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Downloads of the Month: HarpTime Pro and MicroRock  May 1, 2005, By Len Sasso HarpTime Pro (Mac/Win, $59.90), HarpTime Fun (Mac/Win, $29.90), and MicroRock Pro (Mac/Win, $46.90) from LiqihSynth (http://nusofting.liqihsynth.com)...

Download of the Month: Acon Digital Media Acoustica  Apr 1, 2005, By Len Sasso ACOUSTICA 3.2 Acoustica (Win, $34.90 download, $49.90 CD) from Acon Digital Media (www.acondigital.com) is an audio editor whose extensive feature set...

Download of the Month: CutterMusic Revitar 2.0   Mar 1, 2005, By Len Sasso REVITAR 2.0 (Win) CutterMusic's Revitar 2.0 ($69) is a guitar synthesizer in the form of a VST instrument plug-in for Windows. It physically models various...

Download of the Month: Sonic Charge Tonic  Feb 1, 2005, By Len Sasso Tonic ($69), from Sonic Charge, is a VST drum machine for Mac OS X and Windows. Designed by Magnus Lidstrm, the brains behind Reason's Malstrm synthesizer,...

Download of the Month: Luxonix LFX-1310 1.0.2   Jan 1, 2005, Len Sasso Luxonix LFX-1310 1.0.2 (Win) LFX-1310 is a free multi-effects VST plug-in for Windows from Luxonix (www.luxonix.com). It breaks out the effects section...

Download of the Month: X-Wheel of Fortune Pro  Dec 1, 2004, By Len Sasso X-WHEEL OF FORTUNE PRO X-Wheel of Fortune Pro (Win, $38) is an algorithmic-composition tool from Gnter Hager (www.flomo-art.de/se). Created in SynthEdit...

Downloads of the Month: Audiocorder and Sound Byte  Nov 1, 2004, By Len Sasso AUDIOCORDER AND SOUND BYTE You'll find some handy Mac audio utilities at Black Cat Systems (www.blackcatsystems.com). Among its offerings are amateur...

Download of the Month: SoundConverter  Oct 1, 2004, By Len Sasso SOUNDCONVERTER SoundConverter (Mac, $10) is a sound-file conversion utility from software designer Steve Dekorte (www.dekorte.com/software/osx/SoundConverter)....

Download of the Month: Airy Andre Speedster  Sep 1, 2004, By Len Sasso SPEEDSTER Speedster (Mac) a time-stretching and pitch-shifting audio processor with some interesting twists is the latest and most sophisticated of five...

Download of the Month: Expert Sleepers  Aug 1, 2004, By Len Sasso EXPERT SLEEPERS Expert Sleepers offers a collection of Audio Units plug-ins that includes five delay-based effects Augustus Loop, Ping Pong Delay, Multitap...

Downloads of the Month: SynthTest, Rax, and Chainer  Jul 1, 2004, By Len Sasso SYNTHTEST, RAX, AND CHAINER Ever get the urge to play one of your synth plug-ins without having to go through the rigmarole of booting up your full DAW?...

Download of the Month: Rogue Amoeba Nicecast  Jun 1, 2004, By Len Sasso ROGUE AMOEBA NICECAST 1.5 Want to get your music on the air? Nicecast (Mac, $40), from Rogue Amoeba software, allows any computer running Mac OS X to...

Download of the Months: Soundflower, Wormhole, and Jack Tools  May 1, 2004, By Len Sasso Until recently, Propellerhead Software's ReWire was the only tool for routing audio between Mac software applications. Now three new utilities for Mac...

Download of the Month: Ambience  Apr 1, 2004, By Len Sasso AMBIENCE Ambience (Mac/Win, donationware), by SmartElectronix's Magnus Jonsson, is a reverb plug-in with excellent sound quality and an unusual combination...

Download of the Month: Downer  Mar 1, 2004, By Len Sasso AMAZING SLOW DOWNER 2.6.3 Amazing Slow Downer (Mac/Win, $39.95) is a standalone application for high-quality, independent manipulation of pitch and playback...

Downloads of the Month: Audio Hijack, Audio Hijack Pro, and WireTap  Feb 1, 2004, By Len Sasso AUDIO HIJACK 2.0.2 AND PRO 1.2.6, WIRETAP 1.0.0 Audio Hijack ($16), Audio Hijack Pro ($30), and WireTap (freeware) are Mac OS X utilities for recording...

Download of the Month: Swar Systems  Jan 1, 2004, By Len Sasso SWAR SYSTEMS Swar Systems has developed a series of software products for learning and composing Indian classical and folk music based on the Raga (melody)...

Download of the Month: VST to AudioUnit Adapter  Dec 1, 2003, By Len Sasso FXPANSION VST TO AUDIOUNIT ADAPTER (MAC) If you're making the switch to OS X and sorely missing your favorite VST plug-ins in applications that support...

Download of the Month: AudioFinder  Nov 1, 2003, By Geary Yelton and Gino Robair AUDIOFINDER 2.4.4 There's nothing quite like sitting back and letting the computer walk you through your audio library. AudioFinder (Mac OS X shareware,...

Download of the Month: reFuse  Jul 1, 2003, By Adam Borcherdt If you'd like to use Digidesign Pro Tools and Propellerhead Reason together, you should know about reFuse (Mac, $29), an application that translates audio...

Download of the Month: Transcribe  Jun 1, 2003, By Len Sasso If you subscribe to the time-honored tradition of learning a piece of music by ear but you don't have perfect pitch, Transcribe (Mac/Win shareware, $40)...

Download of the Month: Soundplant  Apr 1, 2003, By Len Sasso Before you take off on your next transcontinental flight or bus ride with your laptop in hand, be sure to pick up Marcel Blum's Soundplant (Windows, $20...

Download of the Month: VSTi Host 3.0   Mar 1, 2003, By Len Sasso VSTi Host 3.0 (Mac, $35), from Defective Records, is a standalone application for using VST Instrument and effects plug-ins. It allows you to use plug-ins...

Download of the Month: InTime Tempo Tracking System  Feb 1, 2003, By Len Sasso InTime Tempo Tracking System (Win, $119) from Circular Logic is a program that its manufacturer calls a metronome on steroids. Instead of dictating tempo,...

Downloads of the Month: Eqium and Firium  Jan 1, 2003, By Len Sasso Eqium and Firium ($99 separately or $129 bundled), two debut products from Elemental Audio Systems, might provide all the EQ you'll ever need. Both plug-ins...

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