Best freeware for live performance

Get beat-matching, vocal tweaking, clip launching and more… for free

The freeware story doesn’t start and end in the studio. For the realm of the stage, there’s a similar deluge of free downloads that might just make the difference between a clunky performance and a night that your audience will never forget. While we’re going to take it as read that you’re working around a computer-based setup, this guide offers up a delectable platter of free software (and free platform) gems. From swift, flexible beat making, to instantaneous vocal-tuning and even a featurepacked, show-ready DAW, our list is aimed squarely at those questing to tighten up their live sound.