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Music Authoring Programs?

post #1 of 7
3/6/04 at 2:09am
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Are there any free programs out there to make music? Nothing too too fancy, I am really just interested in synthesizers and stuff. If you could point me in the direction of anything that'd be great.

Thanks.
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post #2 of 7
3/6/04 at 3:51am
http://www.kvr-vst.com/

There are 100's of free virtual synths called VSTi's.

You'll also need a VST host, there are a couple free ones too.

Do you have any hardware synths,keyboards,gear?
More info will help me point you in the right drection.
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post #3 of 7
3/6/04 at 4:10am
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No I dont have any hardware. I dont really want any either. I just want to mess around and try to make sounds that resemble music. Kinda like Garage Band on the Mac I guess. I saw a demo of that on Call for Help on TechTV and it looked like fun.

Also would be nice if it was farely easy to use and get a hang of.

Thanks.
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post #4 of 7
3/6/04 at 4:50am
http://www.bome.com

Get the Bome's Mouse Keyboard.

You can use your mouse or keyboard to trigger notes of virtual synths.

There's also a nice tutorial on how to set it up.

You'll also need MIDI Yoke http://www.midiox.com/index.htm?http....com/myoke.htm

It installs virtual MIDI ports on you PC

Also would be nice if it was farely easy to use and get a hang of.

Can't say that it's that easy to setup but once it works it's great.
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post #5 of 7
3/6/04 at 4:52am
I also saw that Garage Band demo on CFH, looks nice but seems limited
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post #6 of 7
3/6/04 at 12:51pm
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Thanks for the help.
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post #7 of 7
3/7/04 at 5:53am
Go out and get yourself a copy of computer music. They have a whole suite of free music making stuff. If that is too complicatd for you, you may want to look at a program like FruityLoops.

prana
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