Features

From MusE Wiki

MusE is a multitrack virtual studio for Linux that has support for sequencing of both midi and audio and has, among other things, support for LADSPA, Jack and ALSA.

Some Highlights

• Automation system for both midi and audio (old school for audio, ie no graphs)
• Audio mixer
  • LADSPA effects on all track types, before or after fader
  • Stereo/Mono tracks
• Definition of midi instruments through instrument definition files (*.idf)
• Userdefinable shortcuts for most things
• Drag and drop import of midi files
• Drag and drop import of wave files
• Drag and drop import of Part files
• Drag and drop import of plugin presets
• Drag and drop plugin copying
• Standard midifile (smf) import-/export
• RTC (Real time clock) use for rock solid timing, fallback to alsa timer.
• Arranger view with track and part abstractions.
• midi editors:
  • Pianoroll editor,
  • Drum editor,
  • List editor,
  • Controller editor
• Realtime editing of "everything"
• Unlimited number of open editors
• Unlimited undo/redo
• Realtime and step-recording of midi
• Multiple midi devices
• Unlimited number of tracks, both midi and audio
• Sync to external and internal devices/applications:
  • MMC
  • Midi Clock
  • Master/Slave
  • NOT MTC (as was previously written here...)
  • Jack transport
• Integrated softsynth architecture M.E.S.S
  • Several internal synths available
  • Simple architecture for adding more synths
  • experimental support for industry standard Windows VSTi softsynths
• LASH enabled (formerly LADCCA)
• Raw midi device usage through ALSA
• XML based project files
• XML based configuration files
• project file contains complete app state (session data)
• Application spanning Cut/Paste Drag/Drop
• uses C++, QT3.x GUI Library, STL
• GPL Licenced