Description:
While there are plenty of at-home music-making programs to choose from these days, Magix Techno Music Maker has all the features and functions necessary for making your own videos to accompany your music. The package is broadly aimed at beginners and experts alike. For those who are novices at digital home recording, the integral Song Wizard is constantly on hand to help you through the process. With a little nudge, the Song Wizard will show you how to use your mouse to select your musical instruments, to decide the length of a song, and to create and modify sounds and samples that will eventually go in the mix. Echo, reverb, timestretch, and pitchshift features are also available at the touch of a finger. The truly clever part comes when you press the Video button: a number of modules will appear, with small preview thumbnails to show what you're getting. Choose one of these and figures dance, screens go wild, and landscapes and cartoon characters do your most whimsical bidding. It's kind of like being Steven Spielberg without all the effort. Or money. Extras include a rather splendid retro-style techno synthesizer, a similarly sassy hip-hop synth, a mixer, a copy function, and a kaleidoscope. And, when you're finally done with your Quincy Jones impression you can send your proud production to a friend via e-mail, or, remarkably, post it on the Magix Web site. --Sean Thomas
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