Jokosher can be downloaded from and has as its slogan “audio production made simple”. If you’re more interested in supporting the open source movement there are several good alternatives that are also free to use. Three versions – Producer, Studio and Essential – are available. For full details, visit Cakewalk SonarĪt the other end of the scale to both Garageband and the other music apps listed here is Cakewalk Sonar, a professional level application that features a range of virtual instruments and interfaces, industry-standard mix engine, precision MIDI and audio editing and various export possibilities including CD, surround sound and online.Ĭakewalk Sonar isn’t cheap, but this is a piece of software for the music pro or would-be pro, and includes virtually all the functionality that you could expect. Track cutting, crossfading, audio recording and beat matching tools are also included and the whole suite is supported by an excellent website with plenty of tutorials and support.Īvailable in free and professional flavours, advanced features aren’t available in the free version but the pro version isn’t too expensive. To finish off its Garageband-like credentials, Mixcraft also offers a custom loop library of 3,000 royalty free sounds for you to make music without even bothering to plug an instrument in!Īlthough more of a multimedia solution than an equivalent to Garageband for PC, TrakAxPC nevertheless features a simple to use audio sequencing and mixing tool and a range of audio effects. Featuring a multi-track user interface similar to Garageband, Mixcraft can be purchased in different versions and there is even a monthly subscription model for the hard-up musician. Completed projects can be saved in a variety of formats or shared online. The top Garageband alternative among many Windows users is Mixcraft from Acoustica, a tool that will enable you produce professional sounding tracks and demos using loops, instruments and vocal sound files. The following selection of digital audio applications offers the same or similar functionality to Garageband, and should point you in the right direction. However there are no such applications provided by Microsoft – which means Windows users will need to search high and low across the World Wide Web looking for a suitable alternative to Garageband for PC. With Garageband you can arrange any type of sound recording onto one or more tracks, with the results ranging from a podcast to a full song by your band.

The popular Apple software Garageband is available as part of the iLife suite of applications.

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