DAW - Music Making
Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) is an electronic device or application software used for recording, editing and producing audio files. DAWs come in a wide variety of configurations from a single software program on a laptop, to an integrated stand-alone unit, all the way to a highly complex configuration of numerous components controlled by a central computer. Regardless of configuration, modern DAWs have a central interface that allows the user to alter and mix multiple recordings and tracks into a final produced piece
Ardour is professional hard-disc recording for MacOSX and Linux - meets all of you studio requirements. Ardour packs features such as: multi-channel recording, non-linear and non-destructive editing, mixer functionality and uses time code to sync to other devices. It also supports the LADSPA plug-ins for all kind of effects.
Record Bring it to the computer. Grab yourself a nice audio interface. Plug in a microphone or a keyboard. Add a track. Press record. Got it. Use what you've got.Import audio or MIDI from your hard drive or the Freesound database.
Edit The work to be done,Cut, move, stretch, copy, paste, delete, align, trim, crossfade, rename, snapshot, zoom, transpose, quantize, swing, drag, drop.The tools to do it All with unlimited undo/redo. All in the same window.
Mix All the buzzwords, Mute, solo, fader, automate, EQ, dynamics, insert, send, pre-fader, post-fader, sync, monitor, isolate. Less of the pain. Floating point fidelity, the most flexible mixer architecture in the industry, hundreds of plugins, and external control surfaces.
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- Note: I thought this was Free software. While Adour is Open Source Software it is not free as in in "Free Beer" Ardour is free in the following ways: You are free to do anything with it that you want (including use it on as many machines as you wish, make copies of it for friends). You can get the source code without charge, and build (and modify) the program yourself. Some people like to explain this with the phrase "Ardour is free as in free speech, not free as in free beer". Others like to point out that English doesn't have two different words like some other languages do, to differentiate between "free as in speech" (e.g. "libre" in French) and "free as in beer" (e.g. "gratis" in French). Ardour is "libre" software, with a bit of the "gratis" thrown in.
Traverso DAW (digital audio workstation) is an easy to use, open source multitrack audio recording and editing suite with a great user interface. You'll find yourself doing more work in half the time thanks to the unique interface geared toward both the home user and profession musician; instead of endless menus and submenus, Traverso uses both the mouse and the keyboard together for precision and speed.
The consistent, rather stark interface and the many tools let the user work without the need to learn a lot of applications. Learning Traverso is as easy as using it! Audio sources are kept in their original state as filters are applied resulting in non-destructive editing. The "History" feature allows for unlimited changes and lets the user create as many tracks as desired; Tracks supports one or two channels and any number of mono or stereo audio clips you need.
Traverso's realtime audio processing gives smooth, uninterrupted playback of audio as well as superior recording. Read/writes are accomplish with lockless ringbuffers for the very best process execution, resulting in low latency and high performance. The on-the-fly, transparent sample rate conversion means the end of converting your audio files to your audio card's sample rate. This feature saves time and aggravation as well as opening new creative possibilities.
Traverso has impressed users with its stability and long list of exceptional features.
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MusE is a full featured MIDI and audio sequencer with recording and editing functionality. Complete with plugin support and automation. See feature list below.
MusE was originally written by Werner Schweer and is now developed and maintained by the MusE development team. MusE aims to be a complete multitrack virtual studio for Linux.
It is published under the GNU General Public License.
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MuseScore is a free music notation and composition software available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
It allows for fast and easy note entry on a virtual note sheet. It has an integrated sequencer to allow for immediate playback of the score. MuseScore can import and export MusicXML and standard Midi files.
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Produce music with your computer by creating melodies and beats, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples and much more.
Playback instruments, samples and plugins with a typing or MIDI keyboard in a user-friendly and modern interface.
Bundled with ready-to-use content from an assortment of instrument and effect plugins, presets and samples to VST and SoundFont support.
