Ulukai on 15/3/2009 at 19:44
Haven't put together any music on my computer for a long time - last time I did so was with either (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse_Tracker) Impulse or Scream Tracker, but I'd like to get into it again.
I'm guessing there's better solutions than Impulse Tracker around these days - so what should I be looking at? Is there any decent free software out there?
Firefreak on 15/3/2009 at 20:22
Amongst the current sequencer software, (
http://www.ableton.com) Ableton Live seems to be common. A more niche product would be Reason from (
http://www.propellerheads.se/) Propellerhead. (Venture through the corresponding product links) And next in line would be Logic and Cubase.
These are all commercial products, but they might give you a start to search for corresponding free clones (if there are any...). I can't give you any special insight though, these are the programs that get mentioned the most with regards to music making at the SAE campus I'm at... (ProTools from Digidesign is off your limits I guess)
For some software it's important to decide first whether you want to work on a Mac or Windows.
Tonamel on 15/3/2009 at 20:28
I don't think the free DAW landscape has really changed that much. A quick search pulls up all the old names I remember: Reaper, Buzz, Psycle, Ardour, etc.
I work in the very reasonably priced Tracktion 2, but I am looking to migrate over to less-wallet-friendly Live at some point.
ChickenMcOwnage on 15/3/2009 at 20:47
I use almost exclusively Fruity Loops Studio ((
http://flstudio.image-line.com/) http://flstudio.image-line.com/). It's really cheap and has free life-time updates (I've been using it for about 9 years now). They make most of their money from VST plug-ins, but there are so many great *free* plug-ins these days that you don't need to buy very many.
Ulukai on 16/3/2009 at 13:15
Fruit Loops! Didn't realise that was still around. Definitely come on a bit, by the looks of things.
Wormrat on 16/3/2009 at 14:30
Well, what are you looking for? A sequencer, VST support, loop-based editing?
I managed to snag Tracktion back when it they were offering free copies for download, and I use that for my VST softsynths. I use external programs to sequence MIDIs (and sometimes an old version of ACID if I'm lazy and want an easy way to mess with loops).
Speaking of, has anyone tried ACID Xpress? It sounds decent enough if you only want to do basic stuff.
(
http://www.acidplanet.com/downloads/xpress/)
Jason Moyer on 16/3/2009 at 14:56
Depends on what you're doing.
Edit: And how much you want to spend.
Ulukai on 16/3/2009 at 16:12
I'm not sure what I'm doing. I want to play :cool:
Price point, between free and $100.
[NAUC]Chief on 16/3/2009 at 16:33
I'm no music person, but everyone I show it to (who CAN make music) is amazed by it, so maybe you will too.
It's called LMMS - Linux MultiMedia Studio, but it has a windows version.
It does all the stuff like VST etc etc etc, and what's more - it's free and open source ;)
(
http://lmms.sourceforge.net/)
Ulukai on 16/3/2009 at 18:31
Despite my misgiving that anything with Linux is the title would instantly assault me with 3 billion options of beard configuration, I'm pleasantly surprised by LMMS, especially for a free offering.
Downloading the Fruity Loops demo, too.
