I’ve been playing guitar, bass, drums and piano for years and years and have dreamt up so many songs and melodies but have never made them happen. I feel like they are going to waste and I need to start recording them.

I’ve dabbled in recording on a tape recorder, and then playing it back and playing over it while recording on to a seperate recorder (old school!). What is the cheapest and most efficient computer software equivalent of this? Is there a free (open source maybe) version? I don’t care if it sounds crappy – I don’t need professional quality recordings and I even sort of like the lo-fi sound. I just need a way to record layers of guitar, bass and drums onto a computer so I can get these songs out of my head and on recording. Preferably in MP3 format so I can send to singer friends to sing over.

Note: I do not own a mac – I REPEAT – I DO NOT OWN A MAC – and I likely will not be buying one any time soon, or at least not in a few months. Sorry for those who were gonna be like “dude, get a mac!” and then pat themselves on the back. I want to know what the cheapest and easiest and best (trifecta) recording software is out there.

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