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Melodyne Studio Edition v2.5 is the latest version of this powerful multitrack audio recording and editing application which enables the handling of audio files in a completely new but musically intuitive way. It separates recordings into score notes and allows one to edit vocals, solo instruments and percussion in the same way as editing MIDI tracks. Melodyne arranges and combines existing audio files and allows the design of sounds at a detailed musical level. It can change pitch, shift formats and even edit timing and intonation, all at an award-winning sound quality. Melodyne is used for both correction of intonation and timing problems and also as a creative tool for arranging songs as well as designing sounds. At the very least Melodyne is a remixing tool par excellence. Please note: To qualify for the lower priced education version, you will need to fax or email us verification of your academic status after you've made your purchase. Please call us at 877-687-4270 with any questions. Thank you. ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Take your digital music and music library to the next level with AudioSurgeon. Record, edit, convert, and burn your music to CD. Customize and control digital music files by optimizing loudness, removing unwanted sections and hisses, adding sound effects, and more. Use AudioSurgeon's loop control to create and edit loops for drums, rhythm parts, and more. Easy to use, AudioSurgeon is the perfect companion for your digital music library and any music jukebox program.

AudioSurgeon's tools remove pops, clicks, and hisses from recordings and then convert them into digital audio files on your PC. Its simple cut-and-paste operations let you add music and voice-overs to presentations on Microsoft PowerPoint and other visual applications. Add effects like echo, volume scaling, fades, reverse, and more. AudioSurgeon also comes with a customizable mixer. Customize its faders, hide unnecessary options, control multiple sound card mixers, and even create your own mixer applications for MP3 playback, Internet chat, and more. ... Read more

Reviews (1)

Disappointing
I tried to use this software to restore the sound quality to my vinyl records before burning to CD. This product is truly unusable. It takes minutes and minutes to do the simplest task. Unless you have unlimited time and unlimited patience, do not buy this product. A far better product at a much lower cost is Magix Audio Cleaning Lab. Today, Jul 10, 2004, Audio Cleaning Lab 3 is only $9.95. ... Read more

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The Digi 002 is Digidesign's first FireWire-enabled Pro Tools workstation to include an integrated control surface. Digi 002 offers novices and pros alike hands-on command of any project, easy connectivity via FireWire and integrated I/O, portability, dual mode functionality, and full session compatibility with other Pro Tools systems, from Mbox to Pro Tools|HD. In addition, Digi 002 features a 32-track Pro Tools LE interface based on the same award-winning software used by professionals worldwide. With its spectrum of features and affordable price point, Digi 002 is without peer in the audio production world. The EssentialsDigi 002 is a full-featured studio-in-a-box that works with your Window XP Home or Mac OS9.x computer to give you all you need for superior MIDI and audio production. Comprised of a single unit that includes a comprehensive control surface along with analog, digital, and MIDI I/O, Digi 002 communicates with your computer via a single FireWire cable (included). Pro Tools LE software comprises the final component, offering 32 tracks of record and playback, 128 MIDI tracks, real-time plug-in support, and a host of additional features. From beginning to end, Digi 002 places you in an ideal position to realize any project. EnhancersWhile Digi 002 is fully functional in and of itself, many products are available to increase the scope and performance of your Digi 002-based Pro Tools LE environment. Although many plug-ins are included in the 002 pac... ... Read more

Features

• Single FireWire/IEEE-1394 cable connection
• Simultaneously conveys up to 36 streams of digital audio, control surface data, and MIDI data
• No PCI card needed
• 8 motorized, touch-sensitive faders
• 8 rotary encoders

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A software plugin version of the BBE Sonic Maximizer, this little puppy can dramatically increase the clarity of your tracks. Use it as in insert on specific channels, or as a mastering processor for a professional, polished sound. Features digital high quality sound, user-definable presets, processing of infinite channels simultaneously, VST for MAC (OSX compatible) and Windows and DirectX for Windows. ... Read more

Features

• It's a full digital version of the BBE Sonic Maximizer -- with real-time level meters, knobs and controls that work like the actual unit
• Adjust your levels and record bass and drum tracks that sound perfect every time
• Supports sampling up to 96K and 32-bit processing - for incredible, professional recordings
• Avoid fidelity loss and improve sound quality with phase and amplitude adjustors
• Mix like a pro - Advanced tools correct those subtle distortions when sound is reproduced through speakers

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A 2-CD collection packed with 25 animated backdrops and textures that range from subdued and calming to brilliant and kaleidoscopic-perfect for floating text and providing abstract backgrounds for your video projects! The 3D animation wizards at Media Mixers deliver exclusive, high-quality video assets, encoded with Sonic Foundry's acclaimed DV Codec, for direct import into Sonic Foundry Vegas and other non-linear editing systems that support AVI files. Sonic Foundry's catalog of exclusive, royalty-free multimedia creation assets contains the industry's most rapidly expanding selection of sounds and motion pictures, and we're pleased to welcome the kinetic and vibrant art forms of Living Color Fields into the visual media collection. ... Read more

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Learn to play the piano - just follow along with the step-by-step video lessons. Watch as an expert shows you the right way to play tunes at basic and advanced levels. ... Read more

Reviews (2)

This CD does the job
This is a good CD for beginers. I bought this from shop and finished it ina few hours.The video on the CD are helpful, althogh only a few pieces.You can play the video again and again to focus on the finger actions. Inaddition, the software is designed in an elegant style - you feel as if awell-dressed piano teacher were working with you rather than a tool infront.

I give four stars.Wish the ARCMEDIA publish software to teachpiano at medium level.I am willing to pay for more $ than this CD. Again, this CD is worth the money.Think about the tuition you might payfor a piano teacher and the flexibility you get by using this CD.

not so easy
I thought it was as described ..... easy, however this software does no provide much and there's this background music which sounds kind of cold. They basically spilt the lesson to three parts which does not follow witheverybody's pace. Try another software. ... Read more

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Just The Way You Are Shes Always A Woman To Me Dont Ask Me Why Stranger New York State Of Mind Its Still Rock And Roll To Me Honesty My Life Movin Out (Anthonys Song) Piano Man Uptown Girl Shes Got A Way About Her Only The Good Die Young Rootbeer Rag Scenes From An Italian Restaurant Tell Her About It ... Read more

Features

• Piano With Background
• Featuring: John Little
• Left Channel Audio must be connected to QRS Pianomation Midi Player.

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The Wind Beneath My Wings Theme From Cheers (Where Everybody Knows Your Name) Could I Have This Dance (For The Rest Of My Life) Axel F (Theme From Beverly Hills Cop) Careless Whisper The Rose Fame (Theme) Hello Flashdance What A Feeling Lets Hear It For The Boy Endless Love Material Girl Suddenly Up Where We Belong Truly Wake Me Up Before You Go Go La Bamba ... Read more

Features

• Solo Piano From The QRS Archives
• Played By: Rudy Martin
• Left Channel Audio must be connected to QRS Pianomation Midi Player.

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SONAR Producer Edition has a well-earned reputation for delivering powerful production tools in a fast, streamlined user interface. With SONAR 4, Cakewalk has added powerful new recording, editing, comping and navigation tools that optimize workflow for today's professional. In addition, version 4 combines innovative surround and AV capabilities along with precise engineering tools.SONAR 4 Producer Edition is the perfect solution for composing, recording, editing, mixing, and remixing music productions; and for providing voice over, score, sound design and post audio for film, TV, video, commercials, and games.With its open support for industry standard technologies and hardware, the scalability of a native processing system, and virtually unlimited software capabilities, SONAR 4 Producer Edition represents the definitive audio production environment on the Windows platform. Producer Edition exclusivesMulti-format surround mixing and editing with over 30 configurations supported (5.1, 7.1, LCRS, etc.).Intuitive surround panner: focus, width, angle, front/rear balance controls, LFE send; speaker muting & soloing; control surface/joystick support.Lexicon? Pantheon? Surround Reverb?get the pristine sound of classic Lexicon Reverbs?for the first time ever in multi-channel environments up to 8.1. Stereo version of Lexicon Pantheon also included.Sonitus Surround Compressor?a professional, nine-channel compressor specifically designed for surro... ... Read more

Features

• 256 instrument sounds and 9 drum sets
• Unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI
• Up to 128-voice polyphony

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Soundtrack 1.2 ... Read more

Reviews (3)

Soundtrack and House music
I got Soundtrack after hearing about Apple's reputation on music software. I'll tell you right now, they are good at making music software. I got this program for the purpose of making house music in the form of Daft Punk. Basically sample/filter house. Overall I am very satisfied. The program features a ton of samples and a lot of effects. What really makes it shine is that it will match the tempo of samples and you can, chop, slice, and cut all samples. Plus, you can even adjust the speed and pitch of each sample. The only thing that sucks is there is no midi support. But if you want to make house music, then this is a great tool to start with.

If your interested, visit my music site to hear the music I've made with Soundtrack:
http://mercuriusmusic.blogspot.com/

also visit my other site:
http://landofthesuperanime.com/

What, no MIDI? (even garage band has MIDI!)
Musical Talents,

i used to use Opcode's Studiovision Pro for my MIDI and when Gibson bought out Opcode and ceased production of their MIDI software, I went to Steinberg. I now use Cubebase SX3. It is emensly flexible, has many sounds and effects, records audio, has many mixing options and, unfortunatly, (...) and requires an expirianced MIDI engineer to get good results.

On the opposit side of the world is Garage Band, a drag-and-paste music creation tool that is only a fraction of the Apple program available as Ilife. It includes about 1000 canned sounds that can be assembled together and called Music.

Soundtrack meets a middle ground. For about [$$$], you get about 4,000 samples to drag and drop into a timeline on multiple tracks to creat music. It is great fun and useful for backround tracks, but you must accept the provided melodies. Soundtrack, unlike even Garage Band, has no means by which you can create YOUR melodies. You can not use a keyboard interface to create a melody. It is a great loss that earned Soundtrack only 4 stars from me. I found no intros or exits from certain genre of music. In consolation, I'll admitt that you can supply Soundtrack many menues of downloaded and/or purchased blocks of music in the ACID, WAV (and other) professional samples. From there, you'll find an almost endless list of expasion sounds for a price.

I use Soundtrack, which was an added bonus in my Final Cut Pro 3 program, and I use Cubase SX 3 for any true musical compositions, But I recommend Garage Band over Soundtrack for anyone who desires to "make their own music" and can connect a cheap MIDI keyboard to their system. With the added sound effects in the optional expansion set of sound blocks, they may be quite satisfied.

P.S.: I don't own Garage Band (yet!)

Mark.........................................................................................................................

Soundtrack is GB's big brother
If working with Digital Audio and Video is your thing, then Soundtrack is a must buy. Unlike GarageBand (Which works with digital audio clips just like SoundTrack), this is geared toward the professional. It comes with a track just for video which allows you to sync up your audio with what's happening on the screen easily. It also comes with 4000 loops as compared to GBs 1000. You can get GBs accompanying software, Jam Pack, but that still offers much fewer loops than Soundtrack alone. Built in effects to each track also far surpases GBs effects. Pan your volume left and right with just a few clicks to name one. I enjoy GB and have written tunes based on it (Check macidol.com artist name Guy Serle) and it's fun. But when you're ready to do more, get Soundtrack. ... Read more

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Think Of Me Angel Of Music The Phantom Of The Opera The Music Of The Night All I Ask Of You Masquerade Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again I Dreamed A Dream Castle On A Cloud Master Of The House Do You Hear The People Sing In My Life On My Own Drink With Me Bring Him Home ... Read more

Features

• Solo Piano From Live Performances
• Played By: Ken Kaufman
• Left Channel Audio must be connected to QRS Pianomation Midi Player.

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Maestro Max and his choir of singing notes teach the fundamentals of music theory in this award-winning program. Each of Max's 24 lessons ends with a game designed to reinforce new concepts. REQUIREMENTS: Windows 95/ 98/ NT4/ Me/ 2000/ XP *OR* Mac O.S. 7.5 or higher; P133MHz - 16 MB RAM *OR* PowerPC/ iMac/ G3/ G4, 68040 25MHz - 5 MB RAM; 640x480 256-color monitor; 5MB free hard disk space; MPC compatible sound card or General MIDI required; CD-ROM drive & mouse. LESSONS: Intro to the Staff; Intro to the Piano Keyboard; Playing with Pitch; ABC's of the Piano Keyboard; More Piano ABC's; ABC's of the Staff; ABC's of the Treble Staff; More Treble Staff ABC's; Keyboard Review; Below the Treble Staff; Above the Treble Staff; Loud & Soft, Same Pitch; ABC's of the Bass Staff; Above the Bass Staff; Below the Bass Staff; Same Pitch, Different Timbres; ABC's of the Grand Staff; Half Steps & Whole Steps; More ABC's of the Grand Staff; Sharps & Flats; Sharps & Flats on the Staff; More Sharps & Flats on the Staff; Key Signature; Introduction to Major Scales. ... Read more

Features

• Music theory software, 24 lessons; hybrid CD-ROM, for Mac or Windows; for ages 6 & up.
• Educator version tracks the progress of up to 240 users.
• Also includes a teacher's guide of copy-permissible worksheets and awards.

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1996 saw the first chapter in the long and distinguished story of WaveLab. Since then, WaveLab has been continually developed, and has become a leading application in digital audio editing. With version 5, WaveLab can once again claim to be the standard which other applications have to measure themselves by. WaveLab 5 is probably the only all-in-one solution for high resolution stereo and multi-channel audio editing, mastering, CD/DVD burning and for complete CD or DVD Audio production in outstanding audio quality. ... Read more

Features

• Multi-channel surround audio support
• User definable surround-to-stereo down-mixing
• DVD Audio burning, including video data
• Multi-channel metering and analysis with up to eight channels
• ASIO instant remapping for instant audio compare at the touch of a button

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Now you can fulfill your dream of learning to play the piano for a fraction of the cost of traditional lessons. With Instant Play Piano on CD-ROM your professional video instructors use your home computer to guide you through in depth piano tutoring at your own pace!

... Read more

Features

• Over 20 instructional videos with full-screen and slow motion options to help users learn
• Multiple practice tools including variable-speed and repetition loops
• Software corrects musical passages and sequences onscreen as you play
• The powerful Etude Sight Reader heightens your skills in note recognition, rhythm, rests & duration, and easy & complex musical passages

Features

• Features internal 32 bit floating point mixing, up to 96kHz stereo
• High-precision mastering and special effects filters - reverb, compressor, procedural equalizer, distortion, phaser, flanger, bass boost and more
• Full-featured sequencer lets you create songs in pieces and weld those song pieces together into a full composition
• Work with a wide range of effects for your added instruments - reverb, phaser, flanger and more
• Route the mixer tracks in new ways to create complex mixing chains

Amazon.com Product Description

Cakewalk Home Studio 2002 frees you from dependence on studios and technicians so you can do your digital recording from your desktop. With support for 24- and 16-bit audio, real-time DirectX effects, DXi software synths, MIDI FX plug-ins, and ACID-format audio loop technology, Home Studio 2002 turns your PC into a multitrack recording studio.

Add a range of audio effects, like Amp Sim Lite, reverb, chorus, delay, flange, and EQ. Create loops fast. Record unlimited audio and MIDI tracks. Mix with real-time audio and MIDI effects. Home Studio lets you work with ACID-format, MP3, WAV, WMA, and MIDI files. You can also import and synchronize AVI video to music projects. This very robust program includes an ACID-format audio loop library as well as free versions of Pyro MP3 and CD Maker (trial version), Virtual Sound Canvas DXi soft synth, and DreamStation DXi soft synth. ... Read more

Reviews (18)

Very good software
I have a full review below.Just wanted to add something else.

Home Studio XL in Windows 2000 gives annoying little problems that force you to stop your flow (in some cases for as long as 5 minutes when it crashes and you let windows 2000 sort everything out on its own). Every problem in the full review pertains to working in windows 2000.

However, on windows 98, its smooth sailing.I never had a problem with it while working in Windows 98.

difficult but outstanding
I purchased this item in spite of the warnings about how difficult it was to learn. It is indeed difficult. The tutorials are detailed, but regretfully silent on some key issues. I had to search the web for solutions to some problems I had in getting it to run on my laptop computer. The solutions simply involved toggling some options in the pull down menus, but I'd never been able to stumble onto the fixes without investing a few hours in searching the web for advice. I still can't get the chorus and reverb options to work on the mixing board. Oh well. Nevertheless, there really isn't anything else like this product -- especially for the price.

Powerful tool, on a budget!
I have read the review above from the guy who says that Cakewalk Home Studio stinks, and cannot disagree more. True, you do have to learn how to master the tool before it will perform optimally, but what's the alternative? You either learn how to do it, or pay someone to do it for you.
As a musical nerd/geek, I use Home Studio a LOT. I have produced my own music as well as that of others, and for the price you simply cannot beat it.
Unless you are a complete weiner, you should be able to figure out how to use the software. Go on, by the software and start recording...You know you want to!

For it's price it is a good value
Software sequencing is not as easy as some might think. It takes a bit of getting used to and reading up on midi, recording audio and mixing. All of this is available on the interent for free and for a person new to home studios it is an excellent supplement for ANY sequencing software.

One area where Cakewalk and other "linear" sequencers create difficulty is when comparing to audio based programs like Acid. It doesn't get much easier than Acid....until you want control that enables you to add your own sounds while playing in which case you'll need the Pro version which while more capable is still not meant for using with midi in any significant way.

Home Studio 2002 is an outstanding bargain. You get a couple of direct x synthesizers aka DXi. They are simple but effective enough to get the user started in software synthesis. Partiuclarly Dreamstation is useful for analog style timbres and the Virtual Sound Canvas is acceptable for traditonal sounds that will play standard midi files.

The audio system is dead simple and requires about an hour to get help through the Cakewalk bulletin board or several other music related sites. Cakewalk's manuals are drab but have the information necessary to get you started. Third party books are common for software. They cut to the chase and do not have to spend the laborious time explaining the entire program. They get you going and then you continue learning with a decent knowledge of the application you are using.

Feature wise you get 80% of the much more expensive Sonar program which adds a beat slicing and sequencing DXi, Rewire capability (for programs that can be synchronized in sample perfect time, some include Reason, ReBirth and Abelton LIVE) and several direct x effects. It's ability to use Acid loops and to save loops to the format makes it especially good for remixers and for those projects that needed a bit more instrumentation but survive as audio tracks. In terms of value for money this is an incredible deal.

There are a couple of contenders but they are nowhere near the capability of Cakewalk Home Studio 2002 which is good enough to create professional tracks.

Considering the professional quality plugins available for instruments and sound/effects processing nothing at this price point is close. Maybe the price of so much flexibility is a little extra work but that becomes a question of whether you need to work immediately or can take a day or two to master the most important aspects of the program so you can lay down tracks and midi takes.

Pass on Cakewalk Home Studio if you are looking for instant gratification. Buy it if you want a taste of the pro-studio at a fraction of the cost.

Great Starting point and Worthwhile Upgrade
Man Cakewalk Home Studio 2002 comes up strong!

Home Studio XL heads up:
If you're looking to purchase HS XL because of the DR-008SE (by FXpansion, then I suggest you don't.The DR-008SE is extremely buggy, and frequently (as in everyday) crashes and brings HS down with it.
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It's a terrible nuisance!Absolutely horrific that such software was packaged and sold.I think it was just an incentive to get people to buy the pro or full version- the DR-008.Also, if you've used the DR-08SE in a project, it always says that it cant find the audio file and you have to listen to this for EVERY wave file that is used by the DR-008SE.It doesn't take long to get sick of this.FXpansion offered no solution to this when i posted it on there message board back in November.
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Home Studio � for the Upgrading user
Awesome.I upgraded after being an expert with HS 7 (toot-toot).I think the new features I use the most are the Envelope which let you �draw� how certain parameters change over time, like volume (It�s a vast improvement over recording the parameter changes into the track as in HS 7), audio exporting, like to .wma, .wav, and .rm.In HomeStudio XL, you can export a limited number of .mp3 files with this trial software.Also, augmented in this version (at least from an ex-HS 7 user�s perspective) is the fine-grain time.A note used to have 120 places within a meter where it could be placed.Now it has (wait let me check�) 960!Funny, thing is, I�m so used to 120, that is difficult to get calibrated to 960 when reading the note start times.Ah, but HS is a sympathetic app and allows you to choose how fine you want the time to be.The gamut is from 120 � 960.I�ve been working with 360 lately. One of my favorite new features is Groove-Clip looping.With it, you can take any piece of audio (either recorded or imported into your project/song) and delimit it using a window that makes the audio part you�re looking for pretty easy to find.You adjust the beginning and the end of what you want looped over and over again in a non destructive manner until you�re sure you�ve gotten it (you can play the delimited audio from within the window to test your loop).Once you�re happy with it, you then lop off all the audio outside of what you want and what�s left is called your Groove-Clip.With your groove-clip all set up, you can extend or contract [by dragging] it in either direction (right or left) and it is looped over and over for the distance you finalized it at.MAGNIFICANT!! I use it for guitar parts that luckily come out right.The absolutely most used feature is something called, (um hold on a sec�) slip editing on MIDI clips.This allows you to silence notes without having to change there velocities to 1 or delete them.This is an INVALUABLE, and a Welcomed augmentation.
For some reason, they moved Normalize Audio, and 3db louder and quieter operations off of the context menu for audio and kept it in the Edit->Audio menu section.

Home Studio for the New User
I have to assert that this is an excellent program for learning to compose with. It comes with tutorials that will get you up and running fast.The online help is very good too.I can�t say that there has been an instance where I couldn�t find what I wanted (not many anyway - I can say with certainty).Its user interface is so easy and it looks nice.You can mark parts of you�re song such as "Guitar Solo" or something) and navigate them quickly in 2 different ways.One takes you there immediately while the other steps you through marker by marker from where ever you start.Recording is like a 2 (setup and record) step process, which is good seeing as how you�ll be rerecording a lot.Recording can be stepped up and specialized at the cost of maybe 2-4 more steps that you only do 1 time for each Different time period of the song you try to record in.Most often I use punch-in recording when specialized recording is required.This allows recording only during a time period you set.You can also set whether to record over existing notes or in addition to them.
There is non-destructive editing of both audio and MIDI clips (clips are sections of notes or audio).You can import audio, export audio, and add effects to midi and audio tracks like a distortion to audio tracks that sound good.

My only qualms
1-Sometimes Home Studio will playback at some awfully fast rate.Like if you recorded with the tempo at 100 bpm, then playback might be at like 600bpm.It�s a pain in the neck when that starts happening.I think that only happens when the sound card is �tired�, so you should probably give it rest then.
2-To get someone on the phone at tech support takes a long time.A LONG time.However, the person I dealt with was pleasant and put an honest effort into helping solve the problem with the Dr-008se.

This review is probably a bit too long, so I�ll end it now.I highly recommend Home Studio or Home Studio XL.And when you buy yours, be sure to register it, so you can get spectacular deals from Cakewalk that not even auctions can rival � seriously!Once you use it, you�ll want to use it exclusively.I�ve tried Cubasis after knowing HS and it was an unpleasant experience.The only other software I would use instead of Home Studio is Sonar.But Home Studio gives me everything I need to put songs together. ... Read more

Product Description

The complete software for writing, playing, printing and publishing music notation. It's designed to make your life easier, save you time, produce beautiful results -- and enable you to do things you might never have dreamed of, like publish your music world-wide or create your own CDs. And its designed for every kind of musician, from students and teachers to professional composers.Sibelius is suitable for all educational levels -- it's easy for beginners, yet sophisticated enough for all university requirements. Sibelius helps teachers with lesson preparation such as creating worksheets, handouts, and exam papers. It lets students hear how their work sounds, makes it easy to find and correct mistakes, and is much more fun to use than pen and paper!At university level, Sibelius satisfies the most advanced requirements, from avant garde and early music notation to Schenkerian analysis.If you're an instrumental teacher, Sibelius makes it quick to create exercises, scan in and transpose pieces, and produce accompaniments and arrangements -- you'll never need to write out parts again!Sibelius Notes is a complete pack of educational resources to help you teach music in the classroom with Sibelius. Covering all school levels (K-12, Key Stages 1-4 and beyond), Notes contains ready-to-use exercises and worksheets on everything from notation to composing, plus dozens of music files on CD-ROM and other useful... ... Read more

Features

• Track mixer; iTunes integration; notation editor
• Virtual studio for computer-based music production
• Over 1,000 Apple Loops; import GarageBand projects
• High-quality software instruments and plug-ins
• Professional multichannel recording; MIDI editing

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BFD gives you your own drum studio,with complete control of 7 real drum kits plus additional hats, snares and cymbals. Every drum is recorded from eleven different mics positioned around the kit and room so you can mix your drums by blending the mic sources just like in a real studio. BFDâs high quality drum sample library has an unparalleled degree of realism. For each type of drum type in each kit, there are a number of different styles of "hits". Each of these "hits" is sampled at up to 46 velocity layers, resulting in drum parts of superior detail and expressiveness.BFD was recorded in the drum room at a top Californian recording studio by professional engineer Steve Duda (NIN, Pitchshifter, A Perfect Circle) using over $50,000 worth of microphones from Neumann, Sennheiser, AKG and others. The drums used range from the 1920s to 2002, and include both classics and rarities. Not only useful as a sound source for your own drum programming, BFD also incorporates a comprehensive library of ready-to-use MIDI Grooves with different styles, feels and time signatures. The library features both programmed grooves and MIDI recordings of real drummers, including top UK session drummer Chris Dagley (Jamiroquai, Lalo Schifrin, Ella Fitzgerald, Eric Clapton, Chaka Khan). ... Read more

Features

• The bottom panel is actually a simple buit-in, 6-voice synthesiser that can be used as a carrier signal to be vocoded
• This synth can be used as a drone with pitches for each of the six voices set using the keyboard graphic
• However, the synthesiser can also be played in real-time using MIDI
• It is also possible to use external audio sources as the carrier signal