Mixcraft
Mixcraft was created by musicians for musicians. It is unrivaled in industry for its ease of use and raw power. Mixcraft's intuitive interface, lightning fast sound engine, reality-defying pitch shifting and time-stretching technology and almost universal support for third-party plugs, audio interfaces and hardware controllers make it easy to record and mix your tracks in record time.
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Ardour
Get yourself a quality audio interface and connect a microphone or keyboard to it. Start by adding a track, hit record, and you’re good to go. You can edit your audio by cutting, moving, stretching, copying, pasting, deleting, aligning, trimming, crossfading, renaming, taking snapshots, zooming in and out, transposing, quantizing, swinging, and simply dragging and dropping. You can also import audio or MIDI files from your computer or utilize resources from the Freesound database, all while enjoying unlimited undo and redo options, all within a single window. Control your mix with features like mute, solo, faders, automation, EQ, and dynamics, along with options for inserts, sends, pre-fader, and post-fader effects, as well as synchronization, monitoring, and isolation. Enjoy high-fidelity floating point audio, a highly adaptable mixer design, numerous plugins, and compatibility with external control surfaces. Ardour caters to users who are focused on recording, editing, mixing, and mastering both audio and MIDI projects. It’s the ideal solution for those who seek complete command over their tools, especially when the constraints of other software become a hindrance, and it supports your long sessions, ensuring everything runs smoothly and tailored to your needs. With Ardour, your creative potential is fully unleashed and ready to explore.
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BeatMaker
BeatMaker 3 is an all-encompassing music production application that merges the capabilities of conventional desktop software and hardware into a single, user-friendly audio and MIDI workstation. It ensures an efficient workflow for performing, recording, and developing musical concepts. Users have the ability to create and tailor instruments across 128 banks, each consisting of 128 pads that act as complete instruments. The app boasts an advanced sampling engine equipped with modulation and layering options, complemented by ZPlane’s Elastique technology for live stretching and pitch shifting. Additionally, BeatMaker 3 facilitates seamless integration with external synthesizers and effects applications via comprehensive AUv3 and IAA support. Its traditional timeline-based pattern and song editor, combined with a versatile scene mode, provide users with precise sequencing and remixing capabilities. The application also includes a contemporary mixing console featuring multi-channel recording, customizable input/output routing, an unlimited number of effects per track and pad, and support for up to eight sends, making it a powerful tool for any music producer. With its extensive features, BeatMaker 3 stands out as a premier choice for both novice and experienced musicians alike.
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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.
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