Anthem 0.0.17 review

Anthem is an advanced open source MIDI sequencer

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Pete Goodliffe

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Anthem is an advanced open source MIDI sequencer. Anthem allows you to record, edit and playback music using a sophisticated and acclaimed object oriented song technology. It runs under the KDE desktop environment, on Unix-based platforms.

It is based on the TSE3 sequencer engine and therefore provides a great deal of power, combining the innovative object oriented TSE3 song technology with a simple, intuitive interface.

This open source edition of Anthem is based on a previous commercial version which ran on Acorn RISC OS computers. This open source version of Anthem will only run on Unix-based platforms.

Anthem is still very much a work in progress, so keep coming back to see the latest developments. Anthem is developing fast.

Here are some key features of "Anthem":
Powerful linear sequencer
Flexible object-oriented song structure
Handles import and export of standard MIDI files (both type 0 and 1)
Playback with real time effects (remapping, transpose, quantise, velocity window, repeat, offset, etc)
GM/GS/XG support
Synchro start of playback
On screen gadgets, including:
Studio clock
Virtual keyboard
VU bars
Go to time
MIDI panic facility
Any number of tracks per song
Highly configurable metronome
MIDI echo facility
MIDI command filters for incoming, outgoing and echoed MIDI streams
Intuitive user interface
Imports Cakewalk instrument definition files
Playback of musical phrase being edited
Additional facilities which will be incorporated shortly:
Powerful music editors:
Flexible list editor
Piano roll editor with powerful 'controller maps'
Step editor
Drum editor
Innovative new stave roll editor
Score editor
Select voices and controllers by name
MIDI mixing desk
'Power quantise' supporting:
Full, unresticted groove setting
Windowing
Intelligent snap point choosing
Humanisation
Phrase tools:
Add/subtract
Arpeggiate
Explode
DeMIDIfy utility.


Requierments:
In order to use Anthem to its full potential you will need a soundcard, preferably with external MIDI device support. Anthem will work without such a card, but it will not provide any musical output.
In order to use anthem you will need the KDE 2/3 libraries installed on your system and the TSE3 library. Anthem will produce MIDI output on any system that TSE3 supports - see the library pages for more information.