MusicWonk
MusicWonk will drive MIDI synthesizers, soft synths and sound cards directly, effectively "playing" them in real time; it will also record directly to a standard MIDI file.
Since the digitization of numerous industry verticals, numerous inventions and developments have been made in the technological field, chiefly the music industry that has consistently benefited in the form of advanced music players, composers and mixers along with advanced versions of already existing musical instruments for instance improved electric guitars that are a rage amongst the youth and are essential in few genres of music, namely rock and heavy metal. Nowadays, MIDI (musical instrument digital interface) is the most popular medium that facilitates effective synchronization between electronic music instruments and computers and controllers by sending messages and signals. A similar tool called MusicWonk has been developed that produces MIDI music on the basis of algorithmic rules easily that can be a cakewalk for any individual with little technical knowledge. MusicWonk opens with a vibrant looking interface with the main options placed at the top pane and varied controls placed just beneath in colourful tabs. The main screen shows the working of the program with controls displaying pitch, range, modulation with a variety of other tools to perform varied files placed at the left column. The parameters can be easily adjusted while processing and the interactive drag and drop feature that is designed to specially to learn and is speedy to use as well. There are over 200 in-built modules and functionalities in the program make it one of the most powerful composing programs. It can drive MIDI synthesizers and soft synths and even the sound cards directly and effectually plays them in real time and can also directly record them to a standard MIDI file.
“MusicWonk produces MIDI music based on algorithmic processes in real time.”
Features:
- It is the successor to a long line of graphical, modular, and interactive algorithmic composing programs created by John Dunn that were inspired by the big analog modular synthesizers, going back to one of the first if its kind ever produced for MIDI, MusicBox, released to the public domain in 1986.
- MusicWonk is essentially a program language specialized for creating music, intended to be used by musicians.
- While you can easily create analog synthesizer style step sequencers with MusicWonk, it goes far beyond its sequencer roots, to give you algorithmic composing tools of all kinds.
- You simply select graphical modules from a pop up menu, drag and drop their connections and interactions, listening to the results in real time as you build and modify your piece.
- It is not a text based language like Java, C, or Lisp; instead it is a visual direct manipulation language that does not require you to take weeks to months to learn.
- Its also available as a Portable Edition for your USB Drive.
MusicWonk USB Edition and Install:
MusicWonk is also available as a portable edition for on your USB drive but you can place it as well in every root folder on your PC’s Hard-drive. You can obtain MusicWonk Portable HERE. To install, double click on the zip file to open it and drag the MusicWonk4 folder to the root folder of a USB drive, or to any writable location of any hard drive.
Note:
MusicWonk will run as a full featured 30 day trial. Thereafter it will run in Player mode, with module save commands unavailable. To enable module save, you will need to purchase a license key for US $75.00 HERE.
OS requirements:
Win XP/Vista/Win 7
(32-Bit and 64-Bit)
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