What sort of music program...

[crazybrandonian]

AS title says what sort of music editor do most of the people use on here for editing mp3s? i'm really interested in trying out the remixing thing but unsure where to start anyone that could offer some friendly advice?

[OverCoat]

There's a good guide up now on how to get started with Cockos Reaper

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=13478

100% free.

I use Renoise but you probably wouldn't understand this one at all. Unless you like hexadecimals. I do.

[Lunahorum]

well we don't really edit mp3's until the final step. We create them. Editing encompasses taking an already made waveform and doing something to it like making it louder, making it echo, mastering it, ect.

To start off, we have to make the waveform before we can edit it.

There are programs called sequencers that you can use to enter musical commands such as how loud the note is, when the note is played, how long it lasts, and much more.

google the following and download/research

A free sequencer is called cockos reaper.

A free synth is called synth1

a free demo sequencer is called FL Studio

another free demo sequencer is called Propellerheads Reason

another free demo sequencer is called Cakewalk Sonar

go to the guides and tutorial section of these forums and look at "how do I remix for free"

[Lunahorum]

There's a good guide up now on how to get started with Cockos Reaper

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=13478

100% free.

I use Renoise but you probably wouldn't understand this one at all. Unless you like hexadecimals. I do.

renoise and its vertical timeline,,, pfff

lol just kidding it's a good daw

[Fray]

There's a good guide up now on how to get started with Cockos Reaper

http://www.ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=13478

100% free.

I use Renoise but you probably wouldn't understand this one at all. Unless you like hexadecimals. I do.

OverCoat magazine gave Renoise a 0x2f out of 0x30!

[crazybrandonian]

thanks for the help guys and yea I probably wouldn't understand the one that uses hexdecims heh

[Tensei]

MP3 Editing?! Ummm, Audacity?

[Zephyr]

I definitely think that you want a sequencer, unless you actually want to edit some mp3's. What kind of mp3's? Did you record them yourself, or are you just editing someone elses work? If you are editing somone elses song, what for?

[Fray]

Didn't see the "mp3 editing" bit. Nothing edits mp3s directly AFAIK -- you have to decompress them to .wav, edit, and then reencode (bad). If you're going to edit something, try to get the source lossless, i.e. uncompressed or using a lossless format like FLAC.

For .wav editing, Audacity is the best free one.