Music Makers - The Clarinet (DVD)

Advantages: Probably the best budget music making software on the market today!
Disadvantages: Tendency to crash! Takes quit a while to install!

...I have always been a lover of the Magix music software products and have used them for many years to compose my own songs, I reviewed the 2005 version a while back. For anyone on a budget who wants to have a go at creating there own music then Magix software is very hard to beat. Although not as easy as the drag and drop file ( painting ) say of Acid software this is nevertheless a fantastic tool for music creation for beginner or professional alike. Acid being much more expensive by the way. There's some real nice additions to this new version, most notably the VST instruments. The so called Vital instruments by Yellow Tools are really quite amazing. The Piano has to be the the most realistic i have heard so far! The guitar is superb too. I found this to be the best new feature ,but be warned you do have to purchase a license... Read review

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Advantages: Great story, good actng, good music
Disadvantages: Hugh Grant's vocals are average

...predictable and both me and hubby had worked the ending out after only watching about the first half hour but this did not really bother either of us and it was still nice to watch. The music in the film was very good and I did like some of the old 80?s songs which were played and also the current tracks. I think this added a lot to the film. The film was set in the present day so not much time and effort was needed for the settings and costumes and they all did look very nice and fitted in well with the story. I did find the shots which were supposed to have been from the 80?s looked authentic and the costumes were great and they certainly showed what crazy clothes people used to wear! The DVD which we have does have some bonus material which includes:- Additional Scenes Gag reel Note for Note - The making of Music and Lyrics Po... Read review

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Advantages: ease of use, VST's, sound,
Disadvantages: heavy CPU load at times

...I've been into making computer music for a number of years now and tried and tested much software but none comes close in my opinion for value for money than Magix's deluxe music maker. Whether your into Midi or just looping samples this programme really has it all with its excellent array of of VST's ( virtual instruments ) from drums to samplers and sequencers. Just drag them into the song interface and combine them with your loops which Magix kindly provides and your on your way to creating songs in no time. If your stuck for ideas one can use the songmaker function which quite literally arranges a song for you which is great for extra musical inspiration.. There's also an excellent mixer where you can control your volume levels , pan and FX. As if all this were not enough there is also the ability to create videos which again... Read review

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