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Metro |
Metro LX |
Metro SE |
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| General | ||||
| Sections | 25000 | 16 | 8 | Sections are songs or parts of songs such as verse or chorus. |
| Tracks/Section | 99 | 48 | 32 | Number of tracks per section. |
| Subsections | 64 | 64 | 64 | Subsections are sections that are recursively placed in tracks. |
| Audio Tracks | 64 | 16* | 8* | Number of audio tracks. *Fewer prior to version 6.2 (10 LX and 4 SE). |
| Aux Busses | 8 | 2 | 2 | Aux busses provide for flexible routing of audio data and effect plug-ins. |
| OS 9 support | yes | no | yes | Metro LX runs exclusively under OS X. |
| ReWire | yes† | yes† | yes† | † Versions of Metro 6.2 and greater support ReWire. Rewire requires free aux buss. |
| Plug-Ins | ||||
| Plug-Ins | Unlimited | 16 EFX 4 Synth* | 8 EFX 2 Synth* | AudioUnit (OS X) and VST 2.0 Support. |
| AudioUnit | OS X | yes | OS X | Convert synthesizer plug-in output to audio simply by mixing tracks. |
| VST | yes | yes | yes | Convert synthesizer plug-in output to audio simply by mixing tracks. |
| Premiere | OS 9 | no | OS 9 | Premiere plug-ins work in OS 9 only. |
| Automation | full | no | no | Automate all plug-in parameters, wet, dry, bypass and more. |
| Automation Editing |
yes | no | no | Graphic editing of all available plug-in automation parameters. |
| Off-line edits | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | Unlimited off-line effects edits. |
| Audio | ||||
| ASIO | yes** | no | yes** | **OS 9 only. |
| Automation | yes | yes | yes | Flying audio volume faders and pan knobs are fully automatable. |
| Automation Editing |
yes | yes | yes | Graphic editing of all available automation parameters. |
| Mix Tracks To Audio |
yes | yes | yes | Drag-and-drop editing of audio. |
| Multitrack Digital Audio Record. |
yes | yes | yes | Audio file compression with QuickTime. |
| Sample rate | 96khz | 96khz | 96khz | Professional quality audio. |
| Sample bits | 32 | 24††† | 16 | Record at variable sampling rates up to 96kHz and sample sizes up to 16 or 32 bits. †††LX is 24 bit ready as of version 6.2.5 or later. |
| Merge Audio | yes | yes | yes | Mix audio directly to waveform. |
| Normalize | yes | yes | yes | Maximize audio signal. |
| Scale Amplitude | yes | yes | yes | Change volume. |
| Scale Time | yes | no | no | Resample or Time-stretch. |
| Transpose | yes | no | no | Transpose audio to change pitch or pitch-stretch. |
| Fade | yes | yes | yes | Edit and process with sample accuracy. |
| Cross Fade | yes | no | no | Apply audio effects in real-time and make off-line edits. |
| Split Stereo Tracks | yes | yes | yes | Drag and drop editing of audio regions. |
| Remove Silence | yes | yes | yes | Saves disk space when saved as a compacted bundle file. |
| Combine Regions | yes | yes | yes | |
| Software Audio Thru |
yes | no | no | Provides the ability to hear plug-ins in real time while recording. |
| Zoom Editing | yes | yes | yes | Edit audio down to the sample level. |
| Miscellaneous | ||||
| Context-sensitive searchable Online Help |
.yes | yes | yes | |
| Change ports | yes | yes | yes | Easily update output ports after transfering files. |
| Note Pad | yes | yes | yes | Keep notes on the current document. |
| Markers | yes | yes | yes | unlimited number of markers. |
| Video | ||||
| Effects | 100's | no | no | Quicktime movie based effects supported. |
| Movie Tracks | 99 | no | no | With video thumbnails in the Graphic Editor. |
| Export Types | all | no | no | All QuickTime movie export formats. |
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Jukebox | |||
| Play back file types | many | many | many | MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AIFF and other Quicktime supported file types. |
| Write OggVorbis | yes | yes | yes | OggVorbis is a file type competitive with MP3. |
| ID3 tags | R/W | R/W | R/W | ID3 tags in MP3 files contain information such as artist and song name. |
| MIDI | ||||
| Notation | yes*** | no | no | ***OS X support for (MIDI) notation in version 6.1 and later |
| Printing | yes*** | no | no | ***OS X support for (MIDI) notation printing in version 6.1 and later |
| Multitrack MIDI | yes | yes | yes | Have many MIDI tracks. |
| Record modes | 5 | 5 | 5 | Step record, punch in-out, loop record, sound on sound record, and multi-take record modes. |
| Remote Control | yes | no | no | The ability to map controllers, control devices remotely, set step entry and more in real-time. |
| Chord Mode | yes | no | no | Step enter chords by name. |
| Scales and chords | yes | no | no | Scale editor allows creation of scales and chords. |
| Favorite Controllers | yes | yes | yes | Specify favorite MIDI control numbers for menus. |
| Drum Editor | yes | yes | yes | Create and Edit custom drum sets. |
| Input Quantize | yes | yes | yes | Quantize on MIDI input. |
| Quantize | yes | yes† | yes† | †Not including Groove Quantize or Quantize to track. |
| Groove Quantize | yes | no | no | Including Save, Delete and Paste grooves. |
| Chasing | yes | yes | yes | MIDI chasing of events. |
| MMC | yes | no | no | MIDI Machine Control. |
| Clock Sync | yes | yes | yes | MIDI clock syncronization. |
| MTC Sync | yes | no | no | MIDI Time Code synchronization. |
| Record Criteria | yes | yes | yes | Allow filtering of MIDI events on record. |
| Record Looping | yes | yes | yes | Song building and multiple take modes. |
| Program Names | yes | yes | yes | Open/Save import .ins files and more. |
| MIDI Setup | yes | yes | yes | MSS(Core MIDI)/OMS Support. |
| Rhythm Explorer Algorithms |
19 | 1 | 1 | Rhythm Explorer is an extremely powerful feature for generating melodic rhythm patterns. |
| Rhythm Explorer Presets |
yes | yes | yes | Presets are downloaded separately for SE. |
| Spray Paint Tool | yes | yes | yes | Many customizable parameters. |
| PPQN | 24 - 960 | 24 - 960 | 24 - 960 | Parts per quarter note. |
| Duration | yes | yes | yes | Many operation on durations. |
| Velocity | yes | yes | yes | Many operation on velocities. |
| Humanize | yes | no | no | Add errors to overly quantized material. |
| Transpose | yes | yes | yes | Many Transpose operations. |
| Harmonize | yes | no | no | Easily create harmonies within a scale. |
| Reverse | yes | no | no | Invert or retrograde. |
| Channel | yes | yes | yes | Change MIDI channels. |
| Shift | yes | yes | yes | Adjust timing of selection. |
| Scale Time | yes | no | no | Automatically reverse scale tempos, time stretch or resample audio/video and more. |
| Continuous data | yes | yes | yes | Controllers, Aftertouch, Pitchbend, etc. |
| Pitch Bend | yes | yes | yes | Specify pitch bend in cents. |
| Limit | yes | yes | yes | Specify controller limits. |
| Thin Continuous | yes | yes | yes | Delete extraneous controller data. |
| Tempo | yes | yes | yes | Multiple tempo changes allowed. |
| Time/Key Signatures | yes | yes | yes | Multiple time and key signature changes allowed. |
| Extract | yes | yes | yes | Extract specific MIDI data from tracks. |
| Expand by Channel | yes | yes | yes | Convert a MIDI type 0 file to multi-track. |
| Expand by Drums | yes | yes | yes | Put each drum sound on a separate track. |
| Merge | yes | yes | yes | Two tracks to one. |
| Merge Tracks to New | yes | yes | yes | Merge multiple tracks to one. |
| MIDI Thru | yes | yes | yes | Use the computer as a MIDI thru device. |
| Import MIDI file | 0, 1 & 2 | 0, 1 & 2 | 0, 1 & 2 | Import of all current types. |
| Export MIDI file | 0 & 1 | 0 & 1 | 0 & 1 | Export of types 0 and 1. |
| Insert Sysex file | yes | yes | yes | Inserts system exclusive data from a file. |
| Tap Tempo | yes | yes | no | Tap keyboard to determine tempo of song. |
| Set Selection | yes | yes | no | Allow textual entry of time selection by sample or by bar, beat and clock. |
| Selection Filter | yes | no | no | Allow selection of MIDI events by special criteria. |
| MIDI Scrubbing | yes | yes†† | yes†† | Graphic editor scrubbing. ††Available in the list editor only. |
| MIDI Monitor | OS9 | no | no | This function is only available to the built-in MIDI driver of OS 9. |
| Serial MIDI Driver | OS9 | no | no | OMS recommended in OS 9 anyway. |
