Audacity Forum

I've been recording audio and mixing in audacity. But this program does not support midi. So, what's the next step? Because I have a controller and want to spice up my recordings.

Thanx, as usual.

There are lots of DAWs that support MIDI (and audio). Cakewalk is now FREE!

Thanks Doug. Downloading now.

I've downloaded it but it's not a standalone program like audacity. You have to log in to use it. And of course, I'm going to get spammed from them now. I want something that I can download and store on my drive.

I don't have Cakewalk but as far as I know, BandLab is not "evil". There are other choices and if you search for "free DAW" I'm pretty sure there are free ones. (Cakewalk used to be a commercial program called SONAR from a company called Cakewalk.)

REAPER (which I also don't own) is a "good deal" because a license for home or small-business use is only $60 USD, and you get free upgrades through the next full-version (with incremental upgrades as they come-along) so that's usually a few years of upgrades, and there is a fully-functional 60-day free trial. However, it doesn't come with any virtual instruments so you have to find (free or commercial) 3rd-party VSTi's.

Jebbers wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 07, 2019 5:34 pm

But this program does not support midi.

What do you want to do with MIDI?
Audacity has limited support for MIDI, but includes playback and very basic editing.

I have an akai LPK25 and want to overdub on the audio tracks. I doubt that can be done. I know that I can generate tones in audacity and that must be midi. I want to use my keyboard instead of manually building up chords or sounterpoint.

Audacity can't record MIDI.
What software do you normally use with the akai LPK25?

I'm just learning the LPK25. I just learned to get audible sound by using a sequencer - JJsequencer. That's as far as I have gotten. I still haven't even been able to record the midi on it's own, let alone overdub my audio tracks. I have already accepted that I won't be using midi in audacity. So what's next. The suggested program is not suitable because it's an online program. I don't want to be uploading my music to a website. I want a stand-alone program that handles audio along with midi.

I know that I can generate tones in audacity and that must be midi.

No, that's just math and algorithms with no hardware/software MIDI interface.