I need a free and beginner friendly DAW. I tried CakeWalk SONAR But it was an absolute mess-too much of everything and too complicated. I need something simple. Draw notes, use some filters and maybe plugins. I am interested in making music for a LONG time but I can’t find anything great. I even tried cracking FL Studio, fortunately I realized the risk and what I was doing. Anyone wanna help?
I need it to be:
-FREE
-Simple
-Ability to draw notes, use filters and maybe use some plugins
-Beginner friendly
-Use only my laptop without any keyboards or whatever most of the people use, just my lovely laptop and a mouse
#Help choosing a DAW
spark plover
oak prism
I need a free and beginner friendly DAW. I tried CakeWalk SONAR But it was an ab...
If we are talking about free then i think reaper is a good choice. It is free for first 60 days and you can also keep using it after 60 days without paying so. you cant really get any “beginner friendly” daw that too in free. Reaper is not that beginner friendly but still you have to learn it a little bit. And it also doesnt come with any free stock instrument vsts you have tod ownloas thrid party plugins. Either free ones or cracking. But the stock effect plugins are great tho
opal kelp
I used LMMS when I started, it's not great, but it's free and does basic stuff
gusty pivot
if you are a complete begginer, use bandlab
grand solar
Try Ardour in Ubuntu studios. Free and has it all
stoic citrus
You can get Ableton Live Lite cheaply if you buy their Ableton Note app, it's not free but I think it's like $10 and that's affordable for most people
Main downside of Lite is that it limits you to 8 tracks, but you can use instrument racks and drum racks to circumvent that
but yeah you could start with bandlab in your browser