musical instruments
O-Generator 1.0
O-Generator is the simplest way to teach the fundamentals of music and composition more>>
Aimed at 10 to 16 year olds, O-Generators structured lessons provide objectives, activities, outcomes and assessment, and fulfill National Curriculum requirements.
The Virtual Music Teacher will guide students through each lesson using simple language in understandable steps with a recorded voice-over, making it ideal for nonspecialists.
For you...
Structured lessons provided
No music knowledge needed
Minimal ICT skills required
Minimal lesson preparation time
Teach the whole class at the same time
For your students...
Learn about rhythm by exploring different styles
Explore melody, harmony and arrangement
Use different instruments to understand chords and create melodies
Learn and develop songwriting techniques
Compose in modern and traditional styles
O-Generator engages children from the outset thanks to its clear design, which uses a circular representation of a bar of music, onto which students place their own beats, rhythms and melodies.
The use of contemporary musical instruments and styles excites students, and lets them compose the kind of music they most enjoy listening to.
And because the software is not limited to preset musical loops, the possibilities for students are endless!
MakingMusic 2.7
MakingMusic - Online musical instrument encyclopedia more>>
The aim of MakingMusic is to form a comprehensive database of musical instruments, the criteria being anything from any culture or any age that is used to make music
This is an ongoing Freeware project, with new instruments being added to the database as the research progresses. Each time you launch the application you may find you have access to different amounts of information.
Enhancements:
- Provides a necessary update to the database server (the database now resides on my idisk).
- MakingMusic now contains 328 musical instruments & climbing.

sfArkXT 1.0.4
sfArkXT is a free, small Carbon application that decompresses sfArk files. more>>
sfArkXT 1.0.4 is a free, small Carbon application that decompresses sfArk files.
Under Mac OS X Jaguar you can now install Sound Fonts .sf2 files which can greatly enhance the sound of the built-in QuickTime Musical Instruments and any other MIDI applications like Intuem, SimpleSynth etc. These files go into (~)/Libary/Audio/Sounds/Banks
Any sound bank installed in those locations can be selected from System Preferences -> QuickTime -> Music to be used as the default synthesizer for QT Musical Instruments.
Mac OS X allows the installation of uncompressed Sound Fonts (.sf2) only so compressed files (.sfArk) need to be decompressed before installation.
Major Features:
- VERY fast compression with good compression ratio in "fast" and "turbo" compression modes.
- State-of-the-art compression ratio with high compression speed using "standard" mode.
- Extra high compression (albeit slowly!) in "maximum" compression mode.
- Able to create "self-extracting" files.
- DLL available for development applications
Synth Rose 1.0.3
Synth Rose is a really superior tool which uses a simple visual interface to construct and customize instruments, and a traditional musical staff to compose songs more>>
Synth Rose 1.0.3 is a really superior tool which uses a simple visual interface to construct and customize instruments, and a traditional musical staff to compose songs.
pixound Browser plugin 2.01
pixound Browser plugin is a comprehensive, user friendly and fast MP3 tool. more>>
pixound Browser plugin 2.01 is a comprehensive, user friendly and fast MP3 tool. If you don't download and play with this plugin, you'll never have any idea what you've missed. If you've never run your mouse across a picture of the sun or any other picture and heard a magical burst of musical notes based on the colors under the mouse, then you've not seen/heard the future of music. Musical instruments of the future will be light based and this is your mondo-fun glimpse at it.
If you don't like music or are thinking "who needs to hear pictures?" then please skip this patented, free plugin and have a music-loving friend give it a try for you. This isn't about need, this is about fun.
If you love music, then you'll get almost limitless pleasure from this plug-in which will turn even the most boring picture, anim or video into a concert (not random noise) or give you great entertainment while you wait for downloads. Pixound enabled pages start instantly and then the plugin does the rest, continuously translating the red, green and blue into musical notes on a given scale, in a given key and with given instruments. Enough said, the rest is up to you!
Native Instruments Dynamo 1.03
Native Instruments Dynamo brings you a convenient and useful MP3 tool. more>>
Native Instruments Dynamo 1.03 brings you a convenient and useful MP3 tool. DYNAMO opens the way into the fascinating world of REAKTOR: the 25 instruments of the present NI Premium Library which are included can be integrated perfectly into your studio via VST 2.0, ASIO, Digidesign DirectConnect and the Logic MIDI-environment.
Simon 1.2
Simon - Memorization lights & sounds game more>>
First, you need to pick a level of difficulty. You can do this by selecting it from the menubar. Then, hit the "Lets Go!" button and memorize the played sequence.
After the sequence is done playing, click the boxes in the same order as was played to you. After successfully doing this, two notes will be played, and the sequence will be played back to you, this time with an added box.
After this, click the boxes in the same order.......and so forth, you get the idea. If you repeat the sequence incorrectly, a sound will make you feel so bad about yourself that youll be forced to play another game.
Enhancements:
- Localized for Japanese
- Shuffled the colors around again
- Simon now uses the QuickTime Musical Instruments Synthesizer to create / play sounds. It now sounds much, much better than it did before.
- Implemented volume level.
Musical Assistant 1.0
Musical Assistant - learn about musical theory or chord composition more>>
As the engineer do you sometimes need reminding which notes belong to a certain musical scale? Maybe you just want to prove to a certain smug musician that they are not the only one who knows the composition of a "A# minor major 7th add 13" chord...
Choose a root note, then a chord type or scale, and the notes that belong to the selected item will be represented on the keyboard below in a clean and clear manner.
The chord compositions are shown in a way that allows them to be easily read and understood. As a result the voicing of some chords will not be the most logical or pleasant sounding.
License:Freeware
Native Instruments Pro-53 1.0
Native Instruments Pro-53 is an innovative and effective tool that is designed with the combination of the sonic properties of the unique originals with the practical requirements of the present day. more>>
Native Instruments Pro-53 1.0 is an innovative and effective tool that is designed with the combination of the sonic properties of the unique originals with the practical requirements of the present day. The Pro-53 carries on the tradition from the legendary days of vintage cult synthesizers. This virtual instrument, fashioned after the Sequential Circuits.
Requirements:
- Intel-based and/or PowerPC-based Macintoshes connected with a 100BaseT Ethernet switch or faster
- OS X 10.4 or later
- QuickTime 7 or later
- Pooch v1.7 or later
macTone 1.0
macTone - Turn your computer into a musical keyboard more>>
macTone enables you to perform tunes by typing like the piano.
SCal 5.0
SCal - universal musical value calculator more>>
Native Instruments B4 1.1.3
Native Instruments B4 offers you the ability of using a tonewheel organ combo for stand alone or plugin use, and completely captures the sound of the classic B3 organ including rotating speakers. more>>
Native Instruments B4 1.1.3 offers you the ability of using a tonewheel organ combo for stand alone or plugin use, and completely captures the sound of the classic B3 organ including rotating speakers.
The B4 takes the popular tonewheel organ into new territory. Added flexibility in sound generation and seamless integration into the recording environment make this possibly the best organ since the original.
Clarion 1.1.1
Clarion is a music utility which allows you to practice and be quizzed on your ability to recognize musical intervals. Requirements: PowerPC, MacOS 8.1 or later more>> Clarion is a music utility which allows you to practice and be quizzed on your ability to recognize musical intervals.
PowerPC, MacOS 8.1 or later.
Version 1.1.1 adds the following:
- Supports the QuickTime Music Architecture, for access to a multitude of synthesized instruments.
- Allows customized quizzing of the particular scales you are interested in.
- For added difficulty, the interval tonic, consonance, and direction may be randomized.
eTktab 3.21
Intuitive guitar tablature editor. more>>
SimpleSynth 0.8
Input music/sounds from MIDI sound devices. more>>