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Most of us use Ableton Live (which has a free Mac/Windows demo) or Apple Logic Pro(which is the easiest if you have a Mac). If you're on Linux, LMMS is the only one that's free, open source and Mac/Linux/Windows. | Most of us use Ableton Live (which has a free Mac/Windows demo) or Apple Logic Pro(which is the easiest if you have a Mac). If you're on Linux, LMMS is the only one that's free, open source and Mac/Linux/Windows. | ||
**Mac Windows & Linux: | **Mac Windows & Linux: | ||
***[https://lmms.io/ LMMS (Let's Make Music) FREE & OPEN SOURCE audio workstation with many instruments and VST support. | ***[https://lmms.io/ LMMS] (Let's Make Music) FREE & OPEN SOURCE audio workstation with many instruments and VST support. | ||
** [http://www.tracktion.com/ Traktion] has [http://www.tracktion.com/downloads/tracktion4 version T4 free], T6 costs $60 | |||
***[https://www.bitwig.com/en/bitwig-studio Bitwig Studio] a new DAW made by former Ableton engineers. Free demo, $269 | ***[https://www.bitwig.com/en/bitwig-studio Bitwig Studio] a new DAW made by former Ableton engineers. Free demo, $269 | ||
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***[https://cycling74.com/ Max MSP] dataflow AV programming (integrates with Ableton Live). | ***[https://cycling74.com/ Max MSP] dataflow AV programming (integrates with Ableton Live). | ||
***[https://puredata.info/ Pure Data] dataflow AV programming. | ***[https://puredata.info/ Pure Data] dataflow AV programming. | ||
**Mac: GarageBand, Logic Audio | **Mac: | ||
***[http://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/ GarageBand] comes with many Macs and has an iOS version. Easiest to learn and has built-in music instrument lessons to learn guitar, piano, etc. great for beginners. | |||
***Logic Audio | |||
**Mac & Linux: | **Mac & Linux: | ||
*** [http://ardour.org/ Ardour] FREE. Has Ableton Live-style session view and arrangement view. | *** [http://ardour.org/ Ardour] FREE. Has Ableton Live-style session view and arrangement view. | ||
===Virtual MIDI Keyboard=== | ===Virtual MIDI Keyboard=== |
Revision as of 05:23, 30 October 2015
Songbridge Music Hacking Tuesdays 5-8PM at Noisebridge
Songbridge is for song hacking: making music that hacks human minds and emotions. We cover multitrack recording using DAWs (digital audio workstations).
Contacts
- Alex Peake: User:lxpk
- Josh Hertel: jhertel242@yahoo.com User:Jhertel242
Things to bring
- Laptops (Mac, Windows & Linux all welcome)
Audio workstation software
Most of us use Ableton Live (which has a free Mac/Windows demo) or Apple Logic Pro(which is the easiest if you have a Mac). If you're on Linux, LMMS is the only one that's free, open source and Mac/Linux/Windows.
- Mac Windows & Linux:
- LMMS (Let's Make Music) FREE & OPEN SOURCE audio workstation with many instruments and VST support.
- Traktion has version T4 free, T6 costs $60
- Bitwig Studio a new DAW made by former Ableton engineers. Free demo, $269
- Mac & Windows:
- Ableton Live Lite] has a free 30 day trial.
- Cubase
- Propellerhead Reason is a retro-themed DAW brimming with simulated cable patches and great instruments.
- Max MSP dataflow AV programming (integrates with Ableton Live).
- Pure Data dataflow AV programming.
- Mac:
- GarageBand comes with many Macs and has an iOS version. Easiest to learn and has built-in music instrument lessons to learn guitar, piano, etc. great for beginners.
- Logic Audio
- Mac & Linux:
- Ardour FREE. Has Ableton Live-style session view and arrangement view.
- Mac Windows & Linux:
Virtual MIDI Keyboard
(Allows you to play 2-3 octaves with your QWERTY keyboard when you don't have a USB MIDI keyboard with you):
- Windows & Mac: Freepiano virtual MIDI keyboard
- Mac: MIDIKeys virtual
Linux Music Production Distros
(in no particular order)
- AV Linux http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html
- "...a full complement of the best Linux Audio and Video creation software encompassing both open-source excellence and commercial demos." Free.
- KX Studio http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/
- "...a collection of applications, artwork and plugins, targeted at audio and video production." Free.
- "A complete Live (GNU/LINUX) distribution for musicians and professionals studios based on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04.4." Free.
- Ubuntu Studio http://ubuntustudio.org/
- "...some of the most popular and recently updated audio software in the Linux world." Free.
- Ubuntu Studio VirtualBox image: http://virtualboxes.org/images/ubuntu-studio
- Studio 13.37 (formerly "Puppy Studio") http://www.getstudio1337.com/
- "...the fastest, most fully-featured, pro audio studio in the world! Studio 13.37 (pronounced “leet”) is perfect for professional audio work. Doesn’t need to be installed, and can produce studio-quality results from almost any computer. Unbelievable speed, amazingly low latency, and “zero glitches”. Full money-back guarantee." $50
Linux Audio Software
- Paid and free software. These are stuffs included with AV Linux, but you can obtain them for other Linux distros: http://www.getstudio1337.com/features-2/
- Linux Music-Making Software: http://audio.tutsplus.com/articles/general/29-music-making-apps-for-linux/
Linux Hardware Audio/USB Interfaces
Johny Radio's Hand-Picked Musical Web Toys & Tools
A collection of free, fun, web-based, music and sound producing toys and tools. Includes a mutating windchime, toys that twist your instrument or turn your voice into visual art, gorgeous drones, a visual harp, a fractal synthesizer, faithfully-modeled 808 and 909 drum machines, a modeled plucked string, reverbs, MIDI multitrackers, and full-fledged recording studios. https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Web_Sound_Toys
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