Congratulations, you've caught the Tunafish, the most accessible vst/music sequencer you’ll ever find.

Just open up a can of plugins, add some samples and start creating professional sounding tracks without spending weeks learning.

The Tunafish philosophy: a low-cost, lightweight sequencer that's as simple as possible yet with the versatility of a big sequencer. Stripped of confusing, exotic bells & whistles, focusing on what's essential and fun.

Key features:

• VST 2.3 compatible host for instruments and effects
• Single window interface, modeled after the successful Hammerhead formula
• Built-in sample/drum sequencer (use your own WAVs as samples!)
• An easy alternative to complex, bloated sequencers
• Resource friendly, ideal for use on a laptop!
• Runs as a Portable Application: create a studio on your usb-stick!
• Easy MIDI recording and MIDI-learn function for external Midi-devices
• Internal 32 bit audio processing engine with various built-in FX
• Channel freezing to save CPU load
• Built-in arpeggiator for all VST instruments
• Export to high quality WAV, MP3 or RealMusic (MP3 ringtone) files
• Import and export of Midi (.mid) files
• Importing, exporting and extracting FXP presets
• Works with every soundcard, no other hardware necessary
• ASIO compatible for low latency and high performance
• Use the PC-keyboard for triggering notes
• Registration: only US$30

New in version 1.8 [14 April 2007]

• Windows Vista compatibility
• Patchlab feature (creates patches by 'learning' from available presets)
• Optimizations

New in version 1.7 [1 January 2007]

• Built-in arpeggiator for VST instruments
• Improved performance (lower memory usage)
• Fixed problem that could cause seemingly random Access Violations
• Fixed problem playing frozen channels in 4/3 timesignatures
• Option for not processing muted channels (save CPU usage)
• Online check for updates
• Various minor bugfixes

New in version 1.6.2 [5 November 2006]

• Improved performance (lower CPU usage)
• Fixed problem with stuck notes when freezing
• Fixed problem with stuck notes when exporting
• Channel name changes when swapping VST
• High quality rendering (if supported by plugin)
• Option to disable screen update during recording
• Improved midi-export
• Various minor bugfixes

New in version 1.6.1 [20 August 2006]

• Tweakable buffersize for MME
• Fixed bug when triggering looped wavs using midi
• Fixed rare ASIO problem

New in version 1.6 [28 July 2006]

• FREE Tunafish Edition of Electri-Q by AIXcoustic Creations!
• Run Tunafish as a Portable Application ("Studio on a Stick")
• Improved Sample-manager
• Automatic Backup / Restore functionality
• Improved Stability
• Support for looped wav-files
• New samples (some created by "Audiojunkie")
• Controller ranges/fade-in/fade-out functionality in the pianoroll
• Minor additions, optimizations and fixes

New in version 1.5.2 [28 May 2006]

• Support for 48KHz samplerates
• Option to keep VST editor windows from getting back to top
• Some pianoroll annoyances fixed
• Minor bugfixes

New in version 1.5.1 [25 May 2006]

• Support for ASIO drivers (low latency)
• MIDI recording
• Quantizer
• Supports 3/4 time signature
• Basic Controller list/editor
• Extract all presets in a plugin to a folder
• Fixed problems with network/registry authorization rights
• Improved performance and VSTi support
• Added more keyboard shortcuts (see manual)
• Option to disable splashscreen on startup
• Updated manual

New in version 1.4.1 [26 Feb 2006]

• Full support for FXB and FXP presets
• Visual following of playback head now optional
• Better loop functionality
• PC-keyboard now supports 2+ octaves
• Minor bugfixes and optimizations
• Updated documentation

New in version 1.3 [26 Jan 2006]

• Easy channel freezing for reducing CPU load
• Better plugin window management
• Numeric labels for all GUI controls
• Updated documentation

New in version 1.2 [26 Nov 2005]

• MP3 export (192, 224 and 320 Kbps)
• Midi-learn for tweaking parameters using external Midi-gear
• Very basic Midi-input recording
• Internal Midi-routing, for use with VST-midi plugins (e.g. Chordspace)
• Trigger notes using the PC-keyboard or the on-screen keyboard
• Various bugfixes and fixes for "misbehaving" plugins