Audio Production Software

Just trying to get an idea of what’s out there as I don’t really know. Basically something that’ll run with Mac and produces reasonable quality stuff. Also if you could recommend an audio interface that would work well with it or that is just good anyway I’d really appreciate it.

For software I would advise you to purchase Ableton Live. You can download a trial version I believe from their website at http://www.ableton.com. For an audio interface, M-Audio has midi keyboards which function as an audio interface as well, so you have two devices for the price of one. I prefer to have my audio interface and midi keyboard seperated though. Edirol, which is owned by Roland, have some nice audio interfaces and midi keyboards. I personally prefer Edirol over M-Audio, but that is of course just my opinion. For an audio interface, the UA-25EX is very nice and for a midi keyboard with plenty of controllers, I personally like the PCR-300 very much, but if this would be too little keys for you, you could purchase the PCR-500 or PCR-800 even. Having a good audio interface is not enough though, you will need proper speakers for monitoring as well. You get a very good price and sound quality balance with the KRK speakers. The KRK Rokit Powered 5 Generation 2 are cheap and provide great sound quality. If you have a larger room to record your work or you have more money to spend, then purchase the KRK Rokit Powered 6 Generation 2.