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There are lots of other pieces of software that are great for making music.

How to... Buy music software
For example, there are packages to help you chop up drum loops, copy the patterns and replace the original sounds with your own.

Then there are plug-ins. These are bits of software which work alongside your sequencer.

There are hundreds of them and they can come in many different forms.

Many of them are like virtual pieces of studio equipment, such as samplers, soft-synths, mixers, drum machines, EQs and compressors.

They are often very powerful and can be a fraction of the cost of the hardware versions.

Then there are the plug-in effects like chorus, ensemble, flange, exciters, reverb, stereo delay etc.

These can be used to make your mixes sound smoother, balanced and more professional.

You'll usually get a good size bundle of plug-ins with your sequencer software but updates are happening all the time so check out the 'net for loads more.
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