Tuareg is an interactive phrase sampler made by Bram Bos (the creator of HammerHead and Moonfish). It is a sequencer/loop-composer/remixer that creates tracks out of loops, samples and short sounds. This makes it the ultimate playpal of your other softsynths, drum machines and sample CDs.

The purpose of this software is to allow musicians to break free from the usual ways of making music and to let them create their tracks by playing and experimenting with the sounds, aided by the cunning interface that Tuareg provides.

Tuareg comes in two versions, Free and Fat. The Free version is mono and has 6 channels. The Fat version has 12 stereo channels, resonant filters, MP3 support and a plugin architecture.

Features

• 6 mono channels
• 44100Hz / 16 Bit
• 1024 measures / song 1024 measures / song
• 200 wav samples / song 200 wav samples / song
• RaGE unit (drumcomputer) RaGE unit (drumcomputer)
• BLiSS unit (bassline seq.) BLiSS unit (bassline seq.)
• Renders songs to WAV
• 3 mono delay units
• Loads Tu sample packages
• Supports DirectX 5 & MME

Fat Version Features

• 12 stereo channels
• 44100Hz / 16 Bit
• Import plugins / plugin-instruments
• Wave edit plugins
• Export plugins (MP3, etc.)
• 6 indy stereo delay units
• 12 separate resonant filters
• Creates Tu sample packages

Purchase Information

• $0 Free Version
• $35 Fat Version Direct

Requirements

• Windows 95/98/2000
• Pentium 166 or faster
• 16 MB RAM (32 recommended)
• Sound card with DirectX 5 or MME drivers installed
• 800x600 high-color (64k) display

Note: Tuareg will not run on Windows NT.