NOTE: THE FREE VERSION OF ANVIL SHOULD
ONLY BE USED FOR MIDI PURPOSES, AS THE AUDIO RECORDING IS LIMITED TO ONE
MINUTE. I HAVE READ THAT ANVIL STUDIO CAN BE QUITE COMPLICATED TO USE,
HOWEVER IT CONTAINS A ‘STAFF’ (NOTATION) VIEW WHICH MAY BE USEFUL.
General Features
Editors: Staff, Lyrics, Piano Roll, Drum, Loops, Audio, Events.
File formats: standard .MID and .WAV files.
Includes extensive integrated help.
<li>Piano Roll / Rhythm editor with:
multi-level loops
loops can refer to notes, other loops, samples, or Riffs.
Import, record and edit audio samples and play them like drums.
any note duration down to 1/128th notes.
dynamic editing while the song is playing, making it easier to experiment with rhythms.
duplet, quintuplet, and septuplet notes.
</li>
<li>Enter notes from external MIDI device, on-screen guitar fret board,
on-screen piano keyboard, or by dragging notes to the staff.</li>
Per-track On/Mute/Solo, device, instrument, channel, fader, pan, and effects controls.
<li>For screens larger than 800 x 600, it shows:
up to 25 tracks of information displayed at the same time.
zoomed-out view of notes and wave data for all tracks at the same time.
option to play notes as mouse moves over them, making it easier to quickly locate a spot in the song.
</li>
Dynamically change track volumes, mutes, instruments, and effects properties while a song continues to play.
Fast loading and scrolling of large MIDI files.
Time and Duration fields display time in Minute:Second:Frame(SMPTE), or Measure:Beat:Ticks, or sample format.
Metronome includes tempo, lead-in, and accent beat attributes.
Add Cue points for quickly positioning to a desired spot in the song.
Play list for playing hours of different song files.
File/Truncate menu to shorten the duration of .MID files.
File/Merge Song menu for copying tracks between .MID files.
Add standard music notation including: slur, crescendo, decrescendo, fermata, trill, repeat, D.C., D.S., segno, coda, prima volta, seconda volta, pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
User-defined keyboard shortcuts.
Control Record/Play/Stop functions remotely using any MIDI controllers such as a Foot Switch, Modulation wheel.
Free version has built-in patch-library support for SoundFont®-compatible sound cards.
Supports the Tascam US-428 External Mixing console.
Runs on Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Vista (32-bit versions)
ASIO, VST, VST-Instrument, and Automation support with optional Pro-Mix accessory.a
ONLY BE USED FOR MIDI PURPOSES, AS THE AUDIO RECORDING IS LIMITED TO ONE
MINUTE. I HAVE READ THAT ANVIL STUDIO CAN BE QUITE COMPLICATED TO USE,
HOWEVER IT CONTAINS A ‘STAFF’ (NOTATION) VIEW WHICH MAY BE USEFUL.
General Features
Editors: Staff, Lyrics, Piano Roll, Drum, Loops, Audio, Events.
File formats: standard .MID and .WAV files.
Includes extensive integrated help.
<li>Piano Roll / Rhythm editor with:
multi-level loops
loops can refer to notes, other loops, samples, or Riffs.
Import, record and edit audio samples and play them like drums.
any note duration down to 1/128th notes.
dynamic editing while the song is playing, making it easier to experiment with rhythms.
duplet, quintuplet, and septuplet notes.
</li>
<li>Enter notes from external MIDI device, on-screen guitar fret board,
on-screen piano keyboard, or by dragging notes to the staff.</li>
Per-track On/Mute/Solo, device, instrument, channel, fader, pan, and effects controls.
<li>For screens larger than 800 x 600, it shows:
up to 25 tracks of information displayed at the same time.
zoomed-out view of notes and wave data for all tracks at the same time.
option to play notes as mouse moves over them, making it easier to quickly locate a spot in the song.
</li>
Dynamically change track volumes, mutes, instruments, and effects properties while a song continues to play.
Fast loading and scrolling of large MIDI files.
Time and Duration fields display time in Minute:Second:Frame(SMPTE), or Measure:Beat:Ticks, or sample format.
Metronome includes tempo, lead-in, and accent beat attributes.
Add Cue points for quickly positioning to a desired spot in the song.
Play list for playing hours of different song files.
File/Truncate menu to shorten the duration of .MID files.
File/Merge Song menu for copying tracks between .MID files.
Add standard music notation including: slur, crescendo, decrescendo, fermata, trill, repeat, D.C., D.S., segno, coda, prima volta, seconda volta, pp, p, mp, mf, f, ff
User-defined keyboard shortcuts.
Control Record/Play/Stop functions remotely using any MIDI controllers such as a Foot Switch, Modulation wheel.
Free version has built-in patch-library support for SoundFont®-compatible sound cards.
Supports the Tascam US-428 External Mixing console.
Runs on Windows 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Vista (32-bit versions)
ASIO, VST, VST-Instrument, and Automation support with optional Pro-Mix accessory.a
