Need to complete your home audio workstation?
Below are Avatar’s suggestions of free or low-cost sound creation software solutions:
DAW (digital audio workstation) aka audio software
- Reaper / free evaluation version
- Audacity / open-source software
- Cakewalk (Windows) / streamlined version of Sonar
- Pro Tools | First / lite version of Pro Tools – entirely stored in the cloud
- Soundtrap / no installation required – software available online
- SoundBridge / simple and smooth interface
- Studio One Prime / simple and easy to use
- GarageBand (Mac) / also available as a mobile app – streamlined version of Logic
Programming software
- Pure Data / open-source visual programming language
- Sonic Pi / open-source live coding software
Plugins
- MeldaProduction / this company offers a selection of free plugins
- Reaper / this audio software comes with an impressive range of plugins
Add-ons
- Source-Connect Now / bi-directional streaming in the Google Chrome web browser
KNOW ANY OTHER AVAILABLE SOFTWARE THAT’S AN ABSOLUTE MUST?
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