eMedia Acoustica Mixcraft 7 Academic Pro Studio Multi-track Recording Windows/Mac Software, DVD-ROM

Mixcraft 7 is a fun and easy-to-use program that instantly turns your computer into a fully-stocked music recording studio. Educators, schools and school districts can purchase Mixcraft 7site licenses. Pricing is volume-based starting from 5-users to 1000+-users.

Mixcraft 7 turns your computer into a powerful digital audio workstation (DAW) and MIDI sequencer, complete with virtual instruments and effects. Record and edit both audio and MIDI, try new song arrangements, create loops, remix tracks and then mix it down with a virtual mixer for digital delivery and sharing with others. More than music production software, Mixcraft 7 also becomes music performance software and lets you use your DAW compositions in live performances with the amazingly flexible Performance Panel. It's even a great digital video editor that lets you easily create and score finished movies.

Mixcraft 7 is absolutely packed with new features, including 64- and 32-bit compatibility, new Performance Panel for triggering audio and MIDI clips live, two powerful new samplers, automation recording, a slick new step editor, audio warping and quantization, advanced control surface support, a sleek new interface, new loops and plug-ins and a whole lot more. Includes 13 virtual instruments, two samplers and 25 audio effects.

The Mixcraft 7 Teacher's Guide is the ideal compliment for educational programs that use Mixcraft in the classroom. The book examines Mixcraft's many capabilities including composing music, recording, mixing, adding effects and working with video. The Teacher's Guide provides numerous examples of how to incorporate Mixcraft into both music and non-music assignments including marketing and advertising, podcast creation and spoken word performances. The Teacher's Guide contains 13 inventive lessons designed for grade school through high school classes. Together, these lessons address all of the National Standards for Music Education (NSME). Along with the book is a free "Additional Materials Download" which includes helpful teaching aids such as printable lesson plans, fun example projects, video clips and other useful resources.

New Features in Version 7
• Audio Warping and Audio Quantization
• Improved time stretching and pitch shifting technology
• Multiple automation lanes for single track
• Performance panel for live triggering of audio and MIDI loops and clips
• Plug-and-play support for Novation Launchpad, Mackie Control and Frontier Design Tranzport controllers
• Step Editor for beat and pattern creation
• Full 64- and 32-bit compatibility
• Over 200 new film scoring loops
• Over 475 acoustic, synthesized and classic drum samples
• New virtual instruments: Alpha and OMNI samplers, Applied Acoustics Systems Journeys (world music instrument) and G-Sonique Renegade (virtual analog synth)
• Pro Studio 7 adds: ME80 v2 and QuikQuak's Glass Viper (Waveform Shaping synth)
• New effects: SideKick6 Sidechain Compressor, Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp, Fusion Field Convolution Reverb, Treble Cream Transient Softener, TRW-1 Vacuum Tube Triode Warmer, VTC-1 Vacuum Tube Compressor, DUBSHOx Multi-Band Distortion, POD4500 Particle Delay, PSEQ-1 Vacuum Tube Passive EQ, VBE-1 Vacuum Tube Bass Enhancer, Zener Limiter LM-2Z

Recording and Audio Editing Features
• Unlimited number of audio and instrument tracks and Performance Sets
• Lanes feature allows you to stack and organize multiple clips on a single track
• Record multiple MIDI and audio tracks simultaneously
• Punch in/punch out and loop recording with multiple takes
• (New in version 7) Step Editor for beat and pattern creation
• Powerful piano roll editor allow you to edit MIDI data easily. Create MIDI loops by adjusting the loop points. Edit notes and controller information with ease
• Notation tools allow you to create, edit and print your MIDI data in familiar music notation format
• Automatically detects beat locations, keys and tempos of imported songs
• Work in beats and measures mode or in time mode
• Automate any parameter in any VST effect, VSTi instrument or Acoustica effect. All tracks can contain an unlimited number of automation curves on an unlimited number of effects and instruments
• Over 7000 royalty-free loops and sound effects
• Support for up to 16 processor cores takes full advantage of today's cutting-edge multi-processor computers
• Import WAV, AIF, OGG, WMA, MP3 and even standard MIDI files!
• Wave (WDM), ASIO, WaveRT and WaveRT Exclusive Mode low latency audio support. WaveRT Exclusive Mode (available with Windows 7 and up) provides ultra-low-latency, solid audio performance on most audio hardware without any special sound card drivers. With WaveRT Exclusive Mode, Mixcraft can interface directly with the audio hardware, bypassing the operating system for low-latency audio performance without any special drivers
• Add your own photos or images to each track header and edit each track's color, size and position in a variety of ways
• Intuitive keyboard controls and shortcuts for quick work flow
• Multi-monitor support lets you take full advantage of computers with multiple monitors
• MIDI/Audio FX routing
• ReWire Hosting allows you to sync other music applications with Mixcraft

Video Editing Features
• Video Track allows loading and editing of video files. Easily cross-fade from one video clip to another. Remix the audio, add a soundtrack and effortlessly render your video project to a new video file
• Powerful video features include still image importing, automatable effects and transitions and moving text.

Mixcraft is not only a powerful audio workstation - it's a fantastic tool for scoring and editing video. Load and edit video files and still images with ease. Easily cross-fade from one video clip to another, add transitions and other video effects. Create slideshows from your photo collection. Add titles and scrolling text. Remix the audio, add a soundtrack and effortlessly render your video project to popular formats for creating your own DVDs or uploading to YouTube and other popular internet video sites

Powerful Audio Mixer
• (New in version 7) Plug-and-play support for Novation Launchpad, Mackie Control and Frontier Design Tranzport controllers
• Powerful Mixer Interface provides a convenient and familiar interface for mixing a project. Complete with easy access to volume, pan, mute and solo controls, as well as effects and instrument dialogs, plus 3-band EQ on every track. Also includes submix, send (auxiliary busses) and output tracks
• Mix down to MP3, WAV, high-quality compressed OGG and other audio file types
• Option to record directly to high-quality compressed OGG files. This is ideal for collaborators exchanging projects over the internet, laptop users, schools and anyone recording long speeches or conferences
• Burn CDs of your mix with just one click
• Archive your entire project to a ZIP file or new folder

Effects and Loops
• Edit any sound to make a loop. Pick sections of prerecorded songs and extract loops for remixing. User-created sounds can even be saved to the Loop Library
• Time stretch any sound from 25% to 400% with FleXAudio without affecting the pitch. Pitch shift sounds from -24 to +12 semitones!
• Reverse audio clips to create cool effects. Invert the phase of audio clips to solve phasing issues
• Reduce the noise level or eliminate it entirely with built-in Noise Reduction available on every audio clip
• Easily import your own loop files and loop CDs into the loop library. Works with Acid WAV and Apple Garage Band AIFF loops
• Includes over 7000 royalty-free loops and sound effects!

Virtual Instruments
• Pro Studio 7 adds: ME80 and ME80 v2, Glass Viper, Pianissmo virtual grand piano Memorymoon virtual analog synth
• Drum maps included for Mixcraft's drum instruments, plus many popular drum applications
• MIDI input and output support. Will work with any USB MIDI keyboard or any instrument connected to a MIDI interface
• MIDI control surface support for transport controls, effect controls and instrument controls
• Musical Typing Keyboard lets you play and record virtual instruments without the use of a MIDI keyboard.
• Support for VST effects, including plug-in delay compensation
• Support for VSTi instruments and VST instruments with multiple outputs
• Create complex virtual instrument setups that layer and split multiple virtual synthesizers and effects. Set the key range, velocity sensitivity, transposition, pan and volume for each instrument

High-Quality Effects
• Pro Studio 7 adds: Acoustica 31 Band EQ, Acoustica Pro Studio Reverb, Dubmaster Liquid Delay, FAT+, Ferox Tape Emulator, FSQ1964 Transient Vitaliser, GSXL4070 Vintage Parametric EQ, iZotope Mastering Essentials, Mid-Side Envelope Follower+, Mid-Side Harmonic Vitaliser+, Mid-Side Stereophase Filter+, TB Gate, TB Parametric Equalizer, TimeMachine Bit Crusher, Twisthead VS-206 Preamp, XBass 4000L Bass Enhancer, Fusion Field Convolution Reverb, SideKick6 Sidechaining Compressor, Studio Devil Virtual Bass Amp, Dubshox Multiband Distortion, Treblecream, TRW-1 Vacuum Tube Triode Warmer, VTC-1 Vacuum Tube Compressor, POD4500 Particle Delay, PSEQ-1 Vacuum Tube Passive EQ, VBE-1 Vacuum Tube Bass Enhancer, Zener Limiter LM-2Z
• Add unlimited VST effects
• Route MIDI track