Creative SoundBlaster Live!

SoundBlaster Live! provides access to up to 64 voices of synthesis and sampling, 20 bit digital I/O, MIDI, and up to 64 DirectSound streams. Based on the EMU10K1 audio processor and supporting Creative's SoundFont sampling format, the low-priced SoundBlaster Live! provides very high-quality MIDI synthesis and sampling at a truly unprecedented price point.

SoundBlaster Live! uses up to 32 MB of your computer's onboard RAM to store samples, providing access to high-quality samples with excellent detail and decay. Additional built-in effects operating at full 32-bit resolution are provided.

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NTONYX Style Enhancer 2.1

Style Enhancer 2.1 (SE2.1) is a stand-alone software package for powerful, intelligent transformation of MIDI sequences (Standard MIDI Files). With the help of the special algorithms organized as Styles, SE2.1 analyzes MIDI sequences and inserts or changes MIDI commands to create a humanlike feel. SE2.1 is capable of modifying Tempo, Start Time, Duration, Velocity, Volume, Pitch Wheel, Modulation, Panning etc. The result of this transformation is a MIDI file that sounds like a live musician performing on a real instrument.

Besides transformation of MIDI-data with the purpose of performance modeling, SE2.1 has some MIDI sequencer functions - inserting, deleting and editing both the notes and controllers, quantizing and filtration of MIDI-data, and also the Adjuster - a very convenient tool for adjusting and transformation of a wide range of a score parameters in real-time.

SE2.1 is a result of the further development of Performance Modeling technology, applied in previous NTONYX products.

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Mark of the Unicorn Digital Performer 2.61 MTS

Mark of the Unicorn's Digital Performer is a fully integrated audio workstation with MIDI capability for Macintosh computers.

Besides its powerful audio capabilities, Digital Performer 2.61 brings the most accurate MIDI timing available in the industry. Internally, Digital Performer records the time of every event with a precision of about 2 trillion parts per quarter note (PPQ), but you may choose the resolution in which you want to view and edit your MIDI data. You may set the display resolution to 480, 960, or 1920 PPQ, or, in fact, to any number from 2 to 10,000. With the resolution at its maximum value of 10000.0000, you can nudge a MIDI event by a little as one one-hundred millionth of a quarter note.

When used with MOTU's MTS-capable MIDI interfaces, Digital Performer is capable of the tightest MIDI resolution available on any system: less than 1/3 millisecond per MIDI note. MTS provides truly "rock-solid" MIDI timing for the first time in pro audio.

HUBI LoopBack Device

Hubi's LoopBack Device is a freeware MIDI driver that adds virtual MIDI Ports (up to 4) to your system, which act as both, Input and Output MIDI devices. This enables you to "share" your current MIDI ports with multiple Windows programs at simultaneously. All MIDI data sent to the output (a typical sequencer program) is sent to all programs at the input side (eg. a MIDI monitor program).

LoopBack Device features up to 4 virtual MIDI inputs / outputs, multi-client support for multiple sequencers and / or software synthesizers simultaneously, full sysex implementation, low memory requirements, and open source code.

• Loopback is freeware. You can download it here from ProRec.