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-eMedia Guitar Method I
Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 200 / Me
Macintosh System 7.5.3 or later

New version to the world's best-selling beginning guitar CD-ROM! 150 comprehensive lessons cover everything from the basics through chord strumming, playing melodies and fingerpicking. Includes over 30 videos and over three hours of audio from guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D. Learning guitar is made fun through familiar hit songs by artists like Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead and Steve Miller. This new version includes additional lessons including lessons on instrument care, chord progressions and blues songs.

eMedia Guitar Method 1 includes an animated fretboard, which displays the fingering for each song and exercise in real-time adjustable in four separate viewing angles. Multi-track audio gives full band accompaniment on many of the hit songs. New to this version is a multi-speed MIDI track option allowing students to practice any song or exercises at whatever tempo they want. There is also the option to learn using either tablature or standard music notation. Additional features include a built-in automatic tuner, digital metronome, recorder and 250-chord dictionary.

-For more info on eMedia Guitar Method Vol. I, Click Click Here
*-Download Windows 6.44 MB Demo Version Click Here
**-Download Macintosh 7.02MB Demo Version Click Here

* To download the Windows Guitar Method demo, click on the link above and follow the instructions given.

** To download the Macintosh Guitar Method demo, click on the link above and save it to your hard disk. Expand the files by dragging the file onto the Stuffit Expander icon (if it was not already expanded automatically.) Note: You need to download and install the Stuffit Expander, if you do not already have it, to install the Macintosh Bass Method demo.


-eMedia Intermediate Guitar Method 2
Take your playing to the next level with Guitar Method. 85 video-enhanced lessons cover hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, vibrato, slides and barre chords. A rhythm section illustrates different strumming styles. Chapters on melodic soloing teach you how to play in the style of famous guitarists like Clapton, Beck, and Garcia. A fingerstyle section teaches new playing techniques and applies them to songs and exercises. Learn how to read music, both standard and tablature, and play in scales and modes. Includes a built-in tuner, metronome, recorder with playback, and an expanded 900-chord dictionary. Windows or Mac.

-For more info on the eMedia Intermediate Guitar Method 2, Click Click Here
-Download Windows 8.80 MB Demo Version Click Here
-Download Macintosh 9MB Demo Version Click Here


-eMedia Guitar Songs
Play like the pros! An easy way to learn to play great guitar songs by such artists as Eric Clapton, Heart, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, Bonnie Raitt, Santana and more. This lesson-packed CD ROM gives you standard notation or tablature. A tracking feature highlights the notes in real-time as the music plays. The audio is also synched to an animated fretboard in real time, so you can see exactly what to play. You can also jam along with the band by isolating rhythm-only tracks, or hone in on parts by isolating key lead riffs. An automatic tuner is also included, and a digital metronome lets you set your own tempo as you work on the songs.

-For more info on the eMedia Guitar Songs,Click Click Here
-Download Windows 7.2 MB Demo Version Click Here
-Download Macintosh 3MB Demo Version Click Here


-eMedia Bass Method Volume 1
Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / Me

Bass has never been so easy with this beginning level CD-ROM. Features over 100 step-by-step lessons with on-screen instructor John Arbo. Over 30 full motion split-screen videos show multiple angles and close-ups of both hands. Using an animated fretboard, recorded audio and variable-speed MIDI audio over 200 songs and exercises teach all the skills you need to start playing. Learn to play using triads, fills and syncopation, and to create a bass line for any song you like. Includes full multi-track audio, as well as bass-only and no-bass audio options, so you can perfect your technique and play along with the band.

Many of the songs in eMedia's Bass Method are found in Guitar Method, so bass and guitar students can jam along with each other as they learn. Features hit songs made famous by the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bob Dylan, Steve Miller and others. Also includes an automatic tuner, recorder, chord dictionary and digital metronome to give you everything you need to start playing bass guitar.

-For more info on eMedia Bass Method Vol. I, Click Click Here
*-Download Windows 7.05 MB Demo Version Click Here
**-Download Macintosh 7.02MB Demo Version Click Here

* To download the Windows Bass Method demo, click on the link above and follow the instructions given. After downloading, run "Bass Method", specify an installation directory, and click "UnZIP" to complete the process.

** To download the Macintosh Bass Method demo, click on the link above and save it to your hard disk. Expand the files by dragging the file onto the Stuffit Expander icon (if it was not already expanded automatically.) Note: You need to download and install the Stuffit Expander, if you do not already have it, to install the Macintosh Bass Method demo.


-eMedia Blues Guitar Legends Vol. I*
Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / Me
Macintosh System 7.5.3 or later

Learn how to play classic blues songs from the masters themselves! Blues Guitar Legends can be enjoyed by guitar players of all skill levels. Simplified chord versions of the songs are ideal for beginners, while experienced players can learn note-for-note from the full transcriptions of both lead and rhythm parts. The animated fretboard shows you the fingerings in real-time, so you don't need to read music. Original recordings and variable-speed MIDI tracks let you learn at the tempo you choose. Looping lets you select and repeat tricky sections of a song.

eMedia's Blues Guitar Legends interactive/walkthrough demo thoroughly explores all the features of this breakthrough new CD-ROM. Along with the narrated slideshow, you can break into the demo and try out four separate song lessons. Enjoy!

-For more info on eMedia Blues Guitar Legends Vol. I, Click Click Here
*-Download Windows 3.65 MB Demo Version Click Here
**-Download Macintosh 4.8MB Demo Version Click Here

* To download the Windows Blues Legends demo, click on the link above and follow the instructions given. After downloading, run "BluesDemo", specify an installation directory, and click "UnZIP" to complete the process.

** To download the Macintosh Blues Guitar Legends demo, click on the link above and save it to your hard disk. Expand the files by dragging the file onto the Stuffit Expander icon (if it was not already expanded automatically.) Note: You need to download and install the Stuffit Expander, if you do not already have it, to install the Macintosh Blues Guitar Legends demo.

*** You will need Apple's Quicktime Player to run the Blues Legends demo, if it is not already installed on your system.



Click here for all products by Sonic Foundry.
-Sonic Foundry Sound Forge Version 4.5
For Windows 95/98/NT

Sound Forge 4.5 is professional sound editing software for Windows that includes an extensive set of audio processes, tools, and effects for manipulating audio. Combine Sound Forge 4.5 with any Windows-compatible sound card to create, record, edit, and refine audio files. The clean interface and familiar Windows environment make editing fast and easy.

Sound Forge 4.5 brings even more firepower to your digital audio arsenal!

-For more info on Emagic Logic Audio 5 Gold, Click Click Here
-Download 5.1 Meg Demo Version (Windows Only) Click Here
-Microsoft's DirectX Media Runtime version 6.0 Click Here
(Required for this program to work)


-Sonic Foundry ACID PRO
For Windows 95/98

ACID PRO is a break-through loop-based music production tool from Sonic Foundry. With loop arranging and editing, ACID PRO gives musicians unprecedented creative flexibility.

Just imagine working with hundreds of ACID PRO's cutting-edge loops or bringing in your own audio samples to create custom music in minutes.

-For more info on Acid Pro 3 Remix Software, Click Click Here
-Download 1.5 Meg Demo Version (Windows Only) Click Here
-Microsoft's DirectX Media Runtime version 6.0 Click Here
(Required for this program to work)



Click here for all products by Cakewalk.
-Cakewalk Audio FX 1
Dynamic Processor

For Windows 95/98/NT
Real-time, 32-bit DirectX audio plug-ins

Overview
A series of four dynamic processor stereo plug-ins:
  • Cakewalk Compressor/Gate
  • Cakewalk Limiter
  • Cakewalk Expander/Gate
  • Cakewalk Dynamics Processor
Why spend hundreds of dollars for a single effects processor box, when you can have a software-based dynamics processor at a fraction of the cost?

Cakewalk Audio FX 1 is a series of real-time audio processing plug-ins for Windows 95/98/NT 4.0. All Cakewalk Audio FX plug-ins are Microsoft DirectX- compatible, allowing you to use them with any digital audio software that supports DirectX - including Home Studio 7, Professional 7, and Pro Audio 8.

Cakewalk Audio FX 1 plug-ins use 32-bit, floating-point processing, providing you with fast, precise, mono and stereo audio effects. Cakewalk Audio FX 1 can be used as real-time effects during record or playback, or used to render audio tracks as off-line edits. So you get maximum editing flexibility whether you're mixing tracks at home or in the studio.

-For more info on Audio FX1 Dynamic Processor, Click Click Here
-Download 1.4 Meg Trial Version Click Here


-Cakewalk Audio FX 2
Amplifier and Tape Simulation

For Windows 95/98/NT
Real-time, 32-bit DirectX audio plug-ins for vintage analog simulation

Get The Tone You're Looking For!
Looking for a way to warmup your digital audio but can't afford to spend thousands of dollars on vintage analog or tube gear? Now you can with Cakewalk Audio FX 2.

Created by precise measurement and analysis, Cakewalk Audio FX 2 uses advanced processing algorithms to apply the classic sound and warmth of several different vintage guitar amplifiers and analog tape decks to your digital audio.

Best of all, these plug-ins allow you to get all of the good things associated with vintage gear, such as their distinctive sound and warmth, without the problems and undesired effects that older equipment often have.

-For more info on Audio FX2 Dynamic Processor, Click Click Here
-Download 5.1 Meg Trial Version Click Here


-Cakewalk Project5 New
Soft Synth Workstation


Project5 is an integration of instruments and tools that will inspire your creativity! It goes beyond standalone soft-synth "rack" software by providing a complete studio environment. It gives electronic musicians everything they need to experiment, create, and perform music using integrated sequencers, software synths, samplers, audio and MIDI effects, and audio looping tools - all in one workstation.

-For more info on Audio FX2 Dynamic Processor, Click Click Here
-Download Cakewalk Project 5 Interactive Demo Click Here





-Drivers

-Fatar GS1000R Sound Module Serial port driver, Click Click Here
(857.5kBytes, Zip format, Windows 3.1/3.11 Only)

-Microsoft DirectX Media Runtime Version 6.0, Click Click Here
(4.6 Meg, for Windows 95/98/NT)

 

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