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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $54.99 to buy (Buy it now)
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: May 06, 2009
- Total Downloads: 606,404
- Downloads last week: 8,312
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 100 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on May 06, 2009
If you've got the talent, Magix's Music Maker can provide you with a digital mixing tool that rocks. Expect a fairly steep learning curve if you're new to the program, but don't let that intimidate you: along with a robust feature set, Music Maker comes with tutorials and direct links to the help forums.
The new features are robust additions to the already loaded feature set. The built-in drum machine, BeatBox, has been overhauled and is more flexible. The Infobox feature teaches you about music as you're producing it, as well as displaying long-form tooltips for advice on how to use the program. Sound Vision reorganizes your sounds into a visual scheme. Music Maker also comes with 1,500 sounds to get you started, and musicians can now publish directly from the program to YouTube. When you register the program, you get additional features that we couldn't test, like a vintage-style analogue compressor and MIDI step recording.
Check out the tutorials, because without them, navigating the program is like trying to play Bach before learning "Chopsticks." The interface is manageable once you know what features do and how to use them, so taking the time with the tutorials will pay off. Magix Music Maker is several steps beyond comparable freeware music-editing programs, but at a price that even a professional musician should be able to afford.
Publisher's description
From Magix Entertainment :Magix Music Maker 15 offers an easy start, and lets you experience what it's like to dive into the depths of music production. A giant sound archive and an especially intuitive approach to creating original music as well as many useful functions result in an unbeatable complete package for making your own songs. The new Easy Mode makes creating radio play-ready hits possible even for beginners--no time needed for breaking in, no previous knowledge necessary!
Thanks to the new info box, all important functions can be understood during their application. With BeatBox 2, the new groove tool, you can create unbelievable beats with incredible ease. More than 1,500 new, current sounds in contemporary styles round off the functional range. Thus, Magix Music Maker 15 offers you everything from one source: from creating your own songs and whole CD albums, to remixing MP3s to publication of self-created hits and music videos on the web.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 100 votes
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Version: Magix Music Maker 15
"Works ok, having some difficulty."
Pros: Very little, drag and drop is ok. Seems to be very limited in what you can actually do with the program, or at least complicated enough to seem impossible
Cons: See above, I actually found a much better program (at least for my musical needs) at <a href="http://1f493phg69uayw9nrcv0xnpx1l.hop.clickbank.net/" target="_top">Sonicproducer.com</a> it's far easier to use and many many more samples to choose from
Summary: For the money, I wouldn't buy it again. Far better programs out there for the money
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Magix Music Maker 15
"A horror, a nightmare - don't do this!"
Pros: NONE! Absolutely none!
Cons: After all those complications I never got to install it properly. Tech support non existent, you get NO help, you practically get robbed. You will have nothing for your money, mark my words. This is nothing but a living nightmare. Never do this, ever
Summary: The internet is full of customer's reviews - they all claim the same, nasty software, empty, complicated AND impossible to install or use.
I really, really wonder how for how long are they going to get away with this. Sooner or later, som... read more >> -
0 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Magix Music Maker 15
"Really easy, fun to use, but somewhat limited."
Pros: - Drag and drop makes creating songs easy
- organized loops and sound samples makes finding what you want simpleCons: - very limited number of samples and loops
- no way (that i have found) to sync other loops or sounds into the programSummary: Overall, this program is great. If you are serious about creating music, but are a novice, this program is very useful. However, since there are only a limited number of loops and sounds, you begin to use many of the sounds over and over again, maki... read more >>
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Magix Music Maker 15
"this product look really good to use"
Pros: i love how you can edit and adjust sounds and things with this program, it looks really fun to work with.
Cons: there is only one thing i didnt see in the catagories, i like metal music but i never saw that catagorie
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Magix Music Maker 15
"IT DOES WHAT IT SAYS IT CAN DO!"
Pros: IT'S ALL GOOD!
Cons: NOTHING WRONG THUS FAR....
Summary: MAGIX SOFTWARE WORKS LIKE MAGIC.....
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