{"id":2289396,"date":"2026-02-19T17:07:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2289396"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:07:23","slug":"eventide-releases-new-version-of-classic-music-mouse-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/eventide-releases-new-version-of-classic-music-mouse-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Eventide releases new version of classic Music Mouse software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/musictech.com\/news\/music\/eventide-music-mouse-reimagined\/\">\n<p>Prior to the release of Music Mouse, digital music software centred around editing recorded tracks \u2013 but in 1986, composer Laurie Spiegel launched the software which turned your computer into a standalone instrument.<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the software\u2019s 40th anniversary, Eventide has modernised and re-imagined Spiegel\u2019s iconic software. And it\u2019s been produced in collaboration with Spiegel herself.<\/p>\n<p>Originally released on the Mac, Spiegel\u2019s software transformed the common mouse into an \u201cintelligent musical instrument\u201d. By moving your mouse up, down, left or right, across an X and Y axis, you can shape melodies, find new harmonies and explore a bank of diverse sounds and controls via your keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>Four lines on the grid represent four unique voices, which can play simultaneously. Each shift of your mouse can alter where each voice falls on the grid, and as the lines move, they will tweak which notes are played.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Music Mouse Explained | Laurie Spiegel on Algorithmic Composition (1987 Archive)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aJBDHxyLEHg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Alongside its original sounds, the software comes equipped with a slew of classy retro synth presets, taken from Spiegel\u2019s original DX7 and TX7 patches for Music Mouse. However, Eventide\u2019s refreshed release allows you to control modern hardware and plugins with the software, too.<\/p>\n<p>There are also 10 pattern sequences to utilise, as well as 4 rhythmic treatments (Chord, Arpeggio, Line, Improv) and 6 harmonic modes (Chromatic, Octatonic, Middle Eastern, Diatonic, Pentatonic, Quartal). Users can also control velocity, filter, tremolo and pitch modulation levels.<\/p>\n<p>At its core, Music Mouse focuses on the joy of experimenting with new sounds. For that reason, Eventide hasn\u2019t bloated its reimagined anniversary release; while the UI has had a bit of a tidy up, and you can now sync up your MIDI, it\u2019s still an intuitive software anyone can pick up.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Music Mouse is available now for $29. 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