If you need a professional audio/midi/softsyth/fx music program and you are on a budget, just buy the latest copy of Computer Music magazine, CD included.
Muzys: http://www.muzys.com/index.html
http://www.computermusic.co.uk/about/aboutvst.asp
Price £5.50 (UK). About $12 at Barnes and Noble book store.
Muzys 2.4 : Technical Specifications
Available on Windows (Win9x, WinMe, WinNT, Win2K, WinXP) and MacOS (system 8.6 or higher)
Advanced pattern- and song- composition and performance capabilities
Up to 128 tracks per Composition
Realtime song programming, Live performance recording
Advanced sequencing and looping capabilities
Detailed and professional sequence editors (Key Editor, Grafix Editor, List Editor)
More than 30 sequence functions like Quantize, Transpose, Change Note Length, Key Shaker, ...
Very intuitive & powerful Groove system
Tempi from 40.000 to 500.000 BPM, 960 PPQN
Sample Accurate Timing
Unique integration of audio and MIDI
Supports ASIO, MME & DirectSound on Windows, and ASIO & Sound Manager on MacOS
Supports sample formats from 11025 Hz, 16 Bit to 96000 Hz, 64 Bit floating point
Optimized sampler with 1024 polyphones, with Linear and Cubic Hermite interpolation
Superb and fully automatable Audio Mixing Desk supporting Pre/Post * Insert/Send Effects
16 integrated and optimized Muzys Plugin Effects (Delay, Reverb, EQ, Filters, Distortion, ...)
Supports VST Plugin Effects
Supports VST Instruments
Easy Plugin Manager
Integrated Wave Labo
Integrated Wave Manager
Advanced multiport MIDI Player support
Advanced MIDI Program Change support
Integrated and fully automatable MIDI Mixing Desk with up to 32 customable faders
Easy MIDI Controller assignments
Keyboard Mapper allows triggering of sequence from a MIDI keyboard !
FastKeys : User definable key-shortcuts for almost every function
Loads AIFF, WAVE and MP3 audiofiles, with easy previewing !
Imports MIDI Files
MIDI Clock Transmission
MTC Transmission
Supports ReWire on Windows (audio only)
Years of practical studio experience incorporated
100% skinnable
Platform independent
Free Demo: http://www.muzys.com/downloads.html
Muzys: http://www.muzys.com/index.html
http://www.computermusic.co.uk/about/aboutvst.asp
Price £5.50 (UK). About $12 at Barnes and Noble book store.
Muzys 2.4 : Technical Specifications
Available on Windows (Win9x, WinMe, WinNT, Win2K, WinXP) and MacOS (system 8.6 or higher)
Advanced pattern- and song- composition and performance capabilities
Up to 128 tracks per Composition
Realtime song programming, Live performance recording
Advanced sequencing and looping capabilities
Detailed and professional sequence editors (Key Editor, Grafix Editor, List Editor)
More than 30 sequence functions like Quantize, Transpose, Change Note Length, Key Shaker, ...
Very intuitive & powerful Groove system
Tempi from 40.000 to 500.000 BPM, 960 PPQN
Sample Accurate Timing
Unique integration of audio and MIDI
Supports ASIO, MME & DirectSound on Windows, and ASIO & Sound Manager on MacOS
Supports sample formats from 11025 Hz, 16 Bit to 96000 Hz, 64 Bit floating point
Optimized sampler with 1024 polyphones, with Linear and Cubic Hermite interpolation
Superb and fully automatable Audio Mixing Desk supporting Pre/Post * Insert/Send Effects
16 integrated and optimized Muzys Plugin Effects (Delay, Reverb, EQ, Filters, Distortion, ...)
Supports VST Plugin Effects
Supports VST Instruments
Easy Plugin Manager
Integrated Wave Labo
Integrated Wave Manager
Advanced multiport MIDI Player support
Advanced MIDI Program Change support
Integrated and fully automatable MIDI Mixing Desk with up to 32 customable faders
Easy MIDI Controller assignments
Keyboard Mapper allows triggering of sequence from a MIDI keyboard !
FastKeys : User definable key-shortcuts for almost every function
Loads AIFF, WAVE and MP3 audiofiles, with easy previewing !
Imports MIDI Files
MIDI Clock Transmission
MTC Transmission
Supports ReWire on Windows (audio only)
Years of practical studio experience incorporated
100% skinnable
Platform independent
Free Demo: http://www.muzys.com/downloads.html
using a piano roll is the worst way of making music, it feels more like work than play