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Was about to post that Strike 2 is going for £22 at Plugin Boutique. Another great alternative to EzDrummer.

Now Westwood Drums are $9, so you can get both for $18 (USD). Nice deal for unprocessed drums that even though they say are for Metal, they really can be used on anything else. https://www.audio-assault.com/westwood.php

Yes your read that one well, a Drum VSTi (mostly for Metal but it works for Rock and Pop) for $9 (USD). https://audio-assault.com/druminator.php Don't know for how long this will still be available but in the meantime get yourself some drums bargain. As usual I don't have any relation with the company. Enjoy!!

If you're running Windows 32 bits you'll get all sorts of issues as you are not using more than 4gb ram. You need Windows 64 bits. I had the same issues and installed Win10 64bits and now my very old Dell core duo is running smoothly and can handle more than 25 tracks with lots of vsts (effects and instruments) on them and I'm only using 4gb of memory (bound to upgrade to 8gb this week)

Like Si has said, usually with these products what makes them "geared" towards any DAW is the software package that comes with them and maybe the fact that such DAW is included in the package, but at their heart they are not different to any other midi controller. So do not be discouraged from getting the MPC if you fancy it, it will work in your DAW of choice.

If you're intentions are for backup then HDD now if you want an external drive to keep resources like samples and loops that you may want to use in your mixes then SSD is the way forward.

Another offer from Plugin Boutique for you guys who love to make orchestral stuff. https://www.pluginboutique.com/deals/show?sale_id=4958 I got myself the Brass and Woodwinds. Note: as usual I do not work for them and do not receive any benefits for these heads up!

Hi guys, Just to let you know that if you own a Focusrite interface, they are giving 6 months of Sonarworks Headphone for free. So guys and gals, go to your Focusrite account and get your copy, it is only for a limited time.

It's only for 64bit OS but it is great. Another great one is Drummica from Sennheiser. It's a Kontact library totally free and it won't cut off after 30 mins like other free libraries do. Unfortunately the site is in german but google translate is your best friend, but the library is in english. https://de-ch.sennheiser.com/drummica

Yeah they give crazy offers, they had Hybrid for £1 too and Serum for £3 not long ago.

Check out Plugin Boutique, they always have great offers. You can get a top notch Synth for something ridiculous like £4. Check this out https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/4-Synth/4637-Synthmaster-Player They have Xpand! for £14 (I bought it when they had it for £3) https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/64-Virtual-Instrument/1560-Xpand-2 Vacuum Vintage for £8 https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/4-Synth/3891-Vacuum-Vintage Check it out from time to time for their offers and freebies. Right now if you subscribe to their newsletter you'll get a complete course on Synthesis for free. Note: I'm not related commercially to them.

It means more options, imagine a guitar player having not only one 4x12 but two. Same as a bassplayer having a 1x15 plus a 2x10 connected to an amp. You can always use one if you want to. As for impulse responses I recommend Lancaster Audio, their impulses are very cheap and made by professionals.

Give them a try, they work very well for me without ridiculous levels of gain and fizziness. You can get great results if you use them with their own cab sim. Have a go and let me know. Another favourite of mine (unfortunately for Windows only) is this bass plugin, it sounds really good and combined with some EQ & saturation you can get great results. http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?plugin=Vee_Bass_Amp&id=2255

Ok these are the ones I use for guitar with very good results. https://mercuriall.com/cms/details_freestuff download the JCM800 versions and the cab simulation and you'll be fine. As for Bass, here's another free bass amp https://shop.audified.com/products/live-guitar-and-bass-bundle-le I hope this helps.

Normally it's Cubase LE or Protools First, both are highly restricted versions of the real deal. But there are lots of free alternatives or cheaper ones (Reaper) that are fully functional.

I still think you should give Tracktion a go, for all you have said you want to do it is just more than enough. Check out this mini tutorial which is very helpful. Now that you are trying different DAWs to make up your mind it will be good you give it a go.

If you are planning to use Reaper, go to Youtube and search for ReaperMania, there you'll find every single instruction you'll ever need. The instructions are simple and explained in detail by Kenny Giogia. Or you can always go here, these are taken from Kenny's channel https://www.reaper.fm/videos.php

If it's a new PC then we can only assume it's Win 10, now the main question is what version (32 bits or 64bits). To make use of more than 4 gb ram you need 64bits. This means that if your win10 is 32 bits and you have let's say 16gb ram installed you will only be using 4gb ram.

Tracktion doesn't bring those drums, they are free to download. I have used the 3 DAWS (Reaper is my main DAW) and to be honest Tracktion is the one that will get him going in no time. Cakewalk and Reaper have a bigger learning curve. And Cakewalk only works with Win10 64bits.

Danny if all you want is to record and you don't have much knowledge I would advise to consider Tracktion (version 7 is totally free without restrictions), it is very easy to use. https://www.tracktion.com/products/t7-daw This intro video is for version 5 but is still relevant This is an in depth review of T7