An excellent solution for first-time computer music students at an excellent price.

Note: Steinberg's Sequel 2 Academic Edition is the regular version of Sequel 2 at a special price for educators and students. Only those customers who provide proof of educational status, at the time of sale, qualify for this Academic Edition's special price. Qualifying customers include: Teachers (School ID required), Students (School ID required), and School/Institutional Sales (School/Institutional issued purchase order required).

Sequel 2 Academic Version is a perfect fit for beginner music composition and performance classes. Combining intuitive tools to record, edit, mix, and perform music with great-sounding loops, instruments, and effects, Sequel 2 is a first step into music production and performance.

Sequel 2 runs on both PCs and Macs, and comes with a massive library of more than 5000 loops, over 600 ready-to-play instrument sounds, stunning effects, and the same state-of-the-art audio engine that is preferred by many world-class producers all around the globe. Sequel 2 software makes creating music on the computer totally fun.

New to Sequel 2
•Plug right into Sequel 2 with almost any hardware controller or keyboard, with easy setup thanks to the new Controller Learn feature
•Live control of your performances using a MIDI keyboard or external hardware controller
•Play melodies and chords without MIDI keyboard using the PC keyboard or mouse
•Find tracks in your projects faster with Track Icons to label your tracks visually
•Track Freeze for more CPU power •Find your files faster with improved MediaBay handling and overview
•Even more creativity with audio in the new Sample Editor with Free Warp and Audio Reverse
•Set your project tempo by tapping it on a PC or MIDI keyboard
•Low latency on Windows Vista even with no ASIO sound device thanks to Windows Vista Core Audio (Vista only)

Steinberg Sequel 2 Academic Features:

• Complete all-in-one package
• Ready-to-use straight out of the box
• Record, edit, and mix music in any popular style
• More than 5000 loops from world-class producers included, covering popular styles like hip-hop, R&B, dance, electronic, pop, metal, world, and many more
• Over 600 ready-to-play instrument sounds including more than 60 drum kits for various styles
• Unique live performance mode for remixing/recombining songs on the fly
• Seamless combination of linear and pattern-based arranging
• Audio and instrument parts follow tempo and key in realtime
• Built-in studio-quality audio effects, including EQ and dynamics in every channel
• More than 50 Audio Track Presets for various instrument types, as well as vocals
• Cross-platform: Windows and Mac OS X Universal Binary

Educators can save over $30 on this music studio software which is also a brilliant introduction to the medium.

Steinberg Sequel 2 Academic Specifications:

• System Requirements
• Performance measurements based on a typical project with an average of 12 tracks (incl. 3-5 instrument tracks), global effects, compressor, and EQ per track, measured at 512 samples buffer-size. Slower computers can still be used but with fewer tracks and/or higher buffer-size. A more powerful system may be required for certain tasks or larger projects. You can find more information about computer system specification and setup here.
• (Mac)
• Mac OS X v10.4
• Power Mac G5 1.8 GHz or Intel Core Solo 1.5 GHz processor
• 1GB RAM
• 6GB of free hard disk space
• DVD drive required for installation
• Display Resolution 1280 x 800 pixels
• CoreAudio compatible audio hardware is required
• Internet connection required for license activation
  
  (PC)
• Windows XP Home/Professional or Windows Vista
• Pentium / Athlon 2 GHz desktop, 1.7 GHz mobile, or Core Duo 1.6 GHz processor
• 1GB RAM
• 6GB of free hard disk space
• DVD drive required for installation
• Display Resolution 1280 x 800 pixels
• Windows DirectX compatible audio hardware; ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low latency performance
• Internet connection required for license activation