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I've been farting around recently looping things on audacity and have had a great time.
However, audacity is not really brilliant for this for many reasons ( no real volume control for fading etc)
Can anyone suggest any freeware or cheap software that i could d/l and tinker about with to produce more advanced stuff that will make me rich and famous?
It would also have to be fairly user-friendly as I am a fool, and impatient to boot.

Thank You, Regards
simlls
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