Best program to edit music?

[Outkin 35]

Okay, I want to experiment with music editing for a personal project. I just tried garageband on a school computer, and frankly, it sucks. I had to go through a bunch of menus just to trim audio, had to find a guide just to do that actually, and when it was time to export the right button was hidden, and I'm only allowed two formats. So clearly I'm not going to be using that on my home computer....any other good options? I heard audacity was good, but music is a foreign concept to me, so how should I know?

[ASocialyAwkwardPony 299]

Mixcraft is pretty user friendly and fairly powerful for a casual program, it's one you have to buy, but it have a month long trial period so hopefully that will be enough to help you fix what you need to fix. I use it to compose, record and make all my music and I am very happy with it. It also has a nifty easy to use automaton feature for easy volume and panning adjustments among other things.

Edited October 30, 2013 by Nightmare Lyre

[repsol rave 2,963]

i use FLstudio. tough this doesn't really come cheap unless you pirate it

other then that mixcraft is indeed a pretty good program. really user friendly

[Kaspars L 100]

What exactly are you looking for? A fully equipped  DAW (digital audio workstation) or something just to edit audio files?

If you're looking for a DAW, then you can use FL and Mixcraft as suggested above or Propellerhead's Reason, Ableton, etc. There is a bunch of them and they all essentially perform pretty much the same. 

If not, Adobe Audition is very capable tool for editing audio files. Though, Audacity can also get the job done.

Edited October 30, 2013 by Kaspars L

[jjj 46]

Pro Tools is the way to go.

 

It has almost every option you could want for audio editing. I myself personally don't use it but dozens of other people use it.

 

 

 

But if you want like a music composition software, you should get FL Studio or Reason.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,809]

I use Audacity to change/edit my songs or add sound clips into them, which I could also edit those as well. It's a free program and you also get extensions if you have another program that uses Audio Units or VSTs. 

[EndtheRaven 161]

For purely editing audio and not doing any mixing/mastering/processing/etc. I'd just recommend audacity. Unless you plan on making music then you'll need a DAW. 

[DoctorWhoufse 1]

OOOH you should try reaper it is completely free other then the fact that you have to say still evaluating every time u get on. But none the less its pretty good at what it does, great and easy to use.

[Gay Bird 420]

It's all a matter of opinion, but there are a small few out of the many that could be considered the best.

 

Propellerhead Reason

Ableton Live

Avid Pro Tools

Apple Logic Pro

Image-Line FL Studio

 

Some are more expensive than others, but all of them work very well and have the same basic features. Which one you pick just depends on which layout and workflow works best for you.