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Electronic Musician has collected information on thousands of products from hundreds of manufacturers and organized it into easy-to-understand charts. These charts give you a detailed overview of available products and provide many useful specifications for comparison.
 
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Loop Sequencers
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| Manufacturer |
Product |
Minimum System Requirements |
Audio Recording/File Editing |
File Formats Supported |
Plug-In Formats Supported |
Includes DSP Effects |
Multiple Loops Per Track |
Multitrack Audio Editing |
Price |
| Ableton |
Live 5 |
Win 2000, XP, 600 MHz, Mac G3, OS X 10.2.8 |
Y/Y |
WAV, AIFF, MP3, SDII, OGG |
VST, VSTi, AU |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
$500 |
| Adobe |
Audition |
Win 2000, XP, 400 MHz, 64 MB RAM |
Y/Y |
WAV, AIFF, MP3, WMA, CEL, AU, VOX, PCM |
DirectX, VST |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
$299 |
| Cycling '74 |
radiaL |
Mac OS X, 128 MB RAM |
Y/N |
WAV, AIFF, SDII, MP3 |
VST |
Yes |
No |
No |
$199 |
| IK Multimedia |
GrooveMaker |
Win 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Mac OS 8.5, OS
X, 128 MB RAM |
Y/Y |
WAV, AIFF, MP3 |
N/A |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
$129 |
| Sony Media Software |
Acid Pro |
Win 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, 300 MHz, 64 MB RAM
(128 MB recomm.) |
Y/Y |
WAV, AIFF, AVI, MOV, MP3 MPG, OGG, MID, PCA,
RM, WMV, WMA |
DirectX, VSTi, DLS |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
$399 |
| Sony Media Software |
Acid Music Studio |
Win 2000, XP, 500 MHz, 128 MB RAM |
Y/Y |
AIFF, MP3, OGG, PCA, MIDI, SFA, W64, WAV, WMA,
AVI, BMP, GIF, JPG, SWF, TGA, TIF, Win Media 9 |
DLS |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
$70 |
| yowstar |
Girl |
G3 266 OS 8.5 or OS X, 64 MB RAM |
Y/Y |
All |
VST |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
$99 |
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