Before you are set on buying one software program, you may want to check out the free home recording studio software that is out there. You should know though that The free software that is on the internet may not have every tool that you want them to have that is on the software programs that you buy. Although, they are helpful for getting your feet wet in the home recording world.
One of the most popular free home recording software is Audacity. This program is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and other operation systems. Audacity gives you simple recording and editing tools, and has recently improved their program with a higher resolution, and has a new sound finder plug in for labeling your regions of audio. Audacity may be helpful for your simple audio recording needs, but it is not the best recording program to have if you are serious about making a top-notch professional song track.
Another really popular free software program that you can buy is called FL Studio, recently called Fruity Loops.This program is available for PC users only. FL Studio is integrated with great sound editing, drum tracks, and has a complete set of studio tools. You can download the free program and try it out, but the save setting is disabled. The program is around $99.00 to buy.
Many programs offer 30-day free trials for their studio software programs. These are helpful because it gives you a chance to see if you like the program or not, and you get to save and use your files. One of the top favorite’s for the 30 day trial is Sound Forge created by Sony Creative Software. This program offers everything that you need in order to record, edit, and produce music loops. What’s great about this software is you can also digitize and clean up old recordings.
These programs may be helpful to start out using, but once you decide what program you love you should spend the extra money and get the absolute best program for your home recording needs!
