What is the best recording software to record music?

[Fosterlin]

I was wondering what is one of the best recording software's to record rock music that i can get for free. We have 2 electric guitars 1 drummer 1 singer and 1 bassist, and i would like to record them seperatley. Could you please tell me what software I should download that i could get for free

[reventlov]

Probably Audacity - get it here Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder

[robertm2000]

Kreative Software's Krystal Audio Engine is pretty good - it's the predecessor to the current PreSonus Studio One. Krystal Audio Engine is sixteen tracks. I have a couple of friend s who use it in preference to anything that requires a fee.

KRISTAL Audio Engine

[Baltar Hornbeek]

Puppeteering, sock or meat?

[M-ster]

I know you asked for free, but Reaper is a very low cost, fully featured audio recording software. Highly recommended, if you really want to get into it.

[mittens]

Do you have a Mac? GarageBand.

[Dystonian_Mode]

Sonar

[Jeff Gu]

I have a PreSonus StudioLive mixer, so I've been using Studio One Artist lately because it came with the mixer. I also have Cubase 6 Artist (not free), which I like, and I use Audacity on my Linux machines (free).

The first recording I made with the PreSonus (I'm new to digital mixers) is one I made in about an hour and a half... so it's crude... with an Alesis drum machine, an Egnater Rebel 20 amp and two guitars (Gibson & PRS). It should at least give you an idea of what a complete idiot can do with a DAW using free software, a pot of coffee and damn little talent. If you have talent and two pots of coffee, I'm sure you could come up with something really cool.

First Digital Recording

[jzucker]

i use reaper. The price is right. You can use the full version for free though I bought a paid license to support them.

REAPER | Audio Production Without Limits

Blows away sonar and pro tools IMO...

[kenbennett]

Originally Posted by Fosterlin

I was wondering what is one of the best recording software's to record rock music that i can get for free. We have 2 electric guitars 1 drummer 1 singer and 1 bassist, and i would like to record them seperatley. Could you please tell me what software I should download that i could get for free

If you want to record that many instruments separately, assuming you want everybody to play together at the same time, software won't be a problem. Hardware will. You are going to need an interface with about 8 inputs minimum. Singer, bass, and 2 guitars will take up 4. Drums can be done with with about 4 mics--one on the kick, one on the snare, and a couple of overheads.

[cmajor9]

+1 for GarageBand. Free if you own a recent Mac.

[jzucker]

reaper on pc. It's $40 and blows away protools, sonar, etc.