Music Creator 2 Review

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(More customer reviews)I have to agree 100 percent with the reviews below: This software was written without any consideration to the end user. Just getting the thing to make a sound--any sound at all--is a major undertaking. Instead of just programming the junk to use your soundcard, it is made so that it will remain mute until you search out the soundcard manually and inform the software to use it. Each and every @!?%$#@*&!!!! time you copy or create a track, you have to tell the software AGAIN to use the soundcard. I'd love to get an explanation from the manufacturer as to why this is--were they under the impression that some users would want to program music and then NEVER LISTEN TO IT?!?!?
There are 4 or 5 possible 'views' of each tune on this software, but the layout, and the archane instructions that come with the software, could lead you to believe that that is really an astronomical figure. The guide book is written in an amazingly, astonishingly complex manner, making it virtually unuseable.
I've had the software 3 weeks and have yet to get a second's enjoyment out of it. I've played music all my life and have done some composing on my computer before, but I can say without a shadow of a doubt I will never--NEVER--get any use out of this overly complex piece of junk. Everything about this appears to have been overdone by software engineers looking to impress other software engineers, with no thought of any kind given to the end user or how the software would be used.
A complete and total waste of money. I'll never buy anything from Cakewalk again. Never.

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Discover the musician inside youFrom the leaders in music and sound software comes Cakewalk Music CreatorVersion 2. It's the fastest, easiest, and most enjoyable way to createmusic and sound on a PC. Get started quickly with an onlinetutorial. Then plug into your PC and start recording with any musicalinstrument or your voice. You can record and play back unlimited tracks ofaudio and MIDI. Use included ACID -format audio loops by leading producersor import MP3s to get your creative juices flowing, and layers to your songs, orcreate entire tracks with no experience necessary.MusicCreator is ideal for:
Musicians
Music enthusiasts
Singer/songwriters
Bands
Choir groups
Music teachers and students
PC hobbyists
The entire family

Play back your MIDI tracks with hundreds of high quality instrument soundsusing the included Virtual Sound Canvas DXI soft synth. Edit and arrangewith the click of a mouse, and mix with professional audio effects. Whenyou're finished, print beautiful sheet music. Even save it as an MP3 fileand put it on the Internet, or export audio for burning CDs!

Unlimited Maximum number of audio and MIDI tracks
Unlimited Maximum number of virtual instruments
Click and Drag loop tools with ACID loop support
Virtua

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Finale PrintMusic 2010 Review

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(More customer reviews)I've had this for roughly a month and I love it. Let me go through my uses and skill level so you understand what I've needed so you can determine if this is the right one for you. (I spent a lot of time debating since there's such a huge price difference between this and the full version, or even Allegro).
First - understand that you can always update your version to Allegro or full via the Finale website for the difference in price. That helped me be even more comfortable with my purchase.
I am a musical hobbyist and (very) part-time instructor. I use Finale to write out my musical ideas so I can mess around with other instruments and parts which I may not have available or even know how to play. Often, being able to SEE what I've written allows me to arrange better--some people need to hear and play, and I am not like this. At least not yet. I also love taken written songs and creating new arrangements for them. I'm a big geek so I love arranging video game songs on piano or guitar. It's so easy to find midi files online and I just open the file in Print Music and viola! I have the whole song written out. Saves me hours upon hours of listening and re-listening and frustration until I'm tired of the song. If I had to find a gripe, the only one would be that the tabbing tool is poorly put together, and that sucks since my primary instrument is guitar. But honestly it doesn't ruin anything, it's just annoying (I'd ding it .01 stars for that if I could).

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Finale PrintMusic is the fast, easy way to bring your music to life – with professional results. The Setup Wizard helps you create scores of up to 24 staves. Note entry is a breeze, whether you enter with a mouse, MIDI device, microphone, or scanner. Human Playback' makes your music sound like it's being performed by live musicians. PrintMusic includes a software synthesizer with over 128 professional grade instrument sounds, plus Marching Percussion from Row-Loff', and can save MP3s for making your own CDs. Enter notes with a mouse, MIDI keyboard, microphone, or scanner. Play your composition, print publisher-quality sheet music, or make MP3s for CDs of your musical creations. You'll be proud of the results you get with PrintMusic.

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