Sound Engineering

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Sound engineering is essential to recording live audio and MIDI instruments and sequencing the results into finished audio, music and sountracks for video.

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—Audio Engineering in Wikipedia

Digital Audio Workstation Software

There are a number of DAW systems to work with. There are advantages to each DAW and many producers engineer with a combination of different tools.

Apple GarageBand 08

This is the easiest DAW to start with for Mac users as it is bundled with every new Mac and iLife. GarageBand is a simplified version of Logic optimized for beginners.

Apple Logic Pro 8

Apple Logic Studio 8 is a versatile and powerful Mac-only DAW that directly imports GarageBand project files, making it an excellent upgrade for those who outgrow GarageBand's more limited featureset.

Ableton Live 7

Live is a DAW that particularly excels at loop manipulation and live performance.

Propellerheads Reason 4

Reason isn't a complete DAW as it lacks the ability to record live audio tracks, but it is a powerful self-contained rack of instruments and effects with an integrated sequencer for composing beats and songs that can be combined with DAWs like GarageBand by exporting and Logic by syncing.

Digidesign ProTools

ProTools is the most widely used professional audio production software. It is good to know how to work with ProTools for anyone who works in the music industry.

Steinberg Cubase SX

Cubase is a popular cross-platform DAW.

Software Instruments

Software instruments are VST/AU plugins that give you new sounds to play with your sequencer and MIDI keyboard.

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