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anvil studio (Win) and Rosegarden (Ubuntu) are free midi apps
if you have macintosh, you get Garageband free
there are tons of free noise generators for windows like SimSynth or Orangator (they produce .wav samples from noise oscillators which is all midi instruments are really - u can then arrange the .wavs in audacity or another DAW)
Cubase - pretty cheap with a student/edu license. you could also get a copy of Cubase SX3 which is technically "abandon-ware" - not sure about the legal grey area tho...
Or Cubase for Atari?
Reason and cubase together are the damage - but they're definitely not cheap....
Or if you have a ZX Spectrum, you can buy a "Spec-drum" with sample packs for about 30 quid
probably something similar for BBCs?
or you could look for free sample packs for Akai MPCs? (they just come as .wavs)
Ardour - with JACK u can sync it to rosegarden for Audio + MIDI, again free
or a Casio SA or SK series keyboard - you could get into "circuit bending"?
if you want to go along the hardware route, you could always find cheap stuff on ebay like what fatboy slim/pink floyd et al use - TB303s, 808s, 909s, MPCs, Sinthi-A, melotron, mini moog, theremin, waldorf pulse etc
EDIT: I've just remembered: head on over to http://www.audiotool.com - it has a free online MIDI/DAW/Sampler 
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Hoping to get a free DAW program with virtual instruments built in if possible.
What'cha planning to write with such a tiny keyboard? Obviously not live piano.
It's good for sample manipulating and DJ remixes? Not sure what else a tiny keyboard is good for.... comments?
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07 Mar 2013, 8:26 am
Hoping to get a free DAW program with virtual instruments built in if possible.
What'cha planning to write with such a tiny keyboard? Obviously not live piano.
It's good for sample manipulating and DJ remixes? Not sure what else a tiny keyboard is good for.... comments?You can arrange fine with a keyboard like that - just have to shift octaves around a lot.
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07 Mar 2013, 10:46 am
Hoping to get a free DAW program with virtual instruments built in if possible.
What'cha planning to write with such a tiny keyboard? Obviously not live piano.
It's good for sample manipulating and DJ remixes? Not sure what else a tiny keyboard is good for.... comments?it doesnt need to be top professional standard. Im looking to get into independent game development and obviously music and sfx recording is part and parcel of that.
The choice is to either teach myself or pay someone else (which isnt very practical).
07 Mar 2013, 12:44 pm
Lots of people (myself included!) would be willing to do your music for free - or a cut of any profits - just to get their "big break" into the industry!
Write music for the passion of it, not because someone's gotta' do it.
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07 Mar 2013, 9:08 pm
Write music for the passion of it, not because someone's gotta' do it.
I appreciate the offer, I really do, but I would really like to get out of my comfort zones and learn these skills so I'm not in a position where I'm totally dependent on others. I already tried the route of getting other people to do the work for me in the past, and due to some half hearted individuals who quit mid project, I was left with a partially finished game on my hands that i couldnt release. One guy from North America threatened me with legal action if i perservered with using his work without paying him $2000 up front. If it comes to it, i may give you a shout but we'll need to chat in detail cause I don't want to get my fingers burnt again.
many thanks.
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