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Quality Music Mixing Programs
2007-05-19, 2:17 PM #1
I'm looking for a quality music mixing and audio editing program that fulfills the following requirements:

1) It's free.

2) It has a easy-to-use interface, one that allows multiple tracks simultaneously, with click and dragging ease.

3) It runs on a PC.

Good denizens of Massassi, any suggestions?
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2007-05-19, 2:21 PM #2
Goldwave is pretty good

EDIT: But if you're willing to pay, get Sony Vegas
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2007-05-19, 2:22 PM #3
Does Goldwave allow you to edit "multiple layers?"
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"Launch all of our ships, christened 'Zigs', to insure that justice will be achieved swiftly and powerfully."
2007-05-19, 2:29 PM #4
It's not a music editor per se, but I find it a good audio recorder/editor in general:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Hope that helps.
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2007-05-19, 2:31 PM #5
Yeah, I tried Audacity, but I could figure out how to... well... drag clips. Which would make editing far easier, frankly.
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"It would be highly appreciated if someone would set the bomb up for us"
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2007-05-19, 3:14 PM #6
Hi J-Bob!

Edit - to make my post slightly less useless, I use Cubase, but that isn't free.
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2007-05-19, 9:54 PM #7
I don't think you're going to find much for free.
2007-05-20, 2:23 PM #8
A friend of mine was using Vegas this morning. He likes it.

I've used Acid Pro before, which seems to describe what you're wanting, but it ain't free.

I've never used Fruity Loops, but it may do what you want too.
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2007-05-20, 2:31 PM #9
Steinberg has a lot of professional editing and composition software. They have budget versions that are actually affordable.
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2007-05-20, 3:43 PM #10
Can't believe you guys haven't discovered this yet.

Made by Justin Frankel, same dude that brought you Winamp.

It's free, and fits on a USB key. It gives Cubase et al. a run for its money.

http://reaper.fm
2007-05-20, 4:16 PM #11
LMMS?
2007-05-21, 2:40 PM #12
Originally posted by Big T:
Can't believe you guys haven't discovered this yet.

Made by Justin Frankel, same dude that brought you Winamp.

It's free, and fits on a USB key. It gives Cubase et al. a run for its money.

http://reaper.fm


This, my friend, is a thing of beauty.
"Your entire base belongs to us."
"It would be highly appreciated if someone would set the bomb up for us"
"Launch all of our ships, christened 'Zigs', to insure that justice will be achieved swiftly and powerfully."
2007-05-21, 8:18 PM #13
Do you know how to extract audio from an Avi file?
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"It would be highly appreciated if someone would set the bomb up for us"
"Launch all of our ships, christened 'Zigs', to insure that justice will be achieved swiftly and powerfully."
2007-05-21, 8:31 PM #14
Take a look at VirtualDub.
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2007-05-21, 9:21 PM #15
Linux or Mac?

http://ardour.org/



:-)

http://ubuntustudio.org/
2007-05-22, 1:20 PM #16
I like Goldwave and Audacity, in that order. Sony's Sound Forge is good too.
2007-05-22, 10:32 PM #17
Originally posted by Trigger Happy Chewie:
Linux or Mac?

http://ardour.org/



:-)

http://ubuntustudio.org/


Linux is a pathetic excuse for a DAW platform, unless your sound card is a Sound Blaster Live.
2007-05-22, 10:58 PM #18
If there's some kind of internet host where I can host music files, I can show you what I did.
"Your entire base belongs to us."
"It would be highly appreciated if someone would set the bomb up for us"
"Launch all of our ships, christened 'Zigs', to insure that justice will be achieved swiftly and powerfully."
2007-05-22, 11:52 PM #19
Huh...I picture Janitor Bob as the Janitor in Scrubs.
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2007-05-23, 12:27 AM #20
Originally posted by Janitor Bob:
If there's some kind of internet host where I can host music files, I can show you what I did.


Myspace lets you do this for free.
2007-05-23, 12:54 AM #21
Originally posted by Big T:
Linux is a pathetic excuse for a DAW platform, unless your sound card is a Sound Blaster Live.

Yeah, the lack of professional hardware support is just terrible.
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2007-05-23, 6:48 AM #22
Krystal Audio Engine is also pretty nice.

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