GarageBand

Welcome to the school of rock. A Mac-sized practice space. Your own recording studio. If you want to learn to play an instrument, write music, or record a song, GarageBand can help — whether you’re a rookie or a rock star.

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welcome to the school of rock. a macsized practice space. your own recording studio. if you want to learn to play an instrument, write music, or record a song, garageband can help — whether you’re a rookie or a rock star.

garageband is a whole music creation studio right inside your mac — with a complete sound library that includes software instruments, presets for guitar and voice, and virtual session drummers. an intuitive interface makes it easy to learn, play, record, create, and share your hits worldwide. it’s never been easier to make music like a pro.

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Works Offline Audio recording MIDI keyboard input Virtual instrument

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Portable Free API Plugin API Mix Music Support for VST plugins Performance Monitoring
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Works Offline Non linear editor Audio recording Mix Music Support for VST plugins Live recording Drum matrix editing Piano Roll
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Non destructive editing Mix Music Support for VST plugins Audio editing
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Customizable Portable Multi Channel Mix Music Support for VST plugins Audio editing Supports for MIDI
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Drag n drop Batch Editing Mix Music Support for VST plugins MIDI keyboard input Virtual instrument Pitch Shifting
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DRM Free Mix Music Virtual instrument Synth rack
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Cubase

Cubase is a computer program for music production/recording. The program offers recording, producing and mixing of sounds in order to make music production for distribution on CDs or the internet.

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Mix Music Support for VST plugins Voice Recording Audio editing
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Scripting Mix Music Support for VST plugins
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Avid Pro Tools

Professional-grade software application for recording, editing and mixing music, featuring support for numerous plugins and effects.

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Mixcraft is a recording studio with effects, featuring Reverb, Delay/Echo, EQ, Compression, Flanger and Chorus, as well as resonant filters and a powerful loop editor.

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Qtractor

Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework.

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LinuxSampler - free, open source pure software audio sampler with professional grade features.

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MuLab is a rich and rock solid sound and music production tool for Mac OSX and Windows, designed to create, record, edit and finalize Your Music!

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Cross DJ

Mix, scratch, sample, record: rock great parties with top-DJ features. Turn your mobile device into a complete DJ system. Mix your tracks in perfect sync, scratch, add effects, loops and more. Automix your songs for non-stop music.

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The Best 68 GarageBand Alternatives

LMMS

FL Studio

Ardour

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Ableton Live

Reason

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Sound Forge

AudioTool

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Bitwig Studio

Magix ACID Pro

Avid Pro Tools

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Qtractor

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