VST Planet

This website mostly showcases and provides links to Virtual Studio Technology or VST plugins, but there's a lot more interesting things you can find there. There's a section for Audio Tools which is divided into Multitrack, Sound Editor, Sequencer and Other, and each one has links to some very useful programs, including the ones I have listed in This Entry. There's a section with Links to many fine websites including KVRAudio, another great directory for VST plugins and hosts, a Music page for compositions made from showcased programs, a search engine and an Archive so you can find what you're looking for easily and even get the latest news in the world of free and cheap music software. Each day, you'll find news about free and cheap music software, plugins and even sample packs. You can make your own studio with these downloads, a PC or laptop, a pair of headphones and ideally, a microphone.

I would recommend uploading your compositions to Youtube and possibly to some radio websites like Acidplanet. You can make some money by advertising your music and signing with an independent label or selling them in an online store, though I would recommend starting by posting links to your songs and videos in a blog that you are monetizing with advertisements from Google or Yahoo.

Links to Awesome Music Freeware!

I want to spread the word about my favourite freeware programs and stuff, because in an economy like this, few can afford programs like FL Studio, Reason or Record. There are oodles of free programs out there that work just as well as the commercial models, and sometimes they're just more user-friendly.

Here are my favourites, and you may notice that they all work on Windows, since it is the operating system I primarily use. I may put in a list of Linux programs sometime in the future, when I've had the chance to test them.

I will be putting in more links in the future.

If you are a programmer and want your creation featured here, or if you would like to see your favourite software on this blog, just post a request in the comment section or email me.

Just Installed Linux Multimedia Studio

Yup, I don't think I can rave enough about how awesome LMMS is, but I almost forgot that I had already made an entry about it. Still, you guys have to download this fine program and see how good it really is!

Also, get Weird Al's latest CD. He has totally outdone himself with this one!