energyXT2 – create and record music

Last Updated on August 17, 2024

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.

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 function 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.

Website: energyxt2.wikidot.com
Support: Forum
Developer: XT Software
License: Proprietary

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