Quaderno is a MIDI sequencer with some unique views, editors and controls. It has a combination of windows and functionality found in many other sequencers as well as a set of original ones that provide unique and useful ways of working with MIDI compositions. It can open and save standard MIDI files as well as a whole slew of proprietary formats for just about every editable element of a Quaderno sequence.

Quaderno's unique features and interface can be fairly difficult to figure out, especially if you are new to concepts of MIDI sequencing. The lack of on-line help makes learning the program even more difficult, but KO Studio's does provide examples and a tutorial which are available from the Product Download Page.

Features

• Session View - allows you to record and manipulate music patterns of any number of measures and of any key signature
• Song View - comparable to the classic track view style window, allows you to manipulate the overall layout of a MIDI composition
• Micro Editor - a unique way to view and edit a virtually unlimited number of MIDI events in a series of line graphs of a number of MIDI event parameters
• Note Editor - equivalent to the "piano-roll" found in other sequencers, allows you to edit individual MIDI note information in a pitch/time grid
• Orchestration - an original editor that provides a way to extraction and manipulate a sequence part's note, velocity, quantize, position, scale, duration and rhythm information
• Chords and Chord Grids - for creation of sequences of chords that can saved to libraries for later use and sent to patterns for use in the current sequence
• Musical Analysis - enables pattern and MIDI file analysis for chord succession generation and variation suggestions
• Harmonic Modulations - for creating harmonic "principles" that can be applied to patterns or sequence parts
• Composer - for generating sequences and creating musical ambiances of all styles by programming rhythm, dynamic, duration and note parameters
• Dynamics Pads - provides a window to real-time mouse input for changing velocities, durations, notes and rhythm
• Library - allows you to open, save and organize elements of MIDI compositions including: sessions, songs, modulations, modes, composers, rhythms, tracks, splits, real-time scales, quademos, etc.
• MIDI Setup - for setting up MIDI ports, devices/synths, MIDI filters and more
• MIDI Monitors - generates a variety of visual representations of a MIDI composition while it is played back
• Real Time View - visually setup note and velocity "splits" to section the 5 MIDI octaves and 127 velocities into a number of ranges allowing you to control up to 16 MIDI devices/synths from a master keyboard
• Functions - you can apply a number of event transformation functions to a single or a group of patterns or song parts for including: Staccato, Legato, Untie, Arpeggiator, X-Sort, Wave Creation, Formula, Harmonization, Random, Shaking, Calculations, Echo, Reinjection, Chords, Melodic Evolution, Melodic Transposition, Tessitura, Morphing, Canons, Progressions, Expression, Replay, a variety of Quantization methods, Accent, Rhythm Tracker, Cadences, Rhythm Analysis, Suppression of Recovery, Erase Doubles, Reset Controllers, Erase Controllers, Controllers Reduction, SysEx Editing, Event Conversion

Purchase Information

• $295

Requirements

• Windows 95/98
• Pentium
• 16 MB RAM
• 640x480 16-bit or higher display
• Windows 95/98-compatible sound card and/or MIDI interface