The program reads a list of sounds, you assign a key to each sound... and then it's time to party! just go on stage with your keyboard (better get a long USB or ADB cable ;-) and disturb the beautiful music that's playing in the background with your own samples!
GrooveMaker 2.0 Demo
IK Multimedia, ikm@ikmultimedia.com, http://www.ikmultimedia.com
This hip loop and groove generator will turn your Mac into a powerful groovestation, allowing you to easily create, edit, remix, and save your own dance music in realtime. Surf through millions of randomly generated grooves, remixing them on the fly or select tracks and go to town with your own remixes. Get a pro-sounding track with just few clicks even if you don’t know a thing about music. This latest version features the new LoopMaker that allows you to load and resync any audio file with full control. A revolutionary tool for composers, remixers, multimedia presentations, sound enhanced Web sites, games, and CD-ROMs. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.6 or later and 16 MB RAM.
For musicians with a hole in their pocketbook, this fab program allows you to become a one-man (or woman) band without owning a single instrument. Use standard notation to enter your melodies and an automatic accompaniment can be generated to your tune, or create your own accompaniment. It features a complete digital instrument base, digital sound editor, MIDI support, tablature and chord diagrams, a karaoke function, and more. 68k and PPC compatible running Mac OS 7.7 or later.
Igor Engraver is a rich-featured scoring and composition tool. What makes this program surpass many others in the genre is not just its functionality, or its ease of use. It’s the great price. This wonderful piece of software is absolutely, positively free! PPC G3 recommended; MacOS 8.5 to 9.x; 32 MB RAM
This baby brother to BIAS’s Peak offers pro-quality audio editing features for your sound processing projects. It features looping capabilities, nondestructive editing, effects, and more. Burn audio directly to your CD-R or encode your files for RealAudio streaming over the Internet. 68k and PPC compatible running at least Mac OS 7.5 and QuickTime 2.0. Requires 10 MB RAM and Sound Manager 3.1 or later.
Hopefully you’ve ventured beyond just perusing the folders of the MacAddict monthly discs and actually launched the Tour that we work so hard on! If so, you know that the disc has four songs to accompany the MacAddict experience. Until now, there was no easy way to listen to the songs without launching the tour. Now you can save these songs as Quicktime movies on your hard drive. Nifty as it may be, please continue to support the artists and musicians in the Mac community by visiting their websites and sending them comments via email. Have fun.
MusicMentor is a shareware HyperCard stack to help music students learn to read written music quickly. MusicMentor remembers and tests more frequently on the notes which each user gets wrong. MusicMentor remembers test results and missed notes for any number of different players, so that in a class or home situation where there are several MusicMentor users and only one computer, each user can still have his or her own resuls stored. This program requires Hypercard Player, which can be downloaded from Apple’s web site.
Blast away snaps, crackles, and pops with this noise zapper. This tool will let you restore your old vinyl and tape recordings, leaving the original sound free from hum, hiss, pops, scratches, clicks, and other unwanted audio. Convert your old records and tapes to CD, clean up background noise in audio files, eliminate camera sound and HVAC noise from video/film soundtracks, filter out line noise and ground lop hums, enhance poorly-recorded audio tracks, and more. Requires a PPC.
This plug-in for Casady & Greene’s SoundJam MP and Nullsoft Winamp will make your MP3 files sizzle. Realizer solves the problem of flat-sounding compressed audio by expanding the stereo image, adding missing low-end frequencies, and synthesizing new overtones. It also comes with a set of its own skins. Requires SoundJam MP (Mac).
Realizer Pro is an audio enhancement program for VST based audio programs like Cubase VST. Arboretum Realizer Pro combines proprietary Bass Maximizer, Harmonic Exciter, Reverb, Loudness, EQ and Stereo Enhancement algorithms - the same processes found in Arboretum's professional Hyperprism products - in a simple-to-use interface designed as quick and effective mastering solution.
Turn your Power Mac into a full-featured analog synthesizer. This on-screen keyboard program will allow you to revisit the old classic sounds of analog technology by emulating the oscillators, filters, modulation, and effects of days gone by. The keyboard features 32-note polyphony, multi-timbral sounds, 44.1kHz/16-bit sound, over 200 parameters, 100% programmability, 1000 factory presets, and allows you to incorporate MIDI into your set-up. Neato! Requires a PPC, Mac OS 7.6.1 or higher, 32 MB RAM, 40 MB hard disk space, 800x600 screen resolution.
Sound Studio 1.4.5
Lucius Kwok, lucius@felttip.com, http://www.felttip.com/products/soundstudio
This audio app will allow you to record and edit AIFF sound files on your Mac. It features a visual waveform editor for precise cut-and-paste editing, and several filters for modifying the audio such as the ability to adjust volume, add effects, and change the EQ. PPC; Mac OS 8.1 - 9.x; 6MB RAM
T-RackS 1.1.2 Demo
IK Multimedia, ikm@ikmultimedia.com, http://www.ikmultimedia.com
So you’ve captured your dazzling musical performance. You’ve mixed it, tweaked it, cleaned it up, yet it’s still missing that sparkle, that clarity, that definition between instruments. The solution? Mastering-and this program will do just that. This analog-emulating, standalone mastering program offers a complete workstation in three processors-a 6-band parametric equalizer, a classic stereo tube compressor/leveler, and a multiband master stereo limiter. Enhance frequencies, broaden the stereo image, give instruments more warmth or more punch, set consistent levels from track to track, and more. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.5 or later, 32 MB RAM, and 44.1 kHz/16-bit audio capabilities.
Ultra Recorder (Full) 2.4.3
EJ Campbell, EJC3@aol.com, http://members.aol.com/EJC3
Here’s a must-have program if you’re looking to easily record, convert, and save sounds in a variety of formats on your Mac. It can play and save WAV, AIFF, System 7, AIFF-C, Sound Edit, Sun’s AU format, and QuickTime formats. You can also save your sounds and audio as self-playing AIFF files for sharing without the worry of others not having the proper software to hear your music or sounds. PPC; OS8
Why buy a hardware sampler when you can get the software? Bitheadz (Retro AS-1) makes it possible with this sophisticated software package that will turn your PowerMac into a powerful real-time, multi-timbral, sampling sound module. Not only do you get all of the features of dedicated hardware, but you’re also provided with an integrated Digital Audio Editor. Recreate any sound with realism and full control. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.6.1 or later, 32 MB RAM, and 800x600 screen resolution.
Unsanity Echo is a new and innovative audio player for MacOS. Every area of Unsanity Echo is pushed to the max, whether it is skins, visual plugins, or playback features. Unsanity Echo plays over 20 different audio formats, including MP3 and the much anticipated OGG Vorbis format.
