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.
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.
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- Samplers
- Tuareg, Tu2, Tunafish, PUMP and Moonfish
- Classic sequencer programs
- Useful for pretty much any type of music
- Tunafish has support for Virtual Studio Technology(VST) plugins
- All are now free as of 2010
- Linux Multimedia Studio
- Great alternative to FL Studio
- Lots of great instrument units
- Plenty of samples
- Support for VSTs
- Opens FL Studio projects
- Lots of LADSPA effects and LFOs for making your compositions sound just right!
- Sequitur
- Freeware MIDI sequencer
- VST support
- Audio record function
- MIDI event support
- JackBeat
- Drum machine
- Great for live performances
- Connects to other programs using Jack and OSC
- Hammerhead
- Sample-based drum machine
- Lots of different sounds to choose from
- Realistic hihat muting(closed hihat mutes open hihat)
- Userbank creation
- Supports the raw file format for importing sound
- Drumbox Beta
- Loads wav files
- No user banks required
- Can apply distortion, pitch change and overdrive to individual channels
- LeafDrums
- Lenient shareware
- No crippling
- Nagscreen at beginning, never interrupts use of program
- Humanize feature
- Distortion, gate, delay, reverb and many other features
- Other features like beat-nudging and accenting
- Great for trance, not so much for drum & bass
- Trackers
- Jeskola Buzz
- One of the BEST trackers ever, with LOADS of supported plugins
- Has synth and effect units that are plugged into the output
- Create patterns in pattern editor
- Sequence patterns in sequencer
- Has simple sound editor
- A bit of a steep learning curve, but fun to use
- Comes in two different sizes
- Stealth for portability
- Massive for loads of plugins
- New version available after the sourcecode was thought to be lost forever
- Psycle
- Cross between Jeskola Buzz and Modplug tracker
- Has synth and effect units
- Multitrack pattern strip
- Any one note can be placed on any track
- Each track strip has its own number or letter
- Modplug Tracker
- Has sample and MIDI units
- VST instrument and effect support
- Very compact - installation may not even be required
- Multitrack pattern strip
- Any sample can be assigned to any track
- Darkwave Studio
- A Buzz-like tracker
- Has support for VST Plugins
- Pattern editor
- Pattern sequencer
- Can add and edit MIDI events
- Aodix
- Create your own sounds in the sample window
- Edit sample attributes
- Can tweak note length by mouse or typing
- Sunvox
- Super compact
- A few small synth units, but with BIG sound
- Great for those who want to travel light
- AXS
- Nice, compact tracker
- Two synth oscillators
- Two LFO units
- Simple effects unit
- Mono
- Portamenteau
- Reverb
- Delay
- Modulation units
- Pitch
- Filter
- Amplitude
- Sampler
- Storage for lots of instruments
- MIDI event recording and manual sequencing
- Softsynths
- RubberDuck
- Powerful TB-303 style sequencer
- Lots of cool settings
- Can link with other programs like DrumStation and MJStudio
- DrumStation
- Drum Machine emulator
- Can tweak the sound settings
- Linkable with other d-lusion products like RubberDuck
- MJStudio
- Two turntables - you supply the microphone
- Linkable with other d-lusion products like RubberDuck and DrumStation
- Loads mp3s
- ReBirth
- Set of four Emulators
- Two TB-303's, one TR808, and one 909
- Lots of cool, tweakable settings
- Samples can be added for program MODs
- User account required but easy to set up
- TS-404
- Good for creating simple basslines
- Saves only to RAW wave format
- Saved RAW waves can be used in the Hammerhead drum machine
- Sound Editors
- Sampled
- A much-overlooked classic
- Old but nice to have
- Lots of cool features
- Cool Edit 96
- Shareware, but old and no longer supported
- Lots of great features
- Use as you wish - product is discontinued
- Multitrack Recorders
- Audacity
- A staple for starving musicians
- Very convenient for recording and mixing
- Lots of plugins and effects
- Supports VST effect plugins
- Traverso
- Simple to use
- Low learning curve
- Support for MP3 and other popular file formats
- VST Plugins
- Sound Generators
- DrumSynth2
- Make drum sounds
- Sweeps
- Instruments
- Ambient noises
- Simsynth
- Subtractive Synthesizer
- Non-realtime
- Create, test and render samples
- Stomper Hyperion
- Drum Synth
- Works as stand-alone or plugin
- Very easy to use
- Create drums, instruments and more
- Lots of different functions
- Hours of fun
- Must-have if you get a sampler program
- Soundforum Synthesizer
- Standalone synthesizer
- Several oscillator, LFO and effects units
- Great for MIDI sequencer programs
- Coagula
- Create sounds from pictures
- Draw or import bitmaps, gifs or jpegs
- A must-have if you want to make these cool sweeps
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