![]() In the spirit of freedom, we’ll start with a selection of plugins that are absolutely free! That means you can literally go get them right now and start making hits (technically speaking that is). FREE PLUG-INS TO PRODUCE, EFFECT, AND MASTER Many DAWs include their own “native” synths and effects – think of plug-ins as third party additions for your DAW. In either case, you’d first open your DAW, then load the plug-in onto an audio or MIDI track and start making noises. ![]() (VST stands for Virtual Studio Technology)įor example, you might have a synthesizer plug-in or a delay plug-in. If you already know what a plug-in is you can just go ahead and skip to the next section – for those of you who are new to this world, a plug-in (you might have hear them called by their various flavor, including VST, VSTi, AU, etc.) is a small “program within a program” that you open from within your DAW and can use to either make or modify sounds. If you like and are using it, you should buy it for a humble price of just $60, wow! WHAT’S A PLUG-IN? ![]() That means that you could technically evaluate it forever with full functionality, making it completely free. The best part: Reaper has an endless “evaluation” period. It also includes hundreds of audio and MIDI processing effects, and you can edit audio, draw automation, layer unlimited tracks, record audio, interface with hardware and MIDI, and much more. With full support for VSTs and AUs, it’s a perfect platform for hosting all the awesome plug-ins I’m about to share with you. In fact, I think the mixing algorithm sounds so good that sometimes I’ll produce a track in Ableton, and then run multi-track into Reaper for the mix down. Reaper is a low cost and high performance professional quality DAW that sounds amazing and gives you almost all the same core functionality as the other top contenders. ![]() What if you want to start producing for free? Beginning producers on a budget, meet Reaper. ![]() For someone just getting started, this can be a pretty big barrier to entry. You’ve probably heard of Ableton, Logic, ProTools, Reason and Cubase – they all do pretty much the same thing, and typically cost more than $500 for the complete feature set. The first (and probably biggest) financial hurdle in getting started making beats is your DAW (digital audio workstation). ![]()
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