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.
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Adobe Audition
Professional audio workstation. The industry's most powerful digital audio editing software allows you to create, mix, and modify sound effects. Audition is a powerful tool that allows you to create, mix, edit, and restore audio content. It includes multitrack, waveform and spectral display. This powerful audio workstation was designed to speed up video production workflows and audio editing. It also delivers a polished mix with pristine audio. The industry's most powerful audio cleanup, restoration, editing, and precision tool for sound effect design, video, podcasting, or video. This tutorial walks you through Adobe Audition's robust audio toolkit, which includes its seamless workflow with Adobe Premiere Pro. Even if you are not a professional, the Essential Sound panel can help you achieve professional-quality sound. Learn how to record, mix, export, and export audio content for a podcast or other audio project.
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Reaper
REAPER's flexible features and renowned stability have found a home everywhere digital audio is used.
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GarageBand
GarageBand is a fully-equipped music creation studio that you can use right from your Mac. It includes a sound library that includes instruments, presets to guitar and voice, as well as a wide range of session drummers, percussionists, and a huge selection of drum beats. It's easy to use, record, create, share and learn your songs with Touch Bar features for MacBook Pro. Now you can make music like a pro.
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