 While hardware costs have fallen, the power of the personal computer has increased, so that in the 2010s a good quality home computer is sufficiently powerful to serve as a complete multitrack recorder, if a band or performer has a USB microphone or a regular microphone and a sound card adapter, using inexpensive hardware and software.Since 2012, the multitracking software GarageBand is offered as a free download for all of Apple's new computers or $4.99 for older models.GarageBand added to the many free or under $100 solutions available to the Windows platform that run on less expensive but often more powerful hardware.