}' --bounce mix.wavWhat the docs say
The docs say every action is a command with JSON parameters and programmatic calls never open dialogs, so the run loads the demo song, turns the kick down 6 dB, adds a 7-band EQ to the bass and writes mix.wav. Caveat: the README lists a separate command-line download only for macOS and does not say where soundcraft-cli comes from on Windows or Linux.
Case 3
Input
claude mcp add soundcraft -- soundcraft-cli mcp --demo, or soundcraft-cli mcp --automation-read-root DIR --automation-write-root DIR to keep the agent to chosen folders.
What the docs say
The docs say the MCP server exposes the same commands as the menus and `session.inspect` reports exactly what changed, so an agent can check its own work; read and write folders are separate roots. Caveat: the project marks the whole app pre-alpha, so an agent's edits need the same checking as yours.
Case 4
Input
Open SoundCraft > Session Audio Health in the app, or run soundcraft-cli run --demo --cmd 'session.audio_health={}' for the same JSON report.What the docs say
The README says the report covers loaded audio availability, sample-rate mismatches and clip source bounds across all playlists, including alternate takes, and suggests a fix for each issue. Caveat: it checks loaded media only, not files on disk, signal levels, plugins or routing.
What it does badly, with the evidence, and what we could not settle.
Weak
Pre-alpha software: not ready to replace Pro Tools for real work.
Evidence: The README calls SoundCraft pre-alpha and estimates it is roughly 40 % of the way to replacing Pro Tools for real work. The roadmap says the core-workflow gate for alpha still fails.
Don't use SoundCraft yet for paid studio work or any project you must hand to or receive from a Pro Tools studio.
Evidence: The README and gap list say there is no AAF/OMF session interchange and no way to open or save .ptx sessions; SoundCraft's own sessions are .scraft JSON files.
No MIDI recording from a keyboard or controller.
Evidence: The README lists recording MIDI from a controller as missing; the gap list says there is no MIDI device input or output, so MIDI parts are drawn or imported from MIDI files.
Audio interface support is incomplete.
Evidence: The README lists choosing an audio interface and buffer size as missing. The roadmap adds that device, rate and buffer choice now exist, but routing to physical channels, one low-latency duplex stream and latency compensation do not, the mix runs in fixed 512-sample blocks, and ASIO is not in the official builds.
Long sessions and long takes live in memory.
Evidence: The gap list says every source is decoded whole into memory and recordings accumulate in RAM until stop, so hour-long multitrack sessions and long takes can exhaust memory and a crash during a long take loses it.
Third-party VST3 plugins are blocked in the signed macOS build.
Evidence: The gap list says the signed macOS build lacks the entitlement that lets it load third-party VST3 bundles (issues #153 and #149), and Audio Unit editor views are not hosted yet.
No MP3 or AAC export, and an English-only interface.
Evidence: The gap list says Bounce writes only WAV/BWF/RF64, AIFF and FLAC, and that the interface is English only with no CJK font fallback; the README says translations are missing.
Uncertain
How closely SoundCraft's bounces, fades, pan law and plugins match Pro Tools' sound.
Why unsure: The gap list says nothing is compared against Pro Tools' output yet (there is no fidelity harness).
How stable it is on Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and the web.
Why unsure: The roadmap says five platforms are built but macOS is the one exercised, and the gap list says Windows, Linux and the web build are exercised only lightly at runtime, with open startup and rendering reports.
Whether the speed claims hold on your computer.
Why unsure: The README says the UI holds 120 frames per second with seventy-odd tracks playing, but the roadmap rates performance as unmeasured, and nobody independent has measured it.
How well your own third-party plugins and real sessions work.
Why unsure: The README lists CLAP, VST3 and Audio Units hosting, but compatibility depends on each plugin, and nobody has published tests with real-world plugin sets or large sessions.
The facts, each with its source and the date we checked it.
| Spec | Value | Note and source |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 0 USD | Free and open source Source: github.comchecked |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Dual-licensed, at your option. The ArtCraft name and logos are trademarks and are not covered. Source: github.comchecked |
| Written in | Rust | 100 % Rust; the interface uses egui. Source: github.comchecked |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Web | Windows x64, Arm64 and 32-bit; one universal macOS app for Apple silicon and Intel; Linux x86_64, ARM64 and RISC-V; FreeBSD x86_64; a WebAssembly build for the browser. Source: github.comchecked |
| Code signing | Signed | Windows installers and executables are code-signed; the macOS app and command-line tool are signed and notarized. Source: github.comchecked |
| Audio import | WAV/BWF/RF64, AIFF/AIFC, FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, ALAC, CAF, MP4/MOV audio | Any sample rate and bit depth. Source: github.comchecked |
| Bounce formats | WAV, AIFF, FLAC | Mix or stems at 16-bit, 24-bit or 32-bit float, with dither and a loudness (LUFS) readout. Source: github.comchecked |
| Plugin formats | CLAP, VST3, Audio Units | Plus SoundCraft's own built-in plugins; any processor can run offline as AudioSuite. Source: github.comchecked |
| Scripting and AI agents | CLI, JSON control channel, MCP server | Every menu action is a command that soundcraft-cli and AI agents can run. Source: github.comchecked |
| Interface language | English | Translations, Simplified Chinese included, have not started. Source: github.comchecked |
Answer first, then why, an example, the limits and what to do next.
SoundCraft is free to download and use. The code is open source under the MIT or Apache-2.0 licence, at your choice, so you can also read, change and share it.
Limits
The ArtCraft name, wordmark and logos are trademarks and are not covered by the licence; forks and modified versions must remove them.
SoundCraft's official builds come only from the storytold/soundcraft GitHub releases, and the buttons on this page link straight to those files.
Why
The README says the Windows installers and executables are code-signed, the macOS app is signed and notarized, and every release has a SHA256SUMS.txt file with a checksum for each download.
Limits
We have not audited the code or tested the builds. SoundCraft is pre-alpha, so keep backups of sessions you care about.
Next step
Download from this page or from the GitHub releases page rather than from third-party mirrors.
SoundCraft has builds for Windows, macOS, Linux and FreeBSD, plus a WebAssembly version that runs in a modern browser.
Why
Windows gets x64, Arm64 and 32-bit installers and portable zips; macOS gets one universal app for Apple silicon and Intel; Linux gets AppImage, Flatpak, .deb, .rpm and tarballs for x86_64 and ARM64.
Limits
The roadmap says macOS is the platform that has been exercised, and the gap list says Windows, Linux and the web build have been run only lightly so far.
SoundCraft cannot replace Pro Tools yet: the project itself estimates it is roughly 40 % of the way to replacing Pro Tools for real work.
Why
The README says it covers 94 % of Pro Tools' menu items (measured) and about 70 % of its features by presence. Recording, editing, mixing and bouncing work, but recording MIDI from a controller and AAF/OMF session exchange are missing, and it cannot open .ptx sessions.
Limits
Nobody has compared its bounces with Pro Tools' output yet.
Next step
To bring material across today, use plain audio files: SoundCraft imports WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3 and other formats at any sample rate and bit depth.
The simplest documented way to update SoundCraft is ArtCraft Launcher, which checks each Craft app's GitHub releases and updates the copies you have.
Why
On Linux, the README says the AppImage updates itself with AppImageUpdate, using the .zsync files published with each release.
Limits
The SoundCraft README does not describe an in-app updater, so don't count on one.
Next step
Get the launcher from its page: [ArtCraft Launcher](/artcraft-launcher).
SoundCraft's interface is English only for now.
Why
The README says translations are missing, and the roadmap lists Simplified Chinese, like every language except English, at 0 %.
Limits
The gap list also says there is no CJK font fallback yet.
Step by step for each system, plus the fixes the project documents for common problems.
soundcraft-<version>-windows-x64.msi, which fits most 64-bit Intel and AMD PCs..msi file and follow the installer. The README says SoundCraft's Windows installers and executables are code-signed.soundcraft-<version>-windows-arm64.msi and soundcraft-<version>-windows-x86.msi.soundcraft-<version>-windows-x64-portable.zip), unzip it and double-click soundcraft.exe.If something goes wrong
atio6axx.dll). To try another backend, open PowerShell in the folder that contains soundcraft.exe and run $env:WGPU_BACKEND = "vulkan", then & .\soundcraft.exe. Afterwards Remove-Item Env:WGPU_BACKEND restores the default. Don't force gl: it can bring the driver crash back.soundcraft.log to %APPDATA%\SoundCraft\logs\. Each launch keeps the previous log as soundcraft.1.log, so the log of a run that crashed survives the next start. Attach it to an issue on GitHub.soundcraft-<version>-macos-universal.dmg, one app for both Apple silicon and Intel Macs..dmg file and drag SoundCraft to the Applications folder.soundcraft-cli-<version>-macos-universal.zip is in Other downloads; it is signed and notarized too.If something goes wrong
soundcraft.log to ~/Library/Application Support/SoundCraft/logs/. A start from the Dock has no terminal, so this file is what to attach to an issue; the previous run's log is kept as soundcraft.1.log.soundcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage for most PCs, or soundcraft-<version>-linux-aarch64.AppImage for ARM64. The README says the AppImage runs anywhere.chmod +x soundcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage, then start it with ./soundcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.AppImage..deb instead: sudo apt install ./soundcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.deb..rpm with sudo dnf install ./soundcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.rpm. The README lists the same .rpm for openSUSE.flatpak install --user soundcraft-<version>-linux-x86_64.flatpak..tar.gz tarball unpacks anywhere. RISC-V (riscv64) builds need glibc 2.39 or newer, for example Ubuntu 24.04..zsync file published beside each AppImage.If something goes wrong
soundcraft.log to ~/.config/soundcraft/logs/ (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/soundcraft/logs/). Started from a terminal, it also prints the log there. Set RUST_LOG=debug for more detail.soundcraft-<version>-freebsd-x86_64.tar.gz in Other downloads, for x86_64 only./usr/local with a password prompt (polkit), or into ~/.local when polkit isn't installed.soundcraft-web-<version>.zip in Other downloads: SoundCraft built as a static WebAssembly site.SoundCraft's README says recording, editing, mixing and bouncing work end to end. The Edit window has the Shuffle, Slip, Spot and Grid modes and the Smart, Trim, Pencil and other tools that Pro Tools users know, with playlists, comping lanes, fades and clip gain. The Mix window has ten inserts and ten sends per track, busses, VCAs and automatic plugin delay compensation. MIDI tracks come with built-in instruments, a piano roll, a Score Editor and MusicXML export, and a video track decodes H.264, ProRes and Motion JPEG. Every action is also a command that scripts and AI agents can run through soundcraft-cli or an MCP server.
The project calls SoundCraft pre-alpha. Its README names three gaps that keep it there: choosing an audio interface and buffer size, recording MIDI from a controller, and exchanging sessions with Pro Tools through AAF or OMF. The roadmap's entry for 2026-10-12 says device, sample-rate and buffer-size choice has since arrived, while routing to physical channels and a low-latency duplex path have not. The gap list adds that recordings and imported audio are held in memory, that the signed macOS build blocks third-party VST3 plugins, that MP3, AAC and Ogg export are missing, and that the interface is English only.
SoundCraft follows Pro Tools' workflow on purpose: an Edit window, a Mix window, edit modes, memory locations and AudioSuite processing, so that, in the README's words, "your hands should already know where things are". By the project's own measurement it covers 94 % of Pro Tools' menu items; it estimates about 70 % of the features by presence and roughly 40 % of the way to replacing Pro Tools for real work. Nobody has compared its output with Pro Tools' yet: the gap list says there is no fidelity test against Pro Tools' bounces. It cannot open .ptx sessions. SoundCraft is an independent project and is not affiliated with Avid.
SoundCraft is one of the Crafting Apps from the ArtCraft team: free, open-source creative tools, each written from scratch in Rust and each able to stand on its own. The others include PhotoCraft, VectorCraft, FilmCraft, LightCraft, PdfCraft, EffectCraft and DesignCraft. The code is dual-licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0, and the ArtCraft name and logos are trademarks that the licence does not cover. ArtCraft Launcher installs and updates several Craft apps from one window.
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