One thing about Sekaiju is that it contains both advanced and basic MIDI editing functionality. But eventually I observed that many DAWs have the same user interface paradigm as Sekaiju. Without any background in MIDI editing, at first I thought that the interface was complicated. You need to restart the program for the changes to take effect. That is the shortcut key for Setup and Language. (Screenshot taken from their website)įor those who prefer an English interface and are mystified by the initial Japanese menus, press “ ALT + S + L” to change to a language you prefer. Sekaiju 2.0 simultaneously showing Track View, Piano Roll and Event List windows. Sekaiju has a MDI (multiple document interface) GUI, meaning that you don’t have to see everything at the same time. Although the screenshot on their website shows you several child windows at a time, it is much simpler once you try it. Like a well integrated native Windows program, no fancy dark themes most DAWs tend to have*. I personally think that Sekaiju’s screenshots have a clean and professional feel. Although GUI look has nothing to do with functionality, it has a lot of psychological effects. The first thing that makes me decide whether or not to use any software is how its GUI looks. This tutorial gives an overview of Sekaiju’s user interface and should, hopefully, get you started into using it. I’ve already successfully made a dozen audio tracks using these software combined with free soundfonts/samples and VSTs around the web. So, the next alternative is to have a good free MIDI editor and a way to render to audio using quality VSTs and soundfonts. The free DAWs may be a bit complex and overwhelming especially for beginners ( LMMS and Macaw). If you are on Windows, the good DAWs cost money. Sekaiju is an actively developed open source MIDI editor for Windows. * Made document saving data loss-safe : if a problem occurs while an aria file is being saved, no data loss will occur. * Major code refactoring and cleanup and improvements to build system * Documents generated by Aria Maestosa are now much smaller than those generated using previous versions * Linux port improved by leaps and bounds, slowly getting more stable * Added mouse wheel support to vertically scroll tracks * Fixed countless crashes, bugs and glitches * Totally new undo system that is faster, now works in controller editor too and allows multiple undos * Added new score editor, making it possible to view and edit music using classical music notation, while still remaining intuitive and flexible. It lets you compose, edit and play midi files with a few clicks in a user-friendly interface offering score, keyboard, guitar, drum and controller views. Version 1.1 of Aria Maestosa has just been released! Aria Maestosa is a midi tracker/editor. * Added track property dialog, where default note volume can be set in addition to background * Refactored preferences to look better, be cleaner and allow setting a default value for "follow playback" and score render options * Removed GLUT dependency from OpenGL renderer, giving anti-aliased fonts * Refactor of render system (allow software rendering where OpenGL is not available) * It is now possible to see song length in song info window * You can now choose the default view for score editor in preferences ![]() * Allowed moving notes by one measure with shift+left/right * Allowed moving notes by one octave with shift+up/down * Improved handling of on/off controllers, namely making sustain usable. * Support for moving score one octave up or down (ottava basse/alta) * Added an option to automatically launch TiMidity and pick port on linux (as well as other minor Linux improvements) * Better dialog when you close with unsaved changes * Better "Undo" menu (shows the name of the action to be undone) * Magnetic grid choice done with icons instead of text * Switched to unified (native) toolbar on mac * Clicking in the left area of editors will now play the clicked note ![]() * A new editing tool that lets you add notes without dragging ![]() This version brings many new features and improvements. Version 1.2 of Aria Maestosa has just been released! Aria Maestosa is a midi tracker/editor.
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