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Free starter DAW: the Mac and Windows equivalents
macOS
- GarageBand
Windows
- Waveform Free
- LMMS
What to know
Windows bundles nothing like GarageBand. Cakewalk by BandLab, which used to be the free answer, was retired for the paid Cakewalk Sonar.
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