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7 Free Digital Recording Apps for Windows | Audiotuts+ Being a musician can be expensive. With musical instruments, equipment and software you normally get what you pay for, and we want to sound good! So we pay, and pay big. But it's good to know you can get some things for free. This article was previously published on the AudioJungle blog, which has moved on to a new format in 2010. We'll be bringing you an article from the AudioJungle archives each week. Joel previously wrote an article called "8 Free, Cross-platform Apps for Musicians", listing some really useful music utilities and programs that you can get at no cost. Of course, Windows has its own problems when it comes to recording music. In the meantime, here are 7 digital audio recording apps for Windows: 1. License: KRISTAL Audio Engine is free for personal, educational and non-commercial use. The program records up to 16 tracks at a maximum of a 192 kHz sample rate. 2.

License details on the website are sketchy, but the program is free to use. 3. License: GPL (open source). 5. 6. Famous Sounds. An awesome sounding, expressive early electronic keyboard! --- Del Shannon's "Runaway", The Tornadoes' "Telstar" are examples of this precursor to the modern synthesizer. UPDATE FROM A READER: "Hiyas. You list the Del Shannon hit "runaway" as featuring a clavoline. I listened to the audio sample of the pertinent section, and I'm assuming that you refer to the high, reedy sort of solo that plays. That's not a clavoline, though. Several years ago, PBS ran a series called "The history of rock n' roll" - and one of the songs it touched on was Del Shannon's runaway.

I searched google but was unable to find anyone who had this info posted, so your best bet is to try and hunt up a copy of that old PBS series, and view the interviews for yourself. cheers -cobalt* " 12 - chromatic - prime numbers only. The Virtual Piano for Songwriters, Singers, Producers and aspiri. 30 Greatest Hip Hop Drum Breaks & Samples of All Time! I absolutely love lists. I make lists for things that I need to do when at home, on my way to work, at work, and even while I’m at the movies.

There’s one list that I’ve been thinking of for the past three weeks and has caused me agony beyond reasonable comprehension… The top 10 drum breaks of all time! Can you imagine that such a thing might exist? After all we are talking about, at the most, a ten second snippet of a couple of kicks, snare, and maybe even some high hats. This is madness, right? Related posts: Tagged as: Beats, Drums, Hip Hop Rap Breaks, Hip Hop Rap Samples. Audiotool.com.