音乐(Music)是让您精神焕发、让自己平静、分散自己注意力、减轻压力等等的最佳方式。但是为了听音乐，必须先制作它。如今，由于市场上有数以千计的免费软件，音乐制作已经不是什么大问题了。(Music)对于可以下载和安装音乐制作软件或DAW的 PC，仍然没有其他选择。
(DAW: )DAW ： DAW代表数字(D)音频(A)工作站(W)。它本质上是一张空白的纸和艺术家创作艺术作品所必需的画笔。你需要做的就是带来一些美妙的声音、天赋和创造力。基本上(Basically)，DAW是一个计算机科学程序，专为编辑、录制、混合和掌握音频文件而设计。它使用户无需任何现场乐器即可创作任何音乐。它还允许您录制各种乐器、MIDI控制器和人声、放置音轨、重新排列、拼接、剪切、粘贴、添加效果，并最终完成您正在制作的歌曲。
在选择你的音乐制作软件之前，你应该记住以下几点：
- 您应该牢记您的预算，因为某些软件在试用版结束后使用起来很昂贵。
- 在选择任何音乐制作软件时，您在音乐制作方面有多少经验非常重要，因为对于每个级别的经验，不同的音乐制作软件都可以在适当的指导下使用。例如，适用于初学者的软件带有适当的说明，而适用于有经验的用户的软件则没有说明和指南，因为希望用户了解所有内容。
- 如果你想现场表演，那么为此目的，你应该使用现场音乐制作软件，因为现场表演有点棘手，你会希望你的所有工具都能一起流动。
- 一旦您选择了任何音乐制作软件，请尝试尽可能长时间地坚持使用它，并尝试探索它的其他选择。一次又一次地更改软件将使您从头开始学习一切。
现在，让我们回到面向 PC 用户的免费音乐制作软件。在市场上可用的众多音乐制作软件中，以下是前 9 个选项。
PC 用户的 9 大音乐制作软件(Top 9 Music Production Software for the PC users)
1. Ableton 直播(1. Ableton Live)
Ableton Live是一款功能强大的音乐创作软件，可帮助您将想法付诸实践。这个工具拥有您创作催眠音乐所需的一切。对于大多数读者来说，它被认为是最好的数字音频工作站。它可以免费下载并与Mac和Windows兼容。
它提供具有高级MIDI录音功能的现场功能，允许您使用硬件和软件合成器。现场功能还为您提供了一个音乐画板来混合和匹配音乐创意。
它提供多轨录音和剪切、切片、复制和粘贴等功能。它有许多声音包和23个声音库，可以创造出与其他音乐制作人完全不同的音乐。它还提供独特的变形功能，让您无需停止和暂停音乐即可更改现实世界中的速度和时间。它包含的声音包括原声乐器、多采样原声鼓组等等。要安装Ableton软件及其所有库和声音，您需要一个至少有 6 GB 空间的硬盘。
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2.FL工作室(2. FL Studio)
FL Studio，又名Fruity Loops，是一款非常适合初学者的音乐制作软件。它已经上市一段时间了，是迄今为止最受欢迎的软件之一。它是一个插件友好的音乐软件。
它分为三个版本：Signature、Producer和Fruity。所有这些版本都具有共同的功能，但Signature和Producer带来了一些额外的功能，可让您创作一些真正的杰作。该软件被国际艺术家使用，拥有创作世界上最好的音乐所需的一切。
它提供了声音校正、剪切、粘贴、拉伸到音高转换或作品的不同功能。它具有人们能想到的所有常用协议。刚开始需要一些时间来适应它，但是一旦你了解了它的功能，它就非常容易使用。它还提供MIDI软件、使用麦克风录音、标准编辑和混音以及简单易用的界面。它适用于Windows和Mac，一旦你完全了解它，你也可以使用它的高级功能。要安装此软件，您需要至少 4 GB 的硬盘。
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3. 狂热的专业工具(3. Avid Pro Tools)
Avid Pro Tool s 是一款功能强大的音乐制作工具，可帮助您释放您的创意天才。如果您正在寻找一种可以帮助您以专业方式混合音乐的工具，Avid Pro Tool就是您的不二之选。
如果你问任何专业的制作人或音响工程师，他们会说寻找Avid Pro Tool以外的任何东西就像在浪费你的时间。它与Mac和Windows兼容。对于不熟悉Pro Tool(Pro Tool)的歌手、词曲作者和音乐家来说，它是一款理想的软件。
它提供了各种功能，例如编写、录制、混音、编辑、母带和共享曲目的标准功能。它具有轨道冻结功能，可让您快速冻结或解冻轨道上的插件以释放处理能力。它还具有项目修订功能，可以为您组织所有版本历史记录。此功能还允许您探索歌曲或配乐的新版本，做笔记，并从任何地方快速跳回之前的状态。要安装此软件，您需要有 15 GB 或更多空间的硬盘。它还有一个高级版本，加载了超高速处理器、64 位内存、固有计量等。
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4.酸临(4. Acid Pro)
在音乐制作方面， Acid Pro(Acid Pro)是一个强大的工具。它的第一个版本是在 20 年前发布的，从那时起它的新版本就出现了一些附加功能。
它具有不同的功能，例如支持内联编辑，允许您使用钢琴卷和鼓网格轻松更改MIDI数据，轻松修改音高、长度和其他设置，节拍创建器、映射器和斩波器工具(beat creator, mapper and chopper tools )允许您轻松地重新混合音乐，groove 映射和 Grove 克隆让您只需单击一下即可更改MIDI文件的感觉。(MIDI)它的时间拉伸也很有效，可以在需要时减慢或加快样本或跟踪。它具有 CD 刻录功能，您可以将文件保存为不同的格式，例如MP3、WMA、WMV、AAC等等。
Acid Pro 的新版本提供了一个新的、时尚的用户界面、强大的 64 位引擎、多轨录音等等。由于其 64 位架构，您可以在创建新项目时在 PC 上充分利用其功能。
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5. 螺旋桨头(5. Propellerhead)
Propellerhead 是音乐制作类别中最稳定的软件。它提供了一个非常简单和自反的用户界面。要使用该界面，您只需单击并将您想要的声音和乐器拖到机架上即可播放。Mac和Windows都支持它。
它提供了各种功能，例如拖放、创建、作曲、编辑、混合和完成您的音乐。它还提供了添加更多创意选项、添加更多VST插件以及机架扩展的选项。录制非常快速、简单，当您使用该软件强大的编辑工具后，您可以稍后执行您的任务。
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它支持所有的MIDI软件，并提供自动剪切和切片音频文件的能力。它具有与ASIO驱动程序的音频接口。如果要安装螺旋桨软件，则需要有一个至少有 4 GB 空间的硬盘。
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6. 大胆(6. Audacity)
Audacity是一款开源软件，是最受欢迎的音乐编辑器之一。它有数百万的下载量。它使您可以录制来自各种平台的音乐。Mac和Windows都支持它。使用 Audacity(Using Audacity)，您可以将您的曲目表示为用户可以编辑的可编辑波形。
它提供了各种功能，例如您可以为音乐添加不同的效果，微调音高、低音和高音，并使用其工具访问音轨进行频率分析。您还可以使用其剪切、粘贴和复制功能来编辑音乐曲目。
使用Audacity，您可以处理任何类型的音频。它内置了对LV2、LADSPA和Nyquist插件的支持。如果你想安装Audacity软件，你需要有一个至少有 4 GB 空间的硬盘。
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7.暗波工作室(7. Darkwave Studio)
Darkwave Studio是一款免费软件，它为用户提供了一个支持VST和ASIO的虚拟模块化音频工作室。它仅受Windows支持。它不需要太多的存储空间，并且可以轻松下载。
它提供了各种功能，例如序列编辑器来安排模式以混合轨道模式和任何安排，虚拟工作室，多轨硬盘录音机，模式编辑器选择数字音乐模式，甚至编辑它们。它还提供了一个高清录像机选项卡。
它带有广告软件，可帮助您检查安装程序中提供的第三方程序。它有一个流线型的用户界面，有很多选项和设置来分隔窗口和上下文菜单。它只需要 2.89 MB 的存储空间。
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8. Presonus 工作室(8. Presonus Studio)
PreSonus Studio是一款非常稳定的音乐软件，大家都喜欢。它也得到了艺术家的补充。它包括作为产品附加组件的Studio One DAW 。仅最新的Windows(Windows)平台支持它。
PreSonus提供了许多功能，比如它有一个直观的拖放用户界面，可以为任何音乐轨道添加九种原生音频效果，简单的侧链路由，控制链接MIDI，映射系统等等。它具有多轨MIDI和多轨变换编辑工具。
对于初学者来说，学习和掌握它需要一点时间。与升级版本相比，它缺少一些高级功能。它带有无穷无尽的音频文件、FX 和虚拟工具。您将需要 30 GB 的硬盘空间来存储此软件。
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9.斯坦伯格库库斯(9. Steinberg Cubase)
Steinberg在工作站中包含其签名键、乐谱和鼓编辑器。键编辑器可让您手动编辑MIDI 音轨(MIDI track)，以防您需要在这里和那里移动音符。您可以获得无限的音频和MIDI轨道、混响效果、合并的 VST 等。尽管这些(MIDI)DAW(DAWs)被视为一种趋势，但最终试图将自己从竞争中脱颖而出，Cubase拥有最大的声音库之一与盒子。你会得到带有一堆合成器声音的HALion Sonic SE 2 、带有 30 个鼓组的Groove Agent SE 4 、 EMD构建套件、LoopMash FX等。DAW中一些最强大的插件。
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这些是2020 年 PC 用户最好的音乐制作软件。( best music production software for PC users in 2020.)如果您认为我遗漏了任何内容，或者您想在本指南中添加任何内容，请随时使用评论部分与我们联系。
Top 9 Most Popular Music Production Software For PC Users
Music is the bеst way to refresh your mind, to calm yourself, tо distract yourself, to reduce stress, and mоre. Βut in order tо listen to music, it has tо be made first. Music-making is not a big deal these days because of the thousands of free software available in the market. There is still no alternative for the PC whеre you can download and install a music-making software or DAW.
DAW: DAW stands for Digital Audio Workstation. It is essentially a blank piece of paper and the necessary paintbrushes for an artist to create their pieces of art on. All you need to do is bring some heavenly sounds, talent, and creativity. Basically, DAW is a computer science program designed for editing, recording, mixing, and mastering the audio files. It enables users to create any music without any live instruments. It also allows you to record the various instruments, MIDI controllers and vocals, lay down the tracks, rearrange, splice, cut, paste, add effects, and ultimately, finalize the song you are working on.
Before choosing your music-making software, you should keep the following things in mind:
- You should keep your budget in mind as some of the software are expensive to use after their trial-version ends.
- How much experience you have in the music production matters a lot while choosing any music production software as for each level of experience, different music production software are available with the proper guidelines. For example, the software meant for the beginners comes with the proper instructions while the software meant for the experienced users comes without the instructions and guidelines as it is expected that the user is aware of everything.
- If you want to perform live, then for that purpose, you should go with a live music production software as performing live is a bit more tricky and you will wish that all your tools will flow in together.
- Once you have chosen any music production software, try to stick to it for as long as possible and try to explore its other options. Changing the software, again and again, will make you learn everything from the beginning.
Now, let’s get back to the free music-making software for the PC users. Out of the many music-producing software available in the market, here are the top 9 options.
Top 9 Music Production Software for the PC users
1. Ableton Live
Ableton Live is a powerful music creation software that helps you put your ideas into practice. This tool has everything you will ever need to create hypnotizing music. It is believed to be the best digital audio workstation for most of the readers. It is free to download and compatible with both Mac and Windows.
It provides the live features with the advanced MIDI recording capabilities allowing you to work with the hardware and software synthesizers. The live feature also provides you with a musical sketchpad to mix and match musical ideas.
It offers multi-track recording and cutting, slicing, copying, and pasting, etc. It has many sound packages and 23 sound libraries to create a piece of totally different music from the other music producers. It also offers a unique warping feature that lets you change the tempo and timing in the real world without stopping and pausing the music. The sound it includes is of the acoustic instruments, multi-sampled acoustic drum kits, and many more. To install the Ableton software along with all its libraries and sound, you need a hard disk with a space of at least 6 GB.
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2. FL Studio
FL Studio, also known as Fruity Loops, is a good music production software for beginners. It has been in the market for some time now and is one of the most popular software to date. It is a plug-in friendly music software.
It comes in the three editions: Signature, Producer, and Fruity. All these editions share the common features but the Signature and Producer bring some extra features which allow you to create some true masterpieces. This software is used by international artists and has everything you need to create the best music in the world.
It provides different features of sound correction, cut, paste, stretching to pitch shifting or the works. It has all the usual protocols one can think of. In the beginning, it takes a bit of time to get used to it but once you get to know its features, it is very easy to use. It also offers the MIDI software, recording using a microphone, standard editing and mixing with a simple, and an easy to use interface. It works with both Windows and Mac and once you get to know it fully, you can also use its advanced features. To install this software, you require a hard disk of at least 4 GB.
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3. Avid Pro Tools
Avid Pro Tools is a powerful music production tool that will help you unleash your creative geniuses. If you are looking for a tool that can help you mix the music in a professional way, Avid Pro Tool is for you.
If you ask any professional producer or sound engineer, they will say that looking for anything else than the Avid Pro Tool is like wasting your time. It is compatible both with Mac and Windows. It is an ideal software for the singers, songwriters, and musicians who are new to the Pro Tool.
It offers various features like the standard ability to compose, record, mix, edit, master, and share the tracks. It has a track-freeze feature that allows you to quickly freeze or unfreeze the plugins on a track to free-up the processing power. It also has a project revision feature that keeps all the version history organized for you. This feature also allows you to explore the new versions of a song or soundtrack, make notes, and quickly jump back to the previous state from anywhere. To install this software, you require a hard disk with an empty space of 15 GB or more. It also has an advanced version that is loaded with a super-speedy processor, 64-bit memory, innate metering, and more.
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4. Acid Pro
Acid Pro is a powerful tool when it comes to music production. Its first version was released 20 years back and its new versions with some added features have come since then.
It has the different features like it supports inline editing that allows you to easily alter the MIDI data using the piano roll and drum grid, easily modify the pitch, length, and the other settings, the beat creator, mapper and chopper tools allow you to remix the music with ease, groove mapping and grove cloning allows you to change the feel of the MIDI files with just one click. Its time-stretch works pretty well too to slow down or speed up the sample or track if needed. It has a CD burning feature and you can save your file in different formats like MP3, WMA, WMV, AAC, and many more.
Acid Pro’s new versions offer a new and sleek user-interface, the powerful 64-bit engine, multitrack recording, and many more. Because of its 64-bit architecture, you can utilize its full power on your PC while creating new projects.
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5. Propellerhead
Propellerhead is the most stable software in the music production category. It offers a very simple and reflexive user-interface. To use the interface, all you need to do is click and drag the sounds and instruments you want to the rack and just play. It is supported by both Mac and Windows.
It provides various features like dragging, dropping, creating, composing, editing, mixing, and finishing your music. It also provides the options to add more creative options, add more VST plugins as well as the rack extensions. The recording is very fast, easy, and you can later perform your tasks when you are done with the software’s powerful editing tools.
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It supports all the MIDI software and provides the ability to cut and slice the audio files automatically. It has an audio-interface with the ASIO driver. If you want to install the propellerhead software, you need to have a hard disk with a space of at least 4 GB.
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6. Audacity
Audacity is an open-source software that is one of the most popular music editors. It has millions of downloads. It offers you to record the music from various platforms. It is supported by both Mac and Windows. Using Audacity, you can represent your track as an editable waveform that can be edited by the users.
It offers various features like you can add different effects to your music, fine-tune the pitch, bass, and treble, and access the tracks using its tool for frequency analysis. You can also edit the music tracks using its cut, paste, and copy features.
Using Audacity, you can process any type of audio. It has built-in support for LV2, LADSPA, and Nyquist plugins. If you want to install the Audacity software, you need to have a hard disk with space of at least 4 GB.
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7. Darkwave Studio
Darkwave Studio is a freeware that gives its users a virtual modular audio studio that supports both VST and ASIO. It is supported by Windows only. It does not require much space for its storage and can easily be downloaded.
It offers various features such as sequence editor to arrange the patterns to mix up the track patterns and any arrangements together, virtual studio, multi-track hard disk recorder, pattern editor to select the digital music patterns, and even edit them. It also provides an HD recorder tab.
It comes with the adware which helps you to check the third-party programs offered in the installer. It has a streamlined UI with lots of options and settings to separate the windows and context menus. It requires just 2.89 MB of storage space.
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8. Presonus Studio
PreSonus Studio is a very stable music software that everyone loves. It is complemented by the artists too. It includes the Studio One DAW which is an add-on to the product. It is supported by the recent Windows platforms only.
PreSonus offers many features like it has an intuitive drag and drop user-interface, can add nine native audio effects to any music track, easy side chain routing, control link MIDI, mapping system, and many more. It has a multi-track MIDI and multi-track transform editing tools.
For the beginners, it will take a bit to learn and master it. It lacks some advanced features when compared to its upgrade versions. It comes with endless audio files, FX, and virtual tools. You will need 30 GB of space in the hard disk in order to store this software.
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9. Steinberg Cubase
Steinberg has its signature key, score, and drum editors included in the workstation. The key editor lets you manually edit your MIDI track in case you need to move a note over here and there. You get your unlimited audio and MIDI tracks, reverb effects, incorporated VST’s, etc. Although it is seen as a bit of a trend from these DAWs, ultimately trying to separate themselves from the competition, Cubase has one of the biggest sound libraries that come with the box. You get the HALion Sonic SE 2 with a bunch of synth sounds, Groove Agent SE 4 with 30 drum kits, EMD construction kits, LoopMash FX, etc. Some of the most powerful plugins within a DAW.
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These were some of the best music production software for PC users in 2020. If you think I have missed anything or you would like to add anything to this guide feel free to reach out using the comment section.
