SoundTrek's Jammer Professional has been growing in power and depth for more than a decade. Version 5 of the program, which automatically composes and...
Sonorous Codes has brought MetaSynth-like capabilities to the Windows desktop with the release of its atmogen visual additive synthesizer. The program...
Finale 2004 is fully OS X native and offers a number of features that take advantage of OS X’s capabilities. EM has recently covered Finale in some detail, so this review will focus on the new features in Finale 2004....
Brian Smithers reviews the Arturia CS-80V, a software emulation of the Yamaha CS-80. The original CS-80 was a pre-MIDI analog synthesizer that was a heavyweight in more ways than one....
Zebra’s modular synthesis architecture offers unique sound design capability. Extensive attention to MIDI remote control and automation make this an ideal performance synth as well....
Primarily a maintenance update, Sibelius 3 adds to its extensive feature set. All of the basic tasks, from entering notes to repositioning symbols, are handled in a transparent fashion. ...
BIAS SoundSoap (Mac/Win) is an inexpensive program designed to remove common noises from musical and spoken word material. The applications can be used standalone or as a VST and DirectX plug-in....
Epinoisis Software Version 4.02 of Epinoisis Software's Digital Ear now offers real-time pitch-to-MIDI conversion with an improved pitch-recognition engine....
Igor Engraver from NoteHeads is a recent entry in the field of high-end music-notation software. In price and in its feature set, it takes direct aim...
The rapid rise in desktop computing power has spawned a number of programming environments dedicated to music. Languages such as Csound and Cycling '74's...
Mark of the Unicorn's (MOTU's) Digital Performer digital audio sequencer has always provided an elegant user interface and thorough, well-written manuals....
Csound is the latest in a long line of synthesis languages that have roots that go back to Bell Labs in the late 1950s. The language provides an almost...
Printed notation is alive and well as a musical communications medium, even in today's world of MIDI sequencers and digital audio workstations. Whether...
Are you tired of trying to pick out the notes in songs you want to cover? You can purchase software to play audio files e-x-t-r-e-m-e-l-y slowly, but...
Steinberg's Halion is a multitimbral, multioutput software sampler that features direct-from-disk streaming of samples. Disk streaming lets you use large...
Since its introduction in 1998, Max/MSP has quickly become one of the premier development tools for sound design and music composition. Max is a powerful,...
Thanks to MIDI, samplers can easily talk to one another, but that doesn't mean they speak the same language. For myriad reasons, a universal sample format...
Modern MIDI sequencers are unquestionably powerful tools for composing. But when inspiration strikes, it can take a lot of time and effort to develop...
Since the review of Emagic's SoundDiver 1.5 in the July 1995 issue, the program has undergone several updates. Many new features consist of cosmetic overhauls,...
