Free 10 channel pattern-based music making app

[doctornash]

I am the creator of FlexibeatzII; a complete, free pattern based music making program that lets you sequence via a step-sequencing interface (and record to .wav and .mp3 files), tracks consisting of sounds in up to 10 channels. The sounds can be any.wav files, or sounds one synthesizes from scratch with the program, or combinations of the two. A wide range of 'standard' and unusual effects are available, as well as Parametric EQ per channel. The program can work in standalone mode, or midi-synced to a DAW or hardware sequencer, and allows the user to change many characteristics of the sounds on-the-fly while the sequence is playing

Home page:

http://flexibeatz.weebly.com

Examples of Tracks done completely with it:

http://www.myspace.com/flexibeatz

To date, there are 4 Youtube video tutorials focusing on different aspects of the application, including one where ALL sounds are synthesized from scratch and another which focuses on on how to sync FlexibeatzII to both a software DAW (Reaper is used in the example), and an external hardware sequencer/synth. The first tutorial is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjfQsD586SU

and you will see thumbs to the other three there

Feature list:

* TR909/TB303/X0X style sequencing interface
*Plays any wav files in its 10 channels
*Note resolution to 32nds
*Chain patterns up to 999 measures
*Dynamically vary pan, pitch and level of each sound in each channel, as well as each sample's play start and end point while the sequence is playing
*Set swing and accent
*Mute and solo per channel
*Lock BPMs of sounds in channels to master tempo
*Auto stretch samples to fit a specified fraction of a measure, or to multiple measures
*Dynamically specify which sounds can cutoff (mute) which other sounds, if they are still playing
*Randomize sample selection per channel and notes per pattern per channel
*Auto-generate arpeggiator patterns
*Ability to process and add effects to the samples in each channel: reverse, 3 types of distortion, master LP filter, freely draw and apply pitch envelope to a sound, freely draw and apply LP, HP or BP filter envelope to a sound, freely draw and apply a volume envelope to a sound, chorus, delay, compression, change amplitude of positive and negative halves of the waveform independently, reverb, lo-fi (bit and sample rate reduction), 3-band parametric EQ (featuring LP, HP, BP, Lo Shelf, Hi Shelf, Notch, Peak), stutter effect, auto chop up waveform and randomly re-assemble, apply waveshaping by manipulating individual harmonics, change pitch without affecting duration, change duration without affecting pitch, vocoder, ring modulator, auto-wah
*Ability to synthesize sounds from scratch, and use these in the channels as instruments, or combine them with samples in various ways (such as FMing one with the other)
*Record sequence to a .wav file while its playing
*Record level slider movements
*Export patterns to .wav files without playing them
*Automatically isolate the 'hits' in a drum loop and export each slice as a separate .wav file, and import each slice into a separate channel
*Graphical time and frequency spectrum display of each sound in each channel
*Slave playback via midi sync to another sequencer (eg a DAW, hardware sequencer etc)