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Acoustica's inexpensive and easy-to-use sequencer continues to impress with the addition of MIDI tracks and VST Instrument support.

Paul Sellars

Perhaps the most important new feature in Mixcraft 4 is MIDI recording and editing, with a conventional piano-roll editor appearing in the lower half of the window when MIDI parts are double-clicked.

The last time we encountered Acoustica's Mixcraft was back in the November 2007 issue (), when the program stood at version 3.1. For about 30 quid, it offered easy-to-use multitrack audio recording and mixing, CD burning, and Acid-style looping (with a royalty-free loop library included), and support for VST and DirectX effects. This was all wrapped up in a clear and simple user interface, visually reminiscent of Apple's GarageBand.

Acoustica are clearly not content to let the grass grow under their feet. Mixcraft development has continued apace, with new features added by the fistful, and here we are barely six months later confronted by Mixcraft version 4 (point 1, in fact).

This Is Where We Came In

Mixcraft 4 can be purchased on-line from for $64.95, which, unless the dollar recovers dramatically between my writing this and it going to print, works out at about £32.50 (UK distributors Et Cetera offer a boxed copy on CD-ROM for £49.99). If you opt to buy the download, you'll need a reasonably quick Internet connection (ie. not dial-up), since there are a couple of hundred megabytes of stuff to be fetched for a standard installation.

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