Future Beat 3D is a stylish looking tool for creating and mixing 3D audio compositions designed for non-professional music makers. It provides a simple editor which allows you to load and mix up to 64 different wave file tracks simultaneously with your mouse, computer keyboard or MIDI keyboard.

In addition to the simple editor, you can also use the more detailed track editor which provides a more detailed overview of your mix with tracks of displayed waveforms. Waveform's can be loaded and setup for looping or one-shot playback modes. Then the start and end points can be adjusted with the mouse. All mixing recorded in the simple editor can also be fine tuned in the track editor. Each track's "3D position" can be set or animated with the 3D panel.

You can either use pre-made wave files provided on the full versions CD or create your own with the built-in drum editor for percussion sequencing and solo composer for melodic creations. An included Wave Editor can be used to add tweak and apply effects to any WAV file. It can also be used to record vocals and other external sounds.

Features

• Up to 64 2D or 3D simultanious channels.
• 32 bit Windows application.
• 32 bit (floating point) music rendering at full 16 bit 44100 hz quality, to hard disk, even if you edit the song using a lower sound quality. The final output quality is the same, no matter what computer system you use.
• 1000+ Music samples (studio quality) covering 20+ music styles
• 32 bit non-destructive Time-stretching, allowing you to use samples recorded at different tempos in the same song.
• 32 bit non-destructive pitch shifting, allowing you to change the pitch of a sample to suit the music you are creating.
• Looping and "one-shot" .WAV mixing, with powerful controls that allow you to create the sound you want.
• Full MIDI input control, allowing "Live" music creation.
• Powerful riff creation tools. Drum Editor, Wave Editor and Solo Composer give you the power to create.
• Fully optimised to take complete advantage of your computer system, including processor technology and Direct Sound compatible sound card support.
• Low minimum system requirements, but allows you to take full advantage of even the most state-of-the-art computer system.

Purchase Information

• $30-$40

Requirements

• Windows 95/98
• Pentium 133 (Pentium 166 recommended)
• 16 MB RAM (64 MB recommended)
• DirectSound compatible 16-bit sound card (3D sound card recommended)
• Microsoft DirectX (6.0 or later)