February 18, 2009 at 02:40Acoustica Mixcraft - no sacrifice art
In the habro-review of music software among audio editors, it seemed to me that the wonderful Acoustica Mixcraft editor , which I personally often use as a tool for convenient recording of voices and guitars , was not mentioned in vain . However, this is not only a simple and intuitive tool for a novice musician, it is a full-fledged audio editor with wide functionality.
I’ll try to talk about its main charms, because I haven’t found any minuses in it yet, but to say that there are none at all is an ungrateful thing, so let's get started!
So, the program interface:
Do you say anything fundamentally new? Yes this is true. But Miksraft does not pretend to be an innovation in the interface, it is primarily a product accessible to a simple layman. This is even indicated by the interface for choosing a template when creating a new project:
After creating a new project, we will have a desktop filled with empty tracks so far:
In my recordings, I needed to record guitars and a voice on a bit already made in Fruitty Loops, for this it’s simple to do right-click on any track and select “Add sound”, after which, by flicking around the computer and finding the bit file exported from FL, our desktop will get the first piece of music. For the convenience of visual separation of tracks, each of them can be set its own picture and color:
Next, select Record and play / sing, listening to the already recorded beat. Recording, of course, is made from the microphone / Line In input, and not from the sound card mixer (but this can also be configured in the program options). If the beat “knocks” the clock, in Mikskraft there is a convenient metronome:
Since the recording of one instrument or another goes in parts, the pieces often have to be adjusted to each other. In this case, Mixcraft offers us to make a crossfade:
After recording all the tracks and arranging them at the desired start position, you need to bring the volume in order, as well as add some effects for some tracks. It is for the availability of these functions that I fell in love with this editor. Art no longer requires sacrifice - everything is quick and clear: if you need to increase the volume / send the whole track to one of the channels, we use the track interface, if you need to do the same actions from one of the parts of the track, then choosing which parameter we will edit, we just drag the control points on the recorded track, determining the behavior of the sound:
Add effects:
And we get the finished composition. Everything is simple.
But why did I start my review with the fact that this program, in its way, is universal, suitable for both a novice musician and a professional?
A novice musician can use Mikskraft as an e-Jay, for this there is a Library with a set of loops and samples. All of them are kindly stored on the Acousctica server and downloaded if necessary:
Having an interface in which a drop-down menu of the third level is very rare and even a person far from professional music can kill such an hour or two, resulting in “his” melody.
But what about the support for MIDI and other things that professionals need? There is.
There is also a built-in loop editor:
To summarize, I want to add that I'm not a great professional in audio software, I just love to compose music and share it with friends, so my requirements may seem underestimated to someone, but it was Mixcraft that quickly gained my trust with its interface and help in shortening the path from “chattering on a guitar” to “cheers, I recorded a song!”.
I’ll try to talk about its main charms, because I haven’t found any minuses in it yet, but to say that there are none at all is an ungrateful thing, so let's get started!
So, the program interface:
Do you say anything fundamentally new? Yes this is true. But Miksraft does not pretend to be an innovation in the interface, it is primarily a product accessible to a simple layman. This is even indicated by the interface for choosing a template when creating a new project:
After creating a new project, we will have a desktop filled with empty tracks so far:
In my recordings, I needed to record guitars and a voice on a bit already made in Fruitty Loops, for this it’s simple to do right-click on any track and select “Add sound”, after which, by flicking around the computer and finding the bit file exported from FL, our desktop will get the first piece of music. For the convenience of visual separation of tracks, each of them can be set its own picture and color:
Next, select Record and play / sing, listening to the already recorded beat. Recording, of course, is made from the microphone / Line In input, and not from the sound card mixer (but this can also be configured in the program options). If the beat “knocks” the clock, in Mikskraft there is a convenient metronome:
Since the recording of one instrument or another goes in parts, the pieces often have to be adjusted to each other. In this case, Mixcraft offers us to make a crossfade:
After recording all the tracks and arranging them at the desired start position, you need to bring the volume in order, as well as add some effects for some tracks. It is for the availability of these functions that I fell in love with this editor. Art no longer requires sacrifice - everything is quick and clear: if you need to increase the volume / send the whole track to one of the channels, we use the track interface, if you need to do the same actions from one of the parts of the track, then choosing which parameter we will edit, we just drag the control points on the recorded track, determining the behavior of the sound:
Add effects:
And we get the finished composition. Everything is simple.
But why did I start my review with the fact that this program, in its way, is universal, suitable for both a novice musician and a professional?
A novice musician can use Mikskraft as an e-Jay, for this there is a Library with a set of loops and samples. All of them are kindly stored on the Acousctica server and downloaded if necessary:
Having an interface in which a drop-down menu of the third level is very rare and even a person far from professional music can kill such an hour or two, resulting in “his” melody.
But what about the support for MIDI and other things that professionals need? There is.
There is also a built-in loop editor:
To summarize, I want to add that I'm not a great professional in audio software, I just love to compose music and share it with friends, so my requirements may seem underestimated to someone, but it was Mixcraft that quickly gained my trust with its interface and help in shortening the path from “chattering on a guitar” to “cheers, I recorded a song!”.