[Johnnyuk123]

Hi,
I've created this thread to get us all talking about the many great music software programs out here online. Many are free and some are pro audio suits that you have to pay for.
The software that i use to write my songs with is Propellerhads Reason 8.
Checkout the videos below to see it in action.
Johnny

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[Glenn.]

Let's hear one of your bops then

[Drew.]

FL Studio 11 >

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Let's hear one of your bops then

Ok no problem.
I recently took Madonna's vocal acapoella from her own song then re wrote the entire music around that vocal
The song is called... DEVIL PRAY.
You can check both the originsl track and my version out below.


Original track,

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My version of Devil Pray is here...

Youtube video

[Johnnyuk123]

Another example is one direction singing change your mind,
Original version is here...

Youtube video

My version just using their Acapella with my music backing them is here...

Youtube video

[Jamie89]

Audacity is great (mainly because it's free lol) it's what I used to make my remix that I entered in the tibbvision contest and I've been using it quite a lot recently making other ones, I'd recommend it for people who aren't that familiar with music software and just want to test the waters and have a play around without spending money on it. It's a good place to start.

There's also Samplitude which I've used a little bit. It's technically much better than Audacity in that it's more professional and there are tons more things you can do in terms of creating and manipulating instruments (rather than just using existing sound files, like in Audacity), but it's probably not for beginners. I downloaded a free trial (you can use the full version for free but it expires after a few weeks, then you have to pay if you want to keep using it) and it looked great and well worth paying for. I'd buy it if I wanted to start doing things that are out of Audacity's scope.

I haven't seen any other programmes so I don't know how those two compare with others. From what I've heard though, Audacity is the most widely used software that is fully free.

[Jamie89]

Your remixes are amazing btw I might start posting mine (when I get a bit better at it lol)

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Jamie89

Your remixes are amazing btw I might start posting mine (when I get a bit better at it lol)

Cheers Jamie.
Yes audacity is a great free program. Ideal for those who want to enter a song in the tibb song contests. You should check this out too. It's free to use for some of it but again the free version (which it runs online btw) has enough for you to make your own music demo and sing over it to then save it as a wav file/mp3 etc.
Check it out here...

It's called...Soundation Studio.

Link: https://soundation.com/studio

[Dominic]

I use Audacity but I rarely do

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Jamie89

Your remixes are amazing btw I might start posting mine (when I get a bit better at it lol)

I just tried to listen/watch your tibb entry and it says it no longer exists?
Put it back up Jamie and some more of your stuff cos i'd like to check them out.

[bitontheslide]

Native Instruments Komplete

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Native Instruments Maschine

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Ableton Live

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Cubase

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[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Native Instruments Komplete

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Native Instruments Maschine

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Ableton Live

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Cubase

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A great selection of wonderful programs!
We are spoilt for choice i think these days. Many times it comes down to ease of use. I started with cakewalk software until i found propellerheads Reason program so i know this one inside out which is why i stuck with it all these years. I've tried all of the above and tbf i found them all to be great daws too. A lot of people use Albeton Live for edm dance music production.

[Johnnyuk123]

Here is a video introduction to the Soundation Studio.
It's ideal for beginers and you can expand on it for a small fee to get more pro features.
Take a peek of it here...

Youtube video

[Denver]

I'm! Still in love with your Eurovision song

[RichardG]

We used cubase all the time in music class in high school

I was never any good at it

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

I just tried to listen/watch your tibb entry and it says it no longer exists?
Put it back up Jamie and some more of your stuff cos i'd like to check them out.

You Tube deleted it because of the copyright violations haha! I'm working on another one at the moment so I think when I've finished that I'll upload that as well as my tibbvision one again. Do you know how to get round the copyright problems though? I know I uploaded something for a tibb game recently that used copyrighted music and I got a message from YT saying they recognised it was copyrighted but it was fine as long they put ad's on it or something, so I don't know why they didn't just do that for my tibbvision song

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Jamie89

You Tube deleted it because of the copyright violations haha! I'm working on another one at the moment so I think when I've finished that I'll upload that as well as my tibbvision one again. Do you know how to get round the copyright problems though? I know I uploaded something for a tibb game recently that used copyrighted music and I got a message from YT saying they recognised it was copyrighted but it was fine as long they put ad's on it or something, so I don't know why they didn't just do that for my tibbvision song

I've had a few of mine that have been ok but when an artist releases their greatest hits they look for those songs and remove them. In my case it was ellie goulding love me like you do. As soon as her christmas album came out it got removed. lol Only thing i can think of is to make your video private. That way you can still let people view it by sharing the link.
You could try doing a search in youtube for how to get around copyright material? Worth a try.

Also try joining dailymotion because there rules are slightly different so some songs that youtube remove are still ok on there.

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Johnnyuk123

I've had a few of mine that have been ok but when an artist releases their greatest hits they look for those songs and remove them. In my case it was ellie goulding love me like you do. As soon as her christmas album came out it got removed. lol Only thing i can think of is to make your video private. That way you can still let people view it by sharing the link.
You could try doing a search in youtube for how to get around copyright material? Worth a try.

Also try joining dailymotion because there rules are slightly different so some songs that youtube remove are still ok on there.

I've just gone back on to upload my new tibb eurovision vid and the one that was removed is back?!

Here it is anyway...

Youtube video

[Northern Monkey]

I'd like to get into using audio software.I need a decent PC though and an audio interface.Im not much of computer person,I know very little.I play guitar though and eventually would like to start recording.I want to be able to create backing tracks with software and record my own guitar parts.
Cool tracks btw

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

I'd like to get into using audio software.I need a decent PC though and an audio interface.Im not much of computer person,I know very little.I play guitar though and eventually would like to start recording.I want to be able to create backing tracks with software and record my own guitar parts.
Cool tracks btw

I don't think your computer needs to be that good (although I don't know how bad your current one is!) You should get a free trial of one of the programs mentioned in this thread to see how it works with your PC as you might find it's ok (and if it isn't, you haven't lost anything)

[Johnnyuk123]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

I'd like to get into using audio software.I need a decent PC though and an audio interface.Im not much of computer person,I know very little.I play guitar though and eventually would like to start recording.I want to be able to create backing tracks with software and record my own guitar parts.
Cool tracks btw

I use propellerhead reason 8 software to create my songs. It allows you to record not only vocal tracks but any track you want including guitar tracks. You can make a song from scratch using this amazing software. Well worth a look.

Youtube video

[Johnnyuk123]

This software is only £20. Dance Ejay. You simply drag and drop to make your song. Ideal for beginners but it gives you a very polished sound. Ideal for those who enter the tibb eurovision and xmasvision contests. I think you can even record your voice over the song you create. Amazing software for just £20! I love technology!

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