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The success of Apple’s Garageband on the Mac has proved there’s a demand for.
easy-to-use music software that will allow budding young musicians to create.
their own songs on their home computer..
Musicmaker from Magix attempts to provide a similar set of music tools for.
the PC, and this latest version includes features aimed at beginners..
The program’s welcome screen allows you to start a new project from scratch,.
but you can also ask it to play a tutorial video or load one of several demo.
songs, to give you an idea how the program works..
When you enter the main program interface, you see a series of tracks running.
across the top half of the screen. This is where you arrange the pre-programmed.
‘loops’ and other sounds that will make up your song arrangement. The lower half.
of the screen is occupied by the Media Pool, which contains the program’s.
built-in collection of loops and sounds..
The program now allows you to switch into ‘Easy’ mode by pressing a button at.
the top of the screen. This hides some of the more advanced tools that might.
confuse new users and displays a large ‘Infobox’ in the bottom-right corner of.
the screen. When you place the mouse over any tool or button, the Infobox.
provides a quick explanation of how that tool works..
To make things really easy, there’s a ‘Songmaker’ option that can.
automatically create a song for you. When you click the Songmaker button in the.
toolbar it asks you to select a musical style, as well as a selection of.
instruments to include in the song you can even ask it to add one of its.
prerecorded vocal tracks too..
The manual has a tendency to throw around jargon such as ‘Midi’ without.
explaining it clearly, so there’s some room for improvement. However, features.
such as the Songmaker and Infobox provide a nice, simple introduction to the.
music-making process..
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