# Good beat making/music creation software?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-beat-making-music-creation-software/224371>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 14, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-beat-making-music-creation-software/224371 "2004-01-14T07:12:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-beat-making-music-creation-software/224371/1 "2004-01-14T07:12:44Z")

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So far I’ve been working with Acid Sonic Foundry. It works very nice, but I’d like to start making my own loops/beats, rather than just using the ones they provide. Preferably not too advanced, as I’ve just started to create electronic music.

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**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-beat-making-music-creation-software/224371/2 "2004-01-14T07:21:07Z")

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I think the 800lb. gorilla of electronic music making is Fruity Loops. I love playing with it and you can do quite a bit with it. The tutorial is pretty decent, too.

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**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-beat-making-music-creation-software/224371/3 "2004-01-15T04:27:54Z")

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check out [Buzz](http://www.buzzmachines.com/); it’s very cool. kinda different, but very cool.

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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-beat-making-music-creation-software/224371/4 "2004-01-15T04:42:18Z")

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If you have money to spend, try [Reason](http://www.propellerheads.se/), an excellent piece of software for writing and sequencing. I’ve been giving it a go the past few months, and it’s incrediably powerful.