Music on the Compter notes.

If you are a DJ or want to do your own tunes, or mixes, software is here to the rescue.  With an investment of a few hundred dollars and there is free software you can get starteed.

My steup I am using Wavelabs (verey nice replacement for soundforge), you can use audacity.  This is to create samples.  I will go over it in another article.

I use Acid as my sequencer, there are many others, but this proved to be the best.

Use VST for you to play music.

Foobar200 is proven to be one of the finest hifi music players.  There is a pluging that allows you to use music mastering vst filters.

This is the website 

Some of the plugings can be:

SlickEQ 
The Bedroom producer maintains this nice informative list of freeware vst.

Nice Blog about music computer.

VST Instruments:

http://blog.wavosaur.com/best-free-tb-303-emulation-sotware-vst-plugins-standalone/

http://www.vstplanet.com/

http://www.vstwarehouse.com/2011/06/acid-xpress.html


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Alchemy Player.

Alchemy Player is a free software instrument with an inspiring 1GB sample library and 200 instrument sounds including evolving soundscapes, lush pads, and pulsing arpeggios. Built with the award winning Alchemy engine under the hood, it provides ready to play sounds that can be easily tweaked from the intuitive interface. It can also load any SFZ sample library.

 http://www.camelaudio.com/AlchemyPlayer.php


this is a website that talks about VST plugings that are free. 

This site has a bass.



Varisha.
This is a site from Europe, that contains a VST bass, and probably other goodies  including an amazing acordeon, piano vst instrument and a bass.  I had to chance to listen to a the piano, and it is very close to a true piano.

http://steplton.ho.ua/vsti

http://www.yohng.com/software/bass.html

4Front Bass is a small single sound instrument without any settings that reproduces a timbre of a bass guitar. It is available as VSTi for Windows, and as an AudioUnit, VSTi and RTAS for Mac (see enclosed readme file).

http://www.tseaudio.com/software/tseBOD
The B.O.D is emulating a well known bass processing unit.
If you need a good bass-tone quick, try this one!

The use of a audio studio linux distributions.

This website talks about number of linux distributions focused on audio.

Some of the links:

KXStudio website
AVLinux website

Project you need to check as well:

Ardour DAW is a hard disk recorder and digital audio workstation application. It runs on Linux, OS X^[5] and FreeBSD.^[6] Its primary author is Paul Davis, who is also responsible for the JACK Audio Connection Kit. Ardour's intention is to provide digital audio workstation software suitable for professional use.

 
Harrison Mixbus Mixbus™ is a full-featured Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) with "True Analog Mixing"™: a combination of Harrison's world-renowned sound and features in an affordable, knob-per-function interface.  Mixbus provides professional-level features to import or record an unlimited number of audio tracks to your computer, edit them, and mix them together.  You can use Mixbus to record your band, mix a record, make a podcast, or edit the audio for your video.dddddddddddddddd

some more free vst:

Toneboosters EZQ
http://www.toneboosters.com/tb-ezq/

Tal Ultra simple EQ (aka Tilt EQ)
http://kunz.corrupt.ch/products/tal-effects

Kjaehus classic limiter
http://www.kreativsounds.com/kjaerhu...aster-limiter/

SSL LMC-1 compressor
http://www.solid-state-logic.com/music/LMC-1/index.asp

Klanghelm DC-1 (alright it 2 knobs, sue me)
http://www.klanghelm.com/DC1A.html

Some one knob FX not offered by Waves

Beta Bugs widebug - stereo enhancer
http://www.betabugsaudio.com/plugs.php

BX_solo stereo m/s widener
http://www.brainworx-music.de/en/plugins/bx_solo

Flux bittersweet - transient shaper
http://www.fluxhome.com/products/fre.../bittersweet-v

Audiocation phase rotator
https://www.audiocation.de/en/plugin

Normalizer
http://www.digitalfishphones.com/mai...em=2&subItem=6

Anechoic chamber simulator ;-)
http://bram.smartelectronix.com/plugins.php?id=5

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LinuxDSP Plugins
Cinelerra Video Editor
We are focused on combining the Artistic and Development components of Cinelerra into a unified project to create a streamlined production process that will interact effectively with multip
le distributions and result in a professional caliber media editing and special effects system. Kdenlive Video Editor
Openshot Video Editor
Pianoteq
Renoise
Loomer Plugins
Libre Music Production
Guitarix

Collection of drum samples.


Ths list of 40 best vst Plugins from BPB.


this is a list of dx7  yamaha website with patches and info here.

I will continue adding notes as I find stuff, for my own knowledge and to share.


View the echo response and other anomalies of your recording room.

http://www.roomeqwizard.com/