At Computer Music we love to bring you the best in free production tools, and this month, not only are we taking a look at Tracktion’s Waveform Free 12, we’re also offering you a free copy of its RetroMod LoFreq Classic soft synth (normally $79). That’s right, double free!
Waveform Free 12 is Tracktion’s impressively equipped and upgradeable free DAW. It has an awesome feature set that includes excellent onboard effects, instruments, utility plugins and content, plus its flexible new browser makes finding stuff a cinch. It’s cross-platform friendly (OS X, Windows and Linux) and also supports VST, VST 3 and AU plugin formats, so you can integrate your favourite third-party plugins.
Unlike some free DAWs it has no track count, saving or exporting limitations, and the included content is completely copyright free, so you can use the music you produce without restrictions. What’s more, if you like what you see and want to upgrade but aren’t ready for the full Pro edition, there are now three paid-for feature expansions: Recording Engineer, MIDI Producer and Synth Pack.
To showcase its feature set we’ve put together a two part tutorial. Part 1 shows you how to get up and running with Waveform Free 12, including how to claim, register and install your free copy of RetroMod LoFreq Classic. Part 2 picks up the creative baton, showing you how to approach some classic electronic genres. The tutorials use Free’s included content and the LoFreq Classic synth. But we’ve also thrown in some Computer Music Plugin Suite content, which can be downloaded at bit.ly/cm319downloads. If you want to take things to the next level, head over to www.tracktion.com where you’ll find sound packs, instruments and of course the flagship Waveform Pro 12.
First steps
Get to know Tracktion Waveform Free’s intuitive layout before taking your next steps…
> Step by step
1. Install and activate
1 Waveform Free is a feature rich but and click on the Free Download tab.
