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Making your own tracks is fun and you don't have to be a total geek either.

This page is a basic introduction to using software for music production. Cubase is the leading software on the market. It is an audio and midi sequencer. You can use Cubase to lay out audio loops and midi data.

This program is great for creating the structure of your tracks, the breakdowns and the drops etc. Audio loops could be drum loops from a sample CD or audio you have recorded from a microphone.

Midi data is used to control virtual instruments. The midi tells them what notes to play and when to play them. Cubase is the leading professional music production software.

Steinberg Cubase SX 1.0 Multi Track Software

Here is a list of the virtual instruments that you can use with Cubase to create the sounds in your tracks:

Halion:

Steinberg HALion VST Software Sampler

HALion is a software sampler. You can load any audio into this program and have it play back whenever you want at different pitches or through a filter.

Reason:

Propellerhead Reason 2.0 Virtual Synth System

This is a great piece of software that has samplers, bass synths and drum machines. It can integrate into Cubase or be a stand alone program.

You can also use a Roland D2 drum machine which can be controlled with midi data. Simply sequence the midi data, set the midi channel to your soundcard's midi out and record in the audio from the drum machine into Cubase.

Roland D2 Performance Groove Box

Virtual DJ Studio 3.0
A virtual mixing console for playing and crossfading mp3 and wav files. Also supports VDJ, M3U, and PLS playlists, and automatically crossfades the songs. Also features SmartRandom, to ensure no repeats during shuffle play. Highly customizable interface.

Traktor Mp3 DJ Software
Learn to be a virtual DJ with this powerful new Mp3 DJ software

Tips for choosing DJ turntables
Guide to selecting the right DJ turntable

Tips for choosing a DJ mixer
Tips for selecting the best DJ mixer for you

Dance music production basics
What software you will need to do your own audio production

Quick-Burn
Do you want to create Audio CD's fast? Without a lot of options you don't really need?
Then you need Quick-Burn! A plain and simple, but powerful program that does what you want:
Write Audio CD's from WAVE and MP3 files!
No need to convert MP3 to your harddisk first, QuickBurn directly writes MP3 files to Audio CD's!
Just Drag&nDrop the files you want to burn, eventually re-organize the tracks, press the Write button, and that's it!
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Audio CD Maker
Want to create audio CD's with MP3 files you have on your computer? Audio CD Maker is an easy and affordable way to create high quality CD's from your MP3 files. Audio CD Maker also allows you to create MP3 format CD's that can be played in any MP3 compatible player like DVD players and portable MP3 players!

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Visual MP3
Visual MP3 is a Windows program that can organize your MP3 files, Play them back, Rip CDs, Edit tags, rename your files in batches, and search for lyrics online. You can also combine lyrics with your MP3's for Karaoke playback. Loads of more cool features are included. It is presented in an excellent user-friendly environment, since it is simple and easy to use. There are many more features to choose from and excellent documentation is included.
User review: "Just what I have been looking for! I tried a lot of different utilities with mixed success. This was the one tool that did EVERYTHING I needed. If you have MP3s, you need this tool!"
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AudioConvert

AudioConvert is a professional solution for converting, ripping, transforming and recording all types of audio files. Converting WAV, MP2, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, GSM, G.726, MPC/MP+, VOX, ACM, ADPCM, and DSP audio, Grab Audio CD's, Transform audio files, and much more!

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	AudioWriter With AudioWriter you can create your own customized Audio CD's. Easily drag & drop your music-tracks from all your Audio's CD's, or convert WAV/MP3 files to the right format to write on your CD! Features: - Play Audio CD's - Local Disc Database to store disc information (title, artist, track titles) - Burn your own customized Audio CD's. - Play Wave & MP3 files - 100% CDDB compatible to automatically display disc and track titles - Permits you to choose your favorite CDDB server - Built-in Disc Database Manager - Convert MP3 Files to Wave - Batch convert wave/mp3 files - 5 display views: Spectrum, Oscope, VuMeter, Spectrogram, Light - Audio: CD Text Support (if supported by CDROM) - Audio: Supports cdplayer.ini - Read/Write MP3 Tags - Easy to use interface - Record Wave files (microphone required) - Wave file Editor - Wave Edit: Amplify+, Amplify-, Silence, Echo, Mix from file, Invert - Wave Edit: Normalize, Reverse, Stretch, Fade In, Fade Out - Uninstall procedure (100% Windows compatible) Get it here

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Page updated on 12 November 2002


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