musical instruments tips2008
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

Music Assistant 2.1
Music Assistant is a tool for you to set a tempo and tune your instruments. more>>
Enhancements:
- Adds the capability to see flashes (vice hear clicks) in the Metronome Mode and use pitches other than the standard 440 Hz for A4 notes in the Tune-up Mode.
Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
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.
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.
Music Math 4.0
Music Math is a freeware to turn values for musical use. more>>
Music Math 4.0 is a freeware to turn values for musical use. You can calculate the time stretching to use on a sample if you change the tempo for another, or the number of semi-tone to transpose, the time stretching to apply if you transpose a sample and you don't want to change the duration, the delay in ms to synchronise with BPM, and a tap delay fonction.
Music in Belgium Widget 1.0
Music in Belgium Widget - Belgian reference webzine for rock, blues and folk more>>
You will see the latest news, CD and DVD reviews, Dynatop and concerts of the day.
Completly freeware.
Apple MainStage 2.0.1
Apple MainStage is developed to be a handy tool with which keyboardists, guitarists, and other musicians can easily perform with software instruments and effects more>>
Apple MainStage 2.0.1 is developed to be a handy tool with which keyboardists, guitarists, and other musicians can easily perform with software instruments and effects through a full-screen interface designed specifically for the stage.
Enhancements:
- Improves overall performance and provides numerous fixes and enhancements, including the Loopback and Playback plug-ins
- Issues addressed include:
- The Reverse option for Loopback now behaves consistently
- Pitchbend data is transmitted properly to external instruments
- A recording in Loopback can be used to define the tempo for MainStageThe I/O plug-in is now available in MainStage
My iTunes RSS 1.0
Have the latest musical releases in iTunes Store right on your dashboard. more>> Have the latest musical releases in iTunes Store right on your dashboard.
My iTunes RSS widget provides the latest music of all countries available on iTunes Store.
Display always updated in real time:
- New Releases : all genres, all countries.
- Just Added : all genres, all countries.
- Top Songs : all genres, all countries.
- Top Albums : all genres, all countries.
- Featured Albums & Esclusives : all genres, all countries.
- Top iMixes : all countries.
MilanasWSClient 1.0
MilanasWSClient is a versatile desktop application that allows users to choose and buy things online easily. more>>
MilanasWSClient 1.0 is a versatile desktop application that allows users to choose and buy things online easily.
Major Features:
- Allows users to browse through Amazon offers of books and musical products.
- Allows users to buy this books and musical products that have buying offers.
SimpleSynth 0.8
Input music/sounds from MIDI sound devices. more>>
Maestro Frankenstein 0.42 Beta
A multitrack data sequencer to map timeseries data to notes or musical control values more>> A multitrack data sequencer to map timeseries data to notes or musical control values
Have you ever wondered what climate cycles of the last million years SOUND like? What would happen if you turned tide level data into sound waves? If geological cycles could make music - what would the melody be? The harmony?
Maestro Frankenstein is an original program created as a multitrack data sequencer to map timeseries data to notes or musical control values.
Although designed with geologic data in mind, Maestro Frankenstein creates a score from any timeseries data and plays it back in realtime with any instrument (MIDI, VST or built-in synth) that you specify.
Maestro Frankenstein includes Data viewing, basic editing, many musical mapping options, as well as spectral analysis processes such as an average FFT with peak detection and a spectral bandpass filter to create new curves by isolating specific frequencies.
You can even turn your data directly into sound waves - usually noisy, but very fun.
Maestro Frankenstein reads most data saved in standard Tab-Delimited Text format, such as can be exported from Excel or OpenOffice. Some sample data files are included to get you going. Text, MIDI and audio files can be exported.
System requirements:
- 512 MB minimum of system memory recommended
- At least an 800x600 display (1024x768 or greater recommended),
- MIDI interface and/or VST plugins recommended to get tasteful sounds.
Enhancements
- Same as 0.4 beta. Had to revert after discovering bad bug in 0.41 beta.
FlyFi iTunes Helper 1.0
FlyFi iTunes Helper is regarded as a very flexible and effective application that runs on your computer to help FlyFi get to know your musical taste by looking at your iTunes library. more>>
FlyFi iTunes Helper 1.0 is regarded as a very flexible and effective application that runs on your computer to help FlyFi get to know your musical taste by looking at your iTunes library. It runs continuously so FlyFi can keep up to date on your music.
The FlyFi iTunes Helper sends the contents of your iTunes data file (a behind the scenes part of your iTunes library) to FlyFi server to be analyzed. By looking at your iTunes music, which is one of the best reflections of your musical tastes, FlyFi can make better new music suggestion. FlyFi can also use this information to better serve other members.
Audioscrobbler iTunes Plugin 0.6.3
Audioscrobbler iTunes Plugin is considered as a simple to use, yet sophisticated computer system that builds up a detailed profile of your musical taste. more>>
Audioscrobbler iTunes Plugin 0.6.3 is considered as a simple to use, yet sophisticated computer system that builds up a detailed profile of your musical taste.
After installing an Audioscrobbler Plugin, your computer sends the name of every song you play to the Audioscrobbler Server. With this information, the Audioscrobbler server builds you a 'Musical Profile'. Statistics from your Musical Profile are shown on your Audioscrobbler User Page, available for everyone to view.
There are lots of people using Audioscrobbler, but usually only the people who like the same sort of music to you are interesting. The Audioscrobbler Server calculates which people are most similar to you, based on shared musical taste, so you can take a look at what your peers are listening to.
With this information, Audioscrobbler is able to automatically generate suggestions for new songs/artists you might like. These suggestions are based on the same principals as Amazon's "People who bought this also bought X,Y,Z", but because the Audioscrobbler data is what people are actually listening to, the suggestions tend to make more sense.