The MTV Music Generator is a simulator for making custom music tracks for your PlayStation. Developed by Jester Interactive and published by The Codemasters Software Company,
this mouse-compatible music generator allows you to create and save
music tracks with special sound effects like chorus, tempo and reverb
for infinite possibilities.
Along with the option to add various video clips using 3D graphics, the MTV Music Generator
includes 1,500 riffs and 3,000 instrument sounds that will fit anyone's
taste. From rock and techno to pop and jazz, or drum and bass to house
and rap, creating your very own song mixes for your friends is only the
beginning.
With the added bonus of music entitlements you'll
receive a world-wide royalty-free license to make, use, publish and
distribute any works created using the Generator,
except for in any commercial music or video creation product. This also
includes any other audio and video components provided that all works
of such are clearly labeled on the media or packaging with the MTV Music Generator logo, as well as a mailing of intended use to Codemasters.
If
it seems too daunting at first, the disc comes with several templates
and diverse demo songs written by various musicians, allowing you to
edit, remix and examine the tracks. Each song contains a video
accompanying it that also allows for editing. Even riffs can be edited
with multiple channels to suit your style, from storing them as
palettes to muting, splitting or resizing and cloning your riffs. As
well, the drum beats, sound effects, strings, percussion and vocals can
have their volume increased or decreased, or their tempos and pitches
changed to your liking.
Every sampled musical instrument is
stored in the Riffs Library, which can be accessed with the touch of a
button. The Chase Library gives you a large number of shapes and
backgrounds to add to your video clips from the Video Library. The
Timeline adds additional steps to your current video chase with
transitions per individual element. If it's easier, you might want to
let the CPU auto-generate one for you.
jam sessions can be saved to a
memory card with up to 15 blocks. And the Jukebox mode sets a list of
songs and videos to play which is useful for demonstrations or parties.
The
Music Jam mode is designed for one to four players and allows you to
make music simply by jamming on a Simon Says-like interface. For more
than two players this will require the Multi Tap device. The screen is
split into four sections, one in each corner. Each section represents
one of the controllers where each player will start off by loading
their own templates. From there they can each use the controller
buttons to simulate different music effects and sounds. Players can
also change the tempo, rotate the templates, save sessions or even
enter a Melody mode for those advanced users.
From an undo feature to shortcuts and transposing keys, creating customized tunes for your PlayStation is a complete process with MTV Music Generator. Let's
party!