Anvil Studio

Anvil Studio

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.
  • 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.
  • Enter notes from external MIDI device, on-screen guitar fret board, on-screen piano keyboard, or by dragging notes to the staff.
  • Per-track On/Mute/Solo, device, instrument, channel, fader, pan, and effects controls.
  • 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.
  • 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