Z-Maestro
Encyclopedia
Z-Maestro is a MIDI and digital audio
sequencer
designed with a focus on ease of use and power for the Windows
platform. Developed by Z-Systems, it has seen over a dozen regular releases spaced two to six months apart.
for ease of use and professional products like FL Studio
and Logic Pro
for features. Pre-1.0 releases were released as free betas. Z-Maestro is developed in VB.NET for the Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 platform.
Z-Maestro 1.0 was released as the first commercial version on April 26, 2009 with a price of $30. This first major release still had the prototype interface of the betas. Version 1.1 introduced a newly polished interface similar in style to the Adobe
Creative Suite
. This new interface is adjustable through the options dialog.
Digital audio
Digital audio is sound reproduction using pulse-code modulation and digital signals. Digital audio systems include analog-to-digital conversion , digital-to-analog conversion , digital storage, processing and transmission components...
sequencer
Music sequencer
The music sequencer is a device or computer software to record, edit, play back the music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically :...
designed with a focus on ease of use and power for the Windows
Microsoft Windows
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platform. Developed by Z-Systems, it has seen over a dozen regular releases spaced two to six months apart.
History
Z-Maestro development began in 2006 in an attempt to introduce a product that could compete with Apple Inc. GaragebandGarageBand
GarageBand is a software application for Mac OS X and iOS that allows users to create music or podcasts. It is developed by Apple Inc. as a part of the iLife software package on Mac OS X.-Audio recording:...
for ease of use and professional products like FL Studio
FL Studio
FL Studio is a digital audio workstation developed by the Belgian company Image-Line. FL Studio features a graphical user interface based on a pattern-based music sequencer...
and Logic Pro
Logic Pro
Logic Pro is a hybrid 32 / 64 bit digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer software application for the Mac OS X platform. Originally created by German software developer Emagic, Logic Pro became an Apple product when Apple bought Emagic in 2002...
for features. Pre-1.0 releases were released as free betas. Z-Maestro is developed in VB.NET for the Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 platform.
Z-Maestro 1.0 was released as the first commercial version on April 26, 2009 with a price of $30. This first major release still had the prototype interface of the betas. Version 1.1 introduced a newly polished interface similar in style to the Adobe
Adobe
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Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The collection consists of Adobe's applications , that are based on various technologies...
. This new interface is adjustable through the options dialog.
Features
- Sequence instrument (MIDI), drum (MIDI), and audio tracks
- Edit instrument and drum parts in a roll editorPiano rollA piano roll is a music storage medium used to operate a player piano, piano player or reproducing piano. A piano roll is a continuous roll of paper with perforations punched into it. The peforations represent note control data...
- Edit audio in both a waveform view and a spectrum viewFrequency spectrumThe frequency spectrum of a time-domain signal is a representation of that signal in the frequency domain. The frequency spectrum can be generated via a Fourier transform of the signal, and the resulting values are usually presented as amplitude and phase, both plotted versus frequency.Any signal...
- Apply audio effects destructively in the audio editor or non-destructively to entire audio tracks
- Renders MIDI tracks using SoundFontSoundFontSoundFont is a brand name that collectively refers to a file format and associated technology designed to bridge the gap between recorded and synthesized audio, especially for the purposes of computer music composition...
software instruments - Edit audio in the audio editor using on-clip controls, including for the spectral view