[RWP] general inquiries and free audio programs found via Wikipedia

[acarthon at juno.com]

Hi list 
I'm Alvin, a bit of a short time lurker on the list. :) Here's some free
audio software info I found via Wikipedia along with a few questions of
my own. I don't know about most of these programs, but maybe
some of you all might. Shed light if you do. I'm still a novice at this
when it comes to music creating and recording. :) 

  I've used Audacity, Studio Recorder, and I am now giving Reaper a try. 

I do quite a bit of vocal recording as well as looping and mixing  with
already existing MP3 audio files on my computer.  
I use my G.E. 4 in 1 headset with microphone for recording vocals. 
I am running Windows XP Home SP3 and Jaws 8 on a HP Laptop. I'm looking
into getting a new computer since I've had this one for about 7 plus
years now. 
I also have a Casio WK 200 keyboard I am planning on hooking up pretty
soon via USB. Any suggestions from the more experienced users of Reaper
or music producers in general? :) 
 
A quick question, will a lot of the plug ins that work with a particular
audio program such as audacity work with reaper? I have some installed
such as
the free VST plug ins (multi chorus) from the audacity website and
forums. Can I use them in reaper, or is it best to use the ones already
in the Reaper program? 
  
Thanks for any info and guidance you can provide me.  

God bless and have a great week.  

The website info from Wikipedia is below. Read on.  

Alvin  

List of free software for audio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_software_for_audio 

Contents
• 1 Audio analysis
• 2 Converters
• 3 Modular systems
• 4 Platforms
• 5 Programming languages
• 6 Radio broadcasting
• 7 Recording and editing
• 8 Softsynths
• 9 Streaming
• 10 Technologies
• 11 Trackers
• 12 Other
• 13 See also
• 14 References
• 15 External links
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[edit] Recording and editing
The following packages are digital audio editors.
Name
Creator
Linux?
Mac OS X?
Unix?
Windows?
Note
Ardour
Paul Davis
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
multi-track audio recorder
Audacity
Dominic Mazzoni
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
multi-track audio recorder
AudioChain
Florian Paul
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
multi-track audio recorder
Ecasound

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes limited support through Cygwin
audio recorder
Eisenkraut
Hanns Holger Rutz (site)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
connects to SuperCollider
harmonySEQ
Rafal Cieslak (site)
Yes
No

No
MIDI sequencer
Jokosher
Jokosher community
Yes
No

Yes
multi-track audio editor
LMMS
Tobias Doerffel
Yes
Yes as of 0.4.0 with Qt4

Yes
Free cross-platform alternative to commercial programs like FL Studio®,
which allow you to produce music with your computer.
Intended as a replacement for Cubase-like software (DAW)
MusE

Yes
No

No
MIDI sequencer
Qtractor

Yes
No

No
A non-destructive multi-track audio and MIDI Workstation (DAW)
ReZound
Davy Durham
Yes
No
No
No
Graphical audio file editor
Rosegarden

Yes
No

No
MIDI sequencer and multi-track recorder
SoX

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
command-line multi-track audio editor/processor
Sweep
Conrad Parker
Yes
No
Yes
No

Traverso DAW
Remon Sijrier (site)
Yes
Yes

Yes
multi-track audio recorder and editor
WaveSurfer
Centre for Speech Technology at KTH
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
[edit] Softsynths
See also: Software synthesizer
Name
Creator
Linux?
Mac OS X?
Unix?
Windows?
Note
License
Bristol

Yes
No

No
Emulation of many vintage synthesizers
GPL
FluidSynth

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
SoundFont player / renderer
LGPL
ZynAddSubFX

Yes
Yes

Yes
Mac OS X version is limited
GPL
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