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A complete professional DAW — unlimited tracks, full mixing and mastering chain — given away free for Windows.

Unlimited tracks with no feature gating, on Windows, macOS and Linux. Genuinely free rather than a stripped demo.

Tiny, fast and endlessly customisable. Fully functional 60-day evaluation, then one of the cheapest licences in audio.

The standard for loop-based writing and live performance. Session View is unmatched for sketching ideas fast.

The beatmaker's default — fastest piano roll in the business and lifetime free updates once you buy.

Open-source, cross-platform and beat-focused, with built-in synths. A solid zero-cost starting point.

Spectral warping wavetable synth with a visual interface. The free tier competes directly with Serum.

A hybrid synth with thousands of presets and a deep modulation system — fully open source, no strings.

Beautifully recorded free instruments — strings, pianos, choirs, textures. New library every few weeks.

Dynamic parallel equaliser that doubles as a multiband compressor. The go-to free problem-solver on any bus.

Enormous delays and reverbs, from tight slapback to infinite ambient washes. Free forever.

The upward-downward multiband compression sound behind most modern electronic and trap production.

Around 35 free effects in one install — EQ, compression, saturation, modulation, analysis.

Free pitch correction and vocal character shaping — hard-tune ad-libs without paying for Auto-Tune.

A faithful DX7 FM synth that loads original cartridges — the source of countless classic bass and bell sounds.

Leases, exclusives and producer toolkits straight from the lab. Trap, lo-fi and digital electronic.

The big one — millions of royalty-free one-shots and loops on a credit subscription, with key and BPM tagging.

Huge Creative Commons library of field recordings, foley and textures. Perfect for transitions and atmosphere.

Free user-uploaded loops and acapellas. Free for non-profit use — clear it with the uploader before a commercial release.

A long-running stack of free sample packs, presets and MIDI aimed squarely at modern trap and bass.

Public-domain records, radio and spoken word — a deep well for sample flipping. Verify the rights on each item.

The free standard for LUFS metering, with per-platform targets built in. Check before you export.

Free spectrum analyser. Put it on the master and on any bus you're fighting with to see what's actually clashing.

Hundreds of real full multitrack sessions, free to practise mixing on. The single best way to build mix chops.

Drop in your master and hear exactly how Spotify, YouTube and Apple Music will turn it down.

Free automated mastering with unlimited exports. Useful as a reference point even when you master yourself.

Automated mastering, samples and distribution in one subscription. Free previews before you pay per master.

Interactive, browser-based introduction to beats, basslines, chords and song structure. No software needed.

The clearest explanation of oscillators, filters and envelopes anywhere — playable right in the page.

Lessons and drills on notes, intervals, scales and chords. Twenty minutes here fixes a lot of guesswork in the piano roll.

See the actual chord progressions behind hit records, then build your own from what statistically comes next.

Decades of deep production and mixing technique articles, plus the classic Mix Rescue series.

A community-maintained answer to nearly every beginner question, with curated tutorial and plugin lists.

Flat yearly fee for unlimited releases to Spotify, Apple Music and the rest. Fastest turn around of the majors.

Long-established distributor with publishing administration available alongside it.

Free tier distribution from your phone — a genuine zero-cost way to get a first release live.

Free distribution on a revenue-share, or pay upfront to keep 100%. Useful when you're testing the water.

Collects publishing royalties worldwide that your distributor does not — the money most producers leave behind.

Collects digital performance royalties from internet and satellite radio in the US. Registration is free.

Curated beat marketplace with a strong producer community — and where the Pill Prod catalogue lives.

The biggest beat marketplace, with a free tier, licensing templates and an embeddable store player.

Beat store, licensing and analytics with instant payouts. The main alternative to BeatStars.

Look up the key, BPM and energy of any released track — handy for tagging beats and matching references.

US performing rights organisation. Join one PRO — this or BMI — so your songwriting share gets collected.

The other major US PRO. Free for songwriters to affiliate — pick one, not both.