Cakewalk by BandLab is free!

Well this is awesome. I just found out that Cakewalk by BandLab is free now. I was thinking of ordering a USB adapter for my guitar, but then I remembered that my amplifier has a USB connection, so I’ve been fiddling around with the program for the last several hours.

The Cakewalk interface
You can select various effects pedals, amplifiers, etc.

Check out this test jam I recorded. It turned out sounding Peter Framptonish. The octave harmony part (that sounds Framptonish) is where the vocals would be.

I also tried the intro to Fade to Black by Metallica, not 30 minutes after downloading the Cakewalk software. It’s a bit rough, but it sounds good to a studio rookie like me. My Lynnie thought it sounded terrible, but she doesn’t like Metallica anyway.