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easy beat is the MIDI sequencer software for anyone who doesn't want to spend big money, nor take the time to climb the steep learning curve of other, huge and complicated sequencer tools.
 

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Got GarageBand? Get the Beat

easy, low cost MIDI software

Now you can compose your songs by drawing notes or recording them with a MIDI instrument, see up to 16 tracks in multiple views, and choose from more than 100 instruments. You can print the score and tabulature, add effects and variations, listen to your song using using the built-in software synthesizer or an external synthesizer.

Easy Beat from Ergonis Software is music for the Mac as it should be: powerful, yet easy to use. Instead of the usual tool-based user interface, easy beat uses a simple and intuitive point-and-click technique. Adding, selecting, moving, copying notes - all these operations are done with simple mouse gestures. With version 2.0, easy beat runs on (and requires) Mac OS X.

easy beat is the MIDI sequencer software for anyone who doesn't want to spend big money, nor take the time to climb the steep learning curve of other, huge and complicated sequencer tools.

Christoph Reichenberger, founder and CEO of ergonis software writes:
      "With the introduction of GarageBand, Apple impressively demonstrated its commitment to musicians, and we couldn't be happier about that. This is the best possible point in time to make easy beat available for Mac OS X."

easy beat features:

• up to 16 tracks plus a metronome track
• 100+ instruments and drum kits with the software synthesizer; when an external synthesizer is used, easy beat can use ALL its instruments.
• multiple views (score, drum, keyboard, TAB, chords, controllers)
• import and export of standard MIDI files
• export of QuickTime movies and AIFF files
• background music (play a song while you edit it or work with other programs)
• single-track real-time recording (requires a MIDI adapter and a MIDI instrument)
• stylistic variations (shuffle, emphasis, arpeggio, delay, ...)
• high-quality score printing
• templates for frequently used note and controller fragments

  Pricing and Availability

  • All macility products are distributed on a try-before-you-buy basis. License keys available from Ergonis
  • Download: http://www.macility.com/downloads/
  • Information:http://www.macility.com/products/easybeat/
  • Price: $89 US, for a single user license, which includes free updates and upgrades for 2 years after the purchase
  • Upgrades: free for all customers who have purchased an easy beat license on or after March 1st 2002; $49 for previous owners. This license upgrade also includes free
  • upgrades and updates for the next two years.
  • The Company: Ergonis Software is a privately held company founded in 2002, based in Hagenberg, AUSTRIA, founded to promote easy-to-use, yet powerful software. The Macintosh products of ergonis software are
  • distributed under the brand name macility.
  • email: easybeat sales at macility.com

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