Midi/Audio Studio or Sequencer Applications¶
Links¶
- Creative Music and Audio - A section on Apple’s website featuring articles detailing how musicians use Macs.
- Yahoo Media Production > Music > Software
- Global Music Resource
Products¶
Full Midi/Audio Studio:
- Pinnacle - Steinberg
- Cubase SL3 - $299 - For the first time, a native music production system combines full-featured audio and MIDI recording and editing, virtual instruments and powerful audio mixing with the added flexibility of loop- and pattern-based arranging and mixing. In addition, Cubase SL3 offers the same, outstanding audio quality and full-featured MIDI recording and editing found in Cubase SX3 at an exceptionally low price.
- Studio Case - $200 - Studio Case is Steinberg’s complete music producer’s software collection. It includes Cubase SE, HALion SE, Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition SE, Groove Agent SE, The Grand SE, and D’cota SE. Cubase SE, a powerful music workstation software application that’s based on the successful Cubase SX, offers all of the essential features found in Cubase SX and SL.
- Apple/eMagic’s - Logic Express - $299 - Affordable virtual studio which integrates a rich feature set for both music and audio production in one application. Note integration w/ Quicktime Player
- Propellerheads - Reason 2.5 - $345 - a virtual studio rack with all the tools and instruments you need
- MOTU - Digital Performer 4.5 - an integrated digital audio and MIDI sequencing production tool. It provides a comprehensive recording, playback, and editing environment for a large variety of audio applications. The low-end tool is Performer - $300 - 8 tracks instead of 64.
- BIAS - Deck 3.5 - is a full-featured, multitrack digital audio workstation for the Macintosh. Strong Audio, Weak MIDI depends on ancient Opcode OMS 2.3.8 :-( Integrates with Quicktime player.
Sequencers:
- GVox - Master Tracks Pro - $99 - professional MIDI sequencing program. MIDI only. :-(
- Ergonis - Macility - Easy Beat - $89 - a music authoring program for the Macintosh. It uses the built-in software synthesizer of QuickTime (Mac OS 9) or CoreAudio (Mac OS X) to play songs. MIDI only. :-(
- Smartsound - Movie Maestro 1.01 - This is a soundtrack creation program that lets you easily create movie-quality soundtracks for any video project. Canned music only. :-(
Mixed Hardware/Software:
- Avid/digidesign - Pro Tools 6.7 - Controls digidesign hardware.
Old Products (Pre Mac OS X):
- AudioFusion 1.1 - A music software program created to transform your PowerMac into a professional studio. Includes standard audio tools such as a sampler, synthesizer, and beatbox, as well as a mixing system. Provides MIDI compatibility and AIFF exporting
- Gibson - Opcode - Studio vision pro 4.5.1 - MIDI and digital audio recording and sequencing with professional hardware support.
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