I Need a Beat Maker

Onei, I know you had a good one a little while back. I need a website that allows you to create your own little song/beat.

Basically, my "game reviews" on youtube are becoming a little bit too popular to use copyrighted music for the opening theme, so I need to make a little diddy or something. I did use one for a couple days, and it was REAL fun, but I forgot the name.

It was basically a several track thing, and you could choose from pre-recorded beats, and mix em up. Basically, if anyone has anything (it has to be free), then let me know.

Actually, the one that I use is called "Fruity Loops," but it's (usually) not free. :)

Audacity - you can use their sounds (drums, etc). It's free to download and easy to use.

If you run out of sounds to use, try searching for free copyrighted sound files on the internet (there's a couple of good sites via google) and then save them on your computer and then import them into your audacity files and repeated them/filter them and edit.

Mixcraft 4 - has all sorts of instruments. Easy to use and has hundred of sounds, but it's not free to download.

Garage Band - like Mixcraft 4, but for MACs instead of Windows computers. If you have a MAC get this one. It's also not free to download.

Hydrogen - Advanced Drum Machine / step sequencer

Also, if you're serious
have a look at Ubuntu Studio
but it's a bit drastic to change OS's for making youtube videos

http://ubuntustudio.org/

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Basic infrastructure

• alsa-tools - Console based ALSA utilities for specific hardware
• alsa-tools-gui - GUI based ALSA utilities for specific hardware
• linux-image-rt - Low latency kernel
• qamix - Configurable mixer for ALSA

JACK and JACK Utilities

• jackd - JACK Audio Connection Kit (server and example clients)
• qjackctl - User interface for controlling the JACK sound server
• bitscope - diagnosis tool for JACK audio software
• jdelay - A small command line JACK app you can use to measure the latency of your sound card.
• meterbridge - A collection of Audio meters for the JACK audio server
• patchage - modular patch bay for Jack audio and Alsa Midi
• jack-tools - various JACK tools: plumbing, play, udp, ctl, scope, clock

Sound editing and recording

• audacity - Swiss army audio editor
• timemachine - JACK audio recorder for spontaneous and conservatory use

Audio playback

• xmms - Versatile X audio player
• xmms-jackasyn - JACK Output plugin for xmms
• xmms-modplug - ModPlug plugin for XMMS

Digital Audio Workstation software

• ardour - Digital audio workstation (graphical gtk interface)
• beast - music synthesis and composition framework

Synthesizers

• fluidsynth - Real-time MIDI software synthesizer
• bristol - vintage synthesizer emulator
• freebirth - Bass synthesizer/sample player/sequencer similar to Rebirth
• qsynth - fluidsynth MIDI sound synthesiser front-end
• zynaddsubfx - Realtime software synthesizer for Linux
• csound - powerful and versatile sound synthesis software
• swami - SoundFont editor

Sampling

• linuxsampler - software audio sampler
• sooperlooper - Looping Sampler LADSPA plugin

Sequencing

• aconnectgui - graphical ALSA sequencer connection manager
• rosegarden4 - music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer
• hydrogen - Simple drum machine/step sequencer
• seq24 - Real time MIDI sequencer
• jackbeat - audio sequencer
• muse - Qt-based midi/audio sequencer
• tk707 - drum sequencer for a sound card or MIDI device
• shaketracker - MIDI sequencer with tracker GUI

Effects and signal processing

• jack-rack - LADSPA effects "rack" for JACK
• tapiir - A tool for real time audio delay and feedback effects
• freqtweak - Realtime audio frequency spectral manipulation
• jamin - Audio mastering from a mixed down multitrack source with JACK
• creox - real-time guitar effects
• jackeq - routes and manipulates audio from/to multiple sources

DJ tools

• terminatorx - A realtime audio synthesizer
• mixxx - A digital DJ interface (for beat-mixing)

MIDI Utilities

• timidity - Software sound renderer (MIDI sequencer, MOD player)
• vkeybd - Virtual Keyboard program

Musical typesetting

• denemo - A gtk+ frontend to GNU Lilypond
• lilypond-data - LilyPond music typesetter (data files)
• lilypond - A program for typesetting sheet music

Miscellaneous / uncategorized

• gtick - Metronome application
• puredata - realtime computer music and graphics system
• audatious

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Ardour is a totally free DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) - Fancy way of saying you can use it to make some sweet tunes. The learning curve might be a tad high for what you're trying to do though.

^ Oh yeah, I just downloaded Ardour the other day. I haven't used it yet. It looks pretty cool, though, from what I've seen.

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Originally Posted by Oneironaut

^ Oh yeah, I just downloaded Ardour the other day. I haven't used it yet. It looks pretty cool, though, from what I've seen.

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It's pretty nice. You can actually get Jack running with quite a few other programs including Fruity Loops. Jack makes rewire look like a little kid! Now all you need is a pirated copy of NI Komplete and you're all set, haha!!

I'm actually a Reason/Logic/Live guy myself!

Thanks for all the help guys!

Ynot beat me to suggesting Hydrogen. :P