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Music Production with Free and Open-Source Software
Rapicorn Audio's music production hub covers the full path from first idea to finished track using free and open-source tools. The guides here walk through mixing, mastering, beatmaking, sampling, music theory and DJing for home producers and hobbyists who want polished results without paying for software licenses.
Mixing and mastering
Learn to balance levels, shape tone with EQ and compression, and prepare a clean, competitive master in open-source tools such as Ardour and Audacity.
Music theory for producers
Pick up the scales, chord progressions and rhythm fundamentals that improve your tracks, explained through the piano roll instead of sheet music.
Beatmaking, samples and loops
Program drum patterns in LMMS and Hydrogen, and track down royalty-free samples and loops with licenses that let you release your music with confidence.
DJ software
Set up Mixxx, the free and open-source DJ application, with your controller and audio interface, then practise beatmatching, cueing and recording your sets.
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