energyXT2

energyXT2 is a fully featured easy-to use music production sequencer. It provides music producers with a high quality solution for creating music.

It has a wide set of features including no loading-time, all-in-one synth, fx and sequencer, drum machine track, high quality time-stretching/pitch-shifting, REX2 and VST plugin support.

The program can also be loaded as a VST-plugin into other VST compatible sequencers.

energyXT 2.07

Price 49 euro (full version), 19 euro (light version) Size 1.5MB (free trial) License Proprietary Developer XT Software Website www.energy-xt.com System Requirements 1.4GHz PC with 512 RAM ALSA/OSS driver Supports the Jack | Audio Connection Kit for low latency multi-channel audio recording and playback on Linux Support Sites: energyXT Forum, FAQ, Tutorials Selected Reviews: Linux Format

Other Features include:

Interface

• Streamlined interface with skinning support
• Arrange/dock editor windows into multiple Tabs
• Transporter bar with metronome and tempo
• Browser with drag & drop of Instruments, effects, samples and loops
• Modular component view for MIDI and audio routing
  

Workflow

• No loading time for application
• Fast and easy zooming and scrolling with mouse
• Full undo/redo history
• Define your own keyboard shortcuts
• Search fcuntion in browser
• Fully control all the Mixer and VST instruments/effects parameters from your MIDI keyboard
• Create your own loop library with samples and Instruments
  

Sequencing and recording

• Unlimited MIDI, audio, drum and folder tracks
• Multi-track recording
• In-track editing of MIDI, audio and drum events
• Track-mixer for easy mixing of selected track
• Arpeggiator with random and probability on each MIDI track
• Swing/shuffle control on each track
• MIDI, audio and drum parts can be saved as self-containing library clips (.xtc)
• Parts can be ghosted (edit one part, and all other parts will be updated too)
• Clip-based automation of all Mixer and VST parameters
• Per sample forward/reverse and 3 resample modes: normal, re-pitch and stretch
• Popup-editor for MIDI and audio parts

Mixing and automation

• Per-channel trim, volume, pan, mute and solo
• Unlimited Insert FX and send FX per channel
• 4-band equalizer per channel
• All parameters in the mixer can be automated from the sequencer and/or external MIDI in
• Any number of Group channels can be added for sub-mixing
  

Synthesizer

• Phase modulation synthesizer and sampler in one
• Layer and split synthesized and sampled sounds
• Per-program Reverb and Delay
• Multi-mode filter with cutoff and resonance
• Poly, mono and glide
• Volume and filter envelopes
• 4 LFO's and 4 envelopes with 4 param destinations each
• Per-sound phaser and chorus/flanger
• Option to edit "all" sounds at once
  

Multi-fx processor

• 4 available effects: Reverb, delay, phaser, chorus/flanger
• Any number of effects can be used in a chain
  

Audio engine

• 32-bit audio engine with time-stretching/pitch-shifting algorithm from zplane development
• Supports industry standard VST instruments and effects
• Thread-based disk streaming and audio recording
• Automatic plugin delay compensation
• Offline render to 16/24/32 bit mono/stereo wav files at any sample rate
• Runs with ASIO, ALSA or as VST plugin

Last Updated Friday, December 05 2008 @ 08:26 AM EST