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With Ardour you have the option of using it COMPLETELY free if you can build it from source code. See More
Not free, even if they try to hide it by eloquence. Please be honest. Free is Free and not "Free". See More
Some functions that use save/load capability (like "Clone channel" and the "Save preset as..." menu options) don’t work in the trial/demo. This applies to the save/load files function. If you save a file in the trial/demo, good luck with opening it because unless you have a paid version of the software, your project is now locked permanently. Even though you can still create music in there, sometimes the instrument becomes muted automatically for a few seconds until it unmutes itself. See More
Piano roll is an FL Studio's instrument step sequencer. It is considered to be among the most intuitive and flexible tools for quickly creating patterns and manipulating all aspects of each note. A single left click inserts a note, while a right click deletes it. It's possible to mute notes, splice them, stretch them, add shuffle, etc. quickly. The Piano Roll caters for those new to Music Theory as well, containing an array of chords from which to choose, be it a Major, Minor, Minor 5th, Minor 9th, what have you. See More
FL Studio. Hands down. Not saying it's "THE BEST". But it's a must have in your entire bundle of tools. FL studio is the perfect software for literal "music making" as the question suggests. The other options are all great, but as far as the actual composition of music, FL Studio is more inclined due to its "programmer-like" interface. My recommendation is based on 10+ years of use, and while I did run into issues here and there, it was merely my own error and not the program. For any DAW, do your research well ahead of purchase, and learn as much as you can during your initial start date. All DAW's have the same basic principals, study every feature, every knob, ever switch, and understand what each does. You will learn some fun things as you go and you'll be tempted to stop the training and start working on some projects. Don't rush! In the end, you'll end up learning how to perform certain tasks you thought you already knew, but much faster, and professionally. You don't have to listen to every word a user/producer tells you on one of their video streaming sites. But know the facts behind the DAW. My personal regret is not doing so, and as far as FL Studio being an excellent choice for those who just want to compose, you should do it on FL. It has gone through some amazing changes throughout the year. From what I read online, It's on the verge of "catching up" to those tools that out-perform the recording aspect of the entire industry. I don't know what that necessarily means, but if even if it's true, that could be a good reason to go with a tool that is "catching up" to what are supposedly "THE BEST" DAW studio's out there. I'm always seeing knew updates in FL. Acid just came out with a release this year, I'll give it a shot when the opportunity arrises. See More
Not so much a con, but more of a harsh truth. Sure, it's easy to start making tracks. You might even become a famous producer and still not know advanced techniques that FL Studio is capable of. But someone who has the knack for computer science, and has that sound in their head that they can't just create with their mouth or hands, they could easily hack their way into the DAW world and FL Studio makes that easy. See More
FL Studio is a well suited DAW for those with a critical and technical thought process, similar to the way a programmer develops their ideas into front-end applications for their target audience. FL Studio is the IDE of Audio Production and comes with enough built-in packages to get the user started with new and easily up-gradable virtual instruments and effects. FL Studio is consistently updated with new methods, strategies, libraries, and overall performance that regularly get's boosted with each new version. FL Studio is built on the same frameworks of today's hot trending topics like Deep Learning and Automation which in-turn makes it readily compatible with these new techniques as we learn more about them. See More
The Arranger track is an arrangement tool that provides several workflow benefits. For example, instantly swap the positions of the first and second chorus for all tracks, or copy the first verse in order to double its duration.Experiment with different song structures in a non-destructive and non-linear manner. You can Create arbitrary song sections anywhere on the project timeline and then stitch them together for seamless playback, sections provide an additional way to make time-based project selections and edits. You can also create an unlimited number of arrangements per project, which can all be exported simultaneously. See More
Cakewalk by Bandlab recently added Articulation Maps If you work with sample libraries and virtual instruments, articulation maps are sure to improve your MIDI and articulation / keyswitch workflow Articulation maps provide a much easier way to change articulation, without having to manually edit events MIDI on the track. See More
Mix Recall allows you to save and recall multiple mixes for the same project, without having to save multiple copies of the project file. A mix can be saved as a Mix Scene within the project, and each project can store multiple Mix Scenes. A Mix Scene contains all track, bus, hardware output, ProChannel and plug-in static and automation mix settings. See More
It has an integrated Channel Strip on every track/bus with excellent and easy to use Audio FX: EQ, Comp, Reverbs, Saturation, Console Emulators etc.In addition to saving presets of the entire ProChannel chain (all modules), you can also save and load presets of individual modules. The per module preset controls are located on the left side of each module header bar. See More
Cakewalk Theme Editor allows you to easily customize the look of Cakewalk by editing existing UI themes or creating your own UI themes. You can change colors directly and you can even customize images when used in combination with an external image editor such as Adobe Photoshop. See More
As the Pro Tools DAW was originally developed to be an audio-only system with recording, editing and mixing in mind, these core features have been the most developed over time. It can be argued that the Pro Tools DAW has the best editing and mixing capabilities of any DAW, and for these reasons is considered by many to be an industry standard. As such it is an excellent DAW for multi-track mixing and recording. See More
Online advanced DAW with support for midi, synths and samples, a free version is available. See More