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Budding singers, musicians, songwriters and karaoke lovers who want more from their software than just a karaoke player/editor should take a look at programs that allow the user to create, play and manipulate music files. Be Warned! Music composition software is not for the faint-hearted! Their use requires musical and computer know how plus a decent computer to operate effectively.
Absolute Minimum System Requirements
* Pentium Processor 133 MHz / 32 MB RAM
* 1.19GB Hard Drive
* Windows 95 or Windows 98
* Minimum 256 Colors @ 800 x 600 pixels
* Sound card and MIDI interface required
* Speakers
Recommended Minimum
* Pentium Processor 166 MHz / 64 MB RAM
* As Much Hard-drive space as you can afford!
* Soundblaster or compatible card with WaveTable
* CD-Writer or CD-Rewriter
Some of the programs listed below, are recommended for experienced musicians/computer users, others are relatively easy to learn / operate (like Nero). All are suitable for Windows 98/2000/Me/XP unless stated otherwise. (Mac and Atari programs are also listed). Check the full details at the affiliate site for updated versions, reviews and special offers.
A Cubase for Everyone.
Cubase is not just one program. It is a family of three, Cubase VST, Cubase VST Score and Cubase VST/24 each of which have independent cut down modules like the Cubasis range. Each has features to match the differing needs of musicians. The scaling of these features adds functionality through the range. Steinberg does not arbitrarily strip, or mindlessly limit features to disable our smaller programs. We add whole new spheres of functionality, for those who need it, as we climb through the range. The core functionality and power remains the same.
Cubasis Notation
CD-Rom
Features
32 staves of notation per page
4-voice polyphony per double staff
Text and lyric modes
Drum notation
Wide range of layout options
Cubasis Notation offers a fast and easy way to write music notation and print out perfect scores. No matter how demanding the musical challenge, Cubasis Notation's remarkable range of scoring features gives you the tools to master it and capture every subtlety of your composition. You can create complete orchestral scores, notation for vocals by means of a special lyrics mode, scores for piano with special polyphonic voicing settings, and, with the option of assigning alternative note heads, even notation for drums. An Auto Layout function takes care of many steps for you, saving you both time and effort. Cubasis Notation offers more than 100 graphic symbols, so you'll find it easy to get your compositions down on paper.
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Cubasis VST v3.0
CD-Rom
48 audio channels and 64 Midi channels
Professional mixer and real-time effects
Full MP3 and RealAudio export
Mastering and CD-R software
4 virtual sound sources
Multimedia tutorial
Surround sound
Video software
Steinberg InWire
Make music with others over the internet
Simple handling and 16 new real-time effects
Bonus CD with 600MB of samples and songs
Universal Sound Module and virtual instruments
(Synth, Bass, Drum Machine)
WaveLab Lite 2.0 and much more
Similar to Cubasis Go! 3.0 Cubasis VST 3.0 but with many additional features such as 48 audio channels, 4 virtual sound sources (synthesizer, universal sound module, virtual bass, drum machine) and full MP3 support. Do it the way the professionals do. Cubasis VST gives you a complete music studio - in your PC. Up to 24 audio channels and 64 MIDI tracks, mixers, real-time effects, a virtual sound module and much more are waiting to be taken through their paces. The multimedia tutorial shows you how - in only a few minutes. Compose songs, edit, print scores, produce music videos and burns CD's. Cubasis VST lets you make your musical ideas a reality.
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Cubasis VST 2.0 Mac
CD-ROM
Features
Virtual instruments
Mastering and audio editing
48 audio and 64 MIDI channels
Original Fraunhofer Full MP3 support
Professional mixer and real-time effects
Cubasis VST turns your Mac into a professional recording studio. With up to 48 audio (Wave and MP3) and 64 MIDI channels, you can create extremely sophisticated arrangements with ease. All the tools you need to make music are on board - a virtual syntheziser, a totally unique bass, a universal sound module and a ready-to-groove drum machine. Compose songs, process sounds, print out scores and save your tracks in MP3 format or pro CD quality. Cubasis VST 20 offers a wealth of possibilities for turning your ideas into great music - alone on your computer or in collaboration over the Web.
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Steinberg Cubase Score VST
CD-ROM for PC or Mac
PC, Mac, or Atari sequencing notation hard disk recording software. All the features of standard Cubase plus professional score editing. Steinberg's Cubase VST transforms your Microsoft Windows PC into a complete recording studio. Cubase's integration of audio and MIDI recording makes it easy to combine the best the MIDI world has to offer with your own audio recordings. For the audio features, only a standard sound card is required, but we would recommend at least a small, good quality mixer and a decent monitoring system. Multiple inputs and outputs can be added with cost effective PCI audio cards. Cubase is complete: Quality audio effects are included, and can be extended later with an ever increasing selection of Plug-Ins, so you probably only need the extra ins & outs to integrate a larger mixing desk, or facilitate multi-channel recording. We call this the Virtual Studio Technology. Cubase VST Score adds...* Professional Notation Editing, Layout and Printing.
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Steinberg Cubase VST/24
CD-ROM for PC or Mac
PC or Mac sequencing and hard disk recording software. Adds 24-bit/96-khz capability to Cubase VST's feature set.
Cubase VST/24 adds...
* 96 Audio Channels
* Support for 24 bit/96 kHz operation
* Extended Audio Hardware options
* Professional Notation Editing, Layout and Printing
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Steinberg Cubase VST
Cubase VST has...
* 64 Audio Channels
* 4 Equalisers per channel
* 4 Insert Effects per channel
* 8 Auxiliary Sends
* 8 Global Effects
* Full Automation
* Audio Hardware expandability
* Superb MIDI real-time Editing
* Notation Editing, Automatic Layout and Printing
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Cakewalk Home Studio XP
Features
Take control of your music now
Record unlimited audio and MIDI tracks
Mix with real time effects
Plug and play DXi soft synths
Create loops fast
Supports ACID format WAV, MP3, WMA and MIDI files
Additional Tools and Loops in Home Studio XL
For the musician, project studio producer, or dance/remix artist who’s looking for more value, Home Studio XL provides all the capabilities of Home Studio 2002, plus:
Cakewalk Audio FX-1 Dynamics Processing
A series of essential plug-ins for mixing and mastering:
Compressor/Gate ? Tighten up your mix, bring out the vocals, add punch to tracks, and smooth out performances with a wide dynamic range.
Limiter ? Avoid distortion by keeping audio signals from exceeding a set threshold.
Expander/Gate ? Increase the dynamic range of your recordings. Makes loud parts louder and quiet parts quieter.
Dynamics Processor ? An all-in-one effect that combines all three effects above for more control over your mix.
FXpansion Audio DR-008 SE Drum Sampler/Synthesizer
Get the drum sounds you need with this drum sampler/synthesizer. User-friendly and powerful, the DR-008 SE features analog modeling; pattern-based sequencing; 32-bit sampling; support for WAV and AIFF files, and LM-4, DR-005 drum kits. Features a variety of modules to get you in the groove, including vintage 808 and 809 sounds.
Cakewalk Loops CD Includes a full CD of ACID-format audio loops by leading producers including Power FX, Smart Loops, and X-MiX. Many styles included: Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Dance, and more. Perfect for creating new songs or adding textures to your existing songs
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Cakewalk Metro 5 (Mac)
CD-ROM
Support for ASIO compatible soundcards
Easily edit audio and MIDI tracks with Graphic Editor
Edit and print facilities for high quality notation
Import and export audio for QuickTime movies
Compose with creative song-writing tools like the Rhythmic Explorer. Apply real-time audio effects with automation
From Cakewalk, the makers of the industry standard sequencing software, comes Metro 5 for the Macintosh. Approximately equivalent to Cakewalk Pro Audio for the PC, Metro 5 offers Macintosh users everything needed to produce professional quality music and sound projects from concept to completion.
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Cakewalk Home Studio (smp)
For Windows 95/98/NT 4.0
PC sequencing, notation, and hard disk recording software. Up to 4 tracks of digital audio, 256 tracks of MIDI. The easiest way to create music and sound on a PC
Cakewalk Home Studio 8 is the newest edition of the world's #1-selling music and sound software for the home. It's the fastest, easiest and most affordable way to create music and sound on a PC. You can get started fast with online tutorials.
Play along with over 30 song files. Easily record new music with any instrument or vocals. Or use the Virtual PianoTM to play and record music with a mouse or PC keyboard. Then cut, copy, paste, and mix your tracks, and play it all back. Modify notes with the click of the mouse. And when you're finished, print beautiful sheet music.Ê Even open and view a video file while you create a soundtrack or add sound effects3Ú4 perfect for enhancing your home movies. There's no easier way to turn your PC into a home recording studio.Ê Whether you're in a band or choral group, or playing for personal enjoyment, Home Studio 8 is for you.
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Cakewalk Pro Audio
PC sequencing, notation, and hard disk recording software. The award-winning MIDI and digital audio software for professionals.
New in Cakewalk Pro Audio 8
* Now records up to 128 tracks of audio along with MIDI, with up to 256 real-time effects.
* Supports 24-bit audio with up to 96 kHz sampling rate- the highest resolution available in software (requires 24-bit audio card). Also supports 16-, 18-, 20-, and 22-bit audio hardware.
* Cakewalk MIDI FX plug-ins. Apply real-time effects to MIDI tracks using non-destructive plug-ins.
* Synchronize AVI, MPEG, and QuickTime video to audio and MIDI tracks.
* Visualize your mix with Vector-based audio mixing (non-destructive envelope mixing). Draw volume and panning changes directly onto audio events.
* New toolbars, shortcut keys, command menus, and many other interface enhancements.
Features
24-bit/96 kHz audio
Enhance your audio quality with 24-bit sound. Record 16-, 18-, 20-, 22-, and 24-bit audio at variable sampling rates of 11.025, 22.050, 44.1, 48 and 96 kHz. With 24-bit audio at 96 kHz, Pro Audio 8 offers the highest resolution available in any software.
The Console view 3-4 a great way to produce music and sound
Until now, recording and mixing MIDI and audio tracks required you to switch from different editing windows and use separate MIDI and audio commands. With the Console view, all of this changes. Designed to simulate a professional mixing console, the new Console View is a single, convenient window from which you can control all your MIDI and digital audio projects. It enables you to arm and record tracks, apply processing effects, create sub-mixes, automate volume and panning levels, and more. All in real-time.
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Cakewalk Pro Audio Deluxe
PC sequencing, notation, and hard disk recording software. Includes all features of Cakewalk Pro Audio, plus The Musician's Toolbox.
The Deluxe edition of Cakewalk Pro Audio comes with the Musician's Toolbox III--a weighty, two-CD-ROM collection of all new MIDI & audio files, tools, digital video clips, and interactive tutorials designed to help you get the most out of Cakewalk Pro Audio. Over a gigabyte of multimedia data, along with the powerful Toolbox search engine.
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Music Lab
This company has a bundle of useful programs / plugins for use with Cubase, Cakewalk and other music creation software which are great timesavers for programming musicians and beginners alike!
Rhythm'n'Chords
MIDI FX plug-in for Cakewalk Product line (SONAR™, Pro Audio™, Home Studio™, Guitar Studio™) OR Steinberg Cubase VST (except Cubase SX) offers musicians the easiest possible method for creating rhythm guitar parts in MIDI format. Simply enter chord symbols into your measures and select a rhythm pattern and your guitar part is ready. Even beginners can quickly create professional quality rhythm guitar parts and you can even purchase extra styles, (like blues, country, jazz, soul, etc.), with the program or individually.
SlicyDrummer
SlicyDrummer is a simple, but powerful tool for instant creation of drum loops by combining individual drum instrument patterns. It provides user with a unique way to quickly construct drum loops by selecting the appropriate prerecorded pattern for each individual drum instrument from the library, which saves him from the annoying procedure of searching among thousands of readily available drum loops. The software package includes a massive library, containing hundreds of MIDI patterns for a number of drum instrument (kick, snare, hi-hat, ride cymbal) and percussions (conga, cowbell, tambourine, maracas, hand clap). Patterns are pre-recorded in such a way that they can be easily combined to make up professionally sounding drum loops.
Fill-in Drummer
Fill-in Drummer is a unique and powerful MIDI tool specially developed for work with drum fills that provides you with a convenient way to easily find the appropriate drum fill from the Library of pre-recorded pro quality drum fills, breaks, intros, and endings, modify it to better fit your musical needs and combine it with your basic rhythm part in the needed measure.
All the applications above can be downloaded and tried for a limited time free of charge and MusicLab have several other useful midi manipulation products available online. Visit HomePage for full details.
Percussion Studio
Rhythm patterns are often difficult to remember, and even more difficult to read. Percussion Studio solves these problems with its simple rhythm notation system that lets you easily transcribe rhythms. It can play multiple instrument voices simultaneously, and each track is mutable so you can play along and learn individual parts. The program comes with a set of standard rhythms, and you can add your own instruments. It provides functions for automatic handset notation. You can also use Percussion Studio as a rhythm sampler with WAV files. The program allows simultaneous playing and editing, and plays note changes immediately. This Shareware program can be downloaded and tried out free of charge, however, a $25 registration fee required to enable the Save function
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Guitar Sidekick for Windows
All-in-one guitar tool designed from the ground-up to suit your playing and composing needs. It include a comprehensive tablature editor, chords and scales generator, tune-by-ear tuner, metronome, gig diary, drum machine, and more! Guitar Sidekick is distributed as a Shareware program. You may download the program and try it completely free of charge. However, as time goes on, features will become disabled. In order to prevent this and/or get disabled features back, you'll need to register your copy of the program. Registration is only US$9.95. For only $9.95, you can get one of the net's premier guitar tools! To purchase a registration key and to prevent the loss of Guitar Sidekick's features, click here
Top of the Pops Mix Factory 2
If you fancy yourself as a bit of a composer of pop tunes, then TOTP Mix Factory 2 could be what you need. It is a complete 12-track mixer designed to make it as easy as possible for you to pull samples together into real tunes. The 1,600 free samples included are grouped into Chart, Club and Dance collections. To get them onto the 16 tracks is simply a matter of dragging samples from the main display onto the track list. You can edit samples to get their sounds precisely as you want them, or even record your own if what you want is not already present. Creating a video to go with your music track is again a matter of dragging elements from a library into the frame--this time you have foreground and background to consider. You can import your own images into the vision mixer if those that are provided don't suit. Once completed, you can put your creations into a playlist and sit back and enjoy them and swap tracks with friends. It's great fun.--Sandra Vogel
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PG Music Powertracks Pro Audio
PC sequencing notation hard disk recording software. Professional, fully featured digital audio MIDI workstation, packed with features for musicians, students & songwriters.
POWERTRACKS PRO AUDIO 4.0 is a professional, fully featured digital audio MIDI workstation, packed with features for musicians, students & songwriters. With seamlessly integrated digital audio/MIDI recording, & built-in music notation, PowerTracks turns a typical soundcard equipped Windows PC into a music production powerhouse!
48 Track Digital Audio Recording Studio with awesome effects & audio plug-ins! You can record up to 48 tracks of CD quality audio (vocals, guitar, etc.) or MIDI using your soundcard & microphone.
Exciting Features not found in other sequencers. On-screen piano keyboard & guitar fretboard shows notes as they are played. Notes highlight on notation as played. Enter/print out chord symbols in notation. Reads in chord symbols from Band-in-a-Box MIDI files. Comprehensive support for guitar (on-screen guitar, fretboard, tab display & printout, display & MIDI track on guitar fretboard) Karaoke Style Lyrics window. Automatic drum tracks (100 drum styles included). Built-in Roland Sound Canvas Editor. Juke box playback. Play a set of songs, either by simply specifying a "wildcard" like c:\songs\*.* or specify a specific set of songs. Option for random or sequential playback.
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Band in a Box
CD-Rom for Windows, Mac & Atari
Mac, PC or Atari composition software with automatic accompaniment. Includes: Band-in-a-Box Pro version 7, Styles Disks 1-3, Harmonies Disk 1 & Soloist Disk Set 1.
Band-in-a-Box is an automatic accompaniment program for Windows /DOS / MAC and Atari. You type in the chord symbols to any song, using standard chord symbols like C, Fm7, Cm7b5 etc. choose a style and press PLAY. Band-in-a-Box then generates a pro quality 5 instrument accompaniment of bass, drums, piano, guitar and strings in over 100 styles of music
The award-winning Band-in-a-Box is so easy to use! Just type in the chords for any song using standard chord symbols (like C, Fm7 or C13b9), choose the style you'd like, and Band-in-a-Box does the rest.
Band-in-a-Box automatically generates a complete professional quality arrangement of piano, bass, drums, guitar and strings in a wide variety of popular styles. (Jazz, Pop, Country, Classical and more.)
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Digital Ear® Audio to Midi Converter
Real Time Audio (.wav) to Midi Converter! Digital Ear® analyzes a live or recorded solo performance (e.g. a singing voice, a saxophone solo, or any other musical instrument) and converts it into a standard MIDI file! This file can be played back by any synthesizer with a different voice of your choice, or you can import it into your favorite sequencer or notation software (e.g. Cubase VST, Cakewalk, Sonar etc. ) for mixing with other tracks, automatic transcription, or further processing. Digital Ear reads standard .wav files or accepts live microphone input. Click Here for free trial download
Roland Virtual Sound Canvas 3
Features
Software Synthesiser that lets you play music files only using your computer - no external MIDI sound device is needed
Enjoy high-quality sound performance with GS format, General MIDI Level 2 and 1 music files
Including SC-88Pro compatible 902 sounds + 26 drum sets
You can convert music files (standard MIDI files) into audio files at a snap!
With Controller Windows, you can easily switch tones and adjust volume levels for each part
It can be used as a sound module for playing data from other software
Also compatible with Pentium III processor and DirectSound (Windows version only)
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Syntrillium Cool Edit Pro
PC sound design hard disk recording software. Digital audio effects and multitracking. Cool Edit Pro is a digital audio recorder, editor and mixer for Windows. It's widely used in the audio and broadcasting industries, including the BBC. It's the digital audio software package you've been waiting for. Cool Edit Pro is a breeze to learn and use, packs enough top-quality digital effects modules to fill a room full of rack mounts, and can mix up to 64 tracks together, using just about any sound card. It's like having thousands of pounds worth of professional audio equipment all in one easy-to-use software package.
The complete multitrack recording studio for Windows
64 tracks of digital editing and mixing
30 distinct effects modules including:
Reverb, Multi-tap Delay, 3D Echo, Equalizers (Graphic, Parametric, Scientific, and "Quick"), Compression, Chorus, Flanger, Distortion, Pitch change, Tempo change, and more.
Clean up audio with Pop Eliminator, Noise & Hiss Reduction
32-bit sample resolution support and full 32 bit internal processing
Supports multiple I/O sound cards and multiple sound cards
Supports 24-bit, 96kHz formats
Compatible with any DirectX plug-in
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Audio Editing with Cool Edit
Book by Richard Riley
This book shows how to get the best from Cool Edit with easy to understand walkthroughs and helpful hints and tips. It's an essential addition to the Cool Edit manual and help file and reveals many undocumented features and time saving tips.
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PC Audio Editing:
For Broadcast, Desktop, and CD Audio Production
Book by Roger Derry (Editor)
"PC Audio Editing" is a guide for anyone wishing to make audio production for issue as recordings, or for broadcast, using a Windows PC and material acquired both in the studio and via portable equipment. Even those who are experienced with editing and mixing using quarter inch tape can find the change to editing audio visually on a PC daunting. The author explains all the basic principles of this new technology and the skills you need to use it successfully, without assuming prior knowledge of the system, in a practical and straightforward manner. The accompanying free CD-ROM is supplied by Syntrillium Software Corporation. It contains a demo and tutorials of "Cool Edit Pro", a PC audio editing program.
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MIDI Maestro
MIDI Maestro is music software designed for use by amateur and professional music directors, conductors, and musical soloists in live musical theater and similar musical accompaniment situations. Dynamic, intuitive performance control and powerful sequencing and editing capabilities combine to make MIDI Maestro the only music software you need.
MIDI Maestro may also be used as a virtual "Karaoke machine" complete with bouncing ball or highlighted text. includes some very powerful digital audio editing and visualization features
There are tons of features including cue to cue performance with support for vamps, caesuras, fermatas, skips and cola voce sections, Quick response for real-time action, Adjust tempos on the fly, Skip or repeat measures as needed during performance, Immediately jump to any song or marker in a set, Click track for live percussionists
Support for external control of software features, Tempo and track maps provide what you need to see during a performance, Other views include event list, piano-roll, music notation, controllers (pitch wheel, effects, etc), sliders (faders), audio wave, and lyrics (karaoke style), Full set of MIDI editing tools including quantization and transposition, Record and playback multiple digital audio tracks, Uses standard MIDI file formats for easy data exchange with other software, Support for full-screen mode with background graphics and pagination for professional "PowerPoint-like" presentations. Digital audio clips may be combined with your MIDI tracks.
There are far more features than we have space to mention all included for $99.95! Click Here or visit HomePage
Finale® 2003
World standard for creating, editing and printing sheet music. Used by more educators, composers, students, performers and music ministers than any other notation program.
EASIEST SCORE SET-UP
Select your instruments or voices and the key and time signatures and the score is set-up automatically. Or use one over 50 professional templates.
6 WAYS TO ENTER NOTES
Select a note. Click it onto the staff. Notes space automatically. Notate as you play a solo acoustic instrument. Type notes on your computer keyboard with or without MIDI. Notate as you play using a MIDI keyboard. Scan printed sheet music. It opens automatically with SmartScore Lite. Import MIDI or Internet files. Also imports Encore files.
HEAR YOUR MUSIC COME TO LIFE
Violin staves sound like violins and flutes sound like flutes. Dynamics and articulations play back for full dramatic effect.
PRINT OR PUBLISH
Print the full score or parts; publish on the Internet. Save as a web page or to Finale Showcase; a free web site for sharing music.
Choose from over 14 various interface designs! Large, medium or small icons. Even keep the Traditional look if you want. Also, choose from 25 different background graphics or create your own. In total we've added over 1700 graphic improvements!
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Nero 5.5 Burning Rom
with FREE new VisionExpress & Express
CD-Rom
Burns Data CDs, Audio CDs, Video CDs, Bootable CDs, Multi-session CDs… and more. Works on a huge range of CD writers and rewriters. Comprehensive audio editing software. Nero Media player manages and plays your multimedia files. Ultra-stable, ultra-reliable. Far fewer ruined CD-Rs than any other package. Design, print and apply your own CD labels, booklets and inlay cards. FREE NeroVision Express & Nero Express.
Nero Burning offers a complete audio editing and CD-burning solution, and even lets you design and print cover art for your new CDs. It all starts with the Nero Wave Editor, with non-destructive editing that lets you try many options and undo all changes. A range of audio-processing options gives you complete control over your audio files before you record them to disc. A real-time "audition" lets you select and hear effects in real time, as your soundfile plays. Preset Manager lets you save your frequently-used settings. There are also features for sample format conversion, anti-aliasing filters, dithering, and noise shaping.
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