But it’s also a mere step or two away from being a DAW that those more serious about their music could use as a quick-and-dirty creative tool. If that were all there were to StageLight, it would still be a great program for the average user. There are also some decent synthesizers to augment the loop content and effects to make the whole deal sound better. There’s an onscreen piano and a set of drum pads for entering notes (constrained to a key signature if you wish), as well an old-fashioned beat-box step sequencer that lets you draw beats.
You can record that little ditty you hummed on the way home (or to work) and upload it to SoundCloud, or just mess around using the provided loops and samples. There are a lot of mainstream uses for a program such as StageLight, from quick editing voice-overs to importing MIDI files and outputting them as wave files. Everything in StageLight is sized for easy use with touchscreens. When you select a synth track, you can opt to display a large piano with which to enter notes. If you’re not familiar with those programs, think of Photoshop’s myriad icons and toolbars. A very real bonus to this approach is that the program is super easy-to-use, even with a mouse, and avoids the icon clutter that plagues much of its ilk (Pro Tools, Cubase, Studio One, etc.). Everything is sized and set up for use with your finger or a stylus. Beyond that, StageLight is also one of the first Windows apps that fully embraces the touch that Microsoft so badly wants you to use.
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