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DJTalyn	Date: August 24, 2006 @ 12:24 AM I'm looking for some free professional quality software I can use to compose electronica tracks. Right now I'm using d-lusion Rubberduck and I think I've done all I can do with it.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: August 24, 2006 @ 4:59 AM Free and professional quality rarely go hand in hand. You should consider getting Acid XMC or FruityLoops basic version which cost around 75-100 bucks. Or buy a new soundcard and get something like Ableton Live Lite, Tracktion or Cubase LE bundled with it. If audio work is all you require, Audacity or Kristal v1 will do (both free), if you need MIDI or loop designers they will not suffice.
sqrlcub	Date: September 5, 2006 @ 2:09 PM Audacity is great if you are doing electronic instruments. It really rips acoustic instruments apart though.
hueseph	Date: September 5, 2006 @ 7:57 PM How does Audacity "rip acoustic instruments apart"? If you have a decent soundcard, preamp and mic, it should do fine. Audacity records at 32 bit float point so there should be plenty of headroom. My big problem with Audacity is that you can't apply realtime effects. Unless things have changed.
hueseph	Date: September 5, 2006 @ 7:57 PM Of course there is the issue of mic technique.
celtaidd	Date: September 5, 2006 @ 8:20 PM No Hue you still can't apply realtime effects but hey, its free, what can you expect really and for what it is, I don't suppose you can complain; imagination and patience can make up for it really
hantu	Date: September 5, 2006 @ 8:48 PM http://www.buzzmachines.com/
hueseph	Date: September 5, 2006 @ 9:08 PM for what it is, I don't suppose you can complain; imagination and patience can make up for it really I totally agree and still use it for a lot of editing. Free is the best price.
tsand19151	Date: September 6, 2006 @ 2:42 PM free AND professional?
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: September 6, 2006 @ 5:47 PM Totally agree with Hue about Audacity and other recording programs pers se - 99% of sound quality issues are caused by hardware and/or drivers and then things such as which plug-ins are being used etc. There are a handful of people (mostly Samplitude zealots) who insist their DAW is 'better' than the rest at aduio recording but this is a very difficult thing to prove accurately and more often than not a placebo effect, or things such as plug-ins and pan law. I downloaded the Samp8 demo and found it to be exactly the same sound to my ears as Cubase when recording a dry audio track with no processing and using an FFT analyser (Span) showed no difference either.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: September 6, 2006 @ 5:50 PM Another program which is getting popular and is CHEAP, offers audio and MIDI functions (but not Rewire yet) is REAPER. It is made by the same guy who developed Winamp and is available as a free demo, $39 for use in a non-commercial environment(ie you're making music for pleasure) or $199 for commercial usage (although they expect the user to 'do the right thing' and voluntarily pay the difference if they get a non-commercial license then make commercial music with it).

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