MAGIX Music Maker 11 Deluxe Review

Magix's stuff is soooooo frustrating! It *could* be a very good (and cheap) product, if only the daft makers cared a bit more! It has some nice / pretty bits, -nice layout, and some of the effects units have a reasonable tone, = not too much noise, etc, but on the 'Net there are soooo many frustrated / angry Magix uses who have bought this prog, then found out about all the many hassles!

Yes, I too thought "Ooh, a German company, -they should be ok / trustworthy!" but then, -having bought version 15, I found out about all the awful crashes this product has, --all the frustrations with attempted downloads of Magix (expensive) 'soundpools', - all the installation problems, all the things which *should* work properly, but don't...



I have been a semi-pro user of sound progs for many years (10+) and have used a *lot* of 'pro' music apps, and so can compare... If you want to experiment with Magix, be sure you have *loads* of spare Gb's of memory (RAM) and a very good CPU etc, otherwise you'll end up pulling your hair out when the product refuses to do what it is supposed to do.



And yes, - like another reviewer mentioned, don't even *think* about getting a sensible reply from Magix 'product support', they just **don't care** once they've got your hard-earned money in their bank account!



If you are getting into music making, then buy yourself a good and cheapish product, like an older (pre-Sony days!) version of Acid Pro 4, or something, -they can be picked up very inexpensively these days, [on eBay?] and were _almost_ stable, -most of the time! :p Then edit your stuff on an older (again pre-Sony days!) version of Soundforge (4?)



And if poss, try to get rid of that noisy Creative Soundblaster card, -if you've got one, move on to a decent (quiet, and good quality) full duplex card like Emu, it'll be worth it I assure you! And have *fun* making beautiful music, and leave Magix products to those who love to pull their hair out in handfuls, even as they spend hours trying to put right what Magix should have done properly in the first place!



Moral: if you pay peanuts, you probably get monkeys! :p