Ardour
Get an audio interface. Plug in a microphone and a keyboard. You can add a track and press record. Cut, move, stretch, copy, paste, delete, align, trim, crossfade, rename, snapshot, zoom, transpose, quantize, swing, drag, drop. Import audio and MIDI from your hard disk or the Freesound database. All with unlimited undo/redo. All of these functions can be done in one window. Mute, solo and fader. Floating point fidelity, the most flexible mix architecture in the industry, hundreds plugins, and multiple control surfaces. Ardour's core user base is people who want to record, edit and mix audio and MIDI projects. Ardour is the right tool for you if you need total control over your tools or when other designs limit you, or if you want to spend hours, if not days, on a session.
Learn more
LMMS
You can compose music on Windows, Linux, and macOS. In one interface, you can create songs, sequences, mix, and automate. You can play the notes using a MIDI controller, or your computer keyboard. The Rhythm + Bass Editor allows you to combine tracks from different instruments. The Piano Roll Editor allows you to fine-tune notes, chords, melodies, and patterns. Full automation based upon user-definable tracks and computer-controlled automation sources. Import MIDI files, Hydrogen projects. Support for 64-bit VST instruments via 32 bit VST bridge (Windows 64bit). Support for LADSPA plug-ins. Support for VST®, Effects Plugins (Linux, Windows). Included compressor, limiter and delay. Included are graphic and parametric equalizers. Built-in spectrum viewer / analyzer. You can create music with your computer by creating melodies and rhythms as well as synthesizing and mixing sounds and arranging samples.
Learn more
BeatMaker
BeatMaker 3 combines desktop software and hardware power into a single intuitive audio and MIDI production app. It provides a streamlined workflow to perform, record, and shape musical ideas efficiently. Users can create and customize their own instruments using up to 128 banks with 128 pads. Each pad functions as a complete instrument. The app features a cutting-edge sampling engine with modulation, layering and ZPlane's Elastique to perform live pitch and stretch. BeatMaker 3 offers full support for AUv3 and IAA, allowing it to integrate with external synthesizers and effect apps. The classic timeline-based song and pattern editor, as well as the flexible scene mode, allow for precise sequencing and remixing. The app features a modern mixer board with multi-channel recordings, input/output routes, unlimited effects per pad and track, and up to eight sends.
Learn more
Magix Music Maker
You can fulfill your dream of becoming a music producer without any prior experience. Music Maker lets you get started right away. You can choose from a huge selection of beats, tunes, and vocals at chart-quality level. You can drag and drop sounds and loops, use a variety of software instruments, and apply professional effects. You can choose sounds and loops from your favourite genre and combine them on your timeline with virtual instruments. You can apply analog synthesizers, real drums or elegant strings with just one click. Forge a whole band! You can start recording your own vocals and melodies right away. Simply connect your MIDI keyboard or drum pad controller to the microphone. That's it! You want to record a solo live guitar performance? It's possible. You can customize every element to fit your groove. You can create a track that is unique. Drag and drop to apply professional effects on your sounds, loops or instruments.
Learn more