System requirements

Windows

1.4 GHz PC with 512 MB RAM.
ASIO driver recommended.

Mac OS X

G4 or Intel with 512 MB RAM,
OSX 10.4 or higher.

Linux

1.4GHz PC with 512 MB RAM.
ALSA/OSS driver (Jack server required for audio recording

Interface

  • Streamlined interface with skinning support
  • Arrange/dock editor windows into multiple tabs
  • Transporter bar with metronome and tempo
  • Browser with drag & drop of instruments, effects, samples and loops
  • Modular component view for MIDI and audio routing

Workflow

  • Lightning fast startup
  • Fast and easy zooming and scrolling with mouse
  • Full undo/redo history
  • Define your own keyboard shortcuts
  • Search function in browser
  • Fully control all the Mixer and VST instruments/effects parameters from your MIDI keyboard
  • Create your own loop library with samples and instruments

Sequencing and recording

  • Unlimited MIDI, audio, drum, and folder tracks
  • Multi-track recording
  • In-track editing of MIDI, audio, and drum events
  • Track-mixer for easy mixing of selected track
  • Arpeggiator with random and probability on each MIDI track
  • Swing/shuffle control on each track
  • MIDI, audio, and drum parts can be saved as self-containing library clips (.xtc)
  • Parts can be ghosted (edit one part, and all other parts will be updated too)
  • Clip-based automation of all Mixer and VST parameters
  • Per sample forward/reverse and 3 resample modes: normal, re-pitch and stretch
  • Popup-editor for MIDI and audio parts
  • Supports 16/24/32 bit mono/stereo wav formats as well as REX2 (Win and Mac only)

Mixing and automation

  • Per-channel trim, volume, pan, mute, and solo
  • Unlimited insert effects and send effects per channel
  • 4-band equalizer per channel
  • All parameters in the mixer can be automated from the sequencer and/or external MIDI in
  • Any number of group channels can be added for sub-mixing

Synthesizer

  • Phase modulation synthesizer and sampler in one
  • Layer and split synthesized and sampled sounds
  • Per-program reverb and delay effects
  • Multi-mode filter with cutoff and resonance
  • Poly, mono and glide
  • Volume and filter envelopes
  • 4 LFO's and 4 envelopes with 4 param destinations each
  • Per-sound phaser and chorus/flanger
  • Option to edit "all" sounds at once

Multi effect processor

  • Available effects: reverb, delay, guitar amp, chorus/flanger, phaser, bit crusher, filter, and compressor.
  • Any number of effects can be used in a chain

Audio engine

  • 32-bit audio engine with time-stretching/pitch-shifting algorithm from zplane development
  • Supports industry standard VST instruments and effects
  • Thread-based disk streaming and audio recording
  • Automatic plugin delay compensation
  • Offline render to 16/24/32 bit mono/stereo wav files at any sample rate
  • Runs with ASIO, ALSA or as VST plugin