Super Duper Music Looper

by Sonic Foundry

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005NI6E
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 21, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,661 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #26 in Software > Video & Music > Software > Music Creation & Sequencing
  • #51 in Software > Video & Music > Software > Sound Libraries
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Mix up a musical storm using percussion, horns, stringed instruments, and even special sound effects. Super Duper Music Looper lets young composers mix tunes ranging in style from orchestral movements to hip-hop.

Designed for kids ages 6 to 10--but simple enough for even younger children to enjoy--Super Duper Music Looper allows users to "paint" their musical compositions, selecting audio tracks with one mouse click and then painting them onto a looping score. The interface design is uncluttered, with only a few buttons. Players newer to reading will find no barriers to using Super Duper Music Looper. Everything is done either visually or by sound--painting sounds, erasing them, and switching instrument tracks. You can even listen to the results as you work.

Combining instruments in this fashion creates tracks that are pleasant enough to listen to, and make especially good background music. What is missing is melody--or an elegant way to create it. Though children can record their own vocal or musical tracks using an external microphone, Super Duper Music Looper would have benefited from some form of keyboard interface that would let them record sequences of notes to top off their compositions. Without this, musically astute players may notice that their products are missing an important component.

Even so, Super Duper Music Looper's user-friendly interface and delightfully wide collection of sound samples will give players great scope for creating interesting musical tracks, in the process learning a great deal about how songs are composed. --Alyx Dellamonica

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, August 21, 2001

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Emily (Wi, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Duper Music Looper (CD-ROM)

This Program is great for any child who has a love for music! The simple icons, and easy intructions make it easy for anyone to create their own music! You can add instuments, Sound effects, your own voice, or something pre-recorded. They have many choices of instuments, and patterns so you will never get bored! I got the program from my brother, and when I saw the ages 6-10 on the box, I was like oh yeah, this will be a lot of fun...but I was wrong! I am 15 and I LOVE this program! Sonic Foundry does it again! I love those guys!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best, November 4, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Super Duper Music Looper (CD-ROM)

this is the best music making program ever, ive made some tunes and written lyrics, and ive made a demo tape for a record company, they are actually interested in me! and i dont need a bass player, guitarist, or drummer

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun for Kids and Adults!, December 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Super Duper Music Looper (CD-ROM)

My 7 year old daughter and I both enjoy making music w/ this program. Looper is very easy to learn; it took us about 10 minutes to become trackmasters. My kid especially likes creating tracks using her own voice and household sounds and adding them to the songs.

I suspose it could be considered educational, but you are not actually learning music per se. You are learning production techniques. Buy it becasue is fun!