BandLab
Cloud-based digital audio workstation
BandLab is a freemium (previously freeware) online digital audio workstation (DAW) music tool by BandLab Technologies with social media functions, and distribution functions for creating music collaboratively, sharing it, and selling it. It can also be used non-collaboratively. It can operate on many different platforms inside a web browser or with a standalone app, available for iOS and Android. In January 2023, BandLab had 60 million creators.
01Features
BandLab is an entry level music production app to create songs in various genres.
- Free Audio & Vocal Preset effects, allowing members to change the sounds of vocals & other audio track sounds, for example 70s Funk bass, or robotic-sounding autotune vocals and other genre-specific sounds. The presets load and edit the free effects that BandLab comes with, configuring them to specific settings to achieve the chosen sound.
- BandLab comes with a free vocal pitch correction, a free drum machine, a sampler, synths, guitar amplifier simulations, reverb effect presets, etc. BandLab presets use effects everyone can access for free.
- Free mastering of mixes with a choice of sound, like tape noise.
- Free hosting of music creations, similarly to SoundCloud.
- Royalty-free samples
02History
In 2016, BandLab acquired the music company Composr and converted it into the BandLab platform, while also transferring staff to BandLab. In 2022, Mix Online reported that the BandLab DAW had raised $65 million in funding to expand.
The BandLab platform sponsored the NME awards 2022, which were titled "The BandLab NME Awards 2022". In 2023, Luh Tyler revealed to Rolling Stone that the song "Back Flippin'" was recorded and made in BandLab. In January 2024 d4vd gave an interview to Rolling Stone, in which he revealed his early songs were made in BandLab.
03Supported file formats and interfaces
| Import | ||
|---|---|---|
| BandLab's Web Studio supports MIDI, mp3, mp4, wav, aac, m4a, and ogg files. | BandLab on iOS supports MIDI, mp3, m4a, and wav files. | BandLab on Android supports MIDI, 16/24-bit mp3, and 16-bit wav files. |
| Export | ||
| BandLab's Web Studio support MIDI, 128/192/320kbit/s mp3, and 16-bit wav files | BandLab on iOS and Android support m4a files | |
| Interfaces | ||
| USB, Lightning jack, Microphone jack, Line In jack |
04Notable people
05Minimum system requirements
- Android 3.0 or above
- iOS 14 or above
- Browser version - a computer that can run the latest version of Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or any Chromium-based browser.
- Internet: An internet connection is needed for syncing in BandLab.
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