After four and a half years of development free project release , which develops a cross-platform alternative to commercial music creation software like FL Studio and GarageBand. The project code is written in C++ (interface in Qt) and licensed under GPLv2. Ready builds for Linux (in AppImage format), macOS and Windows.
The program combines the functions of a digital audio workstation (DAW) with a set of editors for creating musical materials, such as a rhythm (beat) editor, a track editor, a keyboard editor for recording from a MIDI keyboard, a song editor for arranging materials in a complex way. The kit includes a 64-channel sound effects mixer with support for connecting plug-ins in SoundFont2, LADSPA and VST format. 16 built-in synthesizers are provided, including Roland TB-303, Commodore 64 SID, Nintendo NES, GameBoy and Yamaha OPL2 emulators, as well as a built-in synthesizer . Multisampling support is provided for SoundFont (SF2), Giga (GIG) and Gravis UltraSound (GUS) formats.
Improvements added include:
- Build support for OpenBSD (sndio) and Haiku (BeOS);
- Possibility to save music in the form (options "-l" and "-loop");
- Apple MIDI support;
- Ability to export in MIDI format and improve MIDI import;
- Support for exporting 24-bit WAV, MP3 and OGG with variable bitrate;
- Rewritten code for memory management;
- Auto-record function during playback;
- Plugins and patches are moved to a separate directory;
- Improved performance on screens with high pixel density;
- New SDL-based audio backend used in new installations by default;
- Added "solo" mode and cleaning unused channels to FX Mixer;
- New Gig Player tool for playing Giga Sample Banks;
- New ReverbSC plugin;
- New FX plugins: Equalizer, Bitcrush, Crossover EQ and Multitap Echo;
- Numerous improvements to the user interface, including a new theme, support for moving tracks in drag&drop mode, the ability to select ranges, copy/move groups, and support for horizontal scrolling with the mouse wheel in the editor.
The design of the Delay, Dynamics Processor, Dual Filter and Bitcrush plugins has been redesigned.
Source: opennet.ru