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Best Game Modeling Software

Category: Game Environment Art, Level Design

December 12, 2012 (Updated: July 28, 2016)

Best 3d Game Modeling Software
Best Free 3d Game Modeling Software
Best 3d Game Modeling Software

Blender is a free and open source character creator software for Windows. It is quite a popular and advanced software which is used in 3D Modeling, 3D animation, 2D animation, Simulation, VFX, Game Creation, Video Editing, Rendering, Scripting, etc. You can do a lot of things including 3D character creation with this, but it is quite difficult.

Illustration of how the Game Development Software market will grow during 2018-2022. From the above infographic, we find that the game design software market will experience incremental growth between 2018 and 2022.
The Simile software suite is Mac, and Windows software. Simile is simulation software, and includes features such as Agent-Based modeling, continuous modeling, discrete event modeling, dynamic modeling, graphical modeling, presentation tools, and stochastic modeling. Software pricing starts at $300.00/one-time/user. Simile offers a free version.

Update #3 (July 28, 2016): This post has been completely updated with 7 new, additional game engines, updated links and information that was outdated.

Update #2 (April 27, 2015): This post was been updated with one new additional game engine, updated links and information that was outdated.

Update #1 (December 12, 2012): Originally published and featured a list of 15 game engines.

If you ever wanted to take your skill further into game development and game design, you will need to begin exploring the world of game engines. Game engines will provide you with the framework that game designers use to create games.

Make sure to check out all the tutorials within this series listed below:

Level Editors/Game Engines Series:

23 Recommended and Available 3D Game Engines

Best 3d Game Modeling Software

What is a game engine?

'The core functionality typically provided by a game engine includes a rendering engine ('renderer') for 2D or 3D graphics, a physics engine or collision detection (and collision response), sound, scripting, animation, artificial intelligence, networking, streaming, memory management, threading, localization support, and a scene graph. The process of game development is often economized, in large part, by reusing/adapting the same game engine to create different games, or to make it easier to 'port' games to multiple platforms.' - (wikipedia.org/Game Engine)

Few examples of games and game engines used to create them are:

Games: Dota 2, Half Life 2 series, Counter-Strike: Source, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Left4Dead, Left4Dead 2, Portal 1 and 2
Game Engine:Source Engine

Game: Hitman Absolution
Game Engine: Glacier 2

Game: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3, Need for Speed: The Run
Game Engine:FrostBite

Games: Mass Effect Series, Dishonored, Bioshock Infinite, Batman: Arkham Asylum and City and hundreds more
Game Engine:Unreal Engine

Game: Crysis 2 and 3
Game Engine:CryEngine

Not every game engine is available to download without paying for a license first. However there are many affordable, free, open source and non-commercial versions that you could work with and download right now.

In this blog post I will provide you with options and links to 3D game engines, their features and download page so you can make a better decision on which one is right for you.

Criteria used to include a 3D game engine in this list were:

Available to download
Affordable, free (easy access) or open source
I have used it myself and recommend

So, for those who are interested in going a bit further into game development, to explore new technologies to showcase your game environments in or just curious behind game engine technology; here are 22 suggestions for game engines you can get your hands on right now.

3D for 2D

Following list is for 3d game engines. Any 3D game engine can be used to create 2d games. Although using a 3d game engine to create a 2d game can often be excessive. If you are looking for recommended 2D game engines, see this post (Coming Soon.)

Overview List: Recommended 3D Game Engines

Here is the full list of game engines in this article:

Unreal Engine 4
Unreal Engine 3 (UDK)
CryEngine V
Unity 3D
Source Engine/Source SDK
Source 2
Leadwerks
Torque3D
Neoaxis
Tomstone Engine (C4Engine)
Shive 3D
Panda 3D
Esenthel Engine
iDTech 4
Lumberyard
Game Guru
jMonkey Game Engine
Hero Engine
Game Studio
Serious Engine
Blender
Irrlicht Engine
Ogre3D

Let's begin..

Unreal Engine 4

UnrealEngine.com
Company: Epic Games
Platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, iOS, Android, VR (including but not limited to SteamVR/HTC Vive, Morpheus, Oculus Rift and Gear VR), Linux, SteamOS, HTML5, PS4, Xbox One

Unreal Engine 4 is a complete suite of game development tools. From 2D mobile games to console to VR, UE4 provides you with everything you need to start, create and ship a game.

Epic regularly releases new versions which include updates, improved features, community contributions and bug fixes. Chords maestro 1 3 esv.

Once you ship your game or application, you pay Epic 5% of gross revenue after the first $3,000 per product per calendar quarter. See this FAQ for more info.

Note from WoLD: I use and recommend UE4 as the game engine of choice. See Unreal Engine 4 tutorials list here.

Features: unrealengine.com/unreal-engine-4

Download: unrealengine.com/what-is-unreal-engine-4

Tutorial: Follow this tutorial on how to download and install UE4

Unreal Engine 3

UnrealEngine.com/products/udk
Company: Epic Games
Platforms: Windows, iOS, Mac OSX

Unreal Engine 3 is the complete toolset to create your own games. Although there is a newer Unreal Engine 4 version out. It is still a very versatile and has been used to create many triple A games such as: Batman: Arkham City, Gears of War Series, Borderlands Series. For a full list of games that used Unreal Engine 3 go here.

UDK is no longer being updated or supported but it was one of my favorite engines to work with before Unreal Engine 4 came out.

There are a lot of tutorials out there for UDK and you can still get your hands on the game engine. Although it is very likely you will go with the newer Unreal Engine 4.

Documentation:udn.epicgames.com/Three/WebHome.html

FAQ:Frequently Asked Questions

Download:unrealengine.com/previous-versions

CryEngine V

CryEngine.com
Company: Crytek
Platforms: Windows, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Open-Source VR and PlayStation VR

Crytek completely revamped CryEngine in 2016.

Originally it was called CryEngine 3 SDK and now it is CryEngine V.

Cryengine V has now become available as a 'pay what you want' service, allowing the user to set their own price. If you like the service CryEngine provides then you can contribute to its ongoing development. That is pretty amazing deal.

CryEngine features include full engine source code, fully commercialization, 100% royalty-free, access to all supported platforms and ready for VR development.

CryEngine has been used in games such as Crysis 2, Crysis 3, Evolve, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 and 3, and Homefront: The Revolution.

Just like Unreal Engine 4, CryEngine is the complete toolset for game development. It engine has been used as a benchmark for visual graphics for some time and it continues to push the limit what games are capable of.

Download:cryengine.com/get-cryengine

Features:cryengine.com/features

Unity3D

Unity3d.com
Company: Unity Technologies
Platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, Linus, Android, BlackBerry, iOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Unity Web Player, Wii, Wii U, Windows Phone 8, Xbox 360, and Xbox One

Unity3D has been a very popular choice among developers. Full game engine featuring everything you would need to create 3d or 2d games with multi-platform support right out of the box. Great game engine to get into and begin using. Unity has a free indie version as well as commercial license version.

Features:unity3d.com/unity/editor

Download:unity3d.com/get-unity

Source Engine / Source SDK

ValveSoftware.com
Company: Valve Corporation
Platforms: Windows

Source Engine has been used extensively in the modding community with hundreds if not thousands of mods available. Source Engine is a bit outdated, yet still very powerful. It has been used to create games such as Half Life 2 series, Counter-Strike: Source, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Left4Dead, Left4Dead 2, Portal 1 and 2.

Each game has a huge community behind it with new content always being released. I love using Source Engine because of its games. You can get your hands on the engine by downloading any of Valve's released games on Steam.

Eventually Source is going to get an update to Source 2 with unconfirmed and possible releases of Half-Life 3 and Left4Dead 3.

I can't wait for the day that happens.

Features:developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_Engine_Features

Download:See this tutorial on how to download Source SDK for a specific game

Source 2

ValveSoftware.com
Company: Valve Corporation
Platforms: N/A

Source Engine 2 will be coming out in a near future.

No word on when yet, but it will be available to the public just as Source is. Valve Software has always been very indie game dev and level design friendly.

I expect nothing less from Valve with Source 2.

Features: N/A

Download: N/A

Leadwerks

LeadWerks.com
Company: Leadwerks
Platforms: Windows, Linux, SteamOS

Leadwerks is an OpenGL, 3d game engine. It features deferred lighting system, Screen Space Ambient Occlusion which simulates real-time global illumination, advanced shaders, support for huge terrains, new vegetation system, built-in level design tools, integrated LUA script editor and much more.

Leadwerks game engine is available on Steam and you can try out a demo before you purchase it.

Features:leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/features?shownav=0

Download:store.steampowered.com/app/251810

Demo: leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/demo

Torque3D

GarageGames.com
Company: Garage Games
Platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux

Torque 3D is an open source game engine and has been an independent dev favorite for quiet some time. Originally the game engine was developed for 2001 FPS shooter, Tribes 2.

Some features include a world editor, Collada support, per pixel dynamic lighting, normal and parallax occlusion mapping, reflections, sky system, physX, multiple platform publishing and access to source code.

Here is documentation on getting started with Torque 3D.

Features:garagegames.com/products/torque-3d/overview

Download: garagegames.com/products/torque-3d/ (download Binary for executable or Source for source code)

Neoaxis

Neoaxis.com
Company: NeoAxis Group Ltd.
Platforms: Windows, Mac OSX

Neoaxis has all the features of a modern engine such as advanced material and shading support, real-time shadows, built-in Nvidia physX, current/next-gen rendering, full set of screen effects, built-in network support and pathfinding components. It comes with complete pipeline SDK, including resource and map editor, import resources for Maya and 3dsMax.

NeoAxis 3D Engine is a free product. The SDK includes all capabilities of the engine. There are two paid licenses that open access to the source codes of the engine.

Features:neoaxis.com/neoaxis/features

Download:neoaxis.com/neoaxis/downloads

Tombstone Engine (formerly known as C4Engine)

TombStoneEngine.com
Company: Terathon Software
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, iOS

The Tombstone Engine is the successor to the C4 Engine.

Primary features include full-scene dynamic lighting and shadows. World editor runs as an engine plugin and uses the engine's own user interface system. Large variety of built-in shading features (bump/normal mapping, parallax bump texture mapping, horizon bump shadow mapping, reflection and refraction and more). Voxel terrain based on voxel maps that can be edited in real time. As well as standard features such as script editor, special effects, world manager, scene graph, physics and tools for art pipeline creation.

Features:tombstoneengine.com

Download:tombstoneengine.com

Shiva3D

ShivaEngine.com
Company: ShiVa Technologies SAS
Platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, Android, Blackberry, iOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Vita, Wii, Windows Phone, Web Browsers

Shiva3D is a 3d game engine that is designed for web, console and mobile games and applications. Engine can run in OpenGL, DirecX and software modes. Some features include Nvidia physX, compound dynamic body, point light shadows, per-vertex per-pixel and lightmapping. Shiva3D has a free web edition of the engine, with ability to publish your games online as well as full licenses.

Shiva3D 2.0 is being developed, with version 1.9 still available to download.

Features:shivaengine.com

Download:shivaengine.com

Panda3D

Panda3d.org
Company: Walt Disney Imagineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, FreeBSD

Panda3D is open source game engine and 3d rendering engine using Python and C++. Some features include physics, particle effects, GUI creation, AI, OpenGL/DirectX, render to texture and advanced shaders (normals, gloss, glow maps, HDR, cel shading).

Features:panda3d.org/manual/index.php/Features

Download:panda3d.org/download.php

Esenthel Engine

Esenthel.com
Company: Esenthel/Grzegorz Slazinski
Platforms: Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Linux, Web

Esenthel Engine is the next-gen game engine.

It includes collaborative editor. Code editor which is integrated with the engine's editor and automatically handles compilation for all platforms. Advanced graphics and physics with wide range of device support. It is powered by Nvidia PhysX allows complex physics simulations having thousands of dynamic objects on the scene real-time. Supports plenty of graphical effects, such as - Bloom, Real-time Dynamic Shadows, Ambient Occlusion, Motion Blur, Depth of Field, Glow, Sun Rays, Fog, Cel Shading, Normal Mapping, Parallax Mapping, Relief Mapping, Tessellation, FXAA / MLAA / SMAA Anti-Aliasing and many more!

You can also try and buy Esenthel Engine on Steam.

Features: esenthel.com/?id=feature_list

Download:esenthel.com/?id=store or store.steampowered.com/app/366530

idTech4

Wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_4
Company: idSoftware
Platforms: Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360

idTech4 is a game engine that powers games such as Doom 3, Quake 4, Prey and Brink. It is also known as Doom 3 Engine.

John Carmack released idTech 4 source code at the end of 2011 as open source.

Some features of idTech4 include per-pixel lighting, unified lighting and shadowing, shadow volumes and mega texture.

Features:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_4#Features

Download:moddb.com or github.com

Lumberyard

Amazon.com/lumberyard/
Company: Amazon
Platforms: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation, (iOS, Android, Mac, Linux - coming soon)

Lumberyard is a free cross-platform game engine developed by Amazon and based on the architecture of CryEngine. It is integrated with Amazon Web Services which allows you build and host games on Amazon's servers.

Some features include C++ source code, character tools, terrain tools, robust networking, Audiokinetic's sound engine, real-time gameplay editor, powerful rendering technology and authoring tools to create photorealistic 3D environments. Real-time effects, including physically based shaders, dynamic global illumination, a particle effects editor, vegetation tools, real-time dynamic water caustics, volumetric fog, and filmic features such as color grading, motion blur, depth of field, HDR lens flares, and more.

Features:aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/details/

Download:aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/downloads/

Game Guru

Game-Guru.com
Company: The Game Creators
Platforms: Windows

Game Guru defines itself as a game creator allowing you to build your own worlds with easy to use tools. Populate the worlds with characters, weapons, ammo and other game items, then, by pressing one button your game is built and ready to play. With Game Guru you can make a multiplayer game in a few minutes, including hosting and sharing your game online via Steam multiplayer.

GameGuru comes with 10+ game demos to play and learn from. They will show you what can be created and how.

Game Guru allows you to focus on designing your games without worrying about the inside of the game engine.

Some features include easy to use, drag & drop style, terrain tools, vegetation system, rendering engine, cascade shadow mapping, occlusion culling system, sky maps, baked shadowing, physics, game character and weapon customization, AI, ready to use weapons and items, multiplayer on Steam, save stand standalone single player games as executable files and a lot more.

Features:game-guru.com/features

Download:store.steampowered.com/app/266310/

jMonkey Game Engine

JmonkeyEngine.org
Company: The jME Core Team
Platforms: Windows, OSX, Linux, Android, iOS, Oculus Rift

jMonkeyEngine is java based 3d game engine which uses shader technology extensively with LWJGL as its default renderer. It is open source game engine under the new BSD license. jMonkeyEngine is not just a visual RPG Maker or an FPS modder. It is a full game engine and Java programming knowledge is required and it can be a great starting point for any 3D games developer.

The BSD License means you are free to do whatever you'd like with the code.

Some features include regular ways to simulate candle light, sun light, flashlights, global lights, PSSM and SSAO shadows. Material system is entirely shader-based. Wide array of special effects through the use of post processor filters and particle emitters with ability to emulate water, fog, light scattering and explosions and a lot more.

Features:jmonkeyengine.org

Download:jmonkeyengine.org/downloads/

Hero Engine

HeroEngine.com
Company: Idea Fabrik Plc
Platforms: Windows

HeroEngine is a 3D game engine and server technology originally developed for MMO-style games. You may have experienced Hero Engine in Star Wars: The Old Republic. It is the complete development platform for online games.

Although don't think of HeroEngine as MMO-RPGs engine. It can create wide variety of online games from strategy game to first person shooters. Snagit 2018 1 – screen capture utility windows.

It seamlessly integrates the entire client and server architecture needed to operate an online game directly into the development process. Game studios such as EA, Bioware, and ZeniMax Online have used HeroEngine.

HeroEngine contains all the tools you expect from a modern game engine such as world building, scripting, 3D rendering and physics. But for all complete features visit the link below.

Features:heroengine.com/herocloud/tech-features/

Download:heroengine.com/heroengine/licensing-options/

Game Studio

3DGameStudio.com
Company: Conitec Datasystems
Platforms: Windows

GameStudio is an authoring system for interactive 2D and 3D applications. These include multimedia tools, video games and simulations

It offers 3 levels of access in one package: beginner, advanced and professional.

Some features include Adaptive Binary Tree rendering engine that allows for seamless indoor/outdoor scenery and up to 200,000 objects per scene. BSP, Static and dynamic shadow lighting and mapping, decals, stencils, seamless LOD terrain renderer, fog areas, camera portals, reflections, mirrors, detail textures, texture compression, particle effects, physics and collision, 2d engine, sound engine, network and game engine and much more.

Note that GameStudio is not to be confused with Game Maker: Studio from YoYo Games.

Features:conitec.net/english/gstudio/3dgs7.php

Download:conitec.net/english/gstudio/download.php

Serious Engine

Croteam.com/technology/
Company: Croteam
Platforms: Windows, Xbox, Linux, Mac OSX

Serious Engine is the original 2001 game engine used to create the classic Serious Sam games such as Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter and Serious Sam Xbox.

Croteam has released open-source version of the Serious Engine.

It features the ability to render very long distances, large open worlds with large amount of enemies rendered on-screen at once, along with realistic shadows and lighting effects. It also supports high-quality terrain models, portals, sunglares, real-time level preview, fog, haze, real-time shadows and more.

With open source version you get Serious Engine 1.10, GUI tools, class compiler, files to run a dedicated server, built-in modeler, game's executable, and LightWave 3D model exporter.

Note: Serious Engine is currently in its fourth version, Serious Engine 4 and is used to create 'The Talos Principle' game.

Features:croteam.com/technology/

Download:github.com/Croteam-official/Serious-Engine

Blender

Blender.org
Company: Blender Foundation
Platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux

Blender is a free and open-source 3D content creation suite. It includes tools for animation, compositing, 3D modeling, uv unwrapping, texturing, rigging and skinning, fluid and smoke, particle system, physics and rendering.

It is mostly known for modeling and animation but it also contains a game engine.

Blender game engine features graphical logic editor for defining interactive behavior without programming, collision detection, dynamics simulation, support for vehicle dynamics, all OpenGL lighting modes including transparencies, Python scripting, multi-materials, multitexture and texture blending modes, per-pixel lighting, dynamic lighting, mapping modes, GLSL vertex paint texture blending, toon shading, animated materials, support for Normal Mapping and Parallax Mapping and a lot more.

Features:blender.org/features/

Download:blender.org/download/

Irrlicht Engine

Irrlicht.sourceforge.net
Company: Nikolaus Gebhardt et al
Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows CE

The Irrlicht Engine is an open source real-time 3d rendering graphics engine using Direct3D and OpenGL.

Irrlicht is not a game engine but a 3d rendering engine. It allows game developers to utilize rendering graphics framework for 3D graphics into their own engine.

Irrlicht features include real-time 3D rendering using Direct3D and OpenGL, vertex, pixel, and geometry shader support, seamless indoor and outdoor mixing, character animation system with skeletal and morph target animation, dynamic shadows, particle system, collision detection, lightmapping, direct import of common 3d mesh file formats and it is platform independent. More features can be found using the link below.

Features:irrlicht.sourceforge.net/?page_id=45

Download:irrlicht.sourceforge.net/?page_id=10

Ogre3D

Ogre3d.org
Company: The OGRE Team
Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, WinRT support

Ogre3D is an open-source rendering engine. Just like Irrlicht, it is not a game engine, but a 3d rendering engine. It allows game developers to utilize rendering graphics framework for 3D graphics into their own engine.

Ogre3D features include Direct3D 9 & 11, OpenGL, materials and shaders, object-oriented design, multi-platform with OpenGL and Direct3D support, landscape scene manager, animation engine and content exporters for most 3d modeling software and much more.

Features:ogre3d.org/about/features

Download:ogre3d.org/download/sdk

Resources

For a full list of various game engines see the following links:

Any other game engines you think should have been included? Let me know on WoLD Facebook or Twitter

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Update #3 (July 28, 2016): This post has been completely updated with 7 new, additional game engines, updated links and information that was outdated.

Update #2 (April 27, 2015): This post was been updated with one new additional game engine, updated links and information that was outdated.

Update #1 (December 12, 2012): Originally published and featured a list of 15 game engines.

Make sure to check out all the tutorials within this series listed below:

Level Editors/Game Engines Series:

23 Recommended and Available 3D Game Engines

What is a game engine?

Few examples of games and game engines used to create them are:

Games: Dota 2, Half Life 2 series, Counter-Strike: Source, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Left4Dead, Left4Dead 2, Portal 1 and 2
Game Engine:Source Engine

Game: Hitman Absolution
Game Engine: Glacier 2

Game: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Battlefield 3, Need for Speed: The Run
Game Engine:FrostBite

Games: Mass Effect Series, Dishonored, Bioshock Infinite, Batman: Arkham Asylum and City and hundreds more
Game Engine:Unreal Engine

Game: Crysis 2 and 3
Game Engine:CryEngine

In this blog post I will provide you with options and links to 3D game engines, their features and download page so you can make a better decision on which one is right for you.

Criteria used to include a 3D game engine in this list were:

Available to download
Affordable, free (easy access) or open source
I have used it myself and recommend

3D for 2D

Overview List: Recommended 3D Game Engines

Here is the full list of game engines in this article:

Unreal Engine 4
Unreal Engine 3 (UDK)
CryEngine V
Unity 3D
Source Engine/Source SDK
Source 2
Leadwerks
Torque3D
Neoaxis
Tomstone Engine (C4Engine)
Shive 3D
Panda 3D
Esenthel Engine
iDTech 4
Lumberyard
Game Guru
jMonkey Game Engine
Hero Engine
Game Studio
Serious Engine
Blender
Irrlicht Engine
Ogre3D

Let's begin..

Unreal Engine 4

Unreal Engine 4 is a complete suite of game development tools. From 2D mobile games to console to VR, UE4 provides you with everything you need to start, create and ship a game.

Epic regularly releases new versions which include updates, improved features, community contributions and bug fixes.

Once you ship your game or application, you pay Epic 5% of gross revenue after the first $3,000 per product per calendar quarter. See this FAQ for more info.

Note from WoLD: I use and recommend UE4 as the game engine of choice. See Unreal Engine 4 tutorials list here.

Features: unrealengine.com/unreal-engine-4

Download: unrealengine.com/what-is-unreal-engine-4

Tutorial: Follow this tutorial on how to download and install UE4

Unreal Engine 3

UnrealEngine.com/products/udk
Company: Epic Games
Platforms: Windows, iOS, Mac OSX

UDK is no longer being updated or supported but it was one of my favorite engines to work with before Unreal Engine 4 came out.

There are a lot of tutorials out there for UDK and you can still get your hands on the game engine. Although it is very likely you will go with the newer Unreal Engine 4.

Documentation:udn.epicgames.com/Three/WebHome.html

FAQ:Frequently Asked Questions

Download:unrealengine.com/previous-versions

CryEngine V

CryEngine.com
Company: Crytek
Platforms: Windows, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Open-Source VR and PlayStation VR

Crytek completely revamped CryEngine in 2016.

Originally it was called CryEngine 3 SDK and now it is CryEngine V.

CryEngine features include full engine source code, fully commercialization, 100% royalty-free, access to all supported platforms and ready for VR development.

CryEngine has been used in games such as Crysis 2, Crysis 3, Evolve, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 and 3, and Homefront: The Revolution.

Download:cryengine.com/get-cryengine

Features:cryengine.com/features

Unity3D

Features:unity3d.com/unity/editor

Download:unity3d.com/get-unity

Source Engine / Source SDK

ValveSoftware.com
Company: Valve Corporation
Platforms: Windows

Eventually Source is going to get an update to Source 2 with unconfirmed and possible releases of Half-Life 3 and Left4Dead 3.

I can't wait for the day that happens.

Features:developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_Engine_Features

Download:See this tutorial on how to download Source SDK for a specific game

Source 2

ValveSoftware.com
Company: Valve Corporation
Platforms: N/A

Source Engine 2 will be coming out in a near future.

No word on when yet, but it will be available to the public just as Source is. Valve Software has always been very indie game dev and level design friendly.

I expect nothing less from Valve with Source 2.

Features: N/A

Download: N/A

Leadwerks

LeadWerks.com
Company: Leadwerks
Platforms: Windows, Linux, SteamOS

Leadwerks game engine is available on Steam and you can try out a demo before you purchase it.

Features:leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/features?shownav=0

Download:store.steampowered.com/app/251810

Demo: leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/demo

Torque3D

GarageGames.com
Company: Garage Games
Platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux

Torque 3D is an open source game engine and has been an independent dev favorite for quiet some time. Originally the game engine was developed for 2001 FPS shooter, Tribes 2.

Here is documentation on getting started with Torque 3D.

Features:garagegames.com/products/torque-3d/overview

Download: garagegames.com/products/torque-3d/ (download Binary for executable or Source for source code)

Neoaxis

Neoaxis.com
Company: NeoAxis Group Ltd.
Platforms: Windows, Mac OSX

NeoAxis 3D Engine is a free product. The SDK includes all capabilities of the engine. There are two paid licenses that open access to the source codes of the engine.

Features:neoaxis.com/neoaxis/features

Download:neoaxis.com/neoaxis/downloads

Tombstone Engine (formerly known as C4Engine)

TombStoneEngine.com
Company: Terathon Software
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, iOS

The Tombstone Engine is the successor to the C4 Engine.

Features:tombstoneengine.com

Download:tombstoneengine.com

Shiva3D

Shiva3D 2.0 is being developed, with version 1.9 still available to download.

Features:shivaengine.com

Download:shivaengine.com

Panda3D

Panda3d.org
Company: Walt Disney Imagineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, FreeBSD

Features:panda3d.org/manual/index.php/Features

Download:panda3d.org/download.php

Esenthel Engine

Esenthel.com
Company: Esenthel/Grzegorz Slazinski
Platforms: Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox, Mac OS, iOS, Android, Linux, Web

Esenthel Engine is the next-gen game engine.

You can also try and buy Esenthel Engine on Steam.

Features: esenthel.com/?id=feature_list

Best Free 3d Game Modeling Software

Download:esenthel.com/?id=store or store.steampowered.com/app/366530

idTech4

Wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_4
Company: idSoftware
Platforms: Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, Xbox, Xbox 360

idTech4 is a game engine that powers games such as Doom 3, Quake 4, Prey and Brink. It is also known as Doom 3 Engine.

John Carmack released idTech 4 source code at the end of 2011 as open source.

Some features of idTech4 include per-pixel lighting, unified lighting and shadowing, shadow volumes and mega texture.

Features:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Tech_4#Features

Download:moddb.com or github.com

Lumberyard

Amazon.com/lumberyard/
Company: Amazon
Platforms: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation, (iOS, Android, Mac, Linux - coming soon)

Features:aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/details/

Download:aws.amazon.com/lumberyard/downloads/

Game Guru

Game-Guru.com
Company: The Game Creators
Platforms: Windows

GameGuru comes with 10+ game demos to play and learn from. They will show you what can be created and how.

Game Guru allows you to focus on designing your games without worrying about the inside of the game engine.

Features:game-guru.com/features

Download:store.steampowered.com/app/266310/

jMonkey Game Engine

JmonkeyEngine.org
Company: The jME Core Team
Platforms: Windows, OSX, Linux, Android, iOS, Oculus Rift

Best 3d Game Modeling Software

The BSD License means you are free to do whatever you'd like with the code.

Features:jmonkeyengine.org

Download:jmonkeyengine.org/downloads/

Hero Engine

HeroEngine.com
Company: Idea Fabrik Plc
Platforms: Windows

Although don't think of HeroEngine as MMO-RPGs engine. It can create wide variety of online games from strategy game to first person shooters.

HeroEngine contains all the tools you expect from a modern game engine such as world building, scripting, 3D rendering and physics. But for all complete features visit the link below.

Features:heroengine.com/herocloud/tech-features/

Download:heroengine.com/heroengine/licensing-options/

Game Studio

3DGameStudio.com
Company: Conitec Datasystems
Platforms: Windows

GameStudio is an authoring system for interactive 2D and 3D applications. These include multimedia tools, video games and simulations

It offers 3 levels of access in one package: beginner, advanced and professional.

Note that GameStudio is not to be confused with Game Maker: Studio from YoYo Games.

Features:conitec.net/english/gstudio/3dgs7.php

Download:conitec.net/english/gstudio/download.php

Serious Engine

Croteam.com/technology/
Company: Croteam
Platforms: Windows, Xbox, Linux, Mac OSX

Serious Engine is the original 2001 game engine used to create the classic Serious Sam games such as Serious Sam: The First Encounter, Serious Sam: The Second Encounter and Serious Sam Xbox.

Croteam has released open-source version of the Serious Engine.

With open source version you get Serious Engine 1.10, GUI tools, class compiler, files to run a dedicated server, built-in modeler, game's executable, and LightWave 3D model exporter.

Note: Serious Engine is currently in its fourth version, Serious Engine 4 and is used to create 'The Talos Principle' game.

Features:croteam.com/technology/

Download:github.com/Croteam-official/Serious-Engine

Blender

Blender.org
Company: Blender Foundation
Platforms: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux

It is mostly known for modeling and animation but it also contains a game engine.

Features:blender.org/features/

Download:blender.org/download/

Irrlicht Engine

Irrlicht.sourceforge.net
Company: Nikolaus Gebhardt et al
Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows CE

The Irrlicht Engine is an open source real-time 3d rendering graphics engine using Direct3D and OpenGL.

Irrlicht is not a game engine but a 3d rendering engine. It allows game developers to utilize rendering graphics framework for 3D graphics into their own engine.

Features:irrlicht.sourceforge.net/?page_id=45

Download:irrlicht.sourceforge.net/?page_id=10

Ogre3D

Ogre3d.org
Company: The OGRE Team
Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, WinRT support

Features:ogre3d.org/about/features

Download:ogre3d.org/download/sdk

Resources

For a full list of various game engines see the following links:

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What is 3D Modeling?

3D modeling is the use of computers to create images and graphics that look to have three dimensions.

Advanced 3D animation software programs like Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max as well as some coding knowledge are required to be able to create your own 3D models.

The basic process involves connecting sets of points with lines, curved surfaces, and other geometric data to make wireframe models.

Is 3D Modeling for You?

One of the most common traits found in professional 3D modelers is creativity.

Much like drawing and animation, 3D modeling requires a lot of imagination and innovation to create characters and worlds that will stand out from the rest.

This includes having sharp attention to detail so your work is always polished and of the highest quality possible.

3D modelers also usually need to have some familiarity with computer coding, and sometimes scripting languages as well.

3D software programs aren’t the easiest to learn, and 3D modeling itself can have a sharp learning curve, which means having a talent for using computers to perform tasks appropriately is a must.

Last but not least, people who thrive and enjoy working in a team setting will enjoy 3D modeling.

Whether you’re in a top game studio like Blizzard Entertainment or working on Pixar’s next masterpiece, you can expect to work closely with artists, animators, and several other members on projects.

Since the video game industry, in particular, can be very demanding, people who don’t do well with tight schedules and long hours probably shouldn’t become a 3D modeler to make video games.

How to Learn 3D Modeling

While there are people out there doing 3D modeling for a living without ever going to school, most break into the industries after earning a degree from a reputable computer animation school or college program.

In fact, it’s getting harder and harder breaking into the video game and film industry as a 3D animator without a college degree or proof that you’ve gone through a good program.

Related:See The Top 50 Animation Programs in The US

This is because a degree is a proof to employers that you’ve received hands-on training with 3D programs while being trained by people capable of educating others.

Want to Learn 3D Modeling Online?

Any good degree or the program will teach you the fundamental principles of 3D modeling, leaving you with a solid foundation in what you need to stand out from the crowd and get hired.

Graduates also usually end up with a good demo reel to show potential employers their work.

3D Modeling Careers

Today, 3D modeling is used in a vast number of fields.

The medical industry uses detailed 3D models of organs, including 2-D image slices from a CT or MRI scan.

Architects and engineers also make use of 3D software programs to show proposed buildings, landscapes, devices, structures, vehicles, and more.

Even scientists have begun using making use of 3D geological models. Seismologists, for example, use them to predict events within the crust of the earth due to shifting plates, erosion, etc.

Of course, most people find an interest in 3D modeling thanks to two of the biggest entertainment industries today.

The first is movies and motion pictures, which use computer-generated characters, objects, and environments in animated and live-action films as well as 3D imaging to create an optical illusion of depth.

Soundsource 3 1 – switch your audio input sources easily might. The other industry is none other than video games. Most modern games use 3D models and environments to create the virtual worlds that players interact with and explore.

Anyone interested in any of the above fields will want to learn how to use 3D modeling software programs.

Video Game Design Guides:

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Grand Piano Software

EVM Grand Piano. Sharp, bright and almost harpsichordian, the EVM Grand Piano has the definition to handle fast-paced baroque counterpoint without losing clarity. That characteristic may also make this a great accent in complex mixes. Another simple interface, the virtual 1U rackmount style is practical and looks good. Grand Piano's 1.5 GB of samples are grouped into 12 pure piano presets in 'Production' and more detailed 'Solo' versions (both available in stretched and equal tempered tunings), as well as nine hybrid presets that combine the acoustic piano samples with a selection of synthesizers and effects.

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Are you new to music production and looking for free piano VSTS? Well, you’ve come to the right place. I do want to say that you will most likely find a bunch of different free piano VSTS that you don’t like before you find ones you do.

In this article, we are going to break down the best free piano VSTs that will amp up your productions in 2020.

Note: While there are many options, I am going to mention the few that I think are actually worth your time. There a lot of options that are dated and just sound plain bad.

Free piano plugins are a smart choice for musicians who are looking to the waters and figure out what kind of sound they like.

You will find that a lot of the piano plugin sounds vary quite drastically. Find something you like and then check out some Youtube videos of some of the paid VSTS for better options.

These free piano plugins can be used with all major DAW’s including:

Reason
FL Studio
Reaper

Note: Some of these may vary based on your DAW. Especially if you’re using a free DAW. If you would like to learn more about DAWs, you can check out my guide to the best free DAWs currently available.

Contents

3 Best Free Piano VST Plugins
- 3.1 1) Salamander Piano By Bigcat Instruments
- 3.2 2) KeyZone Classic – Windows & Mac
- 3.3 3) The Grand DSK Piano – Windows & Mac
- 3.4 4) Versilian Upright – Windows & Mac
- 3.5 5) Piano One – Windows & Mac
- 3.6 6) Dead Duck Audio Dpiano – Windows & Mac
- 3.7 7) Ivy Audio Piano In 162 -Windows & Mac
- 3.8 8) City Piano – Windows & Mac
- 3.9 9) Jazz Baby – Windows
- 3.10 10) VGP Grand Piano – Windows

Pros

Test the waters without breaking your bank
Get a feel for which types of piano sounds you enjoy
Get comfortable with using VSTS
Instantly have a piano that you can experiment with
Save memory space

Cons

Limited Sounds
Quality of sound isn’t always great
You may run into compatibility issues and buggy software

The Following list of free piano VSTs can be used with the following DAWs:

Pro Tools
Fl Studio
Ableton
Reaper
Cubase
Nuendo
Studio One
Reason

Best Free Piano VST Plugins

Below are my choices that are regularly updated. I have done the work for you and weeded out ones not worth mentioning!

1) Salamander Piano By Bigcat Instruments

The Salamander piano plugin is the latest plugin that I’ve tried out. With this, what you see is what you get. It’s not a crazy in-depth plugin, but it’s efficient.

The quality might actually be my favorite to date. With this being said, you may run into problems with it. I’ve seen and heard a few different things going wrong with this. Sometimes, going high up on the register (C5) can cause a crackling sound.

Another thing to note is that you may have to uninstall and reinstall occasionally as it seems to be a little unstable.

Sound

Salamander sounds warmer than most of the other options. I’m a big fan of warm and dark sounding pianos, rather than bright. This is a sample of the Yamaha C5 Grand Piano.

Overall

Depending on the DAW that you’re running, this could be perfect or it could a little bit annoying. Download it and give it a whirl is my advice.

2) KeyZone Classic – Windows & Mac

KeyZone is one of the more popular free piano VSTS as it has been around and gone through some nice updates. I personally l dig the sound of this and I really like the clean interface. You will most likely need to add some EQ and reverb in order to get it where you want it to sound.

It comes with 5 presets that include:

Piano from Keyzone 1
Yamaha Grand Piano
Steinway Grand Piano
Basic Electric Piano
Rhodes Piano

While it contains 5 presets, I only use the Steinway and the Rhodes piano from it. The other ones aren’t bad, I just for whatever reason always find myself going to those two when I use Keyzone.

Sound

Honestly, it doesn’t sound bad, I actually find this one to sound pretty decent. I frequently use the East-West Piano, so when I don’t use that, it’s hard for others to compare.

I have to mention that there may be a slight hissing sound on A and A# on the Steinway piano. You can hear this when recording and when doing solos, it’s a little annoying, but it is free.

I recently wrote about my favorite paid piano VSTS here. Check them out!

Overall

As far as Keyzone goes overall, I think this is one of the best free piano VSTs currently available.

3) The Grand DSK Piano – Windows & Mac

The DSK Grand piano is a classic free piano VST that I think is definitely useable. I know that there will be some people who rip on it, but for a free option, it’s easy to use and gets the job done.

Available for Windows and Mac (32 and 64 bit).

One thing I will note is that some people complain about certain notes distorting. I personally haven’t had this problem, but I’ve only used it a handful of times.

Sounds

The low end can get a little bit jumbled, but it’s not the end of the world. The mids seem pretty decent to me, which is where most of your playing will be. You will definitely want to dial in some EQ and reverb for this.

Overall

This is a fairly newer VST as it came out about 2 years ago. I think it definitely gets the job done for new producers and producers on a budget.

4) Versilian Upright – Windows & Mac

I personally might actually rate this as my favorite free piano VST plugin. It also comes with a great story. A student of Berklee decided to mic up and record a few upright pianos in the basement of a dorm. What we get is what his results were.

I think is the most realistic sounding free piano VST that’s currently available. If you’re a fan of upright pianos or grew up on them as I did, you will enjoy it.

Sounds

Right out of the gates, this sounds better, in my opinion, than all of the other free piano plugins that I’ve found. You can add a little bit of reverb and sustain and it should start sounding good quite quickly.

Overall

I believe that Versilian Upright is a great choice for a free option and it should definitely be on your radar of plugins to try. It’s a simple download and there’s a great chance you enjoy it.

5) Piano One – Windows & Mac

Piano One is a great choice and it actually uses an extremely popular piano, the Yamaha C7 Concert Grand. This has been used all over the world and it is a beautiful sounding piano.

What I really like about this is that they updated to take up less memory and they made it have faster load times. The interface is rather simple to navigate as well and you can quickly add effects like reverb.

While the interface on this isn’t the most appealing to look at, it’s simple to use and you will easily be able to change what you need.

Sounds

Piano One sounds really warm. I have the unpopular opinion that warm pianos sound better than bright pianos. This sounds really warm to me and that’s a big plus in my opinion.

Overall

Piano One is a solid choice if you enjoy warm pianos. It’s not super bright, which in my opinion, can lead to cheap-sounding plugins. Since it’s hard to emulate a real piano, I find that overly bright plugins can often sound thin and stale.

6) Dead Duck Audio Dpiano – Windows & Mac

When it comes to user experience, Dead Duck Audio delivers in this department. You get a rather simple interface that is very easy to navigate, even for beginners.

With this being said, there are no piano keys for you look at or click on. What I really like about this plugin is that you’re able to able to tweak presets and instantly save them as your own.

This is handy for those who are hands-on and really like to tweak things. What I also like about this plugin is that not a lot of people have heard of this one, yet. I do believe that this will become a popular free option though.

Sounds

The straight-up presets are not my favorites, however, you can easily tweak them to your liking. As far as dynamics go, this plugin is able to capture dynamics surprisingly nicely.

Overall

Overall, I think this plugin definitely deserves a peak, however, I don’t reckon that it will become your go-to option. I feel like it falls just a little bit short in its sound.

7) Ivy Audio Piano In 162 -Windows & Mac

The Ivy Audio piano plugin is one of my favorite sounding free options to date. The one downside here is that it requires the full version of Kontakt in order to run.

With this being said, if you happen to have Kontakt, you may have found your winner. The interface rocks and it also has a piano on it, so you can see the keys play as your MIDI plays.

You can also adjust certain parameters while doing playback.

There are 3 different options that you can tweak in the interface, those being: reverb, damping, and EQ. They all work as they should and you can also use your own external plugins for these effects should you choose.

Sounds

I believe the Ivy Audio plugin actually sounds really nice. It is a little brighter than some of the other options, yet it still covers the low-end nicely as well.

This is a Steinway & Sons Model B and this is a very pricey piano that has been sampled.

Overall

If you have the full version of Kontakt, this is a free option that you shouldn’t pass up. The dynamics are some of the best that I’ve found in a free option and you can get very expressive with your playing.

8) City Piano – Windows & Mac

City Piano is a popular option that doesn’t have much to it. You get attack, decay, sustain and release controls as well as panning and volume.

The interface is easy to navigate as there’s not much to it. There’s also a piano on the interface that allows you to see the notes that are being played.

This plug is made by Bigcat Audio, the same makers for the Salamander plugin. I personally prefer the Salamander over this, however, this is another option to check out.

The City Piano is a sampled Baldwin baby grand piano. The mics that were used to capture the samples were high-quality and Baldwin pianos have a nice dark undertone that I typically really enjoy.

Sounds

City Piano sounds decent overall. This is another one of those options that could work if you’re needing something fast to test out the waters on a song.

Overall

Overall, this is a plugin that is worth checking out. There are a few that I think are better free options, however, everyone has their own things that they like as far as with plugins.

9) Jazz Baby – Windows

Jazz Baby is an older, yet solid option. The one negative thing about this VST is that it is only for 32 bit.

This is a rather small download that doesn’t take up much space and it is super easy for computers to run it. As far as tweaking goes, you really don’t have many things to tweak on the interface.

With this being said, you can easily use any of your own effects on it in order to get it to your satisfaction.

Sound

Jazz Baby is a sampled upright piano that gives you a vibe of a jazz piano bar. It sounds especially good when playing the blues or jazz pieces and it almost has a bit of a honky-tonk sound to it.

Overall

There are some limitations and it doesn’t work on Macs. As far as sound goes, this is a decent look at a free option.

10) VGP Grand Piano – Windows

The VGP grand piano is a free option that comes with a nice user interface. The customization that you’re able to do is what sets it apart from certain plugins.

With this being said, this plugin only works with Windows, so if you’re a Mac user, you won’t be able to use it.

As far as the presets go, there’s 40 of them. Some of them don’t sound the greatest, however, you can easily tweak them to your liking.

Sounds

VGP competes with the other options mentioned in this article and I think it beats some of them as well. It’s a brighter sounding piano, so if you’re into bright pianos, you may dig this one.

Overall

This is 32 bit and it doesn’t work with Macs. If you’re running Windows, this could be a great option to check out. One of the nice things about it is that it is a small download and easy on computer space.

What To Look For In A Free Piano VST?

Sound: Everyone enjoys different sounding pianos. With that being said, if you download enough free piano VSTS, you are going to run into some that you can’t stand. Give each a try and determine if you prefer bright or warm with pianos. ( I find that a lot of musicians prefer bright, however, I just love dark and mellow sounding pianos.

Effects: All of these options that I’ve presented above come with basic effects and controls that you can play with. The more things you can tweak, the better.

CPU: You want to find something that doesn’t take up a ton of CPU. Most of these options aren’t very intensive, so that’s a plus.

Functionality: There’s nothing more frustrating than downloading free VSTS and having them just not work or be extremely buggy. I’ve never had any serious glitch problems with these options.

Conclusion

There are a lot of different free piano VSTS that you can try out. My advice is to try these ones and to continue trying more out as you go. Something might strike you as great, even if others don’t enjoy it.

I believe that the best free piano VST is currently Salamander Piano by Bigcat.

Before heading out, be sure to leave a comment and share this article if you enjoyed it. Also, I would love if you shared this to other musicians in as many places as you would like!

I received an email from a blog reader who had recently bought a MIDI keyboard so they could start practicing a bit of piano at home.

My previous blog posts on MIDI keyboards had all said something along the lines of “plug in your MIDI device and open up you DAW software to play”. But what if you don’t want to purchase any expensive software for writing and producing whole musical tracks? What if you just want some free software for practicing piano or messing around?

So following that I set out to find the best FREE MIDI keyboard software out there on each of the most common platforms Windows, Mac/ Apple and Android so you can plug in your MIDI keyboard and start playing straight away. This article summarises what I found.

But first, some context:

How does MIDI Work?

First things first, I always find it useful to briefly explain how MIDI works. If you, like me, came from playing a traditional acoustic instrument such as a piano or guitar, the world of MIDI and digital music production may be a little confusing. If you already know how it works feel free to skip this section!

MIDI is a digital signal, basically a series of 1s and 0s that allows different electronic devices to communicate with one another (I know, it sounds very dystopian!). This code communicates all manner of things from the note pressed, to how hard it is pressed and when it is released.

This is different to traditional instruments that produce an audio signal you can hear either straight away for acoustic instruments or through an amplifier for electric ones.

With a MIDI keyboard or other MIDI device not producing an audio signal, it needs to be plugged into another device which can convert the code into something we can hear. In the modern era this is usually a laptop or computer.

Modern MIDI devices pretty much always plug in and communicate via a USB connection. But simply connecting the device isn’t enough. The computer will receive the code but to produce a sound it will need software of some sort.

That is where I hope this article will help.

Best Free Midi Keyboard Options – Windows

1) Piano Time for Windows 10

Piano time is a nice option if you simply want to plug in and play the piano.

It is an “app” but that doesn’t mean you need a tablet or phone to use it. Windows is changing to become more similar to Apple in the way they present software creating less of a disconnect between computers, tablets and phones. This means if you have Windows 10, you can now head to the Microsoft store and download apps to your computer.

There are paid apps in the windows store but as with the Apple and Android “stores” that you may be more familiar with on your phones and tablets, many of the apps are free to download and use.

Ease of Use

Piano time is really easy to plug in and get going. I plugged in my Novation Impulse MIDI keyboard and it instantly recognized it without me having to go into the settings.

Features

Piano time is meant to be simple and for mimicking the sound of a piano. For this reason, you can’t really adjust the sound. You won’t find different instrument sounds, reverb or delay for example. But this might be a good thing if all you want to do is play the piano.

You can record and save clips of what you are playing which is a nice feature, and this allows you to record one part, play it back and then play something else over the top. Handy if you are doing a bit of songwriting. However, be warned, on the free version these clips will only remain in place whilst the program is open, to save or export the tracks you record as MP3 files you will have to pay a small fee to upgrade.

It comes pre-loaded with a few very basic tracks for you to play along with, think Amazing Grace or Mary Had a Little Lamb. The keys will light up and show you how to play along and you can slow it down or speed it up to suit. Perhaps this is most suitable for the absolute beginner or for a child learning the piano. Also useful for anyone using this to learn the piano are a few basic scale exercises you can play along with.

Other features include a metronome that can be adjusted. I did find the clicking a bit annoying but it does the job.

As with most pieces of MIDI software, you can use your computer keyboard to play if you don’t own a MIDI keyboard. I would not recommend this as it is very hard to do, but Piano Time does have a feature called “key mapping” which will show the corresponding keyboard letters above the relevant keys to help you play.

Sound and Performance

I found the sound to be ok. A nice bit of sustain and reverb make it sound quite realistic. However, the lower notes can sound a bit quiet compared to the higher notes and chords don’t sound that great. This is annoying if you are trying to play notes with the left and right hand, as the right hand notes tend to drown out those of the left.

This can be frustrating as a quick ‘stacatto’ press of a key isn’t any different from when you hold it down. This makes notes merge together when you don’t want them to or not ring out for as long as you might have hoped.

For me, the app had virtually no latency (time between pressing a key and hearing the sound). This is partly due to the app, but will also be due to your computer. If you are trying to use it with a computer or laptop that doesn’t have much RAM or has a slow processor then this may not be the case. If you are experiencing MIDI delay check out this article.

Other people have noted that when adverts load it can cause the app to crash. This did happen to me once which was a pain. You can get rid of the ads by paying just a small fee so this might be worth doing if you are having this issue.

2) Piano 10 for Windows 10

Piano 10 is very similar in many ways to Piano Time. It is available for download from the Windows app store on any windows device.

Ease of Use

I plugged my keyboard in and it didn’t work straight away this time. The menus in the app are also not the easiest to find with a series of symbol buttons to press, so I had to do a bit of random clicking to find out how to do it.

A button saying “general MIDI” brings up a menu when clicked where you should be able to turn MIDI support on and then select your MIDI keyboard from the list.

So once you figure out what each button symbol means it isn’t too hard to use.

Features

Different to Piano Time, Piano 10 has a few different effects and amazingly 126 different sounds for you to chose from. Including reverb, sustain and echo but unfortunately only one of these can be turned on at once.

An auto-chords function is pretty cool and is a great way to help learn different chords and chord types as the keys of the chords light up whilst you play.

As with piano time you can record short clips of yourself playing. You can save these clips but only as .xscore files to re-open in Piano 10 another time.

A metronome is also included with adjustable bpm.

Sound and performance

When testing the default piano sound it was ok, but pressing the keys too lightly meant no sound was played. So if you are trying to practice playing softly you may find this frustrating.

However, when the sustain effect is turned on I thought it sounded much more realistic and it felt nice to play.

Although it is cool having 126 different sounds to choose from, be warned, most of them sound pretty terrible. Fun to mess around with but you would never want to use them in a performance.

Probably the most annoying thing about Piano 10 is the fact you can’t change the key size or get more keys to show on the screen. The whole keyboard will still play but you won’t see all the keys light up on screen.

Being a free app it also has a banner with ads at the top but these are fairly standard and don’t really interfere with the usability.

3) MidiEditor

If you want something a bit more advanced which will allow you to edit and export your MIDI tracks then MIDI Editor is free software that is a great introduction to some more advanced techniques.

Ease of Use

In terms of downloading and installing things are fairly simple. However, unlike the previous two options, this is a more traditional piece of software that you download from a website rather than the Windows App Store.

Once downloaded the settings are easy to find and here you can select your MIDI device and connect.

You should then hear a basic piano sound.

So in terms of getting a sound, it is fairly simple. However, if you are not familiar with MIDI you may find the software slightly confusing due to the more advanced features it has….

Features

The screen shows what is known as a ‘piano roll’. This is something to get familiar with if you plan on using MIDI in production.

As you play on your MIDI keyboard and press record you will see lines appear on the screen. This is a visualization of the digital code for each note. You can see it shows which note was played, how long for and other parameters such as velocity (how hard you played that note).

This is what separates digital MIDI data from a traditional audio recording. It is stored as a series of numbers (note, note length, etc) and then a sound is ‘overlayed’ on top of that. So you could play the original notes with a piano sound but then change that to strings or a flute for example.

Features such as quantize, which automatically moves mistimed notes onto the correct beat are cool to mess around with.

Sound and performance

As a basic free introduction to MIDI editing software, MidiEditor does a pretty good job.

There are a couple of things that frustrated me though.

For example, when you record a track you can’t see the notes appearing on the screen, you have to wait till you have finished recording and then they will appear. This just felt weird compared to the MIDI input I’m used to in a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).

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There are also no other built-in sounds to test apart from the piano and I couldn’t find a way to import my own sounds either. Perhaps I’m expecting too much from free software.

Best Free Midi Keyboard Software on Mac (and Apple devices)

1) Garageband

Garageband has to be my favorite of all the free music making software available. I’ve written entire songs on the bus using this software on my iPad and have been happier with the sound than some tracks I spent weeks on in the studio!

It comes pre-installed on most Apple products but if not it can be downloaded from the app store for free.

Ease of Use

Garageband is quite a bit more advanced than some of the simple piano apps already mentioned in this article.

It is the closest you are going to get to proper a DAW without having to pay. A DAW is a Digital Audio Workstation. It is where all song artists create songs by piecing together tracks. There are many different ones with different people having different preferences. But if you are new to the music recording world then Garageband is a great place to start.

For this reason, it has massive potential but it does make it a bit confusing for the beginner. For example, when I connected my keyboard, it didn’t work straight away. I had to navigate to preferences and select my device and I also had to change the output so I could hear the sound.

It is a similar process when connecting to an iPad, however, you will have to buy a USB to lightning adapter (such as this one).

All that said it is still very easy to get started in comparison to most DAWs which can be very overwhelming. There are plenty of great videos on Youtube to help you if you get lost.

Features

This is where Garageband excels over the other simpler apps. The possibilities are almost limitless.

You can choose from hundreds of pre-loaded MIDI sounds. There are pre-made drum loops to add in and play along to. Then when you want to add even more sounds or effects you can download free ‘plug-ins.

Because it is a DAW you can layer up multiple tracks, MIDI or Audio to create full songs and there are great built-in features such as EQ and compression so you can even try your hand at mixing!

Sound and Performance

The pre-loaded sounds do sound quite robotic and it is hard to compose a full song that will sound professional using just the MIDI samples. That does, of course, depend on your genre, for some electronic music you can do a pretty good job.

This may not bother you if you just want to practice the piano.

The performance is pretty good, I rarely ever experience any latency when playing. This is dependent on your laptop age and spec.

2) Pianu.com

This option technically applies to Windows too but I couldn’t find another free app on the Apple app store that wasn’t either terrible or tried to give me a virus.

So Pianu.com is actually a web-based MIDI keyboard and is a great option if you don’t want to mess around downloading software and just want to get playing right away.

Ease of Use

This software is so simple to use (at least it was for me anyway!) Just head to pianu.com/keyboard-page and there you will see a big yellow button that says “Detect My Keyboard”. Press this and you will see the following screen.

You are then ready to start playing

Features

Pianu is not very complex and won’t give you all the features of Garageband. But many people have written to me to say they don’t want something as complicated as that and just want to play some piano. For this it is perfect.

What Pianu is really meant for though is learning the piano. For this it has lots of built-in lessons, starting with the absolute basics and building you up from there. What I like most is you can play along with a lot of contemporary songs (Coldplay, Taylor Swift etc.) rather than the usual Ode to Joy or Amazing Grace which you get on most apps.

Sound and Performance

You would never want to use this piano for recordings or live performances, but it sounds fine for learning. The one annoying thing is the notes don’t fully ring out and eventually just stop suddenly. But this is a minor issue when you are just practicing.

For a web-based application I expected performance to be dodgy, but it really wasn’t. In fact I would say I noticed less latency than many other apps and my laptop fan was whirring away.

Best Free Midi Keyboard Software on Android

Yes, that’s right, these days you don’t even need a computer to use a MIDI device. You can now plug your MIDI keyboard directly into your phone or tablet and use that to create music.

I bought this simple USB C to USB adapter for under $10 and it allows me to play my 49 key MIDI keyboard through my phone.

As with the other devices mentioned above, you will need to download some software (an app) to do this and there are plenty of great free options to choose from.

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1) Perfect Piano

Grand Piano Software For Midi

Ease of Use

You may already know how to connect your android device to a MIDI keyboard, but if you don’t it is very simple (you can find out in this step by step guide).

Once plugged in the Perfect Piano app should automatically detect that a MIDI keyboard is connected and it should work straight away without you having to mess around with any setup! A real bonus for those who just want to plug in and play.

Features

The app has a keyboard that is set as default to a piano sound. But additionally, you get the choice of many more from strings to synths and loads of additional free sounds to download.

There is a sustain button to create the effect of using a piano pedal and you can record your efforts either in MIDI format or in audio format.

The app has some nice additional features such as ‘learn to play’. Where you can play along as notes descend on the screen, very similar to guitar hero (if you remember that game) except you are actually learning a real instrument.

Sound and Performance

With my android phone (which is a few years old now) I had no noticeable lag which amazed me. I’ve experienced many issues with MIDI latency using computers and laptops over the years. I can’t guarantee you won’t have issues but if your phone is newer than mine I’m sure it will be fine!

The sounds are really quite impressive. The piano does have that programmed sound but no more so than most other MIDI pianos out there. The synths and strings are great fun to mess around too.

I like how you can adjust the number of keys on the screen. A feature often lacking from many mobile MIDI apps.

Concluding Remarks

Nowadays there are plenty of free MIDI apps and software programs to choose from. The key thing is to ask yourself, what do I need the software to do? If it is to simply practice piano or mess about then stick to something simple. But if you think you might want to create full tracks or use more advanced techniques there is probably something out there for you too.

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Once you are ready to progress the best option is to move to a DAW of your choice. I personally use Ableton Live which is particularly good for MIDI. But there are loads of others to choose from. My suggestion would be to download a free trial, watch a few ‘how-to’ videos and see which one you find best.

The possibilities of music production using MIDI are pretty endless!

Additional Features

Features 250MB of high-quality, quadruple-strike samples from a Steinway™ Model D grand piano, enhanced with acoustic modeling technology to produce a rich, warm, expressive, and highly realistic grand piano sound.

Ultra-professional integrated studio reverb creates a highly realistic ambience that places the piano within a true acoustic space.

Unparalleled sample programming creates a fluid, dynamic, expressive tone without identifiable velocity switching or other digital artifacts.

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Advanced sympathetic resonance modeling recreates the subtle shimmer of piano strings when the damper pedal is depressed.

Adjustable incidental piano sounds, including mechanical noises from damper pedal and key release, for an unparalleled level of realism.

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256 voices of polyphony and low CPU usage make Pianissimo ideal for solo piano performance, studio compositions, and live performance.

Adjustable piano lid, velocity curve, tone controls, sympathetic resonance, reverb, and chorus effect allow you to tailor the piano’s tone and response to fit your playing style.

Works in all major digital audio recording software packages (including Mixcraft™) as a VSTi plug-in instrument.

Stand-alone version features metronome, two-track sequencer, and ability to mix down recordings to WAV, MP3, WMA, or OGG Vorbis audio files.

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Logic Recording Software Windows

Select your field of view, aspect ratio, and recording resolution. Additional options allow you to adjust white-balance, auto-focus, and frames-per-second settings. Create a Logitech ID to save all of your Logitech Capture settings in a profile. Save up to six profiles to conveniently switch between sessions. Recording Studio Pro is a multitouch sequencer for Windows devices. Designed for quick and easy operation, Recording Studio Pro makes recording, editing and mixing a breeze. Recording Studio Pro is the perfect way to begin crafting great sounding music productions. You can record up to 32 audio and/or instrument tracks (up to 16 for mobile.

This post covers top Audio Recording Software For Windows 10, 8, 7 PC & Laptop users. The list has various voice recorder programs that are suitable for both beginners & advanced users. So, whether you’re looking for the best free music recording software that can help you in your school/college project or a professional sound recording program, the list is for all!

Table Of Contents:

1. WavePad

2. Mixcraft 9

3. RecordPad

4. Avid Pro Tools

5. Streaming Audio Recorder

6. Sound Forge

7. Adobe Audition

8. Zynewave Podium

9. i-Sound Recorder

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10. Audacity

11. GarageBand

12. Free Audio Recorder

13. Ardour

14. Windows Voice Recorder

PART 1: List Of Top 14 Best Audio Recording Software For Windows 10, 8, 7

Explore our complete list of the best sound recorders for Windows PC. The first ten options are paid, while others are available to download for free or have freemium versions. So you get the list of best free music recording software as well in this article.

Best Paid Audio Recorder Software

1. WavePad

We are starting our list of top picks with the most accessible software to record & edit your audio files effortlessly. When it comes to professional audio recording, WavePad is a powerful option; you should not miss it. It offers you to do separately as well as multi-channel recordings. Hence, with this best audio recorder software, you can easily mix your audio to create a new one. This is available as sound recorder for Windows 10 and other versions as well as for Mac, Android and iOS devices.

Key Features:

Offers a feature to create a bookmark, so that you can edit long audio conveniently.
You can find various tools to scrub, search audio files for precise recording & editing.
It has tons of effects, filters that can be applied both manually & automatically.
Allows you to add distortion, reverb or delay to your songs.
You can even amplify, reverse, fade out or equalize tracks with ease.
It allows you to customize the toolbar to create an optimal workspace.
Reduce or eliminate background noise in a few clicks.

PROS:

Extremely easy to use.
It has high compatibility with almost all file formats.
Integrate filters & special effects for best outcomes.
It has a clean interface, designed to encourage smooth workflow.

CONS:

Technical support is available only with pricey versions

PRICE: $69.95

2. Mixcraft 9

Designed & developed by musicians for musicians, Mixcraft is an amazing tool and one of the best audio recording software in the market. Best known for its ease-of-use & raw power, Mixcraft allows you to record & and mix your audio tracks to perfection. It presents an incredibly intuitive interface with nearly-universal support for third-party plug-ins for best professional results.

Key Features:

Complete recording studio with unlimited features to edit, crop & crossfade sounds.
Allows you to add tons of effects, mix & automate audios to master your project.
Offers a huge library with over 7500+ professional loops, music beds & other sound effects.
Lets you save the outcome in WAV, MP3 & other file formats.
Built-in Freesound.org browsing & import functionalities.
Has implausible features for live performance & loop-based compositions.
Packed with lots of plug-ins like iZotope, Melodyne Essentials, Voltage Modular Ignite & more.
Automation tools to create perfect MIDI patterns.

PROS:

It allows you to rip & burn audios as well.
Provides several handy tools to edit & enhance audio files.

CONS:

It might take some time for newbies to learn the audio recorder software.

PRICE: $75

3. RecordPad

A leader in business audio technology, RecordPad is the best voice recording software with a huge bunch of features to record, rip & burn sounds. The standalone recording program supports audio feeds from multiple channels. You can certainly rely on this audio recording software program for perfect digital presentations, audiobook creation or simple message recording purposes.

Key Features:

It allows you to save recordings on your PC in MP3, WAV, AIFF, or WAV file format.
Record audios & perform other tasks using Hotkeys.
Send recordings over an email or upload it on the FTP server directly from the software.
Allows you to integrate with WavePad Pro Editing Tool to edit & add effects to sounds.
A plethora of filters & effects like reverberation, equalize, fade in/out & more.
The audio recorder software is available for Windows, Mac, Linux & Android.

PROS:

The High-quality voice recorder for PC is quick & easy to use.
Ideal tool for recording audios that can be added to digital presentations.
Robust audio recording program for professionals.
Configurable interface.
File compression possible.

CONS:

Compatible with a few file formats only.

PRICE: $29.99

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4. Avid Pro Tools

Pro Tools is an ultimate mixing software and sound recorder for Windows 10. Pro Tools is the software to use for turning music into magic. There are three main versions of this best audio recording software program. Pro Tools First, Pro Tools & Pro Tools Ultimate. Its subscription-based pricing system might confuse you, but at its simplest, new users can purchase the licensed version of Pro Tools for best outcomes.

Key Features:

Pro Tools First, is the basic version & a free audio recording software designed for students, musicians & podcasters.
Pro Tools is designed with industry-standard audio-production utilities for producers, songwriters.
Pro Tools Ultimate is packed with demanding tools & features for music and audio post-production needs.
Pro Tools the native version is packed with a decent selection of virtual instruments.
Offers auxiliary tracks, video tracks, pre-sets, MIDI editor, loop record track comping & more.

PROS:

Free Trial is available for all three versions.
Comprehensive control surface support.

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Plugins can get quite expensive.
It doesn’t cooperate with third-party interfaces much.

PRICE: $29.99

5. Adobe Audition

Adobe offers some recommendable products, but did you know it even has an audio recording software program for Windows 10 amongst its other offerings? Well, its Adobe Audition, a professional sound workstation with an extensive set of features to create podcasts and other audio recording clips. Its robust toolkit has all the features to record & edit audios quickly.

Key Features:

The suite has a plethora of features to produce crisp, high-quality sound to your audio clips.
Has several noise reduction tools for HD sound output.
Allows you to adjust the levels for each speaker’s voice & eliminates disparity in pitch.
Adobe Audition offers a wide range of effects & plug-ins.
Make the most out of real-time clip stretching & parameter automation.
Enjoy the automatic voice alignment feature as well.

PROS:

Multi-format & multi-track editing possible.
Quick & intuitive editing simplifies the recording & mixing.
An excellent voice recorder software for adjusting & performing the audio restoration.

CONS:

Have to purchase the entire Adobe Suite to access Audition, an audio recorder program.
For some users, the price & system requirements could be a problem.
It can only be purchased on a subscription basis.

PRICE: $74.99 for monthly basis & $49.99 for a year

6. Streaming Audio Recorder

Did you know which is the best audio recording software for Windows 10,8,7, when it comes to supporting variable input formats? Well, Apowersoft Streaming Audio Recorder is an excellent utility to consider. It’s capable of recording sounds from music websites, audiobooks, radio shows & even online conferences. The audio recorder features an incredible set of tools, let’s have a look at them.

Key Features:

Clean & user-friendly interface.
Features an audio converter to help users convert audio into desired output formats.
Add ID3 tags for music files, for easy searching based on the title, album, genre, year, artist, etc.
Manipulate your recorded data such as merging them into a single file or eliminating extra or unwanted audio portions.
Efficient file management system for renaming, removing & transferring files.
Easy listening/playback features for quality check.

PROS:

Record any kind of audio & yield high-quality outputs.
Ideal audio recording software program for both novice & professional users.
Compatible with Windows, iOS, macOS & Android.

CONS:

Limited trial period.

PRICE: $23.97

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7. Sound Forge Pro 13

Sound Forge Pro 13 is an advanced audio recorder software & a little expensive than other professional counterparts. It offers a plethora of sound restoration tools to apply on recorded audios. The best part of using this voice recorder software is its entire interface & toolbar section that can be entirely customised according to user convenience.

Key Features:

The latest version has VST2/3 engine & ARA2 interface extension.
High-quality audio visualization tools.
Sound Forge Pro 13 offers several new plug-ins & effects for cleaning audio files.
Advanced features included to record high-resolution audio.
Has a professional recording workflow to capture up to 32 audio channels.
It has a threshold recording feature so that you can set a beginning, which is a recorder over using an input device.
Add the Delay & Reverb effect using a wide array of tools.
Eliminate uniform white noise.

PROS:

It offers a one-touch recording feature to allow users to start recording with a single click.
Record without necessarily being in both the recording & control room at the same time.

CONS:

A bit clumsy to use, especially if you are used to any DAW program.

PRICE: $299

8. Zynewave Podium

Meet, Podium a modern Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) designed for Windows users only. The voice recorder tool supports both the recording and editing of audio & MIDI. It even hosts several VST instrument & effect plug-ins. It also offers an embedded editor that allows users to adjust settings without opening a new window. Users can easily zoom and click, change edges & so on.

Key Features:

It’s a modern production host that integrates audio recording, sound gear, external MIDI support & VST plug-ins.
It allows you to color scheme files or set up a dialog to change the general appearance of the User Interface.
Use Podium, the best audio recording software for creating songs, ambiance sounds, themes, or whatever ideas fly through your mind.
One of the best sound recorder programs for post-production purposes.

PROS:

Excellent UI & navigation is suitable for both novice and advanced users.
It offers users to learn how to use the audio recorder program & how they can make the most out of the suite.
The company regularly updates the software to fix bugs & known issues.

CONS:

Low compatibility, available for only Windows platform.
The demo version of the audio recorder software has certain restrictions.

PRICE: $50

9. i-Sound Recorder

An affordable audio recording option, i-Sound Recorder is a fundamental tool with some beneficial features. Ranging from the excellent audio input, ripping features, i-Sound Recorder also has an advanced recording scheduler & voice-activated feature set, which makes it stand out from its competitors. Some essential features include universal audio input, recording scheduler & voice-activated recording.

Key Features:

It offers a record timer to define the duration of recordings.
Advanced recording scheduler can be utilized to schedule future recording events with date, time, duration & repeating occurrences.
Features like low pass, high pass & notch filters are available.
Utilize the auto splitter functionality to fragment voice at set time intervals.
Features a functionality to convert mono audio files to stereo.
Has a built-in audio converter to change file formats.
Unlike other audio recorder programs, i-Sound Recorder lets users add or edit metadata.

PROS:

You can open & save files to MP3, OGG, FLAC, WAV, WMA & other file formats.
The sound recorder software is moderately easy to use.
This software includes ‘help files’ to guide users about the product & how to use it.

CONS:

Audio filters & effects are quite limited.
Compatible with Windows 10, 7 & XP only.

PRICE: $29.95

Best Free Audio Recording Software

Check out some of the great options in Free Audio Recording Software category:

10. Audacity

Audacity is the most popular & useful name in the category of best free audio recording & editing software. With a clutter-free & straightforward dashboard, the program makes the recording sound a hassle-free process. The audio recorder is an ideal choice for recording live audio, such as podcasts or interviews. Additionally, you can use Audacity to edit sound files for professional results. All the features and simplicity of this tool make it the best free music recording software.

Key Features:

Lets you record live audio via microphone or mixer.
It allows you to digitize recordings from other media.
Lets you import & edit sound files quickly & efficiently.
Export recorded files in various file formats.
Batch processing can be done.
Multiple editing features available to create professional recordings.
It offers a spectrogram view for frequency adjustments.

PROS:

Ultra-complete yet straightforward graphical interface for more professional use.
Excellent audio recorder software for freelancers.
The file size is comparatively lighter than other sound recording programs, merely 62.5 MB.
Supports Windows, macOS, Linux & Unix.

CONS:

Several unknown bugs exist that make voice recorder software unstable sometimes.
Certain aspects are complex to understand & not user-friendly.

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11. GarageBand

GarageBand is the best free audio recording software to record and create music in a multi-track sound environment. The voice recorder program helps individuals who love to create podcasts. With the motto, “For Musicians: No Experience Is Needed”, the voice recorder is designed with an intuitive interface packed with essential features that need to record your songs & instruments.

Key Features:

The free audio recorder software has a multi-track music sequencer to record multiple sound channels in a single song.

Has a series of pre-sets that emulates several amplifiers & recording methods.
It allows you to record audios using a regular or a MIDI keyboard.
It offers synthesizers, pianos, choral sounds, guitars & more.
Boasts a variety of templates & sound profiles for male & female voices.
Bunch of sound effects, jingles & other audio elements are offered to users.

PROS:

GarageBand UI offers sleek & easy to use experience.
High-quality virtual instruments.
Provides multi-touch features to trigger options for loop cells.

CONS:

You have to record the correction on another track & cut/paste it.

12. Ardour

Popularly known as an advanced free & open-source digital audio workstation software. Ardour is a fantastic free audio recording tool designed for new as well as professional musicians. Packed with lots of features & backed with loads of add-ons & plug-ins, Ardour supports flexible recording with per-track adjustments. To enjoy advanced features, you can switch to its PRO version.

Key Features:

Clean linear interface.
Allows users complex mixer routings with multiple sound effects & filters.
Gives users the capability to create & play virtual midi instruments.
It offers multi-display support.
The free audio recording software supports Linux, macOS, Windows.

PROS:

Open-source & free audio recorder.
There’s no dedicated option to make a looping clip; you have to drag it to a new length so it auto-repeats.

CONS:

Sometimes it gets too hard to find useful plug-ins.

13. Free Audio Recorder

Get the ability to record various kinds of sound inputs to MP3 & OGG file formats, with Free Audio Recorder. Use the tool to record audios from a CD player, microphone, tape cassette, Internet radio, line-in & almost anything you listen to from your PC. Free Audio Recorder is also capable of recording human voices via microphones. Its features set includes the following functionalities. The high quality voice recorder for the PC to save the voice samples locally on the device.

Key Features:

Enjoy HD sound recording with Free Audio Recorder.
It allows you to record & save audio formats like FLAC, AAC.
Supports lots of DSP effects like tempo shift, noise remover, frequency filtering & so on.
The audio recording tool works seamlessly with other volume sound mixers

PROS:

Supports multiple sound inputs, ranging from audio/video playback, CD player, microphone & more.
Supports modern sound cards: multi-channel/external/professional & more.

CONS:

Limited sound filters & effects.
Very basic audio recorder program.

14. Windows Voice Recorder

One of the best free music recording software for Windows with necessary features and options to record, trim, highlight important moments & share audio without any hassles. Windows Voice Recorder is an up-front program to record audios. You just need to have a microphone aside, if there’s not one already built into the device you’re using. It is the best voice recorder software for the beginners to try on.

Key Features:

Start/Resume/Pause audio recording in just a click.
Recorded audios are auto-saved & get stored in Documents folder for easy access.
Lets you share recordings easily with friends & family.
Features options to playback, trim, rename & delete audio recordings.
It allows you to mark ‘key moments’ in the recording.

PROS:

Best free audio recording software available for PC, tablet & Windows phone.
It doesn’t eat much space on your system, merely 12.4 MB of space.

CONS:

Doesn’t receive regular updates for bug fixing or performance improvements.

PART 3: Frequently Asked Questions:

Q1. Which software is best for audio recording?

WavePad is a great utility to record high-quality audios on Windows PC. It features all the essential tools and options that an ideal audio recorder software has.

Q2. What is the best audio recording software for Windows 10?

Audio recording software for Windows 10 has to include certain features to become the best sound recording software. One that ensures features like necessary tools for recording, easy to use, has a wide variety of audio filters, special effects, provides technical assistance & has plenty of tools to edit audios. You can also use them as a voice recorder for windows 10.

Q3. What audio software do professionals use?

When selecting the best sound recording software, professionals look for all the features. Pro Tools is undoubtedly one of the most popular tools used by professionals & music production specialists. It features lots of advanced tools that make it one of the best audio recording software.

Q4. Is Pro Tools better than Audacity?

Pro Tools has certainly more features than Audacity, be its ability to record multiple tracks of audio at the same time or it always backs up your files while working with original copies for clients. It offers a user-friendly interface & you can certainly revert changes without having to start over again.

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While recording a song or an audio track you will need the best features and tools to make it sound even and pleasant without any noise. Artists will be able to do that with the help of a studio recording software free. download full version. There are many types of music recording software that are available online and it is very easy to use. Some of the studio recording software, free downloads can be used for free.

n Track Studio 8

This premium software can be used as a recording studio on your PC to create beats, arpeggios, and sequences with the step sequencer. Songs can be started easily using the factory patterns and custom made ones can be created. Streamlined recording can be done with the multi-take recording mode that uses control parameter automation to separate the lanes for each track or internal recording routing can be done.

Samplitude Music Studio

Pro Logic Recording Software

This premium version can be used to produce music easily by using plug-ins, effects, and filters that can be seamlessly integrated. Sounds can be created with the synthesizers, samplers, and drum machines. The notations can be displayed, edited and printed for musical compositions and it can be used for rehearsals. Multitrack Recording is possible and can be operated using an audio remote app.

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Anvil Studio

This freeware is compatible with the Windows platform and can be used for recording music with audio and MIDI equipment. It can be composed and sequence music can be created with MIDI equipment. The recorded songs can be played and music sheets can be printed. An unlimited number of MIDI tracks can be created and each song can have up to 8 audio tracks of unlimited length.

Recording Studio for Windows

This Windows app can be used for free as a multi-touch sequencer for the Window devices. It will be able to record, edit and mix the songs quickly and it can be used to create good music productions. Up to 3 tracks can be recorded after choosing the available Audio Recordings and instruments like piano, drums, guitar, etc. The virtual tracks can be recorded using the multitouch keyboard.

Recording Studio Lite for Android

This Android app can be used for free to record, edit and mix songs. Up to 2 tracks can be recorded using the audio recordings or virtual instruments like piano, drums, organ, bass, etc. The tracks can be recorded using the inbuilt microphone or by using an external one. After recording, the track can be edited in the editor and exported.

Logic Pro X for Mac

This premium software is compatible on the Mac platform and can be used at a professional level for creating music. The synthesizer which can manipulate sample will provide the best results and it has a huge library, keyword browser, performance controls and advanced synthesis tool.

Most Popular Studio Recording Software – MultitrackStudio

This premium software can be used to record tracks across different platforms. Audio and MIDI track recording can be done and one track can be added at a time. Multi-tracks can be recorded live simultaneously.

How to install Studio Recording Software?

Most of the studio recording software that is available online can be used first as a demo version to see all the features are suitable and if the software is compatible with the operating system. It is important to check if all the system requirements and hardware requirements are fulfilled as it might require devices like a microphone. After the demo version is run, the premium software or the freeware can be used by downloading the file and installing the software.

This software will be able to provide tools like spot erase, note repeat, drum machines, etc. which can be used to make the audio more appealing. Some of the software will have an in-built collection of sounds and plug-ins which can be used while recording. The powerful tools will help editors with every part of the workflow making it easier.

Logic Pro X for Windows

You may be embarking on a new musical journey or looking to upgrade your existing DAW to an industry standard like Pro Tools, much like when Macs became the tool of choice for designers, in recent years Logic Pro has become the same for Studios, producers, Podcasters, musicians. So if you are here, it's very likely that you have one of these questions on your mind.

Is there a Logic Pro X for Windows?
Can I install Logic Pro X on a Windows PC
I don't have a Mac, but I want to use Logic Pro X
Is there an alternative to Logic Pro X for Windows

I too asked the same questions, so I thought why not save everyone some time by sharing my answers to these questions that I found when searching.
The Apple device realm is a very tempting one, lets face it they look really really cool, so when choosing a platform to create on it's hardly surprising that many people choose them. Once part of the ecosystem, the devices have been designed to work together seamlessly, so it's another compelling reason to go the Apple route. Add to that the brilliantly user friendly software and it's pretty much a done deal. Or is it?
If money is an issue, as it is for many of use in these difficult time, it's harder these days to rationalize expensive purchases like new devices, and in the case of an Apple device the cost is significant. With the branding adding zeros to the prices, built in obsolescence and the inability to upgrade. Either purchasing new hardware to facilitate access to newer versions of software or moving platforms to to access software not available on your existing platform starts looking a lot less enticing.

All of this brought me to ask the questions.

Is there a Logic Pro for Windows?

Short answer, no. At this time Logic Pro X is only available for Macs and you will likely need a newer Mac to run the most recent version.

Can I Install Logic Pro X for Windows?

Not directly, but you could install Mac OSX on a virtual machine running in Windows, then install Logic Pro X in Windows after that. Not recommended at all, but it might give you an idea whether it's worth while buying a Mac in the first place.

I don't have a Mac, but I want to use Logic Pro X

In this case you can't unless you go the virtual machine route, however if you happen to have an iPhone or iPad instead, you could install the iOS version of GarageBand and use it for tracking. The projects it creates can be exported to Logic Pro X.

Is there an alternative to Logic Pro X for Windows

Yes, Many, I will be investigation these in a later post.
Hopefully, these answers this will help you decide on your own solution for Logic Pro X for Windows. It's not an easy choice. Personally, I went the Windows route even though I'd owned a Mac and other Apple devices, but of course it's a different choice for everyone.

2020-12-15

Best Recording Software For Macbook Pro

Best Free Recording Software For Macbook Pro
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Recording studio software, free download - Mac Screen Recorder Studio, WireTap Studio, DAZ Studio, and many more programs. With version 10.5, Apple Logic Pro X now incorporates full-fledged, non-linear recording and a top-class Sampler instrument. It’s a stellar update to a best-in-class DAW, and if you already own.

If you’re creating an instructional video, then using a screen recording software will definitely make things easier. Moreover, recording and sharing of videos have become more common and popular than you think. You must have seen hundreds of videos with step by step guides on YouTube for troubleshooting a device. Macos disk usage utility. Surprisingly, most Youtubers use screen recorder apps to accomplish the task.

Here we have discussed much best screen recorder for Mac. So, let’s check out them.

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1. Capto

Capto is another one of the best screen recording software for Mac that is developed by Global Delight Technologies Pvt. Ltd. It is all-in-one software that not only allows you to capture your computer screen but also allows to record your screen, edit it and share at the press of a button.

The app provides a broad range of pictures and video editing tools as well as an easily navigable folder-based organizer for your screen captures. Moreover, you can also share your videos and screenshots on popular platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Evernote and Dropbox.

2. Monosnap

Monosnap is the easiest way to capture screenshots, share files, record video and gifs. The app allows you to capture your screen in any direction whether it is a circle, rectangle, square or full screen during the recording. You can highlight vital details with pen, text, arrows, and different shapes and crop the area for a pixel perfect image with 8x magnifier. The best part about this software is, it allows you to hide your private and personal information with the blur tool.

You can use Facebook, Twitter, Evernote, Dropbox, and Monosnap’s web sharing space to share your screen recording with your friends and family in one click.

Also Read: 5 Best Duplicate Photo Cleaner Tools for Mac

3. ScreenFlow

ScreenFlow is one of the best screen recorder software for Mac. It has a user-friendly easy to edit interface that allows you to creatively edit your video, text, music, animations, and transitions for a professional-looking screencast. The app allows you to record your computer screen while capturing a video camera, iOS device, microphone, multi-channel audio device and computer audio.

ScreenFlow is a professional level screen recording software that not only helps you to combine your screen recorded content, keynote & PowerPoint presentations but also helps you to add in animations, images, text, a soundtrack in the video. You can also create picture-in-picture video with your screen recording and a video camera in no time.

4. Camtasia 3

Camtasia 3 is the best all-in-one video editor and screen recorder software which makes amazing videos and screen recordings in no time. The app allows you to record a video of your screen or bring in your own video footage. It helps you to build your videos quickly with multiple tracks for image, video, text, and audio. Best part of this software is, you don’t need a separate audio program when recording a narration for your video.

Also Read: 10 Best Backup Software For Mac In 2017

You can not only record a video on your computer screen but also bring the video in your own footage. You can also design and edit animated text, images and icons to give a crisp, polished look to your video without being a professional video editor. Camtasia 3 software allows you to share your videos to YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, Apple devices, your website, blog, and many more.

5. Snagit

Snagit is one of the best screen recording software for Mac and is used for screen capture and recording. It allows you to take a screenshot or capture a video of what you see on your computer screen and resize the captured area right down to the pixel. Snagit provides annotation varieties like arrows, speech bubbles, so that you can to easily customize your capture.

It is an excellent tool for business that helps to capture a website, record an online meeting, or send someone feedback in an email. In other words, it simply brings clarity to the information. Snagit is a professional and time-saving tool at many levels.

The app allows to take a full-page screenshot in different ways such as horizontal, vertical, or entire scrolling area with just a click. It helps you to quickly get rid of any unwanted sections from your screen recordings.

6. Jing

Jing is a screen capture software that allows you to capture any parts of your screen and save that area as a static image or even a video. In fact, it allows you to add text and draw further attention to the area you want to highlight. Like other programs, this program also allows you to share the image or video with friends and family. However, you’ll have to be logged in to screencast.com to make it work.

Thanks to its mind-blowing interface, that makes you feel like you’re working on a web application instead of a real program. The built-in feature allows you to edit the captured images and videos in your style. In short, Jing is really easy to use a program and just as good as Snagit but it is free.

7. Screen Record Studio

Screen Record Studio is a professional screen record software for Mac. Like other software, this software also allows you to easily record your computer audio, video and game. You can record single window or customize your screen for recording. The app allows you to use system build-in microphone or audio input device.

Also Read: How to Manage Your Music Library: Pro Tips

The app has an amazing feature that allows you to add text and logos on the recording. You can compress and trim recorded video on this software. Screen Record Studio allows you to share your screen recording with your friends, family, and colleagues.

8. Snapz Pro X

Snapz Pro X is a simple and easy software that allows you record anything on the computer screen. This tool is designed in such a way that you can capture your whole screen or any part of your screen. The app shows you exactly how your captured image will look like before you save it. This app has “Live Preview” features that allow you to change drop shadow, scaling, cropping and many other things.

9. OBS Studio

OBS Studio is one of the best screen recording software for Mac which is also an open source software for video recording and lives streaming. It captures real time video/audio capturing and mixing, with unlimited scenes you can switch between seamlessly via custom transitions. OBS Studio provides hundreds of filters to give a professional look to your recording.

The software provides powerful and easy to use configuration option that helps to find add new videos, duplicate existing ones, and adjust their properties effortlessly. You can also use light or dark themes as per your preferences.

10. LightShot

LightShot software is available for both Windows and Mac. The app helps you to select the area on your desktop to take a screenshot. The software also helps you to search for similar images and edit your captured images anytime. LightShot also allows you to share your screen captures and recording via Facebook and Twitter with your Macintosh. You can add effects in recording with the software before uploading it the Facebook or Twitter.

Also Read: 10 Best Video Converter Software for Mac

These are 10 best screen recording software for Mac to record your favorite videos and games in no time. Do not forget to let us know which one is your favorite in the comment section below.

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Smooth workflow is one of the reasons why Audio and Video Professionals prefer Mac to Windows. As long as you have the right apps, you wouldn’t face any glitches, per se. If you want to record audio for music production, podcasts or something else, you need the best audio recording software for Mac.

By default, Mac allows you to record audio from Mac internal mic, which is fine if you want to take quick audio notes. However, if you want professional audio quality, we recommended using a USB mic like Blue Yeti. If you want to record system audio, install Soundflower on your Mac. Most the following Mac Audio recorder allows you to change audio source. Down below, we have covered some of the best audio recording software for Mac that you can use.

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Best Audio Recording Software for Mac

1. QuickTime

Best for – simple audio recording

QuickTime, as you may know, is an inbuilt utility in macOS. It’s usually used for video/audio playback but it lets you record audio content as well. Just so you know, QuickTime also lets you record video using a webcam or a connected device. Now, coming to the audio recording feature of QuickTime, everything is super-easy. You have a really intuitive interface with minimal customization options.

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It’ll take you a few extra clicks to start recording audio with QuickTime. First, launch the app from the Spotlight, and go to File > New Audio Recording.

For instance, QuickTime lets you change the recording source — pick between the internal microphone and the system audio (with SoundFlower). You can also change the Recording quality between High and Maximum. Once these are set, just hit the Record button. As the program records your voice, you can see the size of the recording file also. Once you’ve recorded the whole thing, you can export the file as MPEG-4 Audio file. However, there is no option to pause audio recording, you can only stop it and start a new one.

Pros

Really easy-to-use interface
Built-in macOS
Ability to record from different sources including an external Mic

Cons

Limited customization options, no option to pause recording
The interface isn’t suitable for professionals
Limited options for exporting audio

The Verdict

QuickTime is the best Mac software for casual audio recording. It gets the job done — with minimum things at stake. You don’t have to worry about complex customizations or exporting. Everything you record will be available in a single file. That having said, we would not recommend QuickTime for professionals.

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2. Audacity

Best for – recording voice over and editing

Audacity is a free and open source audio recording software for Mac. We use for recording audio for our YouTube channel. You have an option to choose the recording source (we use it with Blue Yeti mic), recording channel type, audio type etc. As you can see below, it does offer a wider range of control as well. But, the best part about Audacity for Mac is that it comes along with a bunch of editing tools. In fact, Audacity is a digital audio editor, first, and recorder later.

Unlike QuickTime, Audacity lets you perform basic audio editing tasks like editing. You will also find options like effects, voice generation, noise removal, and track-based management. In case you are into professional audio recording and editing, there is a wide variety of Audacity plug-ins to choose from. Another bright side is that you will be able to export the audio recording in almost any format.

The reason, why we prefer Audacity is because it’s cross-platform support (available for Windows, Mac, and Linux) Just as Photoshop save the file in PSD and have all the properties intact, you can save audacity files in AUP, which can be later open and edited from any computer that audacity installed in it.

Pros

Professional features for recording & editing
Multiple audio recording and editing options
Free, Open Source and Cross-platform

Cons

Audacity doesn’t have an intuitive interface
Takes time to get used to

The Verdict

As we said, Audacity is made for professionals. Did we say that Audacity is free to use? It’s free, open-source and cross-platform. Considering the features you get, it’s an awesome deal as well. At least, you would not have to worry about paying a huge amount for your DAW.

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3. Simple Recorder

Best for – quick audio recording

Simple Recorder is a truly simple solution for audio recording in Mac. It doesn’t come with many bells or whistles, but it gets the job done. Unlike QuickTime and Audacity, which takes multiple mouse click to start the recording, Simple Recorder sits in the menu bar and can start the audio recording in just two clicks. Best solution when you want to take quick notes.

You can select the source of recording from the drop-down menu. It also lets you set up the volume. In just a single button, Simple Recorder would start the recording process. In the Preferences section, you can pick the recording format, Sample Rate, Channel etc. There are some Pro features like Status Icon, Shortcuts and some levels of Automation.

Pros

Quick and Easy to use
You can manage all the actions from the icon menu itself
Offers support for different sources and standard customization

Cons

Doesn’t offer basic Editing options

The Verdict

Simple Recorder is the best Mac audio recording app for the intermediate users. Unlike QuickTime, it offers a standard set of customization options. That having said, unlike Audacity, the features aren’t that suitable for professionals either. So, if you think you need somewhat control over recording, go for this.

Check Out Simple Recorder (Free, offers a Pro plan as well)

4. GarageBand

Best for – recording audio for music production

Technically speaking, GarageBand is a digital audio workstation, not a digital audio recorder (like QuickTime) or a digital audio editor (like Audacity). In simple words, if you are into recording audio for music production, GarageBand is one of the best choices in town. It’s rich with features and offers the best level of compatibility. Last but not the least, you’d not have to pay a single penny for this program.

Like Audacity, GarageBand supports MIDI recording and editing out of the box. However, unlike Audacity, GarageBand has a smaller learning curve and is more stable. Also, it’s compatible with any iOS device.

Although it’s a fully-fledged DAW, you don’t need rocket science to record audio using GarageBand. It even has a dedicated mode for Voice, where you can also select the type of voice recording. For instance, it offers different options for recording Narration Voice and Bright Voice. Just hit the Record button and you can do the exporting part later.

Pros

GarageBand is a fully-fledged audio recorder
Comes with built-in audio editing features
Well-suited for professionals

Cons

GarageBand isn’t suitable for Quick Recordings
Getting used to the interface may take some time

The Verdict

GarageBand is the recommended choice for professionals out there. If you need the best quality, control as well as performance, you should go for this built-in tool. Iexplorer 4 1 17. Although the UI is simple, learning GarageBand will surely help you as an audio professional.

Check Out GarageBand (Free, Built-in in Mac)

5. Piezo

Best for – recording podcast

Piezo from Rogue Amoeba is a simple and wonderful audio recording software for podcasts. If you want to make some amazing podcast recordings with precision, you can count on Piezo. Unlike all of the tools we’ve talked about earlier, Piezo lets you record voice from popular apps like Chrome, Skype, FaceTime, Messages etc. It is one of the best features for getting precise podcasts, you know.

Settings in Piezo are very easy to manage. That having said, it lets you change the Music Quality only. Still, you don’t have to do guesswork here. Piezo has set up some quality pre-sets for music, audio, spoken word etc. By default, the recordings will be saved in MP3, which is convenient for most people. Just as you can see, the interface is a bit unconventional.

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Pros

Really easy-to-use Interface
Quality Presets are useful for quick recording
Supports recording from individual apps

Cons

Could have better-exporting options

The Verdict

Piezo is the best audio recording software for doing podcasts on Mac. You can simply record your own voice or get inputs from common apps like Chrome or Skype. It is basically minimal but you have options to extend the capabilities of Piezo.

Check Out Piezo ($23, free trial available)

6. Macsome Audio Recorder

Best for – recording audio from multiple sources

Macsome Audio Recorder is one of the voice recorders that promise to do almost anything. Without bringing all the professional features, Macsome Audio Recorder lets you record audio from multiple sources such as the internal microphone, different apps on your Mac and other hardware. Unlike some other apps, however, it doesn’t offer any kind of optimization.

Despite all these features, the program has a minimal footprint to offer. Did we say mention that Macsome Audio Recorder has one of the best recording management interface as well? You can even use ID tags for organizing your recording files. We really liked how Macsome Audio Recorder works. You can add separate recording profiles for apps/hardware and start the recording process in a single click.

Pros

Simple but effective interface
Supports recording from individual apps/hardware
Super-easy management of recording profiles

Cons

The Recording screen isn’t intuitive

The Verdict

As it promises, Macsome Audio Recorder is one of the best all-in-one audio recorders for Mac. It might not have the best UI in town, but there are many productive features. When you want a tool that records podcast, music, and speech with the same efficiency, Macsome Audio Recorder would be our take.

Check Out Macsome Audio Recorder ($29.95, Free Trial available)

7. Audio Hijack

Best for – advanced video recording

We already talked about Piezo from Rogue Amoeba, right? Audio Hijack is also from the same developer but it offers advanced features and control. Inside a nice package, you will find tools for recording almost every type of audio from your Mac. You can even use Audio Hijack for scheduling recordings. It would be the best option when you’re recording audio from the web.

The best part is that Audio Hijack comes with different session templates — you have one for internet radio, DVD Audio, Application audio and Web Audio etc. When it comes to Application mode, you can pick an app from the list and start recording. You can also check out a bunch of built-in effects and filters in Audio Hijack. It also has an interesting UI that lets you manage how the recording process works. Overal Audio Hijack is one of the best audio recording software for Mac if you are looking for advanced features.

Pros

Professional Interface and Intuitive UI
In-built options for filters and sound effects
Advanced options are available

Cons

None worth noting

The Verdict

Audio Hijack is one of the very few Mac audio recording software that is worth paying for. You get a whole bunch of features like filters, effects, and top-to-bottom control. Even if you’re not into it, you can get a cool audio recording and management experience.

Check Out Audio Hijack ($59, Free Trial available)

8. AudioNote

Best for – take audio notes during lectures

AudioNote lets you combine a note-taking app and audio recording app. This is how it works: you can open AudioNote and start recording the lectures, interviews or something else. When you make notes on the screen, it will be synced with the audio. So, during the playback, you can listen to the audio as well as seeing all the notes on the screen.

There are some really cool features too. For instance, you can tap on one section of your notes to jump into the corresponding section in audio. As a note-taking software, you can bring text, shapes, annotations and a lot more things. Once you are done, you can also convert your notes to a PDF document. The best part is that you have everything in sync.

Pros

An excellent way to record and sync notes
Easy interface
iCloud integration

Cons

None worth noting

The Verdict

AudioNote is the best option for students and professionals alike. With this tool in your hand, you don’t have to worry about getting the list in the notes. You would know what the professor was talking about when you’d written something. Pretty cool, isn’t it?

Check Out AudioNote ($14.99)

Best Audio Recording Software for Mac

Well, these are the different kind of audio recording software for Mac, for different needs. For your day-to-day casual recording needs, Simple Recorder is the best option, indeed. On the other hand, if you are into the world of podcast recording, go for Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba. Options like GarageBand as well as Audacity are for those who need professional-quality control over the recording quality and process. Still, you can take an effort to step up the game.

Read: 4 Best Voice Recorder Apps for Android

2020-12-15

How To Print Screen On Macbook Air Keyboard

Click the ‘Capture entire screen’ icon. Now your pointer will be converted to a camera icon. Click any screen to take a screenshot or tap Capture on the on-screen menu. Shift + Command + 3. It is another keyboard shortcut to capture your entire screen. Press the keyboard combination of Shift + Command + 3 and you should hear a camera. This wikiHow teaches you how to take a print-out of a file or a web page, using keyboard shortcuts on Mac and Windows. You can use the 'Command+P' shortcut on Mac, and 'Control+P' on Windows. Open the file or page you want to print.

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The Macintosh operating system has always made it easy to capture a screen shot. A screen shot is an image of your computer desktop or an active window. Here's a summary of all the keyboard shortcuts you can use to capture your screen in Mac OS X.

A. Entire screen:

To capture the entire screen, press Command-Shift-3. The screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop with the filename starting with “Picture” followed by a number, example Picture 1, Picture 2, and so on.
To copy the entire screen, press Command-Control-Shift-3. The screen shot will be placed on your clipboard for you to paste into another program like PowerPoint, Word, Photoshop, etc.

B. Portion of the screen:

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To capture a portion of the screen, press Command-Shift-4. A cross-hair cursor will appear and you can click and drag to select the area you wish to capture. When you release the mouse button, the screen shot will be automatically saved as a PNG file on your desktop following the same naming convention as explained on the first tip above.
To copy a portion of the screen to the clipboard, press Command-Control-Shift-4. A cross-hair cursor will appear and you can click and drag to select the area you wish to capture. When you release the mouse button, you can paste the screen shot to another application.

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To capture a specific application window, press and hold Command-Shift-4 then tap on the Spacebar. The cursor will change to a camera, and you can move it around the screen. As you move the cursor over an application window, the window will be highlighted. The entire window does not need to be visible for you to capture it. When you have the cursor over a window you want to capture, just click the mouse button and the screen shot will be saved as a PNG file on your desktop.
To copy a specific application window, press and hold Command-Control-Shift-4 then tap on the Spacebar. The cursor will change to a camera, which you can move around the screen. As you move the cursor over an application window, the window will be highlighted. The entire window does not need to be visible for you to capture it. When you have the cursor over a window you want to capture, just click the mouse button and you can paste the screen shot into another application.

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2020-12-15

Best Web Browser Software

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Fastest Web Browser List For PC and Android: We all access the internet every day. Some of us prefer PC to access, and some prefer their portable devices like smartphones and tabs to access the internet services. We are living in an era of high-tech internet services, where we get different sorts of web browsers to access the internet.

Firefox Quantum is the best secure internet browser. The latest version of the browser is available in light-fast speed and customized privacy options Along with renewed features of security. If you want to entrust your reliability on a browser with multi-faceted privacy and security, then Firefox is the name that will first strike your mind. Apps for Web Browsers. Web browsers are software programs that enable users to view pages and material on the World Wide Web, the Internet-based system of interlinked content. Web browsers are software, developed to let you browse the world wide web (Internet), on your computer, laptop, tablet or phone. Most popular web browsers software for Windows are listed here! Browse the Internet with these best browsers software. The Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Microsoft Edge, are some of the leading web.

There are many web browsers, some of which work efficiently on the PC and some work preciously on the smartphones and tabs. If you have an idea about which web browser works faster on PC and which on portable devices, you can access the internet much faster. Here we are going to present fastest web browser for both PC and Android phones to improve your web accessing experience.

How do you select a web browser?

Do not be part of a mob. It means, don’t use a web browser just because all of your friends are also using that web browser. Selection of a good web browser is an important task, which you should do carefully. There are multiple web browsers, which are suitable for different devices. Use one, which can offer faster web access and better window. You should also check the ratings of web browsers before you use them. Users often rate the web browsers they use and suggest you the best browser available for your device.

If you have never considered important aspects of choosing web browsers before, it may be difficult for you to try something new. Here we are offering you a well-checked list of free web browsers. Check this list of web browsers and choose an appropriate one for your PC or Android device.

Internet fastest web browsers list for PC:

This list contains fastest web browser for PC and several other useful PC web browsers. Check the mentioned details and download one of these web browsers to experience faster internet access.

1). Google Chrome: No 1 fastest web browser

As we all know, Google Chrome is the most reliable web browser in the world. People across the whole world use it because it is quite fast, secure and very useful for all sorts of works. You will find it quite handy to use, in fact, you are using this web browser for a long time. It offers many features like a tagging system, bookmarking the websites and many other things that improve your web experience.

Official Website : https://www.google.com/chrome/

2). Mozilla

If you are a working person, and your maximum works depend on online services, Mozilla is probably the best available browser for you. This web browser offers us much information about a website like its Alexa rank, page rank, and so many other things. It is a feature rich web browser that is needed by many software and online promotion industries.

Official Website : https://www.mozilla.org

3). Opera:

Many opera users complain that it shows compatibility issues with many websites, but still it is one of the leading web browsers. Opera offers impressive features and quite faster web browsing that every internet user wants. Maximum people around the world use Opera when they do not find Google or Mozilla adequate for their needs.

Official Website : http://www.opera.com/

4). Internet Explorer:

If you are a Windows PC user, Internet Explorer is the best web browser for you. Not only us, but every web expert agrees to this fact because Internet Explorer offers much faster web browsing on Windows PC. Often windows launch a new version of Internet Explorer to improve your web surfing experience and provide better web browsing.

Official Website : http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/internet-explorer/download-ie

5). Safari

It is one of its kinds. In other words, you will get an entirely different web browsing experience on Safari, and it will be better than other web browsers. It is renowned for excellent security and attractive launch. The features like page loading speed of Safari are quite better than others. You get two different URL bars to search stuff you are looking for. When it comes to do clean and bland web browsing, Safari is the best web browser.

Official Website : http://www.apple.com/in/safari/

6). Maxthon

Used by thousands of internet users, Maxthon has maintained its reputation preciously. This web browser offers plenty of attractive features and browsing options which all of us want. Also, the developing team of Maxthon frequently launches new versions of this web browser to provide much better and faster web surfing. You must try it at least once if you have never used it before.

Official Website : http://www.maxthon.com/

7). Torch:

Don’t go on the name because Torch has got 8.29 ratings out of 10. People are getting impressed with its unique shape and browsing features. This web browser provides you a share button to make direct posts on social media sites without opening your account again and again. You may need to compromise with the music app, but other features are excellent. The torch comes with a charming logo, and you can download plenty of songs if you want to listen to something new online.

Official Website : http://www.torchbrowser.com/

8). SeaMonkey:

There may be many people around the world, who have never, hear about this web browser and who have never used it, but eventually SeaMonkey is a feature rich web browser. It is a web suite that contains all the required web browsing facilities and offers email and chat features for free. You can probably have a slower web browsing experience on SeaMonkey, but still it is a good choice. Individuals, who want all the web browsing features together in a single browser, they must use SeaMonkey.

Official Website : http://www.seamonkey-project.org/

9). Avant Browser:

Avant is good for you if you are looking for decent web browsing speed and useful internet surfing features. It may not support many modern apps, but sometimes it seems better than windows internet explorer. Maximum Windows PC users consider it as an alternative for Internet Explorer, and that’s what it is actually.

Official Website : http://www.avantbrowser.com/

10). Deepnet Explorer:

Deepnet Explorer provides you with charming web browsing speed and an attractive startup. Navigating for new apps and sites is quite easier on this web browser. Still it has to cover a long path to becoming the best, but it is on the way. It is slightly improving the page loading speed and offering new features to attract new users.

Official Website : http://www.deepnetexplorer.com/

List of fastest web browsers for Android devices:

It was quite difficult to access the internet on portable devices. People had limited choices, and they used to do web surfing on quite slow web browsers. Today the time is changed. Revolution in Smartphone technology has improved our web experience and made web access quite easier for every Smartphone and Tab user. It was Steve Jobs, who had predicted Smartphone revolution in 2007 and today it is fact. You can quickly gain access to the internet and search anything you want online on your portable device. The only thing you need is the fastest web browser for Android to access the internet and get the search results quickly. Here are top 10 free web browsers for Android devices.

1). Opera mini: Free Fastest web browser for Android Smartphone

Opera Mini is the most widely used web browser in portable devices like mobile phones, smartphones, and tabs. People are using this web browser before the introduction of iOS and Android smartphones. Opera has improved its features and developed many new things to provide light and impressive web browsing to the Android device users. Still it is at the top of the list of web browsers for Android devices.

2). Maxthon:

When it comes to using Maxthon Internet browser on the desktop, many users avoid it but things are quite different when it comes to using Maxthon on the Android devices. It is a smart and safe web browser for fast web browsing on Android devices. Here you can change the themes of this browser, use RSS reader and synchronize it with the cloud. You get Maxthon download manager to download many files online in your portable device.

3). Chrome:

Off-course web browsers like Opera and Maxthon are providing users with the best web browsing features, but still Chrome is not an outdated internet browser for android devices. It has left the Beta Sage and now it has become quite faster for portable devices. You can download it quickly and experience the best web browsing facility on your Android smartphone.

4). Dolphin:

Dolphin is a fantastic choice when you want to work and communicate at the same time. It means, Dolphin has features that make it capable of storing searched data when you are using your device to contact others. It is a fast and secure web accessing platform that you should try in your device.

5). Atlas:

Adware and malicious extensions spoil our web browsing experience when we access the internet via a portable device. Atlas is an impressive web browser to prevent your internet search from irritating ads and unwanted sites. You can load two pages together in this web browser and use them at the same time to improve your working efficiency. Hotline miami 2 payday 2 digital special edition.

6). Firefox:

Mozilla Firefox is one of the leading PC internet browsers, but its position is slightly different from the Android top web browsers list. Mozilla has recently introduced its web browsing app for the portable devices, but it is coming with all the impressive features of Firefox. You get a safer atmosphere to surf the web and get your work done on right time. It boosts your work efficiency and aids you by providing much faster access to the internet.

7). UC Browser:

UC browser is renowned as a rapid and easy to handle web browser for Android and iOS devices. People love its impressive density of data, new functions, and new downloading features. Time by time UC browser’s development team introduces its new versions and adds some new features to keep it in the top android web browsers’ list.

8). One Browser:

This web browser is famous among the Android device users and in the world of the internet because it boosts downloading speed up to 47%. This search engine has some inbuilt tools that help it in functioning better than other web browsers. This web browser gets data from the visited website and represents it in a user-friendly form to avoid time taken in loading the web pages in One Browser. The Smartphone and Tab users are using this browser only because of mentioned benefits. You should also try it.

9). Puffin Web Browser:

Puffin claims to be the fastest web browser for handled devices, which you can observe after using it. This browser offers flash download facility and many different cloud features. You will never get ads on any website when accessing the internet via Puffin web browser. It blocks all the ads to provide you a pleasant time on the net. It is a free web browser that you can download from the app store of your device and use for faster internet access.

10). XScope Web Browser:

You will find it like Google Chrome when you use it for the first time, but XScope is a different web browser. Its skin and web page representation is quite similar to Chrome. Also, all the icons and tools are situated at the bottom of the homepage. Anyone can use those buttons with one touch when required. It is new and different from other web browsers. May be it is the reason that a lot of Android device users are trying services of XScope web browser. It is free, fast and loaded with all modern web browsing features.

Finding the best web browser among all above mentioned web browsers is quite straightforward. It does not matter that you are trying to access the internet via your Android phone or on the desktop; you can expect to have faster internet access. The web browsing speed depends on the internet browser you are using. If you select a faster browser, you can complete all your tasks on time and get free soon. We have differentiated all the web browsers according to their features and browsing speeds. The browsers, which are at the top, have better speed and probably the best features. So download anyone of suggested web browsers and experience the unique features it is providing to make your web surfing experience better.

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Key Findings: I have recently done various researches on a secure browser and internet privacy. Through it, I got to discover that the ultimate answer to safe browsing is through a NordVPN.

Although tech giants like Google and Mozilla have introduced their secure web browsers even, they are not as safe as they claim to be.

Also, Tor which was a project of the CIA and is known to be the most secure browser requires the use of a VPN with it.

Intro To Secure Browsers

In this digital era, it is necessary for you to shield your online activity. Any program under the category of most secure browser ensures that your protection on the web is their priority. To keep your information hidden from outsiders is another job. Thus, a private browser will help you everywhere on the web.

Already a method has been defined for the transaction of data over the internet is through the web browsers. Unfortunately, some browsers have an adverse impact on the privacy of internet users. The outcomes that inhibit tracking scripts to steal user’s credentials.

Also, the government mass surveillance program and data retention has the rights to keep records of users in the interest of national defense.

These aspects are annoying for users as it damages the internet freedom by tracking their browsing activities. To sort out these problems the best secure browsers have been introduced.

Most Secure Browsers In 2020

These browsers have the privilege to manage the data confidentiality from illegal access, harmful threats, and data exploitation.

Yet, hiding browsing activities are not top-notch with most secure browsers as they somehow outflow the data to ISPs. The private browsers are competent in providing a swift browsing experience on platforms like Android and iPhone.

Whereas, the normal browsers gives high data protection on Windows and Mac with assistance to privacy extensions.

1. Firefox Focus

Firefox Focus is one more adding to the roster of best anonymous browsers by Mozilla. It is purely designed for the customer’s data security. The initial launch was considering the iOS users.

However, the recent update has to cover the Android. It’s the most secure browser which focuses on data concealment with a beautifully designed that pleases your eyes.

It blocks the ad tracking which consequently means that websites aren’t recording the user’s web browsing history and the speed of internet isn’t compromised.

The secure browser for Android has a dedicated feature which helps Firefox Focus on securing the position in the lists of ad blockers.

Firefox Focus blocks the advertisers from monitoring the user experience. Also, it eases the activities once the secure browser mode is activated. When you’re done with your browsing session, you can hit the “Erase” icon and all of your internet activities will be deleted.

2. Tor Browser

It is a secure browser which was developed after a massive increase in privacy issues of internet users. Tor browser has been a subject of discussion because of its technological advancement and awareness. People who use the internet on regular basis have installed the Tor browser for secure browsing activities.

Tor software is based on distributed networks of relays which protect internet communication from tracking by ISPs and surveillance agencies. Tor browser generates a dedicated encrypted tunnel for sending and receiving of data. It evades the evils eyes from monitoring the internet connection.

The web pages you visit becomes hidden along with your existing location. Also, it allows users to access restricted sites on their devices.

Tor browser enhances your online privacy and protects against the surveillance program carried by the NSA. It secretly transfers your internet traffic from different locations and hides the source of communication.

Tor browser can be used without installing any software on Windows, Mac, and Linux. It comes with pre-configured security features for protecting your anonymity and can run from a USB flash drive.

How Tor Works

Tor is also called “Onion Router” because it works on the concept of Onion routing. The structure of onion has multi-layers; similar to onion router. These layers encrypt the data multiple times and then it is sent through virtual circuits.

The receiver side decrypts the data before it is passed on the next level. The innermost layer of encrypted data is decrypted by the last layer before the original data reaches the destination.

In such process, the decryption of the layers is done so efficiently that the IP address and location doesn’t get reveal and keep hidden. This limits the spying eyes to look at the websites that you interact. Also, it makes them unable to watch your internet activities.

What Makes It Different?

Tor is quite popular in those countries where freedom of expression over the internet is restricted. For instance, in China citizens are not able to access the web pages due to censorship laws, in such situation Tor browser comes to work.

This secure web browser is also in use of Edward Snowden known as “Whistleblower” who reveals the information about NSA‘s PRISM program to the media through Tor. Many average citizens and academics use Tor in order to keep freedom and privacy protected in this era of mass surveillance.

3. Epic Privacy Browser

Epic web browser is developed using a chromium technology aimed at making your browsing private. The feature that makes it the secure browser is the “private browsing mode”.

It means that on the close of Epic, deletion of all browsing data occurs during the use of internet and stores very small amount of data history.

The browser use “encrypted proxy” that hides your IP address and encrypts browsing data. The DNS requests are routed via encrypted proxy. This gives protection to the browsing history from the internet service provider (ISP) and other data snoopers.

Epic is the most secure browser that protects you from tracking scripts, cookies, third-party widgets and Ad networks. It also lets you access the blocked content from others countries.

Using this browser, your searches remain private and it disallows search engines to save your IP address. Boom recorder 8 7 0 download free download. It gives priority to SSL connections and protects you on the public network.

4. SRWare Iron Browser

SRWare Iron is another best secure browser that mimics Google Chrome except for its privacy features. It also claims to be the “real alternative” to Chrome. This browser offers customizable developer tools, privacy settings, and extensions.

This secure browser eliminates privacy-compromising functionality and usage tracking, unlike Chrome. It is also has a built-in feature capable of blocking unwanted ads. It creates a unique user ID and submits entries to Google for generating suggestions.

SRWare is a fast browser, with sleek design and innovative features. Best for the people looking for a good Chrome-based developer focused web browser. SRWare secures your data by using different security methods.

5. Comodo Dragon Browser

The Comodo Dragon Browser is built on Chromium technology, offering similar features like Chrome with top-notch security, it means all the internet activities are protected. Comodo dragon has online privacy keeper with all necessary options.

The customize plug-ins and add-ons make the browser interface more user-friendly for beginners. It provides you with the unsurpassed speed with encrypted tunneling for secure transfer of traffic. Comodo Dragon browser keeps you secure and finishes crashes or frozen windows. It prevents cookies and other spying eyes from tracking you.

Comodo Dragon browser has Domain Validation technology which identifies and separates the superior SSL certificates from inferior ones. All browser download tracking is prevented by this browser in order to protect privacy.

6. Avira Scout Browser

The speculation behind scout that it’s from the German anti-virus firm. Avira scout is to collect a range of third force security plug-ins in a chromium based secure browser with some of their additional features.

Avira scout offers safe web browsing that blocks phishing websites, Avira safe search, protected Wi-Fi which implements HTTPS when surfing sites with an insecure Wi-Fi and anti-tracking.

Scout does emerge to be ‘hardened’ with a few tweaks, on the contrary, and additional ones are too probably in future. A script is incorporated to ensure extensions against a permitted list.

The extensions stated above are also executed with the browser itself and cannot be detached, a safety of sorts. Upcoming releases will include Avira’s AV scanning, plus at some point the firm’s cloud-scanning facility.

7. Brave Browser

Declared by Brendan Eich, a prime supporter of the Mozilla Project, Brave is an open source program that offers a respectable Chrome and Safari elective. It offers incredible speeds and propelled promotion following controls, perfect for the protection cognizant who are likewise after a lightweight program.

Accessible for Windows, Linux, and OS X clients, it has emerged as one of the most secure browsers. Brave incorporates HTTPS Everywhere joining, squares treat catch, includes a nice promotion blocker, and has a dynamic designer group which is continually enhancing the program.

Drawbacks?

It’s as yet a moderately new program, so maybe not as clean an item as it could be, and augmentation usefulness is as yet deficient.

8. Yandex Browser

Yandex offers an extremely usable interface that doesn’t stray too a long way from the solace of Chrome, in outline and highlights. Stat 18 0 – git integration with finder. Perfect for those that are careful about the move to a more secure and regularly stripped-back program. Thus, making it as a world popular secure browser.

Yandex, which depends on Chromium, utilizes the ‘Flicker’ motor which runs checks through downloads and even uses Kaspersky’s antivirus to examine for pernicious substance.

Regularly when programs run checks they wind up plainly lazy, and Yandex has endeavored to address this. The program utilizes Opera’s Turbo innovation to improve pages that are failing to meet expectations or working over a temperamental system.

Yandex additionally gives DNS caricaturing assurance, which can piece site containing malevolent substance and secures passwords and bank card points of interest that are put away.

9. Dooble Browser

Dooble is a lean Chromium-based multi-stage (Windows, Linux, OS X) program that won’t be for everybody notwithstanding its security highlights. In its default state it debilitates unreliable interfaces, for example, Flash and Javascript which will make it hard to use with a considerable measure of destinations yet may be justified, despite all the trouble for its stripped-down approach.

The program expects the client needs to travel in secret from the off, while HTTPS can be authorized and outsider session treats in iFrames blocked. The treatment of cookies is curiously granular.

An imaginative element is that all client content (bookmarks, perusing inclinations and history) can be encoded utilizing different figures and a passphrase. Another fascinating element is to set security, for instance, private perusing, for every tab utilizing the right-click alternative.

Commentators haven’t taken to Dooble in light of the fact that it needs refinement in places yet we thought that it was quick and in some of its thoughts cunning.

10. Disconnect Browser

This browser uses the technology of crawling into the web and finding the websites of those corporations that track the public. Disconnect is particularly used to disconnect you from websites that aspire to store your data or any other information related to you in the other way.

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While browsing through Disconnect, you are displayed multiple messages which state that any particular website endeavors to track your activities. Disconnect will automatically end your interface with specific websites that pose a hazard to your privacy.

Add-ons to secure your browsing activity.

There are likewise various distinctive additional items or expansions you can introduce to level up your web browser’s protection and security.

Here are a couple of plugins that can enhance your web browsers’ security.

HTTPS Everywhere: – Developed at Electronic Frontier Foundation, this will direct sites to utilize a protected HTTPS encrypted network.
uBlock Origin: – This is a standout amongst other browser-based advertisement blockers. It ensures you’re not being tracked by advertisers on the web.
uMatrix: – This gives you power over every program that might track you as you visit distinctive sites.
Cookie Autodelete: – This will itself erase cookies that are never again required for your surfing.
Privacy Badger: – Privacy Badger is additionally from EFF that sidelines spying promotions and trackers.
Decentraleyes: – This ensures your security from tracking via content networks.
Random User Agent: – Available for Firefox and Chrome, this add-on will spin through different user operators, enabling you to trick malicious systems.
NoScript: – It enables you to alter precisely which contents keep running on the sites you land on. This is for cutting-edge clients and requires loads of customization since it will break most sites as a matter of course.

Conclusion

We hope that you would have found the secure web browser for safe browsing, it is reasonably obvious that Tor is the best secure browser to use however one should choose the browser according to his need of protection. Someone who wants security and privacy than the Epic browser is the ideal option.

Web browsers are software, developed to let you browse the world wide web (Internet), on your computer, laptop, tablet or phone. Most popular web browsers software for Windows are listed here!

Browse the Internet with these best browsers software. The Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Microsoft Edge, are some of the leading web browsers.

Best web browsers software for your Windows PC, Laptop or Phone!

Some of the best and most popular web browsers software for Windows operating system are included:

# Google Chrome
The Google Chrome is a popular web browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology, to make a faster, safer, and easier web browser. Use one box for everything, type in the address bar and get suggestions from the Internet.

# Mozilla Firefox
The Mozilla Firefox is another popular and fast, full-featured web browser. It includes pop-up blocking, tab-browsing, integrated Google search, simplified privacy controls, a streamlined browser window that shows you everything securely.

# Opera Browser
The Opera Browser for Windows is a fast and secure browser trusted by millions of users. With the intuitive interface, Speed Dial and visual bookmarks for organizing favorite sites, news feature with fresh, relevant style.

# Tor Browser
The Tor Browser is designed to protect you against a common form of Internet surveillance known as “traffic analysis.” Traffic analysis can be used to infer who is talking to whom over a public network.

# Microsoft Edge
With Microsoft Edge, go beyond browsing! Experience a more personal and productive web on Windows. Write, type, and doodle directly on your web page with Web Note, then share your notes with others.

# Vivaldi Browser
Vivaldi Web Browser is all absolutely unique and they want different things. The Vivaldi web browser lets you do things your way by adapting to you and not the other way around.

# Pale Moon Browser
The Pale Moon is an Open Source, Goanna-based web browser available for Microsoft Windows, focusing on efficiency and ease of use.

# UC Browser
With UC Browser, enjoy fast browsing and downloading speed. Download online videos with 1-click. Watch video in a separate window while browsing.

# Apple Safari
The Apple Safari, is a simple, elegant interface, it gets out of your way and lets you enjoy the Web. Fast performance; an elegant user interface, easy bookmarks, pop-up blocking, and more.

# Torch Browser
The Torch Browser combines the awesomeness of powerful browsing with media downloading and sharing. It offers built-in torrent for easy downloading with built-in torrent.

# Baidu Spark Browser
The Baidu Browser is a blazing-fast, free Web browser with an intuitive interface and tons of useful tools built in. It’s based on the Chromium platform, which makes it speedy, lightweight and customizable.

# Comodo Dragon
Comodo Dragon is a free, feature-rich, secure, Chromium-based web browser from Comodo. It has the look and feel of Chrome but features several security from the Internet threats.

#Comodo IceDragon
The Web is what you make of it. private browser which is compatible with all add-ons & plugins for all around performance.

# Web Freer
Web Freer is a fast HTTPS browser that encrypt browsing sessions, open blocked sites, and protect user’s privacy. HTTPS is auto on when launching the browser, no manual setup is needed.

# Chromium
Chromium is an open-source browser project that provides a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web. Google’s browser Chrome, is built from the Chromium source code.

# Epic Privacy Browser
The Epic Privacy Browser is first web browser built on Chromium, and engineered to protect your privacy. Epic is in always-on “private browsing mode”, so on close of Epic all threats.

# Coowon Browser
The Coowon browser, the best game browser! Help you to control game running speed, botting for tedious work, and login for multiple accounts. Also with enhanced security and privacy control.

# Chedot Browser
A feature of this web browser is a high speed on slow computers, high speed download on a poor internet, support resuming file download when connection is broken and the download in multiple threads.

# Netscape Navigator
Netscape features one-click searching from the address bar; Quick Launch, which reduces the browser start-up time; Click-to-Search, In addition to high-speed browsing and instant-messaging capabilities.

# Maxthon Browser
The Maxthon comes with all the great features which will give you a comfortable, joyful and personal Web surfing experience. It features a Advanced ADs blocker: support pop-up blocker and more.

# Yandex Browser
The Yandex Web Browser interface includes only the most necessary buttons, and plenty of space for viewing pages.

# Avant Browser
The Avant Browser’s user-friendly interface brings a new level of clarity and efficiency to your browsing experience, and frequent upgrades have steadily improved its reliability.

# Slim Browser
The SlimBrowser is a fast and secure web browser for Windows fully loaded with many features. It starts up quickly and opens web pages right in front of you with minimum delay.

# Secure Browser
The Secure Browser is a fast, secure and private web browser. With a built-in Security & Privacy Center, Secure Browser has the worlds first browser integrated security and privacy management console.

# Lunascape Browser
The Lunascape is the world’s only triple engine & triple add-on web browser. What it means is that It combines the best of Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer into a single browser.

# Slimjet Browser
The Slimjet is a fast, smart and powerful web browser based on the Blink engine. It is built on top of the Chromium open source project, on which Google chrome is also based.

# Aviator Browser
With every website you visit, you’re vulnerable to malicious hackers out to steal your surfing history, passwords, email access, bank account numbers, medical info, and more. Now you can protect yourself.

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# The World Browser
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# Brave Browser
The Brave browser, is to block everything on the web that can cramp your style and compromise your privacy. Annoying ads are yesterday’s news, and cookies stay in your jar where they belong.

# CometBird
The CometBird Web browser has security, speed and new features that will change the way you use the Web. Bookmarks Auto-synchronizer makes it truth for you to use a same bookmarks collection anytime and anywhere.

# Cent Browser
The Cent Browser is a free web browser based on Chromium.It bundles a lot of handy features, which can make your web surfing more comfortable. And it are continuing adding new features to their browser.

# Acoo Browser
Acoo Browser is a multi-tabbed Internet browser based on the Internet Explorer engine. It provides a user-friendly GUI interface, including tabbed document windows, dock able panel groups and more.

# e-Capsule Private Browser
The e-Capsule Private Browser is a family of “zero-footprint” products allowing unbeatable security and anonymity for your Web surfing and online transaction activities.

Those are not just the available web browsers for Windows in the market, there are numbers of other web browser present on the Internet, that you can try too!

Final Thought!
Web browsers software for Windows are designed to let you browse the Internet on your Windows powered PC, Laptop, tablets and Phones. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge are today’s largest brands of web browsers.

Now, its your turn! You tell me which web browser software, you use on your Windows?

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This free software from Roemer Software is a sound recording software that is used for recording streaming audio, internet radio, meetings, webcasts, seminars, classes, tapes, etc. It is an MP3 sound recorder.

Recording Studio Lite for Android. This Android app can be used for free to record, edit and mix songs. Up to 2 tracks can be recorded using the audio recordings or virtual instruments like piano, drums, organ, bass, etc. The tracks can be recorded using the inbuilt microphone or by using an external one.
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Audio recording software is a necessary thing when it comes to audio recording and related tasks. Whether it is for the basic sound recording needs or professional audio production, these software tools will help you in the process. They will not only help you to record audio but will also let you create professional outputs by letting you edit them as per your needs. But as the audio recording is our primary intention, we are now concentrating on the 12 best audio recording software.

12 Best Software to Record Audio

Most of the below-listed items are free recording software so that you don’t have to worry about the money. However, it may include some paid applications as well because the quality of the service is also a factor that we considered during the sorting process. If you are not planning to buy a premium audio recording tool, you may skip the paid tools. Below is the best audio recording software.

1. Audacity

Audacity is a free open source digital audio editor and recording software developed by The Audacity Team. The software was first introduced on May 28, 2000, which makes it 17 years old as of now. Audacity lets you record audio from multiple input devices such as an external microphone, a built-in microphone, or even the PC streaming. The high-quality sound clips will be added to the interface allowing you to edit them further. You can control many audio features such as amplification, noise reduction, silence removal, etc.

The software is available for Windows, OS X, Linux, and other operating systems and supports almost all popular audio formats including such as MP3, WAV, FLAC, and OGG. So, if you are searching for the best audio recorder, Audacity is the answer.

2. MixCraft

MixCraft is nothing less than a fast, reliable, and efficient audio recording tool. MixCraft is developed by the Acoustica team well known for its software contributions. Powered by a lightning-fast sound engine, it is a complete audio production suite. Unlike Audacity, you have to pay a few dollars to enjoy the complete benefit of the software. However, a free trial version is provided by the company. Mixcraft is available for all the Windows versions and supports almost all of the popular formats.

3. Presonus Studio One Free

Presonus Studio One is a professional audio editing software which also allows recording it. Available for both Windows and Mac versions, this software is a dream of any DAW user. It contains a bunch of professional functions all are helpful for producing high-quality music content. If you are not satisfied with the free features of the Presonus Studio One, you could go for the premium version where tons of new features added.

4. Sonar

Sonar provides the most advanced audio editing environment among the software on this list. It supports some extra audio formats such as WAV, ASF, WMA, and AIFF. It is available for all Windows versions including Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP. Sonar The software consists of numerous functions like mixers and MIDI keyboards which are all helpful to product stunning audio outputs. In addition, virtual machines like samplers, drum machines, and synthesizers are also there in the software.

5. Reaper

Reaper is a lightweight audio editing application with a simple interface and comparatively professional functions. The clean interface is the most attractive feature of this sound tool. You could control the audio features like the stereo, surround sound, as well as the effects like pitch shift, cross-fade, and snap to grid. Reaper is available for both Mac and PC systems and supports audio formats including FLAC, MOV, W64, AIFF in addition to the usual formats.

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7. Ocenaudio

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8. AudioDope

AudioDope is yet another tool that allows editing music files or other audio files. With minimal features, the software is still helpful for both basic audio editing needs and advanced needs. It contains a full audio waveform analysis to improve the quality of the recorder audio file. It features numerous audio filters and effects like high/low pass filters, normalization, pitch scale, chorus, and reverb. AudioDope is currently available for PC and completely free to use. Gta 5 latest version pc name. The software also supports extending the features using the VST plug-ins like compressors and phrases. It is a must-try.

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NCH is a very old program that allows different operations related to recording music, mixing audio, editing music, etc. It is available for both Windows and Mac platforms with professional functions packed inside. If you are not a fan of any of the above-listed programs, the NCH music recorder is a good choice. A free trial version is available in case you want to give it a try before paying some of your hard-earned money on it. So, don’t hesitate to try NCH.

12. Rosegarden

Rosegarden is another music editor and recorder software which is specially developed for the Linux users. So if you are a proud Linux OS user, you should try this recording software for Linux. The powerful recording system on this tool is capable of capturing crystal clear sound. After finishing the recording, you will be able to edit the recordings as per your requirements. It is a must-try for the Linux users.

Which one is your favorite audio recording software?

Which audio recorder software will you choose for your audio editing needs? Would you go for free software or a premium one? Let us know your thoughts. Also, don’t forget to recommend any other tools which we missed to include in this top audio recording software list.