Free local-first AI DAW theDAW ships with Stable Audio 3, on-GPU fine-tuning and XR controls
cocktailpeanut · x · 2026-09-08
theDAW, a free AI music workstation available via the Pinokio 1-click launcher, combines DJ/VJ/production tools interoperable with Ableton, Reaper and Resolume: Stable Audio 3, Magenta RT2, Suno API, Demucs stem separation, MIDI generation and notation, image-to-spectrogram-to-music, VST3 hosting, a 25-effect mastering chain, GLM shaders and a Quest 3 XR interface.
It runs fully local with no account or subscription, and lets you fine-tune the generator on your own recordings on your own GPU. Medium fits a 6GB NVIDIA card, Small runs on CPU, and Apple Silicon uses MPS. Ships 110 MIDI controller profiles plus camera-based controller identification.
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