Product Description

Sibelius and PhotoScore Pro Bundle. Sibelius 3 is the brand new version of this award-winning software, with over 200 new features and feature enhancements. PhotoScore Professional is the most advanced software package of its kind. The Sibelius Educational Editions are intended solely for the use of qualified students, educators, educational institutions, and church and music ministry personnel residing in North/Central/South America. ... Read more

Features

• RT Extreme with Dynamic RT—Editors have access to real-time effects processing that scales with their systems, from DV to fully uncompressed HD.
• Multiple, Scalable Format Support—New in Final Cut Pro 5 is supprot for IMX, Panasonic P2, and Native HDV. Final Cut Pro editors can work natively with a variety of DV, SD, and HD formats.
• Professional Editing Tools—Final Cut Pro's suite of editing tools allow editors to work with speed and precision on both single- and multi-camera projects.
• Native HDV Editing—Native long-GOP MPEG2 HDV editing allows for editing camera original video without transcoding the images.
• Multicamera Editing—Multicamera editing lets editors simultaneously view and cut from multiple sources in real time, in DV, SD, and HD. Up to 128 sources can be grouped together into multiclips with simultaneous playback of up to 16 at a time.

Features

• Extension of sounds and creative options for making music
• Complete set of beats, bass lines, synth hooks, and keyboard riffs
• Over 2000 prerecorded loops covering different styles and tempos
• Classic drum machines; beat kits from 20+ distinct genres
• Turntable effects; assortment of playable synth instruments

Product Description

US-428 8-track digital audio workstation controller ... Read more

Features

• Features 24-bit front end, with 2 XLR inputs, 2 balanced 1/4 in. TRS inputs, 2 unbalanced 1/4 in. inputs (switchable to Hi-Z), and S/PDIF I/O
• Simultaneous four-channel audio in & 2-channel audio out, through your USB
• Frequency Response - 20 Hz-20 kHz; 0.5 dB/-0.3 dB
• Real tactile controls for all the most-used function in your DAW applications
• Supports unlimited banks of 8 faders

Product Description

Cubase SX3 takes music production to a new level by adding more than 70 new features including powerful Audio Warp Realtime Timestretching, an intuitive Play Order Track, convenient Inplace Editing and many new editing functions. For the first time, a native music production system combines full-featured audio and MIDI recording and editing, virtual instruments and powerful audio mixing with the added flexibility of loop- and pattern-based arranging and mixing. Cubase SX3 supports Windows XP and Mac OSX and works with a multitude of audio interfaces. Add to that the seamless integration of external audio and MIDI hardware, and Cubase SX3 redefines music production technology. ... Read more

Features

• Native music-production system with powerful audio mixing
• Full-featured audio and MIDI recording and editing; virtual instruments
• Powerful audio-warp realtime timestretching; intuitive play-order track
• Works with a multitude of audio interfaces; convenient inplace editing
• Seamless integration of external audio and MIDI hardware

Features

• Compatibility with Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
• G7 Guitar Guide updated with more information and photos of guitars, provided by Fender and Gibson
• Ability to enter tab data directly through a MIDI guitar has been significantly improved
• Opens Finale and Finale Guitar files

Features

• Create, play, and experience music using only your mouse and imagination
• Innovative software by world-renowned composer Morton Subotnick
• Endless possibilities to draw original compositions on your screen
• Cool games teach rhythm, melody, pitch, musical instruments, and more
• Choose from 16 instruments; compose with 23 tools

Reviews (1)

An old favorite remains the best of its kind!
As a third grade teacher, I had this product in my classroom for years, until one day it inevitably got lost. I have been looking for a new copy for a while, and was glad to find it available on Amazon. It is, in my opinion, the best program of its type. The concept is very easy, children paint in a KID PIX type of format onto a white board, and that painting is then translated into music. If you draw at the top of the screen you will have a high note, at the bottom a low note. The longer you draw the same pitch horizontally the longer the note will be held. The simplicity makes it accessible to kids as young as kindergarten, but there's lots of features that make it riveting for older kids and adults as well. You have a wide variety of instrument to "draw" your music with, and there are lots of options that allow kids to experience their compositions in different ways. Hear your opus backwards or learn what it sounds like if it were flipped upside down. This is a program that people of all ages will enjoy (it was one of everyone's favorites on parent night). Sometimes simpler really is superior, and this program is a perfect example. ... Read more

Features

• Enhanced color picker: enter precise values to get the exact color you want
• User-controlled preferences: set global preferences for all plug-in filters
• Improved accuracy: gain greater control by manipulating control points and handles precisely
• Remarkable images and effects: Fluid, FraxFlame II, Gel, Goo, Ink Dropper, Lightning, Materializer, & more

Reviews (2)

Filter Mania
Great plug-in for PhotoShop. There are 24 filters to work with.
The effects ranged from very outlandish like the Goo filter to the world of Frax 4D. There were many subtleties in some of the filters that took a little while to figure out. Some of the effects distorted the original photo to the point that you could not honestly say what it was which in some cases was pretty spectacular. You could take simple objects like a colored circle and make some very awesome designs. You could create a whole world of effects just using the filters and something simple or you could subtly or greatly alter a picture.

The sliders weren't quite as responsive for minute tweaks so I would just click on the numbers in the white control panel and type in what I wanted. Each filter came with a set of presets that you could expand upon. You could create your own preset then save simply by telling it to Save Preset. You could export and import presets into this program also.

Some of the filters had a bit of a learning curve to figure them out. There was a question mark in the upper right hand corner of the workspace that would take you to the Acrobat file of that specific filter and it would give you some great information on how it works. I found this very valuable for the filters that were not as straight forward.

Some of the filters like "Fluid", "Goo" & "Projector" you could make short animations with them and export them out as a Quick Time Movie Or Pict Sequence. So you could make a modification record it in one of the film strips make another modification and so on to make a mini movie. I loved this feature a lot. (I only wished that Frax 4D had this feature my absolute favorite filter followed closely by Frax Flame II.)

While the program might be a little pricey for some for a plug-in it is well worth it. I loved these filters. I spent so many hours playing with them that my mouse finger developed a callous.

An expensive, fascinating niche product, which
helps to empower siginificantly your digital art work. Like many niche products it is significantly more expensive then the basic products with broad functionality, in this case the consumer imaging programs à la Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, Photo Impact, Corel Photo Paint or others. Appropiatley used the filters of this collection give your digital art work the special, distintive "touch".

This version works flawless with Irfan View (!), Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 as well as Corel Photo Paint 9 and 11 and is part of my standard tool box. The user interface was like all other KPT tools a brilliant star in the past, in the early nineties, but isn't approbiate anymore, considering actual ergonomic and usability requirements and practices.

Decisive for me was ONE filter in the collection, Pyramid Paint; Pyramid Paint gives the pictures the touch and look of late 19th century paintings.

Summary: the filters of the KPT collection are a real empowering "differentiator" for your digital images with a significant price tag. You should really consider to buy them, if you are seriously interested in digital image enhancements. ... Read more

Features

• Extension of sounds and creative options for making music
• Impressive array of drum kits, percussion, basses, and guitars
• Over 2000 loops for rock, blues, jazz, and country songs
• New software drum kits and fully playable acoustic and electric basses
• 10+ playable guitars and other stringed instruments like dobro and banjo

Features

• Graphical mixing and editing tools -Compose and edit MIDI tracks with Piano Roll, delete or modify MIDI notes, draw lines and curves on top of your audio and paint rhythmic patterns with the Drum Grid Editor
• Compose and print sheet music -- record and transcribe any MIDI performance; notes appear onscreen as you record from any MIDI instrument
• Apply real-time MIDI effects on input or during playback -- full library of MIDI FX likeArpeggiator, Quantize, Delay/echo, Change Velocity, MIDI event filter and more
• Create, edit and dub your own soundtracks for digital video -- import any AVI into Home Studio and sync it up to music
• Integrate ReWire Synths by adding ReWire 1.0 and 2.0 synths right into the Synth Rack

Features

• Powerful photo manager for finding, organizing, and editing photos
• Create quality prints or Flash and PDF slideshows
• Instantly share pictures online or via cell phone
• Edit photos and convert file formats like a professional
• Print high-quality photos; keep photo collections safe

Product Description

Fast Track USB is the easiest way to record your guitar with professional results. Just connect Fast Track USB to the USB port of your computer and you?re ready to rock. Fast Track USB has an input for instruments like guitar, bass and keyboards, plus a microphone input for recording vocals or other acoustic sounds. The included GT Player Express software gives you killer effects and virtual stomp boxes so you don?t need any other gear to sound great. It also plays standard audio files like AAC, MP3 and WAV that let you learn and jam along with your favorite music at variable speeds.easy to connect and useprofessional 24-bit/48kHz sounddynamic microphone input (XLR) with gain control and signal LEDsswitchable instrument/line input (1/4?)stereo headphone output (1/8?)stereo output jacks (RCA)level control for headphones and main outputsUSB class-compliant for plug-and-play operation under OS X 10.3.5USB bus-powereddirect hardware monitoring for synchronized overdubsmono switch sends input signal equally to left and right channelsincludes GT Player software: professional effects; guitar amp and stomp box modeling; plays standard MP3 and WAV files with variable speed playback; standalone operation with ReWire or VST plug-in ... Read more

Features

• Compatible with GarageBand and most other recording software; 1-year warranty
• USB audio interface for recording guitar and vocals on Mac or PC music software
• Dynamic microphone input (XLR) with gain control and signal LEDs
• Switchable 1/4-inch instrument/line input and 1/8-inch stereo headphone output
• Includes GT Player Express software for professional effects and stomp box modeling

Reviews (2)

Great unit with the Mac and podcasting
I have had ZERO problems with this unit. It's plug and play on my Apple G4 tower running OS X (Panther) as well as my PowerBook G4. I use the Fast Track with Audio Hijack Pro, Detour , Soundflower, Audacity and it works like a charm. The only thing lacking is phantom power for a microphone, which I solved with an ART tube preamp which you can get on Amazon for about $50 U.S.

Hmmm not quite sure!!!????
I ve given this 1 star because i cant get it to work properly with my ibook!. Not sure about windows users though. It doesnt work with any of my programs , guitar rig , gt express (which comes bundled with the product!!!!!) and garage band. The company advertises this product as perfect for garageband. I've also read in other forums that the low latency is rubbish. Buy at your own peril!!!!!!!! ... Read more

Features

• Easy-to-use home video editing software
• Over 700 effects, video frames, and graphics
• Compose thousands of soundtracks with auto music maker
• Capture from all camcorders; share on DVD, tape, and the Web
• Includes video tutorial, samples, and 180-page manual

Reviews (3)

Good for Beginners
First off, this is a fairly easy program to learn and use, even if you are a beginner at video editing. Capture from DV works like a charm. The program includes a decent amount of effects and transitions as well as many other features. This program is the only one I know of (in it's price range) that will allow you to do video overlays (i.e. picture-in-picture effects.) So overall, a great program for beginners. However, you will soon outgrow this software if you are serious at all about video editing. Some of the quirks that are frustrating to me are the fact that when you do an overlay, if you add another file or media to the main video track, your overlays do not "stick" in the timeline and are moved. This means you should complete the main video track before adding any overlays, or you will need to correct their timings later. Another thing I wish this program would let you do is add transitions between overlay tracks, and allow more than one overlay at a time. Also, the DVD creation part of the program is very bare bones. The software has other quirks that bug me, but for the price, it does a good job.

After using this program for a couple of weeks, I am already looking to upgrade to more robust video editing software. If you just want to make DVD's of your DV footage, this is a good choice. It just has some limitations.

Easiest and most stable video editorive worked with
This program is unreal. I was given it as a gift to help me pass time during the day, and i couldn't believe how easy it was to use. The other programs i played with kept blowing up the system, and id have to restart, but Ulead never crashed out once.
Ive been able to edit all my old footage, and its been fun to do. At the same time, the software was even able to edit a bunch of my footage for me!

Good product for beginners
This is a good product for beginners because of one very important reason... it comes with a disc that shows you how to do each step. I've used this to create a DVD for my nephew's 5th birthday. My in-laws had tons of video on VHS that I went through, transferred much of it to my digital camcorder, then to my computer via this product. Worked like a charm. Added tons of effects, graphics, and music. Turned out great. I really like this product. Only knock I have against it... I'd like the ability to add words in the stock footage provided, replacing the words within that footage. For example, there footage of the world, with "ulead" going around it. I'd like to put my own words. Other than that, I think this program is easy to use, fun to use, and worth every penny. ... Read more

Features

• Precision tools and techniques for flexible editing; versatile interface
• Filmmaking software with powerful DV editing tools
• High-definition video (HDV) capability for both new and experienced editors
• Full-featured, professional-quality animated titling program, LiveType
• Create custom musical accompaniment for video projects with Soundtrack

Reviews (1)

A valuable upgrade to FCE2
FCE/HD bringing Soundtrack and LiveType to the hobbyist is one of the more generous steps Apple has taken since they brought us FCE1. This is a very big and very useful addition to FCE allowing us to sync audio/music and titles much cleaner to our videos than we could before.

Wholeheartedly recommended. ... Read more

Features

• Professional DV Editing for the enthusiast.
• Hundreds of Hollywood films and thousands of television shows, commercials, and music video are edited every year using Avid software.
• Experience the combination of speed, power and ease of use that has made Avid the leading choice of professional editors for nearly 20 years.
• Avid Xpress DV offers more customizable real-time effects than any other product in its class, including titles, keys, transitions, and audio mixes with multiple simultaneous streams.
• Avid’s real-time color correction tools provide unmatched professional-caliber functionality that’s also incredibly easy to use.