

The issue is external equipment… When you are cheap or broke, you likely don’t have one of every amp or pedal ever made to use when recording guitar. On its own, you can record some nice quality music. Reaper is a full-featured DAW (Digital Audio Workspace) complete with pitch correction, MIDI and tons of other great features and plugins.

Reaper’s free version doesn’t have limitation in functionality, but does have a nag screen that pops up for 10 seconds when you start and you can’t use it commercially.

I already used Reaper for recording for the last 10+ years, so I finally paid for the full license (only like $60). Some time ago, I got interested in modeling different amps and effects when recording guitar.
