PC Music Program
 

Hey, I was just wondering if anyone knew of a good music program for recording/mixing music. I've actually never used any sort of music program and am still new to it but if there are any good programs out there that wouldn't be bad for me to try please list them here. Thanks!

I use acoustica beatcraft, but thats only good for beats (obviously).

pro tools is the industry standard. You can get the consumer version with hardware interface for about $500.

I recommend cakewalk sonar, with some good digging you can get your hands on a copy online.

It depends on how much production ability you are looking for.

audacity is free but extremely limited. unlimited tracks though.
kristal is free and supports asio. 16 tracks only. lacks editing options high end programs have but beats a fourtrack recorder.

but remember you get what you pay for...

FL Studio (Fruityloops)

Nothing is better than that, and the price is great.

Get it.

Sonar is the way to go for PC

I've used Audacity and FruityLoops, they both fulfill my needs. My guitarist uses Pro Tools and that is also pretty fantastic.

I use cakewalk sonar producer 7 I got on limewire and it works great.

There are many to choose from.

ProTools is BY FAR the best to select, but, a bit more on the pricey side.
Logic is good as well, especially for MIDI.

Why not try Cubase? It's decent for PC, and is relatively inexpensive, offers MIDI, and is fairly easy to use...

Get a Mac! Then get a Logic setup ... if you want to stay PC - then Pro-Tools is the way.

Can you record guitars, drums, bass and stuff like that with FL?
Didn't now that...

i've been messing around with Reason 3 and an old midi keyboard i got from ebay, its pretty easy to get to grips with and you can make a lot of cool ****.

its the only program i;ve tried though, so cant say how good it is compared to what everyone else has suggested.

i've used a mac, they're horrible and expensive the only good thing about it was GarageBand being free and preloaded.


also try Sonar Producer Edition, its free to try (download.com)

also if you have a pc there should already be a program on there called Adobe Soundbooth, its not the best program but if you're just doing basic recording it should work just fine

well, my fav.recording program would have to be Audicity, its free, and very easy to use. All u need to do is plug your guitar/mic/drums(electric) into your computer, and there you go.

i can never get LAME set up properly.

If you can't get hands on Sound Forge or don't want to spend the money there, try Sony Vegas, it used to be a music program until they transformed it into video editing program, but left all the audio editing features in there. Pretty alright, definitely not the best, but good hybrid.

i like that one Kristal Program.

I am giong to have to try out cakewalk, i have heard a lot of good things about it.

Cakewalk Sonar... it is a BEAST.
Pro-tools pales in comparison, according to Sonar users. (including me)

Cubase works fine... nothing special. But much better than the truly free software out there.