If you like making music and you also like getting free stuff, then you’ll want to download Cakewalk by BandLab, a free digital audio workstation. Cakewalk by BandLab is a fully-featured DAW complete with a number of useful plugins and included instruments. It’s basically the exact same as SONAR Platinum, which used to sell for […]
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Tracktion T6 DAW Now Completely Free
Once again Tracktion has upgraded their free DAW offering, now available as Tracktion version 6. It wasn’t too long that they started offering Tracktion T5 for free, but now you can get T6 for free instead, and it’s a fully featured digital audio workstation without restrictions. Tracktion T6 used to sell for $60 so being […]
Is Free Magix Music Maker DAW Really Worth Using?
Magix has released a free version of their Music Maker software, but can it compete with all the other free DAWs currently available? Like most free DAWs there are some pretty strict limitations. The main one with Music Maker is a lack of support for 3rd party plugins; you have to buy the upgraded version […]
Bitwig 2 Gets Released in February, But New License Model Sucks
The upcoming release of Bitwig Studio 2.0 was just announced and it comes with a number of cool upgrades and a bombshell of a new licensing model. Bitwig is a newer DAW released in 2014 that works with Windows, macOS, and Linux. It’s geared more toward electronic music production but of course it can be […]
Steinberg Releases Cubase 9 (Video)
As they do every year around this time, Steinberg has officially announced a new updated version of Cubase. Cubase 9 comes in the form of the usual three versions with varying levels of features between Pro, Artist, and Elements. One of the main new features that Cubase 9 adds is a Lower Zone for the […]
FL Studio Mobile 3 DAW Released (Videos)
FL Studio has started rolling out a major update for their mobile DAW. They released FL Studio 3 for Android this week, and they plan to launch the iOS, Windows Phone and Windows App versions of FL Studio 3 soon. According to the release notes, FL Studio Mobile 3 is a complete re-write of their […]
How to Setup Spider V Amps to Record in Cubase and Other DAWs
The new lineup of Line 6 Spider V amps have the unique capability of doubling as a USB audio interface to enable recording the amp directly in a DAW. The Spider V amps come with Cubase LE 8, a starter DAW that has a surprising number of features and tools for being a free download. […]
Proof That All DAWs Sound the Same (Video)
No matter what music forum you go to or who you encounter in various music-related fields there’s always some jackass claiming that their DAW sounds better than your DAW. The DAW myth has evolved into an illogical beast that thinks audio produced by one DAW sounds different than audio produced by a different DAW, even […]