Music Production

Software for Beginners

Bandlab is a free, & collaborative, Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)!

If you have an Apple device (iPhone, iPad, MacBook) you can use Garageband!

Tutorials

Learn to build a song using ISO App GarageBand with help from The Songwriting Studio on YouTube.

Learn the basics of Band Lab in this tutorial by The Songwriting Studio.

More Software (Intermediate)

Pro Tools is a more advanced music making software, often used as an industry-standard. A free version is available to try, click the image above for more info: “The free version of Pro Tools, Pro Tools first can be a good introductory step to get familiar with the software without making an investment.” – Music Radar

REAPER is a complete digital audio production application for computers, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset.

Audacity is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux and other operating systems.
Audacity is free, open source software.

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