You can scroll up and down the 64 tracks one track at a time, or in 16-track blocks. This means that you get a main screen which displays 16 horizontal tracks, underneath which are tape transport controls (play, record, rewind.) which are activated either by clicking on them with the mouse or pressing the function keys.
MIDISOFT STUDIO HAS been designed to operate along multitrack tape recorder lines (now where have I heard that before?). Instead a window pops up to tell you there's a file load error because the file isn't a Studio song file (or track file). Still, the existing compatibility is a tremendous bonus for anyone wanting to print out their music.Īlthough the manual claims (on the front cover) that MIDIsoft Studio supports MIDI Files, there is no specific provision for importing and exporting such files, and indeed the program wouldn't load a MIDI File created on Passport's Master Tracks Junior and successfully loaded into Steinberg's Pro24 v3. You can hold both programs in memory at the same time, but each time you want to use EZ-Score Plus you have to load it in again. Apparently, files can be transferred in both directions, though I wasn't able to try out the combination (however, a passing EZ-Track Plus was roped in, and yielded successful results from Studio to Plus but not vice versa). However, MIDIsoft have a tie-in with Hybrid Arts whereby Studio files can be loaded into EZ-Score Plus and printed out in music-notation format. It doesn't have grid-type input, nor (directly) traditional music notation input.
The sequencer provides real-time, step-time and event-level recording/editing.
A horizontal bar in the upper right corner of the main screen shows the remaining free memory this can be displayed either as a percentage or in Kilobytes. MIDIsoft claim the following approximate note-storage capacities for the Advanced version: 320,000 notes on the Mega4 ST, 140,000 notes on the Mega2 ST, 55,000 notes on the 1040ST and 15,000 notes on the 520ST. MIDIsoft Studio is available in two versions, the 32-track Standard and 64-track Advanced it is the Advanced version (v3 update) which is under review here. However, at present only the MIDIsoft Studio sequencer is being imported into the UK by Protobase. However, MIDIsoft Studio is situated in the midprice range - between £100 and £200, an area not brimming over with sequencing packages it also happens to be an intelligently-designed package worthy of investigation.Īlthough not a known quantity in the UK, American software house MIDIsoft have been in existence for just under three years, and in addition to the Studio sequencer they produce voice editors for a variety of instruments. JUST WHEN YOU thought it was safe to switch on your computer, along comes another sequencing package for the Atari ST.
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