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LUNA Digital Audio Workstation

"Hey LUNA… Start recording"

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LUNA is our free DAW that’s built for the future of music creation, giving you the incredible sound of an analog studio with AI‑powered tools that make recording easier. Unlock your creativity and sound like the records you love.

Get it today, free for Mac and Windows.

See What’s New

Discover your ultimate workflow with features like ARA Support, Hardware Inserts, and Volt 876 Integration. And with AI-powered Voice Control, Smart Tempo Tools, and Instrument Detection, LUNA acts as your assistant so you can stay focused on making music.

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Introducing LUNA 2.0

Bring Your Mix Together with LUNA Extensions

Add warmth and clarity to your mixes with authentic emulations of legendary analog channel strips and summing circuits. Or get the rich harmonics and saturation of analog tape right in LUNA's mixer.

Instruments & Effects to Unlock Your Creativity

LUNA comes free with a virtual instrument toolkit and MIDI features for ultimate creative control. Or you can go even farther with LUNA Pro, giving you a complete virtual workstation stocked with tools for sound design and mixing.

Edit with Precision and Speed

Tighten drums, tune vocals, and shape performances with LUNA’s advanced editing tools — now with ARA support for pro-level workflows.

Lose the Latency for a Seamless Workflow

With an Apollo interface, you can record and monitor with UAD plug-ins in realtime and enjoy seamless routing, just like working in a professional analog studio.

Keep Your Ideas Moving

LUNA is built to stay out of your way and keep your creativity flowing. We’re always adding features to help you move fast, and spend more time creating music and less time managing it.

Watch the LUNA Masterclass

What They Say

I grew up using tape and analog consoles, and LUNA is as close as I can get to the sound and workflow of my old Studer and Neve setups.

Butch Walker

Green Day, Weezer, Fall Out Boy

LUNA lets me forget that I'm using a computer to make music. And the crazy-low latency workflow with my Apollo has further blurred the line between production and mixing for me — I can just make records.

Fab Dupont

Jennifer Lopez, David Crosby, Shakira

Reviews

4.1
Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars
Based on 313 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 190 Total 4 star reviews: 41 Total 3 star reviews: 32 Total 2 star reviews: 16 Total 1 star reviews: 34
74%would recommend this product
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313 reviews
  • MS
    MARK S.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Yesterday
    Love it!

    Love It!

  • WM
    William M.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Yesterday
    Fantastic DAW

    LUNA is incredible. I've worked with other DAWs before using LUNA and when it comes to tracking and recording I don't think there is anything better. Mixing and mastering operations run just as smooth, but I feel this DAW really shines and sets a new bar getting things down on "tape."

    The signal flow, layout, and ease of use is top-notch. I cannot give enough praise for everyone who was responsible for bringing this to life.

  • MH
    Mark H.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Yesterday
    Luna DAW

    The is the fourth time I’ve undertaken the daunting task of learning a DAW: Presonus Studio One, Protools, Ableton Lite Live and of course Audacity.

    Luna is by far the easiest to get up and running I’ve ever tried (ok….Audacity was easy, yeah), and the various workflow environmental components in it are very easy to find and manipulate. As I learn more about it by experimenting with it, I am discovering that it does seem to be more designed for someone who would rather create music than be this crazed engineer, and I fully appreciate that.

    It works flawlessly with the Volt 276 interface, which on its own is a much more interesting device than the Scarlett 2i2 that died on me ( bad USB port).

    So far, any hardware I’ve added has been seamlessly recognized…to date that is only an m-audio MK 49 midi controller.

    The plug ins are all new to me, so I can’t give them a fair review, but I will say I love the graphics.

    Looking forward to a lot of fun with Luna.

    Next step…..upgrade my computer.

  • YS
    Yoram S.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    3 days ago
    Luna pro

    I like it very much,

    I love the global sound of it, and like the Virtual guitar amps, I wish you’ll make more videos tutorials about Vocal recordings, that will explain the Arm Mode, that always mute the busses effect,

    But overall Im more than happy

  • TB
    Thomas B.
    Verified Buyer
    I recommend this product
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    4 days ago
    Luna Free

    Haven’t had much time for it yet as I have been busy with session work. So far I like it a lot.

Frequently Asked Questions

No UA hardware of any kind is required. LUNA runs natively on your computer.

LUNA runs on supported macOS and Windows systems. See our LUNA system requirements article for full system requirements. An iLok account is required for managing LUNA licenses. We support iLok USB keys for portability, but one is not required.

While an iLok.com account is required, LUNA is authorized to your computer. No need to be online or buy a dongle to get started. Don’t worry, if you don’t have an iLok account, we’ll create one for you during the signup process.

Download LUNA via UA Connect.

Yes, LUNA and Apollo work perfectly together and enable realtime monitoring and recording workflows. Due to high demand, we’ve decided to extend LUNA’s availability to everyone.

LUNA itself can be used on up to three separate computers simultaneously.

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¹Voice Control is available as a feature preview and and currently only supported only on Apple Silicon Macs.

²Neve Summing sold separately, Apollo interface required.