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A sequencer is a tool where you can record and edit the "definition" of music. Think of a sheet of music - It tells you what notes to play, how long each note is, and how loud or soft to play. Now imagine that you can specify each of these parameters very precisely for each note. That is what a sequencer does.
A synthesizer generates audio (sound). You ...
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You could try Ableton Live. I have heard of many people using it for live performances. It can play back MIDI and recorded audio, does looping and many other things, so it should meet your needs.
If you are on a budget, you could try Reaper.
Both programs have a free trial, so you can try them both and see which better fits your needs and style.
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What you are looking for is a feature often called "render stems". For each track it contains a single WAV file rendered from the start of that track. Yes this is very wasteful of disk space, but you can at least easily import the files into any other DAW and they will line up correctly. It is up to you whether you need to export with effects on or not.
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"Decent" makes this a bit subjective (and heck, tool questions can border on religious from time to time) but I'll recommend looking at Logic Pro.
I moved from a Cubase SX 3 to Logic 8 Pro system three years ago. I used to think SX 3's scoring capabilities were decent to pretty good but Logic, once I got used to the Mac and the Logic way of working, does a ...
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Cubase and Sonar will both let you alter parameters of groups of tracks as well as single tracks, so you could group all your cellos and fade them all in using one control if required.
In fact you could do the same with any parameter, and automate the entire thing.
I've used both for many years - probably current preference for usability is Cubase, but ...
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Personally I have magical 8-bit, pooBoy2, peach, rebar, toad, triforce and ymVST. All of which I got for free.
However if you are serious about making chip music I wholeheartedly recommend getting yourself an old "grey brick" Gameboy and the Little Sound DJ (LSDJ) software. As it gives you full control over the soundchip and you can achieve some great ...
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From the Audition Help pages:
Choose Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts And MIDI Triggers.
Filter the list of commands as needed:
Select (Show All) or a specific group from the Category menu.
Click the Multitrack, Edit View, and CD View buttons to access commands for each application view.
In the Command Name column, select the command you want to customize.
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