Geoff Nicholson

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Music Software Weekly - April 16 2004
Vol. 8, No. 15
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In This Issue
- Music Software Weekly is now available in HTML
- Music software CD-ROM - April 2004 edition
- Competition: Win Sytrus
- Weekly Editor's Choice Award - Classic Phaser v1.01
- Who won MP3Doctor?
- Shareware Music Machine newsfeeds
- News headlines
- Sheet Music Picks
- Windows users section
* Highlights Of New Windows Downloads
- 'What's Hot' from Doctor Audio
- Macintosh users section
* Highlights Of New Macintosh downloads
- Send us your Feedback
- Unsubscribing Information

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Music software CD-ROM - April 2004 edition

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Competition: Win Sytrus

There's a great VST plug-in to be won this week and it's
from the makers of FruityLoops.

One copy to win!
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/1947/?nl15


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Weekly Editor's Choice Award - Classic Phaser v1.01
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/1946/?nl15


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Who won MP3Doctor?

Albert Mendiola we'll be in touch!


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Shareware Music Machine newsfeeds

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News headlines

ReviewYou guarantees to produce reviews for musicians
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/1944/?nl15

Voxengo Soniformer VST 2.1 released
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/1943/?nl15

Sensational new beats for dance/electronic music producers released
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/1942/?nl15

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS announces ELEKTRIK PIANO
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/1941/?nl15


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Sheet Music Picks

John Denver - John Denver Songbook
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/sheetmus...578.shtml?nl15

Ed Roscetti - Drummer's Guide To Odd Meters
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/sheetmus...573.shtml?nl15

Frederic Chopin - Nocturnes
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/sheetmus...545.shtml?nl15

The Grateful Dead - Authentic Guitar Classics, Volume 1
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/sheetmusic/titles/1596?nl15

Many new sheet music titles added!
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/sheetmusic/?nl15


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Windows users section


Current Top 5 PC Downloads
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1. CloneCD 4.3.2.2
2. Windows Media Player 9
3. dBpowerAMP Music Converter 10.1
4. Total Recorder Standard Edition 4.4
5. GoldWave 5.06

You can find the top 50 downloads via
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/top50/?nl15

Highlights Of New Windows Downloads
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o JUMP - 2.02 MB - Demo
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/JUMP/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...win/JUMP/?nl15

Advanced music composition software
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o Voxengo Soniformer VST 2.1 - 950 KB - Demo
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs...inalizer/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...inalizer/?nl15

Advanced (spectral) mastering compressor PC VST plug-in
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o KaraokeMaster v2.0 - 6.33 MB - Shareware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs...keMaster/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...keMaster/?nl15

KaraokeMaster does everything you need to do with karaoke/CDG
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o Video Karaoke Studio - 7.33 MB - Shareware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs...keStudio/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...keStudio/?nl15

All the tools you need for creating professional karaoke video
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o z3ta+ Waveshaping Synthesizer DXi v1.4 - 4.17 MB - Demo
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/z3taDXi/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb.../z3taDXi/?nl15

DXi Synthesizer which introduces exclusive Bandlimited Waveshaping
technology
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o discoDSP HighLife v1.0 - 1.20 MB - Demo
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs...HighLife/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...HighLife/?nl15

VSTi plugin freezer and sampler
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o MIDI Maestro 2.32.00 - 8.72 MB - Demo
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/MIDI_Maestro/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb..._Maestro/?nl15

MIDI sequencing designed for live performance
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o Classic Chorus 1.26 - 456 KB - Freeware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs...icChorus/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...icChorus/?nl15

Add depth, fatness and perspective with this Chorus VST plug-in
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o DR-008 Virtual Drum Module 1.2 - 146 MB - Demo
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/DR-008/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...n/DR-008/?nl15


Advanced drum sampler and drum synth
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o Morphing Delay VST FX 2.0 - 282 KB - Demo
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs...ingDelay/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...ingDelay/?nl15

Innovative stereo delay effect
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o Zilla Audio Converter & Extractor - 13.7 MB - Shareware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs...dConvExt/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...dConvExt/?nl15

Universal audio file converter
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o VAZ Modular 3.0.2 - 3.72 MB - Demo
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/VAZ_Modular/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb..._Modular/?nl15

The hardware equivalent of up to 16 modular synths, a sampler, sequencer &
16 channel mixer
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o sonicOne - NA - Demo
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/sonicOne/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...sonicOne/?nl15

VST mastering plug-in
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o WinAmpBar 1.51 - 1.45 MB - Shareware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/WinAmpBar/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...inAmpBar/?nl15

Convenient skinable control bar for WinAmp
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o KORG i5CMv31 - 1.97 MB - Shareware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/i5CM/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...win/i5CM/?nl15

KORG i5CMv31 MIDI real time editor/file manager
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o sfz 1.30 - 528 KB - Freeware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/sfz/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb.../win/sfz/?nl15

High-quality SoundFont player
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o MP3Gain 1.2.3 - 630 KB - Freeware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/MP3Gain/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb.../MP3Gain/?nl15

Analyzes and adjusts MP3 files so that they have the same volume
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o MP3 HTML Generator 3.06 - 1.36 MB - Trial
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/MP3HTML/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb.../MP3HTML/?nl15

Generate HTML lists of your MP3 files


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'What's Hot' from Doctor Audio

M-Audio announced that the Keystation Pro 88 master
controller is now shipping. The world's first USB
bus-powered 88-key hammer-action master MIDI controller, the
Keystation Pro 88 offers a host of advanced features and
integration with music applications.

Read on: http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/1945/?nl15

'What's Hot' from Doctor Audio is presented by Doc Dosco,
Professional Audio Consultant from Los Angeles, California.
The Doctor Audio website is a dealer for most Mac and PC
Midi/audio products, and is located at
http://www.doctoraudio.com


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Macintosh users section


Current Top 5 Mac Downloads
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1. Pro Tools FREE
2. Reason 2.5 Demo
3. Amadeus II 3.7.1
4. Sound Studio 2.1
5. sonicWORX Basic

You can find the top 50 downloads via
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/mac/top50/?nl15


Highlights Of New Macintosh downloads
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o Midi Grasshopper 3.8 - 372 KB - Shareware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs...sshopper/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...sshopper/?nl15

MIDI and Audio Sequencing Application
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o MpcPgmMaker 1.0.6 - 745 KB - Shareware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/MpcPgmMaker/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...PgmMaker/?nl15

Create Akai MPC PGM files, convert and play SND files.
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o apulSoft apTrigga - 401 KB - Demo
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/apTrigga/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...apTrigga/?nl15

Audio sample trigger plugin. [VST]
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o AudioTest 0.8 - 212 KB - Shareware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/AudioTest/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...udioTest/?nl15

Generate audio test signals
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o Speedster - 392 KB - Freeware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Speedster/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...peedster/?nl15

A pitchshifter, timestrecher & spatial separator. [AU]
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o Sample Manager 1.0.2 - 774 KB - Demo
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs...eManager/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...eManager/?nl15

Full-featured batch audio processor
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o ReMIDI 1.0.3 - 835 KB - Demo
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/ReMIDI/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...c/ReMIDI/?nl15

Enhances keyboard performance by turning notes into chords and
chords into arpeggios or strums
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o VSamp 3.4.3 - 3.94 MB - Shareware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Vsamp/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...ams/mac//?nl15

Multitimbral sample playback module. [OS 9/X]
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o VSamp 3.4.3 - 1.70 MB - Shareware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/VsampClassic/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...pClassic/?nl15

Multitimbral sample playback module. [OS 7/8]
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o Burnz 1.1.8 - 1.15 MB - Demo
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Burnz/?nl15
http://membersonly.hitsquad.com/memb...ac/Burnz/?nl15

Burn CD's quickly and efficiently


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