Create rhythm guitar parts in MIDI
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/308/

Rhythm'n'ChordsTM MIDI FX plug-in for CakewalkŪ Pro AudioTM - the easiest way to create rhythm guitar parts in MIDI format. Just enter chord symbols into your measures and select a rhythm pattern and your guitar part is ready. Even the beginner can create a professional quality rhythm guitar part in 5 minutes.

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Cakewalk Update! Guitar Tracks 2 ships
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/302/

Cakewalk, the leading provider of music and sound software for Windows, has announced Cakewalk Guitar Tracks 2, the latest edition of its popular eight-track digital audio recording and mixing software for Windows. Guitar Tracks works with any electric guitar, as well as with any other instrument or microphone connected to a standard Windows sound card.

With Guitar Tracks 2, the user interface has been completely redesigned to provide guitar players with a more intuitive "portable studio" recording and mixing experience. So now any guitar player, singer, or songwriter that has used a portable tape deck or cassette-based multitrack recorder can be up and recording with Guitar Tracks in minutes.

Beyond the redesigned recording and mixing console, Guitar Tracks 2 now integrates multitrack digital audio editing in a simplified, eight-track editing view for cutting, copying, and pasting audio sections quickly and efficiently.

"We had tremendous success with the first release of Guitar Tracks," commented Michael Hoover, product manager for Cakewalk. "Our goal was to provide guitar players and songwriters with a simple, flexible tool for quickly recording, editing and mixing multiple tracks of digital audio on a PC. And with Guitar Tracks 2 we've taken this concept even further. Anyone who has ever recorded with a portable studio or multitrack tape deck will immediately know how to use Guitar Tracks."

Features & more details:
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/302/

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ChordWriter - Size: 4.2 MB - Shareware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/ChordWriter/
Lyric and chord box editor for guitarists

Features:
Create chord diagrams in the chord box editor
Drag-and-drop chord boxes into your song lyric document
Print song sheets, or share files with others, in Rich Text Format (RTF) which can be opened in Windows WordPad
Includes multi-language spellchecker

Download & Details:
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/ChordWriter/

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FreeTune 1.2c - Size: 677K - Freeware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/FreeTune/
FreeTune is a simple and helpful guitar tuner. Simply plug a microphone or a guitar into your sound card and use the graphical interface to tune your guitar.

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Guitar Effects v2.09 - Size: 1 MB - Shareware
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Guitar_Effects/

Turn your PC into power multi-effects unit. Easy to use, the PC Guitar Effects Software is the first direct interface for guitar, bass or even vocals. Simply plug into your sound card guitar cable and you're ready to play. The Guitar Effects Software is designed to be a permanent fixture of your computer system and fits conveniently under your monitor. It's conservative look makes it look as if it's an original piece in your Windows 95/98 system.

The Guitar Effects Software produce clean and distortion modes, reverb, chorus, flanger, delay and an EQ features. The clean mode features a pristine clean tone with just enough compression to add punch and clarity without sounding over-squashed. The distortion features over 45dB of screaming gain and sustain with a gain control to tame it down. The distortion also features noise reduction with a variable threshold control to eliminate unwanted noise from noisy pickups and built-in speaker simulator software. The reverb software and built-in software speaker simulation helps give that REAL amp feel through any set of PC speakers. The AUX inputs of a sound card and software level control offer the ability to plug in other external software plug-ins effects and drum machines, keyboards, external mixers, etc

System Requirements & Download
http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/Guitar_Effects/

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