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+1 LMMS free DAW FLStudio-ish thingy. It has a bunch of chiptune based plugins, too. It can't output midi files, but it can output midi signals.
Trackers
Most tracker's are small and lightweight in general anyway. MilkyTracker, HivelyTracker, Beepola, p5tracker, etc... (I don't think any of those are popular, haha). OpenMPT can do VST stuff.
I download every single pc tracker I can get my hands on, haha.
General Midi
Jazz Midi Sequencer is a pretty great and powerful simple light little midi sequencer. I have version 4.0, which I think was the last proper release before it changed hands and went into development mode and stopped distributing full featured binaries.
For a really user friendly but-basic free midi experience Anvil Studio is nice. It takes some leg-work to get fancy effects going without paying $$$ for the "optional accessories", but if you aren't trying to push the capabilities of the format, it should be fine. It's easier to use than Jazz, but it doesn't grant ready access to all midi parameters. You can still do a lot with it, though.
Muse score can print sheet music.
Other
Paint.NET is a nice free graphics editing program. I think many people here swear by Grafx for pixel art, though.
DOSBox
One Must Fall 2097
GNUitar

Audio Production/MIDI Sequencing/VST Hosts:
Sound Club: If you want a really really quick way to sketch out ideas that isn't tracker based, I can't think of anything quicker than http://bluemoon.ee 's Sound Club (found in the "History" timeline). It is light, quick, and even can export s3m files. It has unlimited polyphony and stuff, not to mention the included samples are nice. The only "effect" it has is portamento, but it does have volume, tempo, and pan parameters.
ZynAddSubFX
Reaper
Essentials:
Google Chrome
I highly recommend you install the OneTab and The Great Suspender add-ons. They will make your browsing experience sooo much easier.

Thanks a ton for this great post! It all looks great. Though I won't be looking for Chrome addons too much since I won't be browsing the web on this thing (unless I get around to installing the hardware wireless card adapter)

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342 Reply by an0va Jul 8, 2013 5:44 am

Re: PC-Only Software (36 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

Scared me for a sec thar

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343 Reply by an0va Jul 8, 2013 5:30 am

Re: PC-Only Software (36 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

Wow, thank you so much for all the wonderful and fabtastic posts guys. Keep em comin!

Bit wish - wha? You mean i could sequence hardware with this old thing?!

edit - "fabtastic" was totally a typo via my phone but you know what, im stickin to it

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344 Reply by an0va Jul 7, 2013 10:36 pm

Re: PC-Only Software (36 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

Alpine wrote:

I would recommend getting FL Studio for using those VSTs, but with 30gb, it may take up a little too much room. It's pretty decent as long as you aren't doing anything really complicated, I've got an XP laptop, but with a 111gb HD, and 512mb ram, and FL sometimes hangs.
Video making may be a bit of a problem, rendering anything is painfully slow on mine, although it will obviously be faster on yours.
Also Audacity

Yes, Audacity! Good call. I thought about FL studio too, perhaps a legacy version, but I hesitate to bother learning a brand new DAW when all I would be doing is using it as a VST Host to sequence MIDI and bounce the stems to my other more capable computers to mix.

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345 Topic by an0va Jul 7, 2013 10:15 pm

Topic: PC-Only Software (36 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

Just acquired a nice refurb PC Laptop from our friend Oxygen/Radlib/Rolly/Sadnes/Steady/Star (thanks Carl!). Here are the basic specs:
30GB HD
768 mb ram
Windows XP fresh install

Now as I'm booting it up I just realized: I haven't used a PC for anything but Office for about six years, but in the past I've always complained about PC-only stuff. Unfortunately, I didn't make a list during this time and I'm impatient to let those thoughts come back! So considering the specs above, I'd like to make this into a nice simple music machine for sketching out ideas and very basic stuff. Here are some possibilities I've come up with so far...now some of these aren't strictly PC-only, but if I'm missing something you think would be useful on a lil machine like this, hit me up:

Essentials:
Google Chrome
LSDJ Backup software
Dropbox (only syncing to very minimal folders, such as my LSDJ sav backup folder)

Trackers:
Famitracker
TFM/PGM/Deflemask
Vice + SID Wizard

General MIDI:
TabIt
PowerTab
(looking forward to getting my guitar chops back in shape)

Audio Production/MIDI Sequencing/VST Hosts:
??? (i dunno, maybe an older version of Ableton Live since I'm familiar with it?)

VST & VSTi:
SQ8L
Hexter

Other:
??? (maybe some software for visuals?)

Any suggestions? I'm open to all kinds of ideas!

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346 Reply by an0va Jun 19, 2013 4:44 am

Re: So hey uhhh.... Anamanaguchi on Fallon guys (99 replies, posted in Releases)

yo if you're about to be playing national television you guys wouldn't trust decades old videogame hardware that crashes every other concert either, let's be real

they owned and i loved the added touches of the music video and projection on the actual cubes

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