Published 2/6/04
Add a MIDI front-end to GarageBand
easy beat is a music authoring program for the Macintosh. It uses the built-in software synthesizer of QuickTime (Mac OS 9) or CoreAudio (Mac OS X) to play songs. You don't need extra hardware, but it will work also with external MIDI gear.
From version 2.0, easy beat runs natively on Mac OS X with many functions having been re-implemented from scratch to support the new technologies of Mac OS X, like CoreMIDI, CoreAudio, etc.
v2.1 Main Features
- 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 editing/background music (play songs while you edit them or do something else)
- real-time recording (requires a MIDI interface and a MIDI instrument)
- high-quality score printing with on-screen preview
- stylistic variations (shuffle, delay, emphasis, arpeggio and simulation of human musicians)
For more information and pricing visit:
http://www.macility.com/products/easybeat/
