Buy Now.click image to enlarge Magix Samplitude Music Studio 2014Without spending thousands of pounds you can produce great sounding music.While it will work with Windows XP the other specifications probably mean it will be a Windows 7 or 8 PC as you need 1.5 GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. 4.3GB of hard disc space and at least a 1024x768 display. Finally to load the software you need a DVD Drive.This product has won awards between 2005 and 2013 for its software.It matters not if you a band, a single musician – or vocalist – or producer then this package can help you give your best.
Once you have input your music it allows you to edit and arrange even bring in up to 128 tracks with the right features. A feature many may like is ‘No Wrong Notes’ which allows you to correct automatically any out of place notes. You can make your own backing with the Beat Box 2 and Drum Engine.
Those into more modern music than me can use Vandal SE to create rock riffs.The VST support allows different effects and instruments to be added. The DN-e1 synthesizer is also included for those who need electronic sounds.3000 sound loops (6000 in the Premium Version). The main interface gives a complete overview, you can compose there is a MIDI editor and support for up to 99 tracks, finally you can import projects from the free Music Maker Jam app.
Full details of this atMagix Music Maker 2014 is available from the link below for £32.21 with free deliveryIf you want that little more then Magix Music Maker Premium 2014 is available for £51.99 also with free delivery from the link below.
Hey all, I am into making my own electronic music and other styles using software like Music Maker. My question is, would this be better than Music Maker or is Samplitude more for live recordings of real instruments?I'm basically just trying to find the best low cost DAW that doesn't break the bank to get me started. I have been using Caustic 3 for a while now and recently got Music Maker 2014 Premium mainly because the samples were superior to those used in Caustic.Any suggestions would be most welcome. Originally posted by:You can make 'electronic music' in any daw. Demo as many as you can and see which you like best. But if you've already bought MM Premium you might want to learn your way around it first.Yeah.
I am finding my way around it, still a lot to learn and mess around with. One problem I have with Music maker, is there appears to be a bug with the Vita Power Guitar instrument. I was using it for a track and had a drum track and another Power Chords track and when I would try to play the song I was working on it began stuttering and making clicking sounds and things just weren't playing correctly when they were all going at the same time.
Putting each track in solo mode they played fine, just seems Power Guitar doesn't play wll with others.I removed power guitar and the Power Chords and drums played fine and I even added a synth just to see what would happen, and everything seemed to play fine, so I am thinking there is something wrong with Power Guitar or something. Yea, I like the Magix products I've bought, but have experienced bugginess with both of them. But I haven't tried a version of Samplitude yet and they have had a strong following (although I don't think in the US) for a long time. In lurking various music forums over the years I've seen that lots of Samplitude users just love it.If you're doing mostly pattern based stuff you might want to test drive FL Studio.
I don't think there's a better piano roll editor out there if that's important to you. I've bought the 'pro' versions of FL Studio, Sonar X3 and Mixcraft. Mixcraft is hands down the easiest to use imho. I'm 'trying' to make Sonar X3 Producer my regular day to day daw, but frequently it feels like piloting an aircraft carrier. Sometimes I just want to focus on the music and not the software and that's when I end up back in Mixcraft. It doesn't have all the shiny gizmos that Sonar X3 Producer and FL Studio Signature do, but I can get stuff done much faster in Mixcraft in general. They're all great daws though and I'm sure Samplitude is as well.
It's really just a matter of personal preference for us hobbyists. There are at least half a dozen other daws I've not mentioned that many people would call excellent as well. Originally posted by:Yea, I like the Magix products I've bought, but have experienced bugginess with both of them. But I haven't tried a version of Samplitude yet and they have had a strong following (although I don't think in the US) for a long time. In lurking various music forums over the years I've seen that lots of Samplitude users just love it.If you're doing mostly pattern based stuff you might want to test drive FL Studio.
I don't think there's a better piano roll editor out there if that's important to you. I've bought the 'pro' versions of FL Studio, Sonar X3 and Mixcraft. Mixcraft is hands down the easiest to use imho. I'm 'trying' to make Sonar X3 Producer my regular day to day daw, but sometimes it feels like piloting an aircraft carrier. Sometimes I just want to focus on the music and not the software and that's when I end up back in Mixcraft. It doesn't have all the shiny gizmos that Sonar X3 Producer and FL Studio Signature do, but I can get stuff done much faster in Mixcraft in general. They're all great daws though and I'm sure Samplitude is as well.
It's really just a matter of personal preference for us hobbyists. There are at least half a dozen other daws I've not mentioned that many people would call excellent as well.Very true and I get what you are saying about wanting to concentrate on music rather than the program.Caustic 3 is extremely straight forward and intuitive and you can crank stuff out in it pretty quickly but at the same time it lacks in solid samples and effects. Also Caustic does not have a way to undo Automation which is not good. I have one track I was working on and have some automation I would like to remove but alas I can't, I would have to rebuild the track entirely which is sad.Other than that I do prefer how Caustic handles the piano roll and everything better than Magix.
There are three or four versions of FL Studio. I think prices start at around a hundred bucks, and sometimes they have sales. One great thing about FL Studio is free upgrades for life. That's the only reason I bought it, frankly.
Although I rarely use it because I don't do much pattern stuff. It's really really strong for pattern based electronic music though.I would strongly suggest you put a low importance on what 'content' comes with any daw, generally speaking. The important thing is how you like working with the daw itself. Think of the daw as 'the music system' and the content as just secondary icing on the cake. If you stick with the electronic music hobby you'll probably end up buying 3rd party synths and samplers and the stuff that came with your daw will fade farther and farther in to the distance. So start saving now to buy NI Komplete later;).
If you are fine with using Music Maker as you have it. Stay with that.The advantages with Samplitude is mostly in live Instrument session recording and the audio editing.This also has full CD creation.If you are sticking with midi Music Maker works fine.I do know that I've personally had problems with bugs in Music Maker MX and older.
Minor but annoying.I've has Samplitude for 2 months now and seen no bugs or crashes.However I don't use the Synths as much, so if the Synths are quirky I wouldn't know. Well, if you want an easy-to-use inexpensive daw and don't want to spend money on 3rd party vst's (synths & samplers) then I would again recommend Mixcraft. But, it's very very subjective. For the price I think they put together a very nice package of sounds that come with the daw. You're not going to get a comprehensive high quality sound library included with any entry level daw though.Back to Samplitude. This product might also be a great choice. I don't know because I haven't bought it yet.
But I do know that Samplitude has been around over twenty years and they have a strong following outside the US. That's enough reason for me to want to learn more about Samplitude as well.
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Originally posted by:Well, if you want an easy-to-use inexpensive daw and don't want to spend money on 3rd party vst's (synths & samplers) then I would again recommend Mixcraft. But, it's very very subjective. For the price I think they put together a very nice package of sounds that come with the daw. You're not going to get a comprehensive high quality sound library included with any entry level daw though.Back to Samplitude. This product might also be a great choice.
I don't know because I haven't bought it yet. But I do know that Samplitude has been around over twenty years and they have a strong following outside the US. That's enough reason for me to want to learn more about Samplitude as well. Music Maker seems to have a ton of great quality instrument samples. The UI is just not as straight forward as something like Caustic.I have been messing with Music Maker more and am starting to get a better feel for it, but exporting to mp3 is a little wonky.
In Caustic when I export the sound levels are perfect without having to mess with the master volume, where as Music Maker I have to crank the master volume all the way up before I export otherwise the sound volume is way too low.