Audio editing program

[idiot-buster]

First off I'd like to say I've taken classes many classes in music, its different types of genes and musical greats of the past and modern eras. I listen to music with a passion, so i bought myself beats pro head phones to be able to hear every part of the piece of music! I'd love to be able to edit songs and start to learn how to mix them. You guys know any good programs to do so, maybe something free or cheap just to start me off?

[stratkat]

Audacity and reaper are both free,

personally I use fl studio.

[Birdinator99]

At 8/30/11 03:05 PM, idiot-buster wrote: I listen to music with a passion, so i bought myself beats pro head phones

I hear people here don't like those for audio production -- too much sound colouration I think.

[Ignyte]

At 8/30/11 03:05 PM, idiot-buster wrote: First off I'd like to say I've taken classes many classes in music, its different types of genes and musical greats of the past and modern eras. I listen to music with a passion, so i bought myself beats pro head phones to be able to hear every part of the piece of music! I'd love to be able to edit songs and start to learn how to mix them. You guys know any good programs to do so, maybe something free or cheap just to start me off?

The thing is, with headphones, although you might have paid alot for them it comes down to the device that's generating the electrical signal the powers your headphones, so your soundcard.
A good soundcard will reproduce good sound and cheap ones will make still generate it but the sound will return coloured.

Headphones with a 6.5mm or a 1/4" jack tend to reproduce sound of better quality, 6.5mm jacked headphones, although they could be good and expensive wont be able to display each sound clearly enough in a song if that's what your looking for.

And as for the topic... Audacity is pretty good for doing basic sound editing, but you'll want to look at getting a DAW or Digital Audio Workstation if your keen to produce your own beats from the ground up.
As for that, I'd highly recommend FL Studio, you pay for it once and get free lifetime updates, PLUS I can give you a slight discount if you PM me, (you dont need to do anything special to get it)

Good luck!

[idiot-buster]

At 8/30/11 06:38 PM, Ignyte wrote: And as for the topic... Audacity is pretty good for doing basic sound editing, but you'll want to look at getting a DAW or Digital Audio Workstation if your keen to produce your own beats from the ground up.
As for that, I'd highly recommend FL Studio, you pay for it once and get free lifetime updates, PLUS I can give you a slight discount if you PM me, (you dont need to do anything special to get it)

Thanks for all the info! I downloaded Audacity and have a question, when i import the music file it's almost as if its supercharging the speed on which it plays. I press pay and it's over in about a half a second and can't seem to get the song to play at normal speed to allow me to edit it? Once i figure out how to work this program I'll probably take you up on that offer! thanks for your help!

[Ignyte]

At 8/30/11 07:40 PM, idiot-buster wrote:

As for that, I'd highly recommend FL Studio, you pay for it once and get free lifetime updates, PLUS I can give you a slight discount if you PM me, (you dont need to do anything special to get it)

Thanks for all the info! I downloaded Audacity and have a question, when i import the music file it's almost as if its supercharging the speed on which it plays. I press pay and it's over in about a half a second and can't seem to get the song to play at normal speed to allow me to edit it? Once i figure out how to work this program I'll probably take you up on that offer! thanks for your help!

No worries! As for your problem with Audacity, I honestly dont know how to fix that ^_^;; I've only been using FL studio for the 4 years that I've been composing electronica

[VooDooCompositions]

At 8/30/11 03:09 PM, stratkat wrote: Audacity and reaper are both free,

personally I use fl studio.

This. I've used FL studio for years, for everything from making drum beats to record over, to using an Edirol plugin to have my own orchestral pieces sound more organic. I've never used either Audacity or reaper, but I've heard good things about both. In terms of recording and editing, I've used Mixcraft (not free) which some people criticize me for. But honestly, it's because I know the program and don't feel like taking the time to learn the ins and outs of another one.

[moonhitler]

At 8/30/11 07:40 PM, idiot-buster wrote: Thanks for all the info! I downloaded Audacity and have a question, when i import the music file it's almost as if its supercharging the speed on which it plays. I press pay and it's over in about a half a second and can't seem to get the song to play at normal speed to allow me to edit it? Once i figure out how to work this program I'll probably take you up on that offer! thanks for your help!

If you select the track's entirety, go to effects>change tempo, you can change the speed manually, if you don't mind it not being exactly the same tempo as the original.