Music Software Reviews, MP3's and Free Music Downloads from Beat Mode

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Fruity Loops FL STUDIO 4.52 Fruity Loops is now a VSTi plug-in as well as boasting new features like an all new speech engine! The new version rocks!

Cakewalk Sonar 3.0 With more beat and loop oriented tools than ever, Sonar is a sequencing and looping powerhouse!

PSP MixPack High quality PSP MixPack plug ins are a terrific value and deliver excellent mastering and tweaking capabilities. Great set of effect plugins.

Sony Sonic Foundry Sound Forge The latest version of this veteran sound editor is better than ever with a host of tools to make your audio files fit your needs. Perfect to work with loops for programs like Acid.

Fxpansion DR-008 This flexible drum sampler plug in has a ton of unique add on plug ins that make drumming fun again! Fxpansion DR-008 rocks!

Emagic Logic Platinum This powerhouse of a sequencer for Macs & PC's is better than ever with version 5. We test out Logic and put it through the paces. But does it have a future on Windows??? Nope, it does not.

DrumTrax DrumTrax. Cool set of midi drum & percussion pattern library with a browser with advanced features for auditioning. It's fun to browse the patterns and easy to audition the files. The sounds are generated by your card or samples you choose to use. We use QuickTime to audition the patterns which works very well. The midi files can be loaded into sequencers like Cubase or Sonar and modified to suit your music project.

reFX Slayer - VSTi virtual guitar instrument. Sounds excellent! Wow, feedback and distortion from your keyboard, not a guitar! Excellent guitar and bass sounds with a wide variety of styles and amp effect combinations. You must hear it to believe it!

Diary of a New Computer - well it WAS new back then - but it's still doing it's job 2 years later!