Overall, it’s a good app with lots of features. Many people start their recording adventures with Garage Band because they got it free. This is the first DAW on the list that doesn’t offer MIDI auditioning. If you’re new to using MIDI libraries and NOT into electronic styles, then you may want to look elsewhere.Īdding Loops to FL Studio FPC Garage Band If you’re into ‘electronic’ styles of music or like their work flow, then it’s a good choice. But on the upside, in addition to all of their cool plugins and effects, they include a decent selection of loops and kits. It just takes a bit of time to understand the work flow. In the first tutorial linked below I describe their MIDI auditioning as ‘fairly easy’. The problem is that while it does allow you to audition MIDI files, it could be easier and more intuitive. That’s great news though some of the kits are not mapped consistently for some reason.Ĭubase also supports ‘drum maps’ which allow you to see the names of each drum while editing your MIDI grooves.Ĭubase is an extremely powerful, mature DAW that offers easy MIDI auditioning and a reasonable selection of free drum kits.įl Studio is actually a great program and really fun to play around with. Groove Agent 5SE (there’s also a paid version) includes at least 17 kits mapped per the General MIDI standard. The Cubase File Browser window allows you to browse and play MIDI loops stored anywhere on your computer. All recent versions support MIDI auditioning and include their Groove Agent 5SE drum plugin. Pros: MIDI auditioning, drum kits includedĬubase has been around for a very long time and just seems to keep getting better. If you're new to MIDI or just need some way to play around with MIDI, check it out.
Overall, this free and easy to use DAW is tough to beat for Windows users. We supply some Cakewalk drum maps in our commercial products. When editing on the piano roll you can display the names of the drums using a ‘drum map’.
Most of their drum kits are mapped consistently, a surprisingly rare phenomenon. You can drag and drop files directly into your project. We still have files compatible with their drum plugins: Session Drummer and SI-Drum kit.Ĭakewalk features a convenient file browser window that plays both audio and MIDI files. The original developers included some of our MIDI files in their products.
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