Decent FREE recording software?

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another Reaper vote here and i gladly paid the $60 license fee so that Reaper will continue to be around for us to use. it's worth 10 times what they actually charge so if you're gonna use it for more than a month pay for the license.
 
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I had used audacity for a while, and then got reaper. It took about 1 day to know I was going to buy it.
did you get podfarm up and running?
ez drummer lite is a good cheap program (I bought a computer music mag for like $15 to get it)
 
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Yeah I got it up but now my computer is giving me fits!

I got your PM too. I will look into that.

Reaper it is. And no worries... if I decide to stick with recording my stuff and love reaper I will license it.
 
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I downloaded Reaper last night, and I'll be paying for it soon. Seems like a nice upgrade from Garageband. I just need to test it with my Pod HD 500 and audio interface first.

With GarageBand I was able to use the built in modeling for piano/organ/synth/bass sounds. Any free or low cost alternative VST's I can use inside of Reaper?
 
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With GarageBand I was able to use the built in modeling for piano/organ/synth/bass sounds. Any free or low cost alternative VST's I can use inside of Reaper?


VST Cafe is a good source of info on free and budget stuff.

As far as good free stuff that I personally recommend, look for Synth1, Oatmeal, all the Elektrostudio VSTi's, Kjaerhus Audio and Togu Audio Line stuff, The Fish Fillets VST's, Lazysnake, Dasample Glaceverb, and RoomMachine 844. Also, Steinberg has been giving away Model E and some kind of virtual plucked bass for free as of late. I definitely recommend Model E, especially since it's free now.
 
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Reaper is awesome.

I ****ing hate garageband and audacity, Reaper is my savior.
 
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Reaper looks cool and based on the info I read has some great features.
How does this application compare to Adobe Audition?
 
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I downloaded Reaper last night, and I'll be paying for it soon. Seems like a nice upgrade from Garageband. I just need to test it with my Pod HD 500 and audio interface first.

With GarageBand I was able to use the built in modeling for piano/organ/synth/bass sounds. Any free or low cost alternative VST's I can use inside of Reaper?

Check out LePou Plugins
 
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I use reaper for everything I ever recorded

I was having probs getting my toontrack Superior 2.0 to be compatible, toontrack ezdrummer works, if any one knows a workaround I am all ears, many thanks
 
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I like the MIDI editing in Sonar better and I use MIDI these days more often than I would like to admit - but as a whole: go with Reaper. I do admit that I prefer Reaper to ProTools. It's a small, bomb-proof little DAW and you can spare precious time with it: awesome workflow and routing, no stability issues even when pushed really hard. If you have some decent recording gear, don't hesitate to use it on your album recording project.
 
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