Best Free DAWs For Windows - Music Production Software

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Make music for free with the best free DAWs for Windows plus we'll look at how to pick the best free music production software for you. Next check out the best entry level audio interfaces by clicking here • Top 5 Entry Level Audi...
⬇️Here Are The Links To The Free DAWs Mentioned⬇️
▶ Waveform Free - bit.ly/Tracktion_Home
▶ Cakewalk by Bandlab - bit.ly/Cakewalk-Bandlabs
▶ Pro Tools Intro - avid.8v4lqg.net/intro
▶ Studio One Prime - bit.ly/Presonus_Studio-One
▶ Music Maker Free - bit.ly/MM_Free
▶ Audacity - bit.ly/sgt-audacity
▶ Bandlab DAW - www.bandlab.com/
▶ Audiotool - www.audiotool.com/
▶ MPC Beats - www.akaipro.com/mpc-beats
▶ Serato Studio - serato.com/studio
▶ LMMS - lmms.io/
▶ Reaper - www.reaper.fm/
▶ Ardour - ardour.org/
▶ Ableton Live Lite - www.ableton.com/en/products/l...
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🎶🎵 Sections Of This Best Free DAWs Video 🎵🎶
0:00 Intro To The Best Free DAWs
0:22 Free Unlimited DAWs
0:35 Free DAW 1
1:20 Free DAW 2
2:31 Free DAW 3
3:53 Free DAW 4
5:08 Free DAW 5
6:20 Free DAW 6
7:02 Free DAW 7
7:56 Free DAW 8
8:31 Free DAW 9
9:25 Free DAW 10
9:44 Free DAW 11
10:14 Honorable Mention 1
10:40 Honorable Mention 2
10:55 3 More Honorable Mentions
11:20 How To Select The Best DAW For You
12:43 The Learning Curve For These Programs
13:15 A Very Important Part Of Your Studio
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About this video
In this video Zane from Audio Tech TV (formerly Simple Green Tech) looks at over 11 of the best free DAWs for Windows PCs. These will all work for Windows 10 and Windows 11. So they are the Best free DAWs for Windows 11. A lot of people have been asking for that. Whether you want the best free daw for beat making or the best free daw for rock music and everything in between, it's in this video. I hope you find a free digital audio workstation that works great for you so you can get started making music for free in your home studio. You can definitely get some great free music making software !
If you want more videos and tutorials on home studio recording and music production be sure to subscribe to Audio Tech TV on KZfaq.
#FreeDAW #MusicProduction #HomeStudio

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@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

Next check out the best entry level audio interfaces by clicking here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLaAZrB2mdfMiaM.html

@by_antony Ай бұрын

Zane, you helped me with many decisions regarding music production and equipment etc, so I thought your new video deserved a comment! I started a few years ago with Cakewalk, but couldn't get on with it. Then I tried MPC Beats as it came free with a MIDI keyboard I bought. I've since used Abelton LIVE and now switch between the two.

@danielscott9395 Ай бұрын

Excellent video Zane,the advice at the end was spot on,in my opinion that learning just makes music creation much more fun.

@BirdYoumans Ай бұрын

Been using Cakewalk for midi since back before computers were fast enough for audio without latency. Then computers got really fast and I moved up to a great computer and used it for everything. I have loved it. I have a Yamaha DM2000 board with 48 channels in and out via 2 Hammerfall 24 ch interfaces. Fantastic. If it ain't broke, I'm not about to try to fix it lol! But for those just starting out, you don't really need a big board unless you are going to be recording a band. If you multi track all the tracks, you can get buy with a stereo interface and use the built in mixer in Cakewalk. It works great, even with a mouse. But I admit, I love my dedicated board. I Just like putting my hands on sliders and knobs.

@jayneubauer3401 Ай бұрын

I have been a Cakewalk user for quite a number of years (going on 20 I think), and one thing that often gets overlooked about it is that it is also good for scoring to video media as well.

@Gusrikh1 Ай бұрын

Certainly very, very helpful. Very well presented.

@SeekerGoOn2013 Ай бұрын

Zane, you are always very helpful.

@kurtjanssen3887 Ай бұрын

My main Daws are Reaper and Bitwig (and also Reason Rack), but I use Waveform (Pro) regularly. I feel like this great DAW is very underrated. Hopefully they get more Tracktion 😋😉

@orderd29 Ай бұрын

Another brilliant breakdown, especially when finances are so difficult for people at the moment. 👍

@akira20ish Ай бұрын

Live 10 suite and FL studio signature bundle can never go wrong there

@denattheoakleyoutpost6740 Ай бұрын

Excellent video, especially for us beginners. Thank you!

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍

@gaborb6577 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the summary🎉

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Keep creating! 👊👍

@bartholomeusclever Ай бұрын

great video and great advice !! thank you

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for the comment. Keep creating! 👊👍

@MegaBadgeman Ай бұрын

I still use SoundBridge. Does the job with no headaches.

@therealajnelson Ай бұрын

Ardour is really sweet when using it on a Linux machine. I installed the Linux Audio Workstation packages and Ardour and a host of other really cool music production programs came with it, including Audacity, LMMS, and a really amazing drum sequencer that I can't remember the name of right now. When I switched to Windows I tried it out but it seemed off. Also it wouldn't let me use USB mics, which in the Linux version it had. All around it is a well equipped DAW for professional producers. I've used Ableton since Live 9 and really like the workload so that's my go-to. Oh Nautilus is the drum sequencer. There is a windows version that is free too

@oAprendizdavida Ай бұрын

Brother, your channel is sensational! I like reaper and waveform, reaper is great because of how light it is but for some things it is kind of complicated. Could you do a tutorial producing electronic rhythms like tech house or deep house? I would greatly appreciate it

@malachi2371 19 күн бұрын

Total Newbie here, just found your channel today and subscribed! - Using iPhone for now to capture the vocals - want to use my PC to create music song around it. - may have 1 or 2 instruments input, but mostly just want to create a sample voice recoding “(voice memo)”and then add software instruments included in the program. - not cloud based Which 3 would you recommend on that criteria for starters? Edit - just watched your video on entry-level audio interfaces for home recording and I’m wondering if I should buy one of those with the complementary audio software…?

@emirhanulas4281 9 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot

@nanddeband1803 12 күн бұрын

I think soundation is pretty solid to😀!

@johnhazlett3711 Ай бұрын

I use LMMS and Reaper, because they can import MIDI files into fully functional tracks. Although Cakewalk is terrific, I can't import MIDI. Which of these can do this?

@grzegorzkawka Ай бұрын

Thank you for the review. Well... Still not found best solution to replace my 8-tracks limited Live Lite... I've found some tricks to overcome limitations (well, some of them) like using a drum rack to increase tracks/project list, grouping instruments around 1 track with proper automations, free VST effects and similar. Kinda painfull process to create, especially when you try to do some collab work. More time I'm spending on HOW to do something then actaully do something. However, like I've wrote at the beginning - still not found. I guess I need to stop eating and living and save some money for "bigger" version... As I refuse to use non-paid-always-trial-cracked-editions.

@manfredworner8528 Ай бұрын

Thanks 😊

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍

@johnsnyder4949 14 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@AudioTechTV 14 күн бұрын

Thank you for the Super Thanks!! Glad you enjoyed the video. Keep creating! 👊👍

@zeromech1450 Ай бұрын

I tried downloading waveform but it just wont send the email for some reason. In the interim im downloading cakewalk.

@user-lv2em8lw4l Ай бұрын

Every DAW is the best. It depends on how you understand them

@wedge_one Ай бұрын

Hey, I wanna just try to make some simple music as an enthusiast, like a hobby, maybe later even pick an entry level MIDI keyboard, but for now I just want to use my computer keyboard - no instruments - to make some sounds. What DAW do you recommend? The ones that caught my attention were Cakewalk, LMMS and Reaper. Also, do you have any videos about this - getting started as enthusiast with no instruments, just the computer keyboard and using virtual instruments?

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

For free, I recommend Cakewalk and/or Waveform not necessarily in that order. It’s worth trying both. If I was to choose any program free or paid then I would go with FL Studio for what you want to do. It actually sounds like exactly what you want. I started out with it and used my computer keyboard for a couple years but both Waveform and Cakewalk will allow you to use your computer keyboard too. You can download the free FL Studio Demo and try it out. It’s completely unlocked except you can’t load your saved projects. So you can save your projects and render them to audio but you can’t load them up again until you buy a license. I used to create sounds in the demo, render them to audio and then load that audio into other programs. LMMS is similar to FL but the workflow isn’t as intuitive as FL Studio and it doesn’t come with all the instruments however you can download a ton of free instrument plugins to use with these programs too so give LMMS a try and see if it works for you.

@wedge_one Ай бұрын

@@AudioTechTV What I didn't like about Waveform is the fact that I need to create an account in order to download and use, that's why I gave priority to Cakewalk. But since it's the first on your list, I might give it a try! Gonna watch a few videos and see which of these two are the best for me. And I want to start with a free DAW instead of picking FL Studio, at least for now, and depending of how my learning goes, my first expense would be with a 25 key midi keyboard. And what about Reaper? Too advanced for beginner and for what I want to use it? Ty so much for answering!

@Dutimus247 Ай бұрын

Great DAW's but MPC beat is good for live stuff, edm not so much. That why i went to TF and had no issues.

@kennedylee2248 21 күн бұрын

Can i use it for Live karaoke ?

@krackel4982 5 күн бұрын

thank you, needed to find a free daw cus bandlab is kinda cheeks

@snidjantha Ай бұрын

I love Cakewalk by Bandlab. But now I am having with TTS-1. I can't install it back, so when I play midi file, I saw signal, but can't hear the sound. What is the problem with that? I love to be able to use Cakewalk, but having problem with no TTS-1 installed in it. This software is just crap.

@jululu.y 5 күн бұрын

I'm having the same problem...

@Darro2017 10 күн бұрын

I am dissapointed a bit by Cakewalk because they made all options of their Daw as a subscription model. I don't know how long it will be possible to use the free version until somethinhg happens that it will make it not possible.

@ItalMystic 28 күн бұрын

Hi Guys, does anybody know if Tracktion Waveform has a 'move to front/back' option? I came over from Cubase and there its pretty easy to test clips by putting one on top of the other and simply click 'move to front' or 'move to back' so you can play the song and listen to each clip within the song. Any possibility of that in Waveform? Cheers.

@AudioTechTV 28 күн бұрын

Make sure you have the bottom properties menu expanded. Click on the first track that you want to test (not the clip, the track area to the left where it has the track name), hold down CTRL on your computer keyboard and then click on the other tracks that you want to test so all of the ones you want are selected. Now in the bottom properties area look for "comp group", click on that then click add group and give the comp group a name if you want. Once the comp group is created, you can now highlight the sections of each track that you want or the entire track that you want. If you're familiar with comping takes, this is the same thing, the sections that are highlighted will get played during playback.

@ItalMystic 26 күн бұрын

@@AudioTechTV Thanks for your reply but what you have described is indeed comping. What I am thinking of is having two short clips on top of each other and with one click move one of them to the front to listen to it within the song. The only way I've found so far is to use mute which mutes the front one and let you hear just the back one. So its either both clips or just the back one . Would be nice if waveform had the 'move to front/move to back' option OR a 'play only front clip' option. Cheers.

@justfewmoreminutes8474 6 күн бұрын

Which one is suitable foe lenavo ?

@AudioTechTV 6 күн бұрын

I’m not sure what Lenavo is. If you are talking about Lenovo laptops then any of them should work with it but it really depends on the specs because Lenovo have been making laptops for years and have so many different models. If there’s a program that appeals to you, have a look at the minimum specs on the website for that software and see if your computer meets those specs.

@soulman213 13 күн бұрын

I bought a beat from beatstar and all I want to do is record my vocals over the big.How do I do that on a catewalk app

@soulman213 13 күн бұрын

I want to record my voice over the beat. On the cakewalk ap

@user-fj3ep4sg8g Ай бұрын

2 questions if I may, Zane...... 1) you said Pro Tools Intro can handle eight audio tracks, eight instrument tracks, and eight MIDI tracks...... Does that mean 24 tracks total OR 8 tracks TOTAL? 2) I'm currently using a different DAW..... can I import those individual tracks into Pro Tools Intro?

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

It can technically go up to 24 tracks at the same time if you use all 8 audio, instrument and midi tracks. You also get 4 aux input tracks which can behave like an effect send or bus. You can import your audio and midi from other DAWs but not the effects chains or settings. So if you have settings in FX plugins that you want to use in Pro Tools then save the preset or write down the settings so you can load it in pro tools. One thing to note about plugins in pro tools is that it uses the AAX format so you may not have installed that version when installing plugins before or maybe you did. Most paid plugins include the AAX version and a lot of free plugins also have AAX versions but there are still some that don’t.

@user-fj3ep4sg8g Ай бұрын

@@AudioTechTV wow!! fast reply!! Thanks for that 😃 Not VST 3? That sucks 😥 Probably a gamechanger for me, then

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

@@user-fj3ep4sg8g Pretty much all decent plugins come with both VST3 and AAX but there are some free ones that don't offer it yet however I've noticed lately that most do.

@edrickblade 6 сағат бұрын

Virtually 32 tracks because have additional 8 midi tracks that you can route to iXpand sampler plugin with the 16 channels filter

@byrdbino_95 Ай бұрын

Tracks live by waves

@JaswaJPSerieS 27 күн бұрын

Hlo sir didn't found Studio one prime in the website

@AudioTechTV 27 күн бұрын

If you watched this video, at the part that talks about Studio One Prime it tells you how to get it.

@Chillin156 Ай бұрын

I downloaded Tracktion Wavform but it won’t work I think I need a hard drive it says cause I’m on a Microsoft computer

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

Are you on a windows pc? Or a Microsoft tablet? A windows PC will have a hard drive or SSD drive that’s where the operating system and all your files and programs are stored. Maybe your hard drive is too full? I’m not familiar with the MS tablets so I don’t know how they operate if that’s what you’re using.

@Chillin156 Ай бұрын

@@AudioTechTV I’m using a tablet but yah I think I see the problem thank you

@AlphaCapricorniX Ай бұрын

Dont forget Soundation too

@TyasAlfisa Ай бұрын

Hmm, is it true that Waveform Free does not have track editor?

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

Waveform Free does not include their Track Editor.

@dand6450 Ай бұрын

When you say pro tools intro what do you mean FREE FOREVER OR FREE TRIAL ?

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

All of these are free forever. Pro Tools Intro shows up as a perpetual license in your Avid account.

@dand6450 Ай бұрын

@@AudioTechTV for real... is the third party plugin in the protools unlimited or how much plugin can you add.

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

@dand6450 you can add as many plugins as you want.

@Musiccreationideas Ай бұрын

Plz continue tutorials videos waveform DAW

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

I plan to. Thank you for watching. Keep creating! 👊👍

@Musiccreationideas Ай бұрын

Don't stop between videos It will affect your KZfaq channel Don't forget that beginners are waiting for your videos ❤️

@tonyblackmore6767 Ай бұрын

Has the word 'metal ' gone out of the music lingo.

@Nahelus Ай бұрын

i cant use my free cakewalk anymore, it says i need to activate it, if not i cant save files anymore. Whats the best alternative to record midis for styles like rock, punk, metal...?

@benhunter8551 29 күн бұрын

You probably just need to sign in to Cakewalk to re-activate it. I think you have to do this once per month to keep it active. It's a great DAW, but this 'feature' makes me think that someday they will just discontinue CW altogether. Waveform 13 free version is the only other DAW that has no limitations and is still free, unless you count Reaper.

@HonorV2ultimate1tb Ай бұрын

i thot Pro Tools is for Mac only?....plse enlighten

@m1nnefr3d Ай бұрын

I suppose you're talking about Logic Pro X which was Mac-only for the past 20+ years (I used the original Windows-based product developed by Emagix in the late '90s: when Apple acquired Emagix in 2002 they quickly turned the software into a maxclusive application). Starting in 2023, a product by the same moniker but slimmed-down functionality is available for the iPad, too.

@HonorV2ultimate1tb Ай бұрын

@@m1nnefr3d thks for the info....i will look for the download for my windows.....cheers!

@noahwithee7376 Ай бұрын

Pro Tools sucks don't get it I'm here because I'm trying to get a new software because it is so glitchy and hard to use if you want to switch off your audio interface and just edit music through some headphones it glitches and won't initialize.

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

You’re using it incorrectly and claim that it sucks because of that. Lol. If you disconnect your audio interface and your software is setup to use your audio interface then it doesn’t magically know that you’re switching to something else. If your audio interface doesn’t have a headphone output on it, you may want to get a different one. You could try using Asio4all as your driver and then set it so both your audio interface and your built in soundcard (or whatever you have your headphones connected to) are active as outputs this way you can freely switch between the two without having to turn off your interface. The behaviour that you’re explaining will happen with other programs too.

@Cpierredon Ай бұрын

Reaper is not free !

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

Tell me you didn’t watch the video without telling me you didn’t watch the video.

@brianvassallomusic Ай бұрын

L U N A

@AudioTechTV Ай бұрын

N O T O N W I N D O W S ! R E A D T H E T I T L E !

@brianvassallomusic Ай бұрын

@@AudioTechTV you are right, i own mac and remembered now🥹

@VeitLehmann 15 күн бұрын

@@AudioTechTV It's available on Windows now, just recently released. I'm not even sure if it was already out 3 weeks ago 😉

@AudioTechTV 15 күн бұрын

@@VeitLehmann I have a couple of videos on it already it was released in Windows last week.

@all-day8943 7 күн бұрын

studio one prime is not free

@AudioTechTV 7 күн бұрын

It looks like they might have discontinued Studio One Prime recently. I know they’ve done that in the past and then brought it back so maybe they’ll do that again or maybe it’s gone forever. Lots of change with free DAWs this year. A good addition that isn’t in this video is Luna has recently been released for free on Windows.

@edrickblade 6 сағат бұрын

When the StudioOne trial ends, it becomes StudioOne Prime

@LOOPAVELL 20 күн бұрын

Today is the day I shall start recording in the comfort of my room thank you for this info🫡

@nathanwhite704 7 сағат бұрын

The installation process for pro-tools is trash it's overly complex for no reason. It set up a separate account with some software called 'ilok' automatically and put my email as the user ID, which is horrible, then you have to use their installer and that asks for your SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR password and I don't have one.