New Review Site: Audio Production Software Review

There have always been audio enthusiasts who do their own audio production in their garage or basement, but nothing embodies the DIY spirit of the music and audio scene like the proliferation of audio production software. Over the last few decades, audio production software has acted as a great equalizer, allowing amateur audio producers access to the same caliber of tools used by the professionals. Now anyone with the determination to learn can use this software to produce exciting, professional-sounding audio.

Whether you’re a novice or not, if you want to do your own audio production check out our review of the top audio production suites on the market. We’ve compared all the best and ranked them to help you quickly decide what’s the best choice for your money. Our audio expert looked at all the features in each program, the input and output options, ease of use and support options and came out with a winner.

Abelton Live won the TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award for its vast array of features and the excellent quality of tracks produced through it. Abelton has an arrangement view that’s extremely easy to use and can facilitate real-time production for live performances. It’s no surprise that Abelton Live came out on top either. Just look at this list of industry greats who use it:

• Armin Van Buren
• Daft Punk
• Diplo
• Dust Brothers
• John Digweed
• Burial
• Girl Talk
• The Field
• The Rapture
• Sasha
• Nine Inch Nails
• Krazy Baldhead
• Brazilian Girls
• DJ Jazzy Jeff
• Hot Chip
• Jamie Lidell
• Matthew Dear
• Telefon Tel Aviv

Read the full Abelton review.

The TopTenREVIEWS Silver Award went to another capable program, Reason. Reason combines excellent synthesizers and intuitive samplers to create a great production program. It also has a highly-customizable hardware-to-software Rack that allows you to set it all up the way you like it. Read the full review.

Coming in with the TopTenREVIEWS Bronze Award was KORE, by Native Instruments. KORE is a great program for any audio producer because of its extensive palette of instruments and effects. KORE combines that with easy to use tools that don’t clutter up the screen. Read the full review.

For more information, see the Audio Production Software Review site.