Tools for Creating Music: Difference between revisions

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Pro-grade (thus quite costly) applications:

Less expensive alternatives:

G-Town Percussion Excellent orchestral percussion sounds.

Celtic Harp Beautiful 250MB celtic harp soundfont (d/l links are in the thread; there's also a giga version available)

Soeren Bovbjerg's Pianos A few pianos in sf2/gig format. Sound good considering their size.

Maestro clarinet Legato Maestro clarinet Breath Maestro clarinet Staccato Very good clarinet by Mats Helgesson. The site requires registration.

Maestro Concert Grand 985MB concert grand piano by Mats Helgesson.

Alex Glockenspiel A nice little glockenspiel.

EmulatorXone Trumpet 60 meg solo trumpet in emulatorX format.

Douglas Concert Timpani Very good timpani freebie from Naturalstudio.

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 == Software ==
 === Non-Free ===
+Pro-grade (thus quite costly) applications:
+* [http://www.steinberg.net/983_1.html Cubase] Mac / Windows
+* [http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/logicpro/ Logic Studio] Mac
+* [http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/SONAR/default.asp Sonar] Windows
+* [http://www.digidesign.com/index.cfm?navid=24&langid=100& ProTools] Mac / Windows
+Less expensive alternatives:
+* [http://www.cockos.com/reaper/ REAPER] Mac / Windows
+* [http://www.flstudio.com/ FL Studio] Windows
 === Free ===
+* [http://ardour.org/ Ardour] Linux
 == Samples ==
 === Non-Free ===
 === Free ===
 [http://hosted.filefront.com/gtownsounds G-Town Percussion]
 Excellent orchestral percussion sounds.