Epicurus.com - Cakewalk Music Creator 4

	List Price: $39.95 Our Price: $34.99 Your Save: $ 4.96 ( 12% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Cakewalk
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Batteries Included: 0 Binding: CD-ROM Brand: Cakewalk EAN: 0787537064018 Feature: Start making music right from your home computer with Music Creator 4. Just plug in and hit Record. No matter what you want to record-guitars, keyboards, vocals, CD samples, or any other sound source-Music Creator makes it easy to start making and recording music. Turn your musical dreams into polished, professional recordings right from your home computer with Music Creator 4-no previous recor Format: CD-ROM Label: Cakewalk Manufacturer: Cakewalk Model: 10-CWMC4.00-10C Platform: Windows Vista Publisher: Cakewalk Release Date: 2007-07-30 Studio: Cakewalk
Features Start making music right from your home computer with Music Creator 4. Just plug in and hit Record. No matter what you want to record-guitars, keyboards, vocals, CD samples, or any other sound source-Music Creator makes it easy to start making and recording music. Turn your musical dreams into polished, professional recordings right from your home computer with Music Creator 4-no previous recor
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: dont waste your time with this ******* Comment: If you happen to take a class that uses this program then it shouldnt be too bad. but if you're just like the rest of us who just want to record something with decent quality and that want to actually get it done then dont bother with this ******** program. Granted yes with having the power to create something with the details you want comes lots of learning and lots of patience to ultimately achieve what you want. But unfortunately this ******* **** doesn't do anything to help you learn. Yes there is a booklet which only tells you what features do what(but doesnt tell you how to access them!!!) and yes there are a few tutorial videos(with an already open project without showing you how to get there) but ultimately you are left out on your own. You have to learn through trial and error to find the stuff you are looking for. I would gladly look at each and every single tutorial video if only there WERE videos that show you how to do even the most minimal things. So skip this program unless you know someone or some website that actually shows you how to use it so you can get something out of it. (And no there are currently no youtube videos that actually help you step by step on how to do what. So dont even go there) Customer Rating: Summary: Great With XP, Don't Try It With Vista Comment: I have used Cakewalk Music Creator 4 with my old HP Pavilion PC (which uses Windows XP) for over a year, and it works great... However, when I bought a computer that used Windows Vista, I lack to have never configured it to even work, then when I did, and recorded my multi track recordings, the tracks were off sync with one another... for instance, If I record my guitar/vocal on track one, bass on track 2 and drums on track 3, my drums are alwasy coming out about 1/4 beat behind the rest of the music. I thought I was having sound card issues, and have bought three different sound cards for the Vista computer, each one not helping and I wind up taking the sound cards back and finally gave in to the fact that I just have to keep using my old XP maching if I want to multi track with Cakewalk... uuuggghh!!! Customer Rating: Summary: Photoshop of Computer Music! Comment: Wow! What an amazing product for the price. Dozens of channels; uncountable musical instruments; formal music notation; guitar strings that look real; piano keys; export to WAV files...and on and on seemingly never ending feature list--OMG! Now, like myself, you may not have a fancy MIDI device hooked up to your computer. You may spend sometime trying to figure out how to playback your composition. Here is a useful set of instructions: Step 1: select "Insert" menu option Step 2: select "Soft Synths" menu option Step 3: select "Cakewalk TTS-1" menu option Now you can play the notes and hear them with your headphone. Enjoy! Customer Rating: Summary: Outgrowing the 5 tracks on your keyboard? U want more? I know U do. Comment: For the hobby keyboardist who has the 5 track built in recorder on the keyboard, but who wants to make a hot mix for a smokin' demo, or who wants to edit any audio or midi song, or to just study a full score like 'The Magnicicent Seven', I highly recommend Music Creator4. I had used and had enjoyed the first Cakewalk software many years ago, before MP3, when most reasonably priced keyboards did not have built in sequencers or independent track recording. MC-4 is much better (graphics, sound FX, controls, looping, everything). Even if you have forgotten, or if you are slightly intimidated by a gazillion knobs and switches, or if you are just clueless, there are tutorials provided to get you started. After installation the proverbial 'they' will display that product registration is required. Yuk! I first had to figure out how to get sounds from my Yamaha keyboard. (I think Cakewalk dates Roland.) That was the only small challenge. I found support from Cakewalk's community/blog webpage. Now, it is all fun...and learning...even multiple tracks for multiple versions for the timpani part of Elmer Bernstein's masterpiece. Customer Rating: Summary: Good learning tool Comment: I bought MC4 at my local Staples store for $39.95 to record a few guitar and bass riffs to share with my music buddy. I have XP, and had no problems with the install other than hanging on the .wav file for quite some time which another reviewer mentioned. (If you wait it out, it works ok.) I had to learn how to use it, and there were a couple of frustrating moments, but after a day or so of playing around I was able to get some nice clear acoustic guitar and bass recordings. For the price it is a great teaching tool, and works exactly as advertised, but I might move up to Sonar 7 in the next several months as there are a lot more support books and info out there to help me. More Reviews