OpenBand
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Mix & master in one gesture
Pick a genre and a platform: the Mix Pilot balances, EQs, pans, sidechains and masters your song to Spotify, Apple Music or club loudness — every change explained, dosed with one knob.
Free · Open source · Built in the open
The music studio everyone builds together
OpenBand is the first open-source DAW that anyone can improve: suggest a feature, follow it on the public roadmap, and play it in the next release. Make music in your browser or on your computer — and let your AI play along.
Free forever · No account · macOS, Windows, Linux · latest
✦“Funk drums, please”Create a part in words
◎−19.8 → −14.0 LUFSMix & master in one gesture
MIT licence
Browser, macOS, Windows, Linux
139 tools for AI apps
English & Italiano
Works offline
How OpenBand grows
Your idea can be in the next release.
Most music software is decided behind closed doors. OpenBand is built where everyone can see it: every idea is public, every change is tested, every feature ships as its own release.
You suggest it
Describe what you'd like the studio to do, in your own words. It becomes a public issue on GitHub.
Everyone sees it
Other musicians vote with a 👍 and add their case. The most wanted ideas rise on the roadmap.
It gets built
In the open, with tests that listen to the audio — by contributors and AI coding agents working side by side.
You play it
Each feature is its own release. The app tells you when it's out; the online studio updates by itself.
New releases every week
Suggest a feature →
What it does
A complete studio, made simple.
From the first idea to a master ready for Spotify: instruments, drums, audio, effects, mixing and mastering — each step a gesture, not a manual.
Create a part in words
“Funk drums”, “arpeggiated piano”, “a lo-fi keys loop”: OpenBand's engines — or the music models you install — play it, in time and in key with your song.
Jam with the AI
Play a phrase and it answers on the next bar, as notes you can keep.
Record like a studio
Microphone or interface, punch-in, takes and comping, blind A/B tests, hum a melody to MIDI.
Never lose an idea
Versions and branches like git for songs, a 30-day time machine, crash recovery.
Play together
Share a link and edit the same song live, with comments — and the AI as the third musician.
Desktop app
Your plugins
Open-source web plugins everywhere, and the CLAP synths and effects installed on your computer, with their own windows and sample-accurate automation — each in its own process, so a crash never stops the music.
Sounds like a record
A true-peak limiter, sidechain, loudness meters and exports for every platform, with stems that add up to the master.
Any AI
Your AI can play it too.
OpenBand speaks MCP, the open standard AI apps use to work with tools. Ask for a bassline, a mix, an arrangement — and watch it happen in the studio, one undo away.
- In the studio's own chat — Claude, OpenAI, Gemini with your key, or a free model on your computer with Ollama.
- From your AI app — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code.
- It listens before it touches — loudness, balance, masking, harmony: it explains its choices on the notes.
ClaudeChatGPTGeminiOllamaCursorVS Code
Download
Get OpenBand. It's free.
Always the latest version, straight from the GitHub releases.
Your system
Windows
Windows 10 or 11
Download (64-bit) ARM (Snapdragon)SmartScreen may ask once: “More info → Run anyway”.
No install
Open the studio in Chrome, Edge or Safari — and install it as an app from the browser to use it offline. Open the studio →For Claude Desktop
One file, double-click to install: openband.mcpb. Then ask Claude to make music.From a terminal
With Node.js 18+, the studio and its AI server in one command:npx -y --allow-remote=all https://github.com/iltempe/openband/releases/latest/download/openband.tgz
Make it yours
The next feature could be your idea.
You don't need to write code. Tell us what would make OpenBand better for the music you make — it takes a minute, and everyone can see where it goes.
OpenBand is free and stays free. If it helps your music, you can support it: ☕ buymeacoffee.com/iltempe