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- Price: Update $49.99 to buy
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.2/10.3/10.3.9/10.4 PPC
- Date added: August 29, 2005
- Total Downloads: 91,979
- Downloads last week: 78
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- Average user rating: stars out of 3 votes
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From Ergonis software :easy beat is THE music authoring program for composing, scoring, and playing songs on Mac OS X. As the easiest-to-use, full-fledged MIDI sequencer, easy beat was designed to be used in the way that most musicians really work. It does not require following a structured process or read extensive user manuals. Instead, it allows you to just jot down or lay down the �?¢â?¬�??beginnings�?¢â?¬? of a song. easy beat helps you capture your creative spark without technology getting in the way.
Later, you can refine and fill out your composition. With easy beat, you can compose songs using up to 16 tracks in multiple views and choose from more than 100 instruments. You can listen to your song using the built-in software synthesizer or an external synthesizer, add effects and variations and print the score and tabulature. easy beat supports your drive from initial possibilities to professional end results.
Instead of the usual tool-based user interface, easy beat uses a simple and intuitive point-and-click technique. Adding, selecting, moving, copying notes - all these operations are done with simple mouse gestures.
Since easy beat can export MIDI files to Garageband, it is the perfect MIDI frontend for Garageband.
easy beat was designed to be easy to use (hence the name). Nevertheless, easy beat features everything you need for composing and scoring:
- up to 16 song tracks plus a metronome track multiple views of individual tracks: score, keyboard, TAB, drum, chord and controller views
- export to GarageBand.
- MIDI import and export as well as export to QuickTime movies and AIFF files
- tempo controller
- can use all instruments provided by QuickTime or CoreAudio and/or an external synthesizer
- compatible with Roland's GS and Yamaha's XG standards
- WYSIWYG editing with a simple modeless point-and-click user interface
- real-time recording (requires a MIDI adapter and a MIDI instrument)
- high-quality score printing with on-screen preview
What's new in this version:
- Fixed a crash when attempting to print on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).
- Fixed compatibility problems with Default Folder and Menu Master.
- Fixed a problem that caused crashes during startup on some system configurations.
- Fixed a problem that reduced the volume of tracks with low reverb settings.
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Version: easy beat 2.2.1
Pros: Easy to use, powerful, intuitive, beautifully laid out, can do anything at all. Yep, I suppose I sound like a commercial for it, but it is just exactly what I need to import from my workstation and correct all errors and make all changes.
Cons: Will run only on older Macs, before they went all Intel a year ago and left off the Rosetta program. I have two year old Mac and it runs like a dream. I nearly went crazy trying to get my songs back out of Garageband (not really possible).
Summary: It is just fantastic. Download the trial version before sending the 50 Euros for the full program, but it is the best bargain around. They also give full email support, which arrives very quickly. Excellent on-line manual of instructions.
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