Music software?

[moonrose]

so my friend wants to get some music software for recording, editing, etc.
Does anyone know any good programs, free or ones that cost money.
he wants to buy a program called Sonar7.
its $500 and i want to check if theres something better cheaper, or free, before he gets it.


thanks

 

[Darg]

It depends on the magnitude of what they want to do. "Recording" and "editing" ranges from simple low-end solutions right up to multi-track effects-layered solutions.

Have you tried Audacity yet ? It's open source, so it's always a good start. The UI isn't the best, but it's quite good "under the hood".

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

[moonrose]

yeah we're looking for some pretty serious stuff. almost professional but a little amateur.
ill mess around with that audacity and what happens, thank you

 

[Rad]

Sony Acid - http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/acidfamily.asp

 

[Jindo]

Audacity (above) can do basic editing.

Cubase is a highly advanced music editing software, but it's also pretty expensive.

FL Studio can edit songs to an extent, but people tend to use this for creating songs from scratch (you can import recordings, which I guess is a good thing), it's only $99 .

Reason is also expensive, and like FL Studio, it's more for making music from scratch as opposed to mixing and editing songs, but it can still be done. This program is also pretty expensive in comparison with FL Studio.

Hope this helps .

 

[sevin]

FlexiMusic Wave Editor is pretty intuitive, elegant music editing software..makes it incredibly easy. I feel it is very easy to use. For the prize also they are amazing.

 

[The Helper]

I would love to see more of these.

 

[ertaboy356b]

Adobe SoundBooth??

 

[Prometheus]

Sony Acid - http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/acidfamily.asp

I find that program useless and overly-complicated

Audacity (above) can do basic editing.
FL Studio can edit songs to an extent, but people tend to use this for creating songs from scratch (you can import recordings, which I guess is a good thing), it's only $99 .

Got my vote.

 

[Cokemonkey11]

Audacity IMO has to be the best because it does everything you could really want for free.

You may also be interested in Melodyne's Direct Note Access Which is currently unreleased.

It's also very expensive...

 

[sevin]

Try to FlexiMusic Audio Editor, i used it to record my audio stuffs and to slice my mp3s. Its having an easy user interface.

 

[Sintoras]

Cubase is pretty high-end but my former drum teacher used it for his band. I'd try it if its in the financial range.

Sintoras