Best FREE recording software - Music Banter Music Banter

Go Back   Music Banter > Artists Corner > Stereo & Production Equipment
Register Blogging Today's Posts
Welcome to Music Banter Forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with over 70,000 other registered members. After you create your free account, you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 1,100,000 posts.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 06-03-2009, 10:52 AM   #1 (permalink)
myspace.com/stonebirdies
 
Stone Birds's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Conor Oberst Was/is Here
Posts: 1,401
Default Best FREE recording software

i need something similar to that of GarageBand but for windows, help?
__________________
//\\//\\/\\/\/\/\\\\\\\\///\/\/\/\/\\////\/\\\\\///\V

//\\//\\/\\/\/\/\\\\\\\\///\/\/\/\/\\////\/\\\\\///\V

[Link removed by mod, no advertising] ... Damn those mods are always gettin ya :)
Stone Birds is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-04-2009, 05:58 PM   #2 (permalink)
Partying on the inside
 
Freebase Dali's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 5,584
Default

Check this out:
Linux Multimedia Studio
Yes, it's available for windows.
Check out the screenshots and read up on it.

It's free.

If you need something specifically for recording your guitar and vocals, you can get Audacity. Google it.
Might even be possible to use both programs together creatively.
__________________
Freebase Dali is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-05-2009, 12:38 PM   #3 (permalink)
myspace.com/stonebirdies
 
Stone Birds's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Conor Oberst Was/is Here
Posts: 1,401
Default

i have audacity but everytime i try to install LAME it doesn't work
__________________
//\\//\\/\\/\/\/\\\\\\\\///\/\/\/\/\\////\/\\\\\///\V

//\\//\\/\\/\/\/\\\\\\\\///\/\/\/\/\\////\/\\\\\///\V

[Link removed by mod, no advertising] ... Damn those mods are always gettin ya :)
Stone Birds is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-06-2009, 10:12 PM   #4 (permalink)
Bright F*cking Red
 
PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,222
Default

Audacity is not that great of a program at all.


There really aren't any good "free" recording programs, but if you really don't want to spend any money, pirate a copy of Sonar. Even the older versions are pretty decent. To do it right you'll need an interface (the Presonus Firepod is usually what's paired with Sonar, you can also check out the MOTU 8pre. Both can be had for about $150 used), but as long has you have a good (and I mean GOOD) 24 bit soundcard, you'll be able to get better recordings than you would with some crappy free program like Audacity.
__________________
How'd I end up here to begin with? I don't know.
Why do I start what I can't finish?
Oh please, don't barrage me with questions to all those ugly answers.
My ego's like my stomach- it keeps shitting what I feed it.
But maybe I don't want to finish anything anymore..
maybe I can wait in bed 'til she comes home. and whispers....

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shooting Star
Remember kids: It's only real metal if the vocalist sounds like he's vomiting up a fetus. \m/
PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-07-2009, 12:23 AM   #5 (permalink)
Al Dente
 
SATCHMO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 4,708
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe View Post
Audacity is not that great of a program at all.


There really aren't any good "free" recording programs.
True x 2. Unless you have a Mac w/ garageband.
SATCHMO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-07-2009, 12:35 AM   #6 (permalink)
Partying on the inside
 
Freebase Dali's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 5,584
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe View Post
Audacity is not that great of a program at all.


There really aren't any good "free" recording programs, but if you really don't want to spend any money, pirate a copy of Sonar. Even the older versions are pretty decent. To do it right you'll need an interface (the Presonus Firepod is usually what's paired with Sonar, you can also check out the MOTU 8pre. Both can be had for about $150 used), but as long has you have a good (and I mean GOOD) 24 bit soundcard, you'll be able to get better recordings than you would with some crappy free program like Audacity.
Yea man, I use Sonar 7 PE. I'd recommend it over Pro-tools, but I don't know how solid of a copy someone can get via free download.

I'm still not wanting to upgrade to version 8, because I see a lot of people yelling about the bug introductions over at the sonar forums. But I still want Guitar Rig LE and DEFINITELY want the full version of Dimension that comes with the Sonar upgrade. (Although they STILL never fixed the external FX problem I don't think.)
__________________
Freebase Dali is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-07-2009, 12:40 AM   #7 (permalink)
Al Dente
 
SATCHMO's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Texas
Posts: 4,708
Default

OMG! I can't beat the PC's off with a stick!
SATCHMO is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-07-2009, 07:45 AM   #8 (permalink)
Bright F*cking Red
 
PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,222
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Veridical Fiction View Post
Yea man, I use Sonar 7 PE. I'd recommend it over Pro-tools, but I don't know how solid of a copy someone can get via free download.

I'm still not wanting to upgrade to version 8, because I see a lot of people yelling about the bug introductions over at the sonar forums. But I still want Guitar Rig LE and DEFINITELY want the full version of Dimension that comes with the Sonar upgrade. (Although they STILL never fixed the external FX problem I don't think.)
I personally prefer protools but I will admit that sonar is far more user friendly. A friend of mine that runs his own studio uses Sonar 8 producer edition and it seems pretty solid.
Quote:
Originally Posted by SATCHMO View Post
True x 2. Unless you have a Mac w/ garageband.
But then again you have to buy the Mac to get it/use it, so in a way you do pay for it.
__________________
How'd I end up here to begin with? I don't know.
Why do I start what I can't finish?
Oh please, don't barrage me with questions to all those ugly answers.
My ego's like my stomach- it keeps shitting what I feed it.
But maybe I don't want to finish anything anymore..
maybe I can wait in bed 'til she comes home. and whispers....

Quote:
Originally Posted by Shooting Star
Remember kids: It's only real metal if the vocalist sounds like he's vomiting up a fetus. \m/
PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-08-2009, 02:22 PM   #9 (permalink)
Partying on the inside
 
Freebase Dali's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 5,584
Default

I just love me that 64bit floating environment in Sonar.
Gets me in trouble when I unknowingly over-drive 32 bit plugins though.
__________________
Freebase Dali is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-08-2009, 07:43 PM   #10 (permalink)
Groupie
 
Masterblaster's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: OC
Posts: 14
Default

You gotta put the DLL in it's program folder. so C:\program files\audicity ..

That is at least what works for Audiograbber - best free cd -> mp3 software... but for it too you gotta put LAME in separately.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Stone Birds View Post
i have audacity but everytime i try to install LAME it doesn't work
Masterblaster is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Similar Threads



© 2003-2024 Advameg, Inc.