Music Composition

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Commercial Software Packages

  • FLStudio (http://www.flstudio.com/) (Formerly known as Fruity Loops) is a complex yet fairly easy to use package
  • CakeWalk (http://www.cakewalk.com/)
  • Steinberg Cubase (http://www.steinberg.de/)
  • Sound Forge (http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/products/soundforgefamily.asp) audio editor
  • ACID (http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/products/acidfamily.asp) loop-based production
  • Adobe Audition (http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/) Record, Mix, Edit and Master Program
  • Reason (http://www.propellerheads.se/)
  • Finale (http://www.makemusic.com/)

Shareware and Freeware Software Package

  • Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/?lang=en) audio editor for PC, Mac, and Linux
  • Goldwave (http://www.goldwave.com/) audio editing

Links of Interest

Example Music

Here is a short music bit (http://www.orst.edu/~holtt/CrateBarrelLoop2.mp3) created from just HL2 metal and wood impact sounds plus the Combine Wall move sounds. Composed in Fruity Loops --Holtt 16:20, 15 Feb 2006 (PST)