音楽ソフトウェア DAW (Digital Audio Workstation)

• Cubase - Steinburg’s.
  • Versions
    • Cubase 5 - $499.
    • Cubase Essential 5
  • Requires License USB dongle.
• Nuendo - for audio post production work from Steinburg.
• Logic - Apple bought Emagic in 2002 and became an Apple product. Logic is not available on Windows.
  • Logic is currently provided in two versions:
    • Logic Studio is $499. ($403 on amazon).
      • This includes Logic Pro.
    • (entry version) Logic Express is $199. ($159 on amazon)
  • Logic uses AU(Audio Unit) format for plugins and it doesn’t support VSTs natively. VSTs can be used via a VST to AU converter.
• Digital Performer - developed by MOTU.
  • Current version is 7.2. (12/2010)
  • $325 with competitive upgrade.
• Pro Tools 9 - around $600. Started as music production and didn’t have MIDI capability until Version 8.
• Ableton Live
  • Ableton Live 8.2 - $399.
  • Loop-based DAW. Popular with DJs.
  • Ableton Live Lite is often bundled with M-AUDIO keyboards (keyboard could be $99). −Propellerhead Software Reason 4 ($299).

Free version

• Ardour Digital Audio Workstation 　- only handles audio files.
• Traverso Digital Audio Workstation
• MusE - an open source sequencer for Linux.

サンプラー制作

• Audacityにmp3ファイルなどを読み込む。
• 使用したい部分の前後をsplitで切り離し、削除
• 最初と最後にfade in/outのeffectをかける
• カーソルを曲の先頭に移動し、曲名を録音する
• 曲名トラックの終わりの雑音を取り除く
• 曲名トラックのレベルを調整する
• 音源トラックを曲名の終わりに移動する
• mp3ファイルとして出力する

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• M-Audio Oxygen 49
• ReMOTE SL 25
• Korg K49
• M-AUDIO KeyStudio 49i (MSRP $299.95, available from $200~)
  • has built-in sound