Music Maker DeLuxe 2004

by Magix Entertainment

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000092P2V
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 1, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,699 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #72 in Software > Video & Music > CD Burning & Labeling > Mastering & Burning
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Do NOT, repeat DO NOT buy this product!, July 20, 2003

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Michael Vanier (Pasadena, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music Maker DeLuxe 2004 (CD-ROM)

I just bought this program and boy, am I sorry! There is so much wrong with this program it's hard to know where to begin. First off, it crashes quite frequently. The documentation is terrible. The "synthesizers" are worthless, except for the beat box, which is pretty cool (but which crashed on me whenever I tried to play the RockPop default beat). The guitar synthesizer is particular hopeless: there is a big echo and vibrato on the notes which is impossible to remove, and you have to include 64 bars (you can't just do, say, 8). The bass synthesizer's notes are transposed up a whole tone for some reason, and you can only play one note at a time. The samples are OK, but forget about it if you like rock music; there's next to nothing there. There isn't even a good generic bass sample, just weird funky stuff. There are tons of little interface glitches, annoyances, and misfeatures. I could go on and on and on, but the bottom line is that this software exhibits incredibly shoddy workmanship. If I were Magix, I would be deeply ashamed to have released something this bad.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If you already have version 7, DON'T GET THIS, August 11, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Music Maker DeLuxe 2004 (CD-ROM)

I am a frequent user of Music Maker 7 Deluxe, and it is better on so many levels than this its insane. I was very stoked to buy this product when I heard it had guitar modelling and all the great features in 7 enhanced. BUT, I bought it and realized they took out some of my favorite drum sounds, which worked the best for rock (I am a drummer who likes to make rock music in MM). In addition, there are tons of bugs, crashes, and other annoyances to worry about. The guitar modelling is difficult to use and doesn't really sound like guitar (although its better than what you had before.) The interface is also worse than before. I am very disappointed and pray to god that a patch comes out so my 60 bucks isn't wasted. I will do all my music making in version 7, and maybe use 2004 dlux as a 60-dollar compressor. I'm very ticked right now.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This was a huge no no, September 2, 2003

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"charlie_selling_stuff" (Pueblo Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music Maker DeLuxe 2004 (CD-ROM)

This is not only (much like music maker generation 7) highly unstable but pretty useless on both my of my Sony Vaios (Computer Brand). Do not waste your money on this program it was a great disapointment because the crash ratio was higher them the running time.Even after cleaning my memory (as stated in the instructions)it crashed just as bad on both my Pentium 4 and my Athlon.Not only did it crash alot but the program effects broads, such as the guitar effects, need to be updated or done away with. They constintly errored out and most effects that was advertised on the box just plain out did not work. Stick with Sonic Foundry or final cut 4 both are alot better programs to work with.