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The most recent version, Mixcraft 7, has a "new performance panel that allows super-flexible live triggering of audio and MIDI loops and clips for high-impact live performances." I haven't used it for live performances myself, but hey - the 7th iteration has the required tools to do so.
Mixcraft 7 has warping, which would allow you to move beats to match the grid. Check out the videos on Warping and Autowarping here: Mixcraft 7 Audio Editing tutorial vids.
If you know how to play an instrument or have a musical background then a DAW like Reaper would suit you well.
If you don't have much musical talent or would rather work with loops to build up your track then try the demo of Mixcraft 7 if you are on PC.
http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/
Or GarageBand if you are on Mac.
http://www.apple.com/uk/mac/garageband/
Edit: I'm sorry, I don't know how I missed the open source part on first read through.
or mixcraft. I started with it after googling "garage band for windows" and that's essentially what it is. And as it seems it does that job better than stagelight. It has lots of preset instruments that aren't too terrible and it has a nice layout that is actually quite similar to ableton if you think about it. Good way to start learning some basic arrangement and sequencing without worrying too much about synths etc. It also has VST support, though.
Here. Just as easy to use and it's BETTER because it can do more. There's also a free demo.
It includes 5 VSTis, which normally cost $50-$100 or more on their own; the UI is easy, the synths are good, and it also includes a fair amount of loops.
The first program I used for making a mashup was Acoustica Mixcraft. It sounded like crap, but everything you need is there, and there are some tutorials out there. I'd recommend it as a good place to start. Some people compare it to garage band as it's quite simple. I then went to FL studio and tbh it's absolutely brilliant. It's a little bit more advanced, but once you get the hang of it, it will become natural. There are hundreds of FL studio, and it's a very professional program used by plenty of well known producers such as avicii, Martin Garrix, Afrojack, Porter Robinson, and Madeon. There's a tutorial on making a mashup in mixcraft here and one for fl studio here
Acoustica Mixcraft 5. Just as easy to use.
Plus it includes VST instruments that would normally cost quite a bit to buy alone. Quite affordable at 80 bucks, and surprisingly high functioning for the price.
There are plenty of good DAW's out there and they'll all function perfectly well once you've learned them. Take a look at some trails and see how they feel.
Personally, I use Mixcraft just because I found it easiest to use. The article I linked describes it as comparable to Apple's Garageband, but I think that comparison is a little outdated.
I use this Acousitca Mixcraft and its brillant. How I use it, I can record 3 seperate microphone inputs for my family based co-labs and then after I can route Skype to use the onboard sound card so I can record Skype seperately by pulling the sound data from the Stereo Mix output. Yes that mean when I do Skype co-labs, I wear 2 sets headphones usually one in each ear
Well worth the $75 I spent for the regular version, I usualy mix down the voice tracks into one seperate audio file I put into my end render. If I find its not up to snuff I can back track and re-edit the audio tracks. Features galore, its a professional software mixing deck.
Well Mixcraft is pretty reasonable, and it does a lot but it's probably better for composition than straight recording-mixing. I'm new at this, and have never used Garage Band.
For software I use Mixcraft, it's basically like Garageband for Windows. It's cheap to purchase, and quite simple to use, also offers good export options in terms of sound quality. But having said that, I usually run both my guitar & vocals through my SM Audio MC01 mic so if you're looking at dual-track recording then I'm not sure how suitable it'd become. I have a pretty shitty setup, but it does the job fine for YouTube videos. I run my mic into an acoustic amp (for the phantom power), then output the amp into an effects pedal which also serves as a USB interface which goes straight into Mixcraft. When I make videos, I record the video just on my webcam, and simultaneously record the audio to then sync them up in post-editing. Hope that shed some light on the YouTube covers world!
actually, they aren't that expensive, you could get one for under $100 dollars if you're willing to get one with not many keys. This is actually very good for the price, considering it has a keyboard and drum pads. A good program that is actually pretty cheap, but could also help you with recording any live music if you got into that, is Mixcraft. It has a free trial, and if you decide to purchase its only $70. If you want any more help with starting out (I'm a pretty mediocre at making electronic music too), just feel free to send me a message.
Edit: Also, as far as learning music theory/other instruments, it would definitely help to learn some basic keyboard/piano and some basic music theory, including learning scale and chord theory.
I use Mixcraft 5 on my laptop. Not sure if it's mac compatible but it was extremely easy to use and well priced. You can get a demo for free. I use a M-Audio Fast Track Pro as my audio interface. As far as mics go the Shure SM57 is a great choice for recording vocals and your guitar amp. I've used it for micing my acoustic and it sounds great. As far as micing drums I'm not really sure, I've never attempted to record them.
Overall I think my setup is maybe about 400 dollars all together and that's pretty cheap. I would consult a drummer who knows the best way to mic drums and get his opinion cause the drums might be the limiting factor. Maybe you would need a audio interface that has four cable ports. Maybe you could look into a couple omnidirectional mics and record your songs live. Good luck and enjoy recording!
There's also Mixcraft, which can be found here: http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/
It has a limited free version good for 14 days, which I discovered only counts when you close the program. It's said to be similar to Garageband in functionality, with a number of loop packages built in. I was able to use the trial version to produce 15 tracks.
Download Mixcraft, install it, then click on the file menu and use open project to load a MIDI file. Click on the piano key icon to the left of each track (except the drums) and change the preset to "Boy Band." Hilarity ensues.
Having used GarageBand for a few years on iPad and Mac I went looking for a similar app on windows a few months back that could do the same drag and drop of inbuilt sample loops etc to knock up some quick backing before I take it into my full daw reaper. The closest I could find was an app called Mixcraft 7, it was simple to use but also has loads of plugins and I now do 90 percent of what I need in there.
There is a free demo, give it a go you might enjoy it.
Mixcraft 7 has the Omni Sampler and the performance panel. Either one of those might do what you want.
Edited to add link to Mixcraft video tutorials.
You should check out Mixcraft 7.
There are a bunch of tutorial videos for it: Mixcaft 7 University.
There's a 64-bit version and there are two samplers.
What version of Mixcraft did you use? Have you checked out Mixcraft 7 yet? It's got around 7000 loops, plus samples for use in the new Omnisampler plugin. Mixcraft 7
It was on around 15 seconds of audio from the start of the song, which is the length of the loop, which is freely available to anyone who wants it through the software. I would assume that is part of "public domain or similarly licensed". http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/
You can definitely produce professional-level recordings in Mixcraft. There's a collection of mixing and mastering tips on the Mixcraft forums: Mixing and mastering 101: a collection of helpful links.
And there are a bunch of tutorial videos here: Mixcraft tutorial videos
Acoustica mixcraft is pretty intuitive and is around $90 for the regular version. Their full version upgrades have been about $20 so far, and the features are many and integrated nicely within the daw. I own it in addition to fl studio and ableton. I bought it when it was just starting out. It has matured quite well and now I'd consider it very under-rated. Each version has addressed some new large feature.
I would download Mixcraft - it has a lot of free virtual instruments that come with it, piano included. You can try that out. Simply plug your keyboard into your computer, boot up Mixcraft, select an instrument and you're good to go.
Not one of your choices, but I dig Mixcraft. Easy to use, especially with drum samples. For me, the hardest thing is recording drums so I like to sequence my own or drag and drop loops. You can try it for free for 30 days. After that, you can use it indefinitely for free but cannot mix down to .mp3 or what have you.
This: http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/v4/help/piano-roll-editor.png is much less intuitive to use than a physical keyboard.It's called a piano roll and you have to click/draw notes instead of touching real keys on a midi board.
Said before, I'll say it again... been using Mixcraft that allows me to record multiple USB inputs, however occasionally I get some desync, and it usually comes down to CPU load. In a perfect world I'll be looking to off load the commentary to another PC so that can manage that without straining the rig capturing gameplay... some day soon
In that case, you might want to consider just getting a keyboard and something like Mixcraft (http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/). A workstation with lots of built-in instruments should fit you just fine. You could spend less then 200$ and be occupied with this setup for quite a while.
I'd start with something like Mixcraft before buying FL. I'm at the beginner stages of writing and recording music, with no experience. Look at online forums for help starting out. You could try going to Guitar Center over by Lindale and talk to some of the guys there to see what they think the best starting place would be.
MixCraft is probably the closest you're going to get to GarageBand. And it's reasonably affordable. It has a ton of instruments you can play with a midi keyboard hooked up and it has a decent amount of loops.
Mixcraft 5 looks decent for getting everything in one box so-to-speak. I use Reaper and Renoise, myself, but I think this product is known to have a simpler learning curve. The cool thing, is that apparently, you can load your old Garage Band loops into it.
For the longest time I was dirt dirt poor (just getting over that with COOP :-p) so I never got my hands on anything close to decent software or live hardware so don't be surprised when I say I haven't heard of the software or hardware you mentioned. I have seen similar things to the Launchpad but I can't say I've ever even had experience with anything like it.
I see what your getting at with your live stuff - I like it. I agree about the guitar stuff and look forward to your EP.
Thanks man I try to take alot of time with the lyrics.
Don't laugh - I use a single desktop microphone and a cracked version of Mixcraft.
Anywhoo...:-p
Yeah the drums (knowing what you do now this is obvious) are very difficult to record. I am a computer engineering major :-)
Yeah I've been trying to get into the studios but just haven't found the time or contacted the right people I suppose.
Thanks alot for the complements!
Nice. I forgot about software. I have a few that I use for small things but mainly for recording and MIDI FX, I use Mixcraft. Although it looks like they have a new version out and divided it into a few different options. When I originally purchased, it was approx. $90. I was very happy, it's basically a decent program that is pretty user friendly, heavily influenced by Garageband, as far as lines and dots for volume and different things.
TL;DR: I use Mixcraft.