good software

[postie1]

got some ideas floating round in this noggin of mine to make a old school style tune,just for fun mind.hopin if n e 1 knows of n e trial software there is to do it,,,,dont wanna buy yet,wanna see if its worth buying

[Candyman]

Try 'Magix' mate, I use a very old Dance Edition version of it and it's the main prog' i use to put it all together and lay a few effects on samples. It's not that complex to use and has some very nice tools once you get used to the features. I'm sure you could get a free try of it someplace on the net or even find a torrent

[pleasuredrom2]

get soundscape, cubase, rebirth n reason pal oh n ofcourse ableton.

cakewalk used be gun 2

[Overwrite]

Audacity is free and fairly simple to use - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
(give the beta version a miss tho)

I downloaded WavePad yesterday with about 5 other audio editing apps from the same people. It's free and looks like it has potential but I haven't played with it too much yet - Download Audio Editing Software for Windows

I downloaded Reason from Propellerhead software years ago (off WinMX I think). Totally blew my mind but I'm sure if you spent some time with it, you could get to grips with it. Not free (search for torrent) - Propellerhead Software

Hope that helps

[postie1]

nice 1 for the links fellas and gals,god i fookin luv this site

[msprim]

Originally Posted by Candyman

Try 'Magix' mate, I use a very old Dance Edition version of it and it's the main prog' i use to put it all together and lay a few effects on samples. It's not that complex to use and has some very nice tools once you get used to the features. I'm sure you could get a free try of it someplace on the net or even find a torrent

You can get the basic edition of 'Magix' at Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com for free!
If you just want to try it out before you buy!

[salina]

capable tracking software is still out there for the taking. It's not as user friendly as the type of stuff that most people have become acustomed to in regard to software electronic instrument tools nowadays, but often times is DAMN capable.
BUZZ Machines is pretty noteworthy. Sort of a Tracker version of Native Instruments Reaktor. Cool stuff, notably when you consider it's free. I remember the last time I tried to find it for someone I had to look for awhile (and I don't remember where I found the download), but I know it's out there.

Propellerheads also now gives out their old "Rebirth" software for free. It's available at The ReBirth Museum
On the surface, it might look like it'd be a horrible tool if one wasn't shooting for doing acid techno; or wanted something more than an 808 and 909 to compliment their tools for House music. BUT, below the surface, Rebirth is much more than a one trick pony. The 808 and 909 are sample based emulations, and there's a indirect means of swapping out the samples that make them up with ones own custom samples.
There's a whole variety of ways one can abuse this, and with a bit of imagination, turning Rebirth into a useful House music tool is quite feasible.

On the same end of Rebirth, D-Lusion also gives out most of their old software for free nowadays. D-Lusion was doing things pre-advent of the modern VSTi age....pretty much had the advent of things like Rebirth beat by a few years. This makes intergrating their tools with some things more difficult at times (if not impossible), but the tools are still useful none the less