Steinberg Sequel Software Music Studio

An affordable and easy-to-use music studio backed by the power of Cubase!

Sequel combines intuitive tools and gives you the power to record, edit, mix, and perform music with great-sounding loops, instruments, and effects quickly and easily. Sequel is the perfect first step into music production and performance. Sequel runs on both PCs and Macs and comes with a massive library of more than 5000 loops, over 600 of ready-to-play instrument sounds, stunning effects and the same state-of-the-art audio engine that is preferred by many world-class producers all around the globe.

Sequel turns you into a producer, and gives you your own fully-loaded music studio. You need hip-hop beats for your latest track? Or want to surprise your friends at your next party with your own electro live-set? Sequel gives you everything you need to produce pro-quality tracks at home, on a plane, in the rehearsal room or even live at a club. And best of all, Sequel is so easy to use that you can get creating your own music straight away.

Want to get them bangin' their heads to Nu Metal or chill out to Ambient? Produce your own tracks in any 'now' musical style with over 5000 outstanding loops and over 600 instruments. Just a few minutes will see you creating your own songs, even if you can't play an instrument or don't have any musical knowledge at all. Because Sequel stays in the right key automatically, and never gets thrown out of rhythm, leaving you to get creative with your own music.

You sing, rap or play an instrument? Sequel gives you your own studio where you can record and rearrange your vocals or instruments. Produce your Sequel song with your very own production style and record your own vocals to produce a demo for a record label or your own MySpace page. Be it disco basslines, guitar riffs, breakbeat loops even piano parts, you can find exactly the right sound or loop in just a few clicks with the MediaBay sound browser. Preview sounds with your song playing and if it fits, just drag into the project. You can use your own loops or add sounds from other companies.

With Sequel you can shape your song so that it sounds just the way you want it. Simply move and copy parts to set up your song structure in next to no time. Let Sequel do the work by automating settings like volume for the whole song. With the sleek, unique interface, you can edit and change loops or instruments you've recorded any way you want, for example by changing the pitch or length of a note or recorded instrument to match the song.

A real hit needs a pro mix. Sequel gives you all the tools and effects you need, including ones used by pros in their own studios. In Sequel, you've got a full mixer, equalizer for each track, and an armory of effects that will get your music sounding punchy, polished and ready for radio. Export your mix as an audio file to burn to CD. Or send your song directly to iTunes to convert to MP3 and get it ready for podcasting.

Sequel lets you play, rearrange and remix your music live, on stage or in a club. Just load up the 16 live performance pads with song sections and variations, and create your own song live. Click on a section, loop it as often as you want and then fire off the next one, reacting to the crowd and keeping that dance floor packed! With Sequel you can come up with unlimited new ways of performing your songs live.

Steinberg Sequel Software Music Studio Features:

Complete all-in-one package - ready-to-use straight out of the box!
Record, edit and mix music in any popular style
More than 5000 loops from world-class producers included, covering popular styles like hip-hop, R&B, dance, electronic, pop, metal, world, and many more
More than 600 ready-to-play instrument sounds including more than 60 drum kits for various styles
Unique live performance mode for remixing/recombining songs on the fly
Seamless combination of linear and pattern based arranging
Audio and instrument parts follow tempo and key in realtime
Built-in studio-quality audio effects, including EQ and Dynamics in every channel
More than 50 Audio Track Presets for various instrument types, as well as vocals
Cross-Platform: Windows and Mac OS X Universal Binary
Files and Formats (Import and Export)
Recording format: Stereo WAV16-bit or 24-bit with 44.1 kHz sampling rate (CD quality)
Supported file formats (import, drag & drop): WAV, AIFF, MP3, WMA, WMA Pro, OggVorbis, Standard MIDI file (SMF)
Export: WAV, AIFC, AIFF, WAV64, OggVorbis
Export project to iTunes: one-step mixdown/export function opens iTunes with new track in destination format (iTunes converter, including MP3, AAC, and Apple Lossless)
CD burning provided using iTunes (pre-installed on Macs, free download for PC)
SMF (Standard MIDI File) import and playback
Audio
Audio recording with up to eight simultaneous tracks
Unlimited number of audio tracks (only limited by CPU performance)
Audio resolution: 16-bit or 24-bit at 44.1 kHz
Internal Resolution: 32-bit floating point
Editing
SmartTool changes its function depending on the mouse position. Available options: Move, Trim, Cut, Copy, Loop, and Mute/Unmute
Audio Editor with realtime audio warp functions (realtime time stretching and pitch shifting)
Warp Modes: Mix, Drums, Plucked, Pads, Vocals, Solo
Key Editor for internal instruments with note event and controller editing
Note Quantize with variable Swing
Legato Slider for dynamic note length editing
Step Record Mode
Mixing
Dynamic Track Mixer with Volume, Pan, EQ, Compressor, two variable inserts, two variable send effects
Additional Event Effects for Instrument Tracks (Arpeggiator and Chorder)
Master Output channel with two variable Output Effects (Inserts) plus two fixed Master Effects (Stereo Enhancer and Maximizer)
Automation of Volume, Pan, Mute, EQ, Bypass, plus all effect parameters, and instrument quick controls in instrument tracks
Arranger
Realtime Arranging based on Arranger Parts; up to 15 parts can be assigned to Cue Pads for realtime arranging/remixing
"Live Pads" or "Chain Play" modes
Variable Jump interval (Now, 1 Beat, 1 Bar, 2 Bars, 4 Bars, End)
Stop Pad for break/end
Chain Play: up to 15 Chains per Project; up to 99 steps per Chain
Realtime Transpose for audio and instrument events.
Project Key provides fixed global transpose for entire project
Global Transpose Track holds transpose events for global song transpose per bar / beat.
Effects
Delay: Ping Pong Delay, Stereo Delay
Distortion: Amp Simulator, Distortion
Dynamics: Compressor, Gate, Maximizer
Modulation: Auto Pan, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Rotary, Tremolo, Vibrato
Roomworks SE, Stereo Enhancer, Dual Filter
Channel Equalizer: three-band with Lo/Hi Shelving EQ (w/ variable frequency), fully parametric mid-band with variable frequency and Q.
Fixed compressor in each channel
Two variable Track Effects (Inserts) perchannel
Two Global Effects (Sends) per channel
Two variable Master Track Effects (Inserts)
Two fixed Master Effects: Stereo Enhancer, Maximizer (Inserts)
Instruments
Integrated virtual instruments with hundreds of presets
Up to 128-voice polyphony (defined by preset)
Quick Control editing per track
New sounds can be saved as track presets
Arpeggiator, Chorder
Content
More than 5000 Loops (2000 instrument loops, 3000 audio loops)
More than 600 instrument presets
More than 50 audio track presets
More than 150 effects presets
Style Categories
Pop: Britpop, Pop/Rock, Teen Pop, Chart Dance, 80's Pop, Dancehall, Disco)
Electronica/Dance: Minimal, Classic House, Elektro House, Funky House, Industrial, Electronic Body Music, Trip Hop, Techno, DrumïnïBass/Jungle, Elektro, Trance, Dub, Big Beats
Urban (Hip-Hop/RB): Classic R&B, Modern R&B, R&B Pop, WestCoast Hip-Hop, EastCoast Hip-Hop, Rap/Hip Hop, Soul, Funk
Rock/Metal: Blues-Rock, Hard Rock, Rock & Roll, Singer/Songwriter, Heavy Metal, Death/Black Metal, NuMetal, Reggae, Ballad, Alternative Rock, Rockabilly , Thrash Metal, Progressive Rock
Alternative/Indie: Goth Rock, Grunge, New Wave, Punk, College Rock, Dark Wave, Hardcore
Country: Country/Western, Honky Tonk, Urban Cowboy, Bluegrass, Americana, Squaredance , North American Folk
Jazz: New Orleans Jazz, Traditional Jazz, Oldtime Jazz/Dixiland, Fusion, Avantgarde, Latin Jazz, Free Jazz, Ragtime
Blues: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Electric Blues, Chicago Blues
Classical: Baroque, Chamber Music, Medieval, Modern Composition, Opera, Gregorian, Renaissance, Classic, Romantic, Soundtrack
Ambient/ChillOut: New Age/Meditation, Dark Ambient, Downtempo, Lounge
World/Ethnic: Africa, Asia, Celtic, Europe, Klezmer, Scandinavia , Eastern Europe, India/Oriental, North America, South America, Australia
Experimental: New Music, Free Improvisation, Electronic Art Music, Noise
Minimum requirements

Windows:
Windows XP (Home or Professional), compatible with Win-
dows Vista Home Basic
Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 2 GHz processor
1 GB RAM
6 GB of free hard disk space
Windows DirectX compatible audio hardware; ASIO compati-
ble audio hardware recommended for low latency performance.
Display resolution of 1280x1024 pixels
DVD ROM drive required for installation
Internet connection required for license activation

Macintosh:
Mac OS X 10.4
Power Mac G5 1.8 GHz or Core Solo 1.5 GHz
1 GB RAM
6 GB of free hard disk space
Display resolution of 1280x1024 pixels
CoreAudio compatible audio hardware
DVD ROM drive required for installation