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===Songbridge Music Hacking Tuesdays 5-8PM at Noisebridge===


Songbridge is for song hacking: making music that hacks human minds and emotions.
We cover multitrack recording using DAWs (digital audio workstations).
==Contacts==
*Alex Peake: [[User:lxpk]]
*Josh Hertel: [mailto:jhertel242@yahoo.com jhertel242@yahoo.com] [[User:Jhertel242]]
==Things to bring==
*Laptops (Mac, Windows & Linux all welcome)
===Audio workstation software===
Most of us use Ableton Live (which has a free Mac/Windows demo) or Apple Logic Pro(which is the easiest if you have a Mac). If you're on Linux, LMMS is the only one that's free, open source and Mac/Linux/Windows.
**Mac Windows & Linux:
***[https://lmms.io/ LMMS] (Let's Make Music) FREE & OPEN SOURCE audio workstation with many instruments and VST support.
** [http://www.tracktion.com/ Traktion] has [http://www.tracktion.com/downloads/tracktion4 version T4 free], T6 costs $60
***[https://www.bitwig.com/en/bitwig-studio Bitwig Studio] a new DAW made by former Ableton engineers. Free demo, $269
**Mac & Windows:
***[https://www.ableton.com/en/trial/ Ableton Live Lite]] has a free 30 day trial.
***Cubase
***[https://www.propellerheads.se/reason Propellerhead Reason] is a retro-themed DAW brimming with simulated cable patches and great instruments.
***[https://cycling74.com/ Max MSP] dataflow AV programming (integrates with Ableton Live).
***[https://puredata.info/ Pure Data] dataflow AV programming.
**Mac:
***[http://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/ GarageBand] comes with many Macs and has an iOS version. Easiest to learn and has built-in music instrument lessons to learn guitar, piano, etc. great for beginners.
***Logic Audio
**Mac & Linux:
*** [http://ardour.org/ Ardour] FREE. Has Ableton Live-style session view and arrangement view.
===Virtual MIDI Keyboard===
(Allows you to play 2-3 octaves with your QWERTY keyboard when you don't have a USB MIDI keyboard with you):
** Windows & Mac: [http://sourceforge.net/projects/freepiano Freepiano virtual MIDI keyboard]
** Mac: [http://www.manyetas.com/creed/midikeys.html MIDIKeys virtual]
==Linux Music Production Distros==
(in no particular order)
*<u>'''AV Linux'''</u> http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html
:"...a full complement of the best Linux Audio and Video creation software encompassing both open-source excellence and commercial demos." '''Free.'''
*<u>'''KX Studio'''</u> http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/
:"...a collection of applications, artwork and plugins, targeted at audio and video production." '''Free.'''
*<u>'''Tango'''</u> http://tangostudio.tuxfamily.org/en/tangostudio
:"A complete Live (GNU/LINUX) distribution for musicians and professionals studios based on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04.4." Free.
*<u>'''Ubuntu Studio'''</u> http://ubuntustudio.org/
:"...some of the most popular and recently updated audio software in the Linux world." '''Free.'''
:Ubuntu Studio VirtualBox image: http://virtualboxes.org/images/ubuntu-studio
*<u>'''Studio 13.37'''</u> (formerly "Puppy Studio") http://www.getstudio1337.com/
:"...the fastest, most fully-featured, pro audio studio in the world! Studio 13.37 (pronounced “leet”) is perfect for professional audio work. Doesn’t need to be installed, and can produce studio-quality results from almost any computer. Unbelievable speed, amazingly low latency, and “zero glitches”. Full money-back guarantee." '''$50'''
*<u>'''MORE:'''</u> http://www.penguinproducer.com/Blog/2011/09/distributions/
==Linux Audio Software==
*Paid and free software. These are stuffs included with AV Linux, but you can obtain them for other Linux distros: http://www.getstudio1337.com/features-2/
*Linux Music-Making Software: http://audio.tutsplus.com/articles/general/29-music-making-apps-for-linux/
==Linux Hardware Audio/USB Interfaces==
*http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1720657.html
==Johny Radio's Hand-Picked Musical Web Toys & Tools==
A collection of free, fun, web-based, music and sound producing toys and tools. Includes a mutating windchime, toys that twist your instrument or turn your voice into visual art, gorgeous drones, a visual harp, a fractal synthesizer, faithfully-modeled 808 and 909 drum machines, a modeled plucked string, reverbs, MIDI multitrackers, and full-fledged recording studios.
https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Web_Sound_Toys
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