MusicDevelopments has introduced RapidComposer, described as "non-destructive, parametric phrase-based music composition software."

RapidComposer offers tools designed to make the composition process more productive:

• EXTENSIVE DATABASES of scales, chords, chord progressions, phrases, instruments, song templates
• INTUITIVE EDITOR with incredible editing capabilities where you can edit the structure, chords, phrases and all other aspects of the composition in a non-destructive way. All phrases and notes automatically conform to the current chord and scale.
• TOOLS for generating phrases, creating sophisticated motifs using the dozens of built-in phrase variations, assigning chord progressions, manually editing phrases and chord progressions, filling lines/verses with phrases and variations, even generating a multi-track composition based on your rules!
• VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS - you can use your existing VSTi plugins and soundfont (.sf2) files

Features:

• Extensive scale, chord, guitar chord and chord progression databases
• Taggable instrument database of all MIDI, VSTi and SF2 presets in one place
• Phrase database to store reusable phrases
• Variations to apply to phrases
• Non-destructive editing
• Master track with chords
• Movable, resizable and transposable smart phrases
• 2 phrase transposing modes
• 4 phrase resizing modes
• Phrase generators
• Rhythm generators
• Idea Tool
• Sophisticated tools to add phrases, variations, change structure and more
• 2D view of the composition with structure editor
• History with unlimited undo and different versions of the same composition

Pricing and Availability

RapidComposer is available now for US $395 (Introductory price).

Link:

• MusicDevelopments

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