you're looking for the best free audio recording software for Windows 10 the
good news is there are some great free audio editing software options and audio
recording software options that will give you professional results we'll look
at some of the best free audio recording software options for Windows 10 coming
up
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I'm Radio zane and i'm a media professional that has worked in
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video we're looking at some of the best free audio recording software for
Windows 10 and the great thing is you have several options available to you
and each one will give you professional sounding results we'll look at three of
those options in this video and I'll be sure to link to each one in the
description so you can easily check them out for yourself also the term best is
just a matter of opinion what works best for me may not work best for you so I'm
going to let you decide what is best for you and I'm not going to push one
program over the other first up let's look at audacity this program has been
around for a long time and it's always been free they continue to update it and
add new features as well as get rid of any bugs so just because it's free
doesn't mean that it's ignored if you're a gamer or a streamer and you need
system friendly audio recording software this option may be for you a lot of
gamers and streamers use audacity to record and edit as it doesn't take up a
lot of system resources while it's running
it does have some built-in effects for editing and it's pretty straightforward
to use multitrack recording can be done in audacity if you're recording music
however one of the other options may offer an easier experience for
multitrack recording and audio editing but for podcasts gamers and streamers
that just want to record audio this is a great pick next up we'll look at the one
that I'm really surprised is free Tracktion T7 this is a full-featured
digital audio workstation and I've done some other videos on it showing
how to use tracktion t7 a link to the playlist in the description so you can
check it out tracktion t7 has a great interface that
will help speed up your workflow and give you professional results it comes
with some effects and you can add VST effects and plugins that you can either
pay for or download for free you can work with virtual instruments in
tracktion t7 by using a MIDI keyboard or the easy-to-use piano roll if you're a
musician or someone that's multi-talented and needs software that
can record and edit a podcast as well as record an entire music album tracktion t7
is well worth a try
the third offering that we're looking at is the free version of Pro Tools called
Pro Tools First you've likely heard of Pro Tools if you've looked into audio
recording as it's often referred to as the industry standard and up until a few
years ago you had to have specific hardware made by the company to even use
the software but that's all gone now and you can download Pro Tools First for
free and you can use pretty much any audio interface I've even had success
using the Behringer um2 which is one of the most affordable audio interfaces on
the market with Pro Tools first you get the same interface and workflow as the
pros use there are hundreds of Pro Tools guides out there to help you get started
and if you plan on working in a pro studio one day you should learn on Pro
Tools as you will likely encounter it almost everywhere
there are some limitations in ProTools first like you can only have 16 audio
tracks in a project but that's actually quite a bit anyway you can only record a
maximum of four inputs at a time again this is good for most singer songwriters
podcasters or media creators but if you're going to be recording a large
drum set you may find this limiting one of the biggest limitations is that it's
cloud-based so you have to have an internet connection to either record or
edit you can't save your project locally on your computer also you're limited to
having only three projects on the go at any one time so once you're finished
with a project and if you want to make more you'll have to overwrite the
project that you've just finished but one of the things that I really like
about cloud recording is that you can record on your studio desktop and edit
your project later on your laptop without having to transfer any files as
long as you have the internet connected you're good to go
Pro Tools first does come with some great plugins to get you started but if
you want to add any later on you will have to purchase them directly from the
Avett plug-in store you can't add any of your own plugins that you've downloaded
or maybe that you've purchased in the past if you're a podcaster and typically
have internet access Pro Tools first is great for you if you're a musician and
plan on recording a lot of music Pro Tools first is a great starter program
but you'll likely want to upgrade fairly quickly so you can have more features
available to you but you don't need to upgrade you can easily record an entire
album in Pro Tools first and get professional results without having to
purchase any software now I have a question for you what audio recording
software have you tried and what do you like about it or don't like about it let
me know in the comments below in my opinion the best audio recording
software and audio editing software is the program that you know how to use the
best so if you start with a piece of software and it's actually working for
you and you're getting decent results stick with that program and don't try to
move on to something that you've heard is better or you think is better the
program that you know best will give you better results than the most expensive
piece of software out there that you don't know how to use for the most part
the software doesn't make the audio quality any better what makes it better
is your knowledge of the software and how to use it properly however your
hardware will have a huge impact on your audio quality so if you're on a tight
budget I recommend investing in the best
microphone you can buy and the best audio interface that you can buy and
what I mean by that is the best that you can afford at the time you don't have to
go out and spend thousands of dollars on equipment just invest in the best that
you can buy at the time there's some great microphones for 19 bucks and audio
interfaces for under $30 I'll link to some of those in the description so you can
check those out just in case you need some hardware to get you going thank you
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