MP3 Maker 2005 Deluxe

by Magix Entertainment

Product Features

• Burn playlist contents on the fly, in any file format, onto CD and DVD
• Drag and drop songs into your mix, directly from the Explorer or database
• Add fantastic special effects to your mix - Reverb, Scratch effects, Compressor,3D effects and much more
• Workshop of precision editing tools enhance the sound of your music
• Better support for mobile music - special connection center makes it easy

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002DOXBC
• Item model number: 25882
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 17, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,020 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #28 in Software > Video & Music > MP3 Software
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Make your music mobile. Enjoy great-sounding music anywhere, whether your collection is from the Internet, memory sticks, portable players, ripped from CDs, or converted from another format such as WMA or WAV. MAGIX mp3 maker 2005 deLuxe makes it easy to take your music anywhere.

Organize, edit, and save music in any music format and burn onto CD, DVD, or transfer to your portable device. Mix and burn entire music collections with a click. MAGIX mp3 maker 2005 deLuxe is the ideal control panel for your digital music collection.

Your PC Music Center and Jukebox

Import and Archive

• Rip Audio CDs*: One click delivers the required format
• Music formats: Supports all popular file formats (see below)
• FTP menu: Simplifies file download
• CD data (CDDB): Instant online access to CD track info
• Intuitive Music database: Instant organization, without copying or transferring
• Category Sorting: Quickly sort into any category (style, occasion).
• Turbo ID Tagging for MP3 and any other music format
• Quick finder: Locate your music by keyword or favorites search

Mix and Play

• Playlists: Create lists with drag and drop intuitive management
• Music-Mix: Automatic crossfades
• Desktop player: Listen while you work with the mini mode player
• Tagging: Full ID3 v.2 support for fast MP3 tag managing
• Portable player support: Direct access to drive-letter recognized portable players and storage media
• Max volume: Automatically adjusts volume levels (normalizer)
• Music show: Add images and animation to playlists for a unique visualization

Record and Edit

• Internet radio: Easy recording, approx. 100 pre-configured stations
• Analog input: Record audio with soundcard line input
• Timer recording: Automatic timed-recording of music and news
• Equalizer: 10 frequency bands for custom sound
• Fun FX: Home DJ with Scratch module, 3D Sound and Fun FX
• 26 audio effects: Professional preparation and fine-tuning
• Audio Trimming: Cut recordings to remove unwanted content

Convert and Print

• MP3 turbo: Select high quality or high speed conversion
• mp3PRO: Unlimited decoding, optional encoding (20 free runs)
• One-click conversion: Save preset conversion settings (format, location)
• Music Emails: Send songs from within the program
• Audio CDs: Convert MP3s or other formats into music CDs for all types of players
• Versatile format support: The latest OGG Vorbis and WM 9 encoders and decoders
• Print Center: Includes CD and DVD labels, jewel case insert, and cover templates
• Adopt playlists: Automatically adopt playlists for printing - even on multiple pages (CD booklet)

Archive and Burn

• Audio CDs on-the-fly: Burn music files onto audio CDs directly from the playlist
• Burn MP3 CDs and DVDs: Burn non-stop music discs for parties and convert entire CD collections onto DVD ROM (option: organized into separate directories)
• 1:1 copies: Easy copying of material not protected by copyright
• CD text: Read and burn
• Burn CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs: Burn an archive or burn with playlist (including crossfades and playing software (MAGIX Media Manager silver))

File Support and File Conversion

• Import: MP3, mp3PRO, WAV, CD-Audio, WMA, OGG Vorbis, ASF, Real, JPEG, AIFF, AVI
• Export: MP3, mp3PRO (optional), WAV, CD-Audio, WMA, OGG Vorbis, AIFF, AVI
• DirectX and VST support for effects plug-ins
• MP3 player and external storage media (USB, Firewire) support

MAGIX music editor 2.0

• Create master audio CDs: CD arrangements and CD mixes (including track markers)
• Real-time editing and effects: Crossfades, timestretching / pitchshifting, multi-band compressor, stereo FX etc.
• Remove background noise: Automatically or manually
• Room simulation: Simulates concert hall, arena auditorium, and many more unique sounds
• Wave editor: Classic audio editing mode for all supported formats, including loop editing

* 1:1 copies of non-copyright-protected CDs and DVDs that comply with copyright guidelines.

Product Description

MP3 Maker 2005 is the ideal control system for your digital music archive. Administer and process any music format from all sources, make it mobile, convert from other formats or create the perfect mix. Record new music from external sources or from Internet stations Normalizer adjusts volume levels automatically Combine your music with animations and digital images, for a complete music show Music labeling include templates for customized CD covers, inlays and stickers Listen to over 100 preconfigured Internet radio stations

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Buggy, February 13, 2005

By 

Steven Sengele - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MP3 Maker 2005 Deluxe (CD-ROM)

Ugh. Well, not to sound too negative, let me start with a few positives:

1. It's pretty fast at ripping CDs.

2. The audio effects during playback are kind of fun to play with.

3. As far as I know, the CD burning component works fine; I didn't test that out at all.

4. Um, the install went smoothly?

But for me, they're vastly overshadowed by the negatives:

1. The quality of ripped mp3s is uneven--some tracks have enough defects to be completely unlistenable.

2. It doesn't offer many options for ripping CDs, compared to many freeware programs.

3. It simply refuses to rip some CDs (without even giving notification that it failed), which can be ripped with no problem by WMP, iTunes, or CDex.

4. It crashed when trying to rip some CDs, again which were no problem for other programs.

5. Its help program crashed immediately on startup.

6. It crashed when trying to import some songs into a playlist; you don't have to ask if other programs had any problems with the songs, do you?

7. The visualizer isn't resizeable; you get either tiny or fullscreen, and the fullscreen mode runs at about a frame every two seconds.

8. The music editor doesn't seem to allow mixing multiple tracks, beyond a simple crossfade. Boo!

9. The music editor's copy and paste commands don't work the same with all sounds, with no explanation--on my imported songs, it would not let me copy or paste anything.

10. If you quit the program and tell it to save the current playlist, and if it's unable to save some part of the playlist, then it just quits without saving anything (or giving you a chance to fix the problems).

11. Wait a second, the install didn't go smoothly! The program installed itself into "c:\Magix\", without asking if I had somewhere less conspicuous in mind. If all my software did that, I'd never find anything on my computer.

12. The uninstall didn't seem to remove anything from my hard drive, which did have the upside of allowing me to delete that wretched "c:\Magix\" folder myself.

Seriously, folks, this is bad, bad software.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars They know its bad. They'll just try to con you., April 13, 2005

By 

zydeholic (Albany, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MP3 Maker 2005 Deluxe (CD-ROM)

I have an older version of MP3 Maker Gold. When I tried to resample something from 44100 to 22050, it cut the playback rate in half, i.e. it ran at half speed. I have other software that resamples it at the correct speed.

I contacted technical support and they said cutting the playback rate was the correct thing to do. They continued to tell me that I shouldn't be using 22050, but should use 44100. They would never deal with the issue.

This is like a contractor building a house, and part of the floor caves in. They then tell the inhabitants not to walk there and everything will be ok.

Trashy product, trashy company.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money, February 18, 2006

By 

wildcatter "wildcatter" - See all my reviews

This review is from: MP3 Maker 2005 Deluxe (CD-ROM)

I have better things to do than write this review, but I really wanted to warn people against wasting their hard earned money on this trash.

I was given this product by a friend who was having trouble with it. On the plus side it installed quickly and it fired up a tutorial which did a fair job of demonstrating the capabilities and general use of the product. In just a few minutes I was converting my old .wma files to mp3's for a jukebox cd.

After a few minutes things started going wrong. The program, for no apparent reason, locks up about every 5-10 minutes. In converting enough files for one mp3 disk over the course of less than an hour the program locked up SIX times! Three times I was able to kill it with Windows Task Manager and restart and three times I had to reboot my whole computer. Most other reviewers here on Amazon are reporting the same problem on their machines.

Also, like others have reported, some songs just wont rip/convert at all. For example, "Riders on the Storm" from my Doors' "L.A. Woman" album just wouldn't go. That song is 7 minutes and 15 seconds long. Magix only showed it to be 5 seconds long. If I played it in Magix I only got 5 seconds. If I ripped it I got 5 seconds. If I converted it from my Windows Media Player .wma file I got 5 seconds.

Furthermore, I fired the program up again today and tried to convert a few files in the background while surfing the internet. Every time Magix was started it corrupted my Internet Explorer session.

This program is a real piece of excrement. I am not a computer novice and I have a very nice up-to-date and stable computer. I am having no trouble running similar software from other vendors.

If you see this software for sale run away, don't walk. Thank goodness I didn't pay any money for it. If you are already stuck with it I recommend taking the disk to the shooting range and using it for target practice.