Actually Free
LMMS
GarageBand (Comes with OSX)
Bandlab Cakewalk
Free Versions
Podium
MuLab
Studio One Prime
Reaper
Tracktion T6
Ohm Studio
Extremely Cheap
Ardour ($1)
Now we're getting into commercial DAWs. Read about editions and features carefully before making a purchase.
Less than $100
Mixcraft
Renoise
Reason Essentials
$100-$300
FL Studio
Logic Pro
You might as well be a professional
Cubase
Pro Tools
Reason
Ableton LiveDSK Music
Sforzando
T-Force Alpha Plus
Sonigen Modular
TranceDrive
Synth1
Dexed
SpicyGuitar
Iowa Flute
4front Bass
Orion Sound Module
Kong Audio
Virtual Playing Orchestra
smpld (Expus' rompler for Vocalo-Ps!!!!)
Beat Zampler
bigcat Instruments
Magical 8bit plugin
PAPU
Proteus VX
Plogue Sforzando (sfz/soundfont player)Trancedrive
Tonius 1
Tonius 2
Over 10000 Synth1 patches
Musyng Kite (soundfont)
Karoryfer Emilyguitar (sfz)
Multisampled electric guitar (sfz)
Multisampled bass (sfz)

Songwriting Resources
DAWs, instruments, effects, oh my!
Recent Updates
- Added Bandlab Cakewalk Apr 8, 2018
- Added a bunch of JV's suggestions Jan 13, 2018
- Added Learning Music May 8, 2017