Ardour

Website

https://ardour.org/

Description

It is a free software meant to record, edit and mix. It can be used on Linux, macOS and Windows. It is designed for instrumental music rather than pop and techno idioms. It can be also used to create and edit soundtracks for films and video projects. For more detailed features vistit: https://ardour.org/features.html

Third-party plugins can greatly expand functionality.

Classroom setting

Have a final project assignment using this software such as recording a lesson, yourself teaching, TED talk-style presentation, podcast, arrange or edit a soundtrack, etc.

Studio setting

As a teacher, I can have a computer and software set up ready for students to record their lesson. They can provide with an external memory as part of their material requirements where the lesson recording will be stored after each lesson.