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- Akai MPC Beats Free. Not just an official, virtual reproduction of Akai’s legendary MPC beat-making gold-standard, but a robust performance DAW in its own right.
- Soundbridge. Though this feature-packed DAW could easily work as your new studio hub, its brisk sequencing and multi-touchscreen support means it’s a definite consideration for the live performer, too.
- Serato DJ Lite. A fantastic way to enter into the DJ-ing universe if you’ve yet to dip your toe, Serato’s free version of their track-flipping benchmark platform allows you to stream, beat-match and manipulate a wide selection of tracks, as well as perform them to a virtual audience.
- Harvest Mini. While the primary aim of Harvest is to conjure new melodic and beat-making ideas into your creative process, its randomisation options can also work as a superb starting point for an impromptu live improvisation.
- Serato Dj Lite
- Circular Labs Mobius
- Harvest Mini
- Giada Music Giada
- Xx 2.3
- Trackbout Ripchord
SeratoDJ Lite – a cut-down version of Serato DJ Pro – is probably the best and most professional software to download if you want to get into DJ’ing coming, as it does, from the masters of the genre. Lite allows you to stream, mix and scratch digital music files and samples and contains enough tools and resources to get great results with or withou...
Ever fancied some of the looping action that has helped propel Ed Sheeran to his monumental heights? These live hardware loopers are all the rage thanks to the songwriter extraordinaire, but Mobius delivers the simple produce-a-song-as-you-loop philosophy in software form, for free. You get eight separate tracks to loop, plus several loops per trac...
You can create mini-sequences or drum beats in an instant with this old-school MIDI sequencer that simply triggers instruments, samples and beats as you draw in the notes as it cycles. The best bit is that you can choose notes by scale, so keeping everything in tune with your project to create melodic progressions. There’s also a Regenerate button ...
It’s a second looper, which this time is aimed at anyone wanting to sequence with MIDI and audio or produce songs with live loops – as with Mobius above. While that is a more complex beast to get up and running with, Giada is simpler, especially for live looping. It’s not especially pretty, but it’s simple to get a beat up and running and then to r...
Mixxx is a long-established DJ title that allows you to mix and match audio files on up to four decks and includes time stretching, beat looping, hot cues and pitch bend. Multiple file formats are supported, including FLAC, WAV, AIFF and MP3 and you can add hardware MIDI controllers for more hands-on action. Mac/PC, 32/64-bit. More info here.
Ripchord is one of those apps that might not look too exciting, but can certainly help you out, especially if your keyboard skills are not up to scratch and you go blind when it comes to chords. On a simple level, you can assign several notes to one key press for simple playing of chords across a wide range, for example, but there are also loads of...
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- SoundCloud. Well known for streaming, SoundCloud also offers original artist uploads for free downloads. You can look for the Free Download buttons below tracks to grab MP3 versions of songs approved by artists.
- Jamendo Music. Jamendo provides over 500,000 tracks for free download through their platform. Artists release songs under Creative Commons licenses to enable free distribution, and you can download both full albums and individual songs easily through the site.
- Bandcamp. Bandcamp allows fans to download music free directly from independent artists. Many albums and songs offer name-your-price downloads, including $0.
- DatPiff. Specializing in hip-hop and rap mixtapes, DatPiff provides official mixtapes approved for legal free downloads by the artists themselves. Founded in 2005, DatPiff has an active community of over 8 million registered users.
Mar 23, 2022 · Here are the 6 top free MIDI keyboard software options we’ll be covering: GarageBand by Apple (Our Pick For Apple users) BandLab CakeWalk (Our Pick For PC users)
Apr 11, 2024 · Remixlive is a beat making and live performance app designed for producers and DJs. It allows users to play, jam, mix, and remix music with up to 48 loops synced in key and tempo, change the key and BPM in real-time, and record live drums and instruments.
Nov 8, 2022 · Top tips for performing live on a laptop: hassle-free gigs with virtual instruments. By Keyboard Magazine. last updated 8 November 2022. Master your live VST performances. (Image credit: Getty/Prog Magazine) Consider two important rules for using virtual instruments when performing live.
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