

I instantly fell in love with the minimal user interface that was placed on top of such a complex and versatile music production tool. MuLab Free was the first freeware DAW that I really liked back when I was making my first steps in the world of computer based music production. It is also an incredibly powerful sound design tool that will allow you to chain up to eight VST plugins (combined with dozens of MuLab’s built-in devices) in almost and routing setup imaginable. Once you’re ready to upgrade to MuLab UL, you can purchase key in the MuTools Shop and enter it in MuTools 7 Free in order to unlock all of the program’s features.

There’s A LOT you can do with the free version, though, especially if you intend on using it as your secondary DAW for starting new projects and experimenting with modular plugin setups. There are no nag screens or other similar annoyances in MuLab Free, apart from the soft white noise that you’ll hear in case you hit one of its limitations (up to four sequencer tracks and eight VST plugins per session). There’s no installation or activation required and the application is actually fully portable (you can carry it around on a USB stick or an external hard drive and use it as a portable studio). To use the freeware edition of MuLab 7, simply download the latest version of the software from the product page linked below and extract the ZIP archive to you hard drive. See also: Best FREE Digital Audio Workstations! A detailed list of improvements and new features implemented in MuLab 7 is available here. There are many other minor improvements as well, including a new random parameter generator, swing mode, a pitch bend generator module, improved piano roll, etc.

MuLab 7 comes with a large number of new features and improvements, the most important of which are the simplified audio recording workflow (something that used to confuse many new MuLab users) and the fantastic new step sequencer (you can see it in action in the demo video below). The software is available in two versions, Free and UL (priced at €69). MuTools has officialy released MuLab 7, a modular digital audio workstation and plugin host for PC and Mac.
