Hey guys, I wanted to highlight my recommendation list when it comes to the top free music production software available at the current time.

To be honest, there are tons of free to use online beat makers, but personally, I would only recommend trying these out highlighted below;

All of these 5 free music production software packages that I have listed below are free. In my opinion, they are a great choice for anyone thinking of becoming a music producer, beat maker or sound engineer.

 

1. GarageBand (only available for macOS)

GarageBand is something I have used back in uni, when I was creating some background music for one of our creative 3D projects. It's very easy to use and very easy to construct a song or instrumental in my point of view. I highly recommend trying this one out if you are a macOS user.

 

2. Traktion Waveform

This is a free music production software DAW, It's free to use and free to download, personally I haven't used this one, but seen some great online feedback on this plugin. Supports Windows, macOS and Linux.

 

3. Audacity

Although you can't produce a full beat using this music production software, you can still edit any wave forms and input any sounds with its free tools, I used this in the past to trim my vocals, normalize the sound dB, and fix the pitch of certain samples.

 

4. LMMS

This is a free to use open source style DAW which will allow any style of music production, composition, effects, drum pattern edit and so much more. It's free to use, and this one has been developed by the public contributions.

 

5. Reaper

Reaper is a professional music production software package, and it's partly free, it's a great choice for new and upcoming music producers in my point of view, since it provides full features of the reaper music production software DAW for 60 days. 

I have heard many good things about reaper, and would recommend starting off with this, trying the software for 60 days and see how you get on.

 

In my point of view, all music production software packaged (DAWs) come with similar features. Starting off with a free to use DAW program is highly recommended in my opinion, as many music producers find out early if this is something they enjoy or otherwise.

I did this in my younger days, started off with wave pad, before I moved over to FL Studio. 

Personally, I would recommend paid music production software packages as they have been developed and designer in a more professional manner, and offer much better tools, features and sound quality outputs, I have outlined some of these below;

• FL Studio (I have used FL for over a decade, there are tons of tools, features and core content).
• Logic Pro (Widely used by the music industry, games industry and film industry).
• Cubase (Used by professional sound engineers, music, games and TV industries).
• Ableton Live (Great for beat makers and vocalists).
• Pro Tools (This one has been out for decades, it highly compares to FL Studio).

 

Also, if you want to produce music on the go, maybe whilst you're travelling, there are a few online music production interactive software packages which require no installation and can be used within the Internet browser, check them out below;

• Soundtrap (Online based free music production software)
• beepbox (Another free online free beat maker platform)