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CuteLoops is a simple MIDI sequencer program that allows you
to make small "loops" - patterns containing several bars worth
of MIDI notes which are played back repeatedly.
One of the more advanced features of CuteLoops allows you to
trigger ("cue") these patterns by pressing keys on your MIDI
instrument. So if you store several patterns in a file, you can
switch between them easily. You can use this to make it easier
to play live or semi-live with analogue synthesisers and the
like; the computer MIDI interface plays back the notes constantly
at the right tempo, while you adjust the controls on the instrument
to change the sound, and you can switch patterns quickly as the
music demands.
CuteLoops is also useful as a simple MIDI sequencer. You can
use CuteLoops, in combination with manual, live adjustment to your
synthesisers and effects units, to create source material which youll
be finally arranging in digital music creation programs - for example,
CuteLoops is ideal for making sounds you could record as fragments
in CuteBreaks. Because CuteLoops has a simple interface, uncluttered
with complex features, you can program music more simply than in a
full sequencer program; the extra power of a "real" sequencer is
unnecessary when youre arranging the final results in a different
program.
There are no recording facilities in CuteLoops. So you cant
play notes into it using your MIDI keyboard - instead, you program
them in using the mouse. This is because its designed for use with
short, tightly-timed loops rather than long solos.
Purchase Information
Requirements
- Windows 95/NT4
- 486
- 8MB
- MIDI sound card/MIDI equipment
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