{"id":144,"date":"2013-04-09T09:40:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T09:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/?p=144"},"modified":"2013-04-29T04:25:10","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T04:25:10","slug":"top-free-music-software-recording-programs-daw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/top-free-music-software-recording-programs-daw\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Free Music Software Recording Programs &#8211; DAW"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Top Free Music Software Recording Applications &#8211; DAW<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Every month I get dozens of questions from up and coming music artists about what music software I use and what my opinion is on music program X,Y and Z. I try my best to reply to all questions asked and when I do reply with my answers, quite a few people get back to me and say something along the lines of,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>wow that program is a little more than what I can afford or willing to pay. Is there anything cheaper?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So I have decided to pick out my own top free audio recording software programs\u00a0that might suit those peoples needs. Only three audio recording programs were selected for this blog post and you may be curious why these three programs make the cut on my\u00a0recommended list.\u00a0The reason why I chose these three free software recording programs is because they&#8217;re rich in audio editing features and do the basics for any home recording artist \/ enthusiast, plus they&#8217;re cross platform compatible. Meaning they&#8217;re able to run on both Windows and Mac, some even Linux.\u00a0The other big reason would be because some of the (DAW&#8217;s) have the option to run on 32bit or 64bit operating systems. There are many more free audio recording software programs out there, but in my opinion these are currently the top dog for free (DAW&#8217;s)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>PreSonus Studio One Free<\/h2>\n<p>My number one pick hands down for a free music recording program or (DAW) would be PreSonus Studio One Free.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/presonus-studioone-2-free-screenshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-150\" alt=\"presonus-studioone-2-free-screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/presonus-studioone-2-free-screenshot.jpg\" width=\"710\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/presonus-studioone-2-free-screenshot.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/presonus-studioone-2-free-screenshot-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/presonus-studioone-2-free-screenshot-475x300.jpg 475w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PreSonus Studio One Free has so many great features that it would take forever to list them all, but some of the features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>beautiful user interface<\/li>\n<li>drag and drop<\/li>\n<li>unlimited audio and midi tracks<\/li>\n<li>unlimited track FX<\/li>\n<li>real-time audio timestretching and resampling<\/li>\n<li>virtual instrument<\/li>\n<li>it just works great and very solid<\/li>\n<li>etc&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No technical support is provided for Studio One Free, but they have a very helpful and active <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.presonus.com\/forums\/show\/48.page\">forum<\/a> where you can get a lot of questions answered and learn a lot of tips and tricks.<\/p>\n<p>Another great reason why you should pick PreSonus Studio One is because it really is a full on professional Digital Audio Workstation that sounds great and in my opinion is way ahead of the curve compared to most other professional DAW&#8217;s. If you ever plan to step your recording engineer game up from the Free version it won&#8217;t be a problem for you because you would already be familiar with the programs user interface and capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/presonus-studioone-2-free-os-dl-chart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-155\" alt=\"presonus-studioone-2-free-os-dl-chart\" src=\"http:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/presonus-studioone-2-free-os-dl-chart.jpg\" width=\"713\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/presonus-studioone-2-free-os-dl-chart.jpg 713w, https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/presonus-studioone-2-free-os-dl-chart-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/presonus-studioone-2-free-os-dl-chart-500x295.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see by the picture above, you can choose Window 32bit, 64bit or Mac. Not bad for free.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/studioone.presonus.com\/free\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Download PreSonus Studio One<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Reaper<\/h2>\n<p>Reaper by Cockus was my second pick.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/reaper-screenshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158\" alt=\"reaper-screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/reaper-screenshot.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/reaper-screenshot.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/reaper-screenshot-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/reaper-screenshot-385x300.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This program is another great free music recording software that is very solid and stable. Reaper focuses on stability and doesn&#8217;t spend money on marketing or piracy locks, it just straight up works. So this is how it works, you download and install it. For the next 60 days you get to\u00a0Evaluate Reaper with no limitations and after 60 days some\u00a0annoying pop up appears at the\u00a0beginning of the application launch asking you to pay for a license.\u00a0Basically Reaper runs on the\u00a0honour\u00a0system\u00a0and you are NOT limited to what you can do after the 60 day\u00a0evaluation\u00a0period. A lot of people use it for years and never pay for a license but, I recommend if you enjoy using the software then please help those\u00a0financially\u00a0who develop the product you use so they can keep coming out with new updates.<\/p>\n<p>Reaper also has a <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.cockos.com\/forumdisplay.php?f=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">forum<\/a>\u00a0where you can get tips, tricks and you questions answered.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the features are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>drag and drop<\/li>\n<li>cut, paste, move, layer audio freely<\/li>\n<li>full automation recording and playback<\/li>\n<li>customization<\/li>\n<li>manage tempo and time signature<\/li>\n<li>etc&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/reaper-os-dl-chart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-162\" alt=\"reaper-os-dl-chart\" src=\"http:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/reaper-os-dl-chart.jpg\" width=\"479\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/reaper-os-dl-chart.jpg 479w, https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/reaper-os-dl-chart-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/a>Reaper has great OS 32bit and 64bit support for both Windows and Mac.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reaper.fm\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Download Reaper<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Audacity<\/h2>\n<p>This is my third pick out of three I selected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/audacity-screenshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-166\" alt=\"audacity-screenshot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/audacity-screenshot.jpg\" width=\"687\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/audacity-screenshot.jpg 687w, https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/audacity-screenshot-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/audacity-screenshot-327x300.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Audacity is a very basic and simple to use audio recording software program. This program is usually bundled with a lot of usb turntables that convert vinyl to mp3 via usb or \u00a0usb cassette players that convert tapes to mp3 for archiving\u00a0purposes. Audacity&#8217;s user interface isn&#8217;t as pretty as PreSonus Studio One&#8217;s or Reaper&#8217;s but it can\u00a0defiantly\u00a0do the job,\u00a0especially\u00a0on older computers with single core cpu processors or on computers that don&#8217;t have the up to date video cards like most have today.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the features are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>record via usb, mic\/line in<\/li>\n<li>multi-track recording<\/li>\n<li>Unlimited sequential Undo (and Redo)<\/li>\n<li>Timer Record and Sound Activated Recording features<\/li>\n<li>Supports 16-bit, 24-bit and 32-bit<\/li>\n<li>etc&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/about\/features\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here<\/a> for a list of all the features<\/p>\n<p>Here is the <a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/help\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">help<\/a> page for tips, tricks and tutorials<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/audacity-2.0.3-os-dl-chart.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-169\" alt=\"audacity-2.0.3-os-dl-chart\" src=\"http:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/audacity-2.0.3-os-dl-chart.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/audacity-2.0.3-os-dl-chart.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.illbeatz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/audacity-2.0.3-os-dl-chart-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This program can be used with the three main operating systems out there. Like the picture above shows you can use Audacity with Windows, Mac and Linux<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/audacity.sourceforge.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Download Audacity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That is my recommended list of free music software recording applications. I hope this post helps someone out on choosing a solid free audio software editor. Thanks for reading my blog post, if it was\u00a0beneficial\u00a0to you please like it, and if you know someone who could\u00a0benefit\u00a0from it please share with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Free Music Software Recording Applications &#8211; DAW &nbsp; Every month I get dozens of questions from up and coming music artists about what music software I use and what my opinion is on music program X,Y and Z. 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