Where can I find free software to do basic guitar recording and maybe put a simple drum beat to a song.?

Question

I just bought a Mobile Pre USB to connect to my computer and I need some software to record the instruments. I remember a buddy telling me that he downloaded his recording stuff off the internet for free and I can't get in touch with him now and I don't want to spend a bunch of money for something I 'll just play around with. Thanks!

Answer 1

try these sources first:

http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/freeware/

http://www.free-plugin-list.com/

http://www.audiomastermind.com/browse-free_vst_plugins-5886988-1.html

http://www.freebyte.com/music/

Answer 2

He probably used Audacity from soundforge.
You can download it for free from here:
http://www.cassette2cd.co.uk/downloads.php
You should be able to multi-track with it, I've not tried it yet, but I'm sure you can...