- Platform: Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / 95, Mac, Linux, Unix
- Media: CD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
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Amazon.com Review
Aimed at the music enthusiast who needs a one-stop MP3 solution, Magix's MP3 Maker provides a full set of features for creating and listening to MP3 files, as well as for burning custom CDs that contain them. MP3 Maker rips to WAV and encodes effectively to MP3, MP2, and WMA. Its standard encoder produces good-sounding audio, but encodes slowly, managing little better than real time. MP3 Maker also includes a 20-file trial version of QDesign's MP3 encoder, which produces higher-quality audio, and encodes more quickly. Serious users will want to upgrade to the full QDesign encoder. A wizard registers you with CDDB, the CD-information database, so that MP3 Maker can tag MP3 files automatically. You also can edit tags manually.
Twin players with cross-fade capability provide good flexibility. Each player has a pitch control, and, with the 10-band graphic equalizer, you can adjust the sound of the music to suit your listening arrangements. The equalizer includes built-in presets, but you can't save your own equalizations. More disappointingly, you can't play music while ripping and encoding.
A welcome bonus is the Music Editor application, which lets you edit music files. For example, you can reduce noise from a WAV file that was recorded from vinyl before you encode it to MP3 or normalize tracks to ensure a consistent volume range. MP3 Maker's CD-burning features are minimalist, but they're effective enough with supported CD-R/CD-RW drives. Detracting from MP3 Maker's features is a complex and counterintuitive interface that's designed to dazzle. Users who are comfortable with misused controls and the occasional word in German need have no fear, but others might want to look to other MP3-creation products, such as MusicMatch Jukebox 5.0 Deluxe. --Guy Hart-Davis
Product Description
Magix mp3 maker Play Functions:
Create your own play lists via drag and drop
Live mixing with adjustable crossfades
Two players (minimizable)
Editing and archiving:
Individual sound design in the 10-band equalizer
Exact temp adjustment via two play modules
Organize ad archive all files
Print contents as a CD cover
Import and export:
FTP function dowloads music files from the internet
Comfortable import of audio CD files
Burn entire audio CDs (disc at once)
Import and export of WAV, WMA, MPEG-2, AND MP3 (export optional)
Magix mp3 maker System requirements: Win9x,2000, NT
200mhz CPU with 64mb ram (400mhz CPU with 128mb ram recommended)
100 mb free disk space minimum
800x600 resolution at 16 bit high-color
16 bit sound card
CD-ROM drive (CDRW needed for burning)
Mouse and DirectX 6.1 or higher
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48 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Magix MP3 Maker (CD-ROM)
Is there a "zero star" rating? Clearly not worth the money. MP3 Maker comes with two compression algorithms. One compresses into mp3 format faster than the other. The catch is you have to pay Magix an extra $9.95usd to be able to use it. Aside from the fact that this application is a resource hog, getting assistance from Magix with any problems is less likely than winning the PowerBall lottery. After many ill-fated attempts to correct flaky problems I have found some freeware/shareware packages that work great. Magix support is non-existent. One can spend the money on a toll-call to leave a message or send an e-mail. Either way, you will never get an answered back from Magix. Bottom line, don't waste your money on this product.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I can't believe my eyes (ears..),
By A Customer
This review is from: Magix MP3 Maker (CD-ROM)
When I first use this software, I thought it was just another MP3 encoder with a pretty skin. Then the next day I found out that I can burn a CD directly from this program. A friend of mine tried out this program as well and he told me that this program includes a professional audio editing feature that normally would cost a lot of money. I personally don't mess around with audio editing but I may one day convert and digitize all my old tapes (which I proudly owned)to MP3 files. Also I must say that Magix's service is pretty good. I have no problem speaking with a support staff and questions were patiently answered. I asked them about the cross file conversion function and it was explained to me in simple term. I found out that Magix has a dozen other products mostly music and streaming media related. It is good to know that you can later upgrade to something else. Overall, it is well worth the $29 I spent.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Complete waste of money,
By A Customer
This review is from: Magix MP3 Maker (CD-ROM)
I installed this program and it just sat there on my screen like a Windows .BMP file. Clicking on any of the controls did nothing, and it locked up my PC! I deleted the program and reinstalled it again. Same result. I contacted the manufacturer, but they were no help at all (left message, sent email, no response). I finally returned the software to Office Depot where I bought it. They gave me a hard time, because the shrinkwrap was gone, but after they tried installing it themselves, they agreed that the CD was best suited for a coaster and refunded my money. Would have rated it zero stars if Amazon let me.
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