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EZ-Mixer is an all-in-one MP3 player, encoder, and live remixing music package that emulates a 2-track DJ mixer. Make MP3 remixes and compilations. It not only plays and encodes MP3s but supports a multitude of other audio formats including WAV, AIFF, QDesign, QuickTime, and more. Plus, you can use it to rip songs directly from audio CDs. The live-remixing enviroment features standard DJ contollers, including song position controls, loop and marker points, manual and automatic cross-fades, BPM control with the ability to match different song tempos, pitch/tempo control on each track, master faders, pan control, bass and treble controls, and single sample triggering via the keyboard. It also offers pre-monitoring on a single audio card or separate output support with multiple audio cards. In compilation mode, you can compile four playlists with up to 25 songs each for a total of 100 songs per session. EZ-Mixer also comes with 10 ready-to-mix royalty-free dance tracks, featuring Techno, Trance, Drum ’n’ Bass, Hip-Hop, and hundreds of other sample hits. Requires a 180MHz or faster Power Mac, running Mac OS 7.5 or later, 32MB RAM, and 640x480 screen resolution.
If you’re set to turn your Mac into a full-fledged virtual recording studio, you need this app. Open Music System (OMS) is a set of software audio tools that manages the flow of MIDI information between applications and MIDI hardware. Without OMS, each individual MIDI app must keep track of all interfaces, MIDI devices, and data communication. With OMS, all apps use the central standardized MIDI communication offered by OMS. 68k and PPC compatible.
Okay, listen up all you musicians, wannabe musicians, and dweebs who just like getting free stuff. This is the real deal—a full version of Pro Tools software is yours for the clicking. For the uninitiated, Pro Tools is the professional industry standard digital audio recording, editing, and processing app, and this free version allows you to record multitracks of audio on your Mac without having to invest in an expensive Pro Tools hardware system. This version lets you record up to 8 audio tracks, sequence it with up to 48 MIDI tracks, and process it all with a slew of plug-in effects (contingent on your Mac’s processor speed and RAM). Requires a 200MHz Power Mac 9500 or faster Mac, Mac OS 8.6 - 9.x, 128MB RAM, OMS 2.3.8, QuickTime 4 or later, 1024 x 768 monitor resolution. Recommended: Blue & White G3 or faster Mac, 192+MB RAM, and a large, fast hard drive.
All you music composers will want to check this one out! This fully integrated music scoring, MIDI sequencing, and music scanning program will allow you to quickly get the song in your head, or the song on your sheet, into your Mac easily. It fully supports notation-to-MIDI-to-notation implementation, and features automatic recognition and display of contrapuntal voices with direct voice-to-MIDI channel linking, automatic instrument assignments according to number of staves, intelligent control of instrumental parts, and much more. One of its main highlights is the ability to scan in sheet music notation (or impeccably legible handwritten notation) and have your Mac play it back in full voice and articulation. Beautiful! Requires a PPC.
