MAGIX Music Maker 2016 Live

Descent music maker for the price and very easy to learn to use. This software is easy enough to learn that my six-year old had no trouble learning the basics within minutes. The majority of it is simple drag and drop with sample music pieces, sounds, and vocals that are included. Had a little trouble getting the mic to work with this software, which I previously never had an issue with, but it was ultimately resolved. Ive had no issues with lag at all as some other reviewers have mentioned.

I have not been able to even watch the intro video. When I tried to get support, there is no way to get in touch with anyone.

No star I ask for the PC dic and all I got was a box with a code that doesnt work it was a waste of time and money

I got this so my teenage niece and nephew could play around with it when here, They are both musically inclined and I knew this would be fun for them,. Yes, there is a learning curve and there are issues with it crashing at times, but theres enough on there to keep them busy and they can have fun with it. They arent music pros so they dont need some expensive software. I think they will become better with it over time and they have the patience to figure it out. And its productive fun learning for them. Its important to know what our going to get and if you have the proper expectation of the limitations, then you should be fine with this.

This was a 2-star experience, but due to what may be user idiocy, I gave an extra star. Ive used music software before, so I thought I can pick this up quickly, but no... Maybe thats because Ive been a long-time Mac user; therefore, using a PC installed with a Windows operating system adds to the pain. At least this installed on a Windows 10 machine.

never worked properly.

Im a novice at this music creation business. Ive looking for software for creating my own music, NOT just mix together some prerecorded loops. Im thrilled that MAGIX Music Maker allows me to do precisely that.

When I was offered this software to tryout and write a review for, I at first wasnt going to take them up on the offer. Ive had some experience with a couple previous versions of Magixs music software (Music Studio 5 & 7) and for reasons I dont remember never made much use of them. But Im glad I did accept the offer. I dont know if my attitude has changed or that the software is just that much better than before (probably a combination of the two). I will say this after having tried this software, if I hadnt gotten a free copy of it I would have gladly paid for it.

Its funny. The samplitude pro demo program that retails for $700+ works perfectly fine and is made by the same company. Music maker can barely run for 5 minutes without crashing! The program is so feature rich and I would love to use it as my main DAW but it is unreliable at best. My computer is a full xeon class workstation with 32gb ram and quadro graphics and dedicated sound. The program has no reason to crash and glitch and fail to load audio or recordings. Its like they purposely crippled music maker to push their higher end products. Do yourself a favor and dont waste money like I did on this junk program. It has potential but should have never been released in this buggy state. Ive tried it on 3 other computers with the same results. It doesnt matter if its on windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7 or vista. The program will glitch and will crash especially after recording something great. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

REVIEW UPDATE: I gave this to my roommate to figure out and she LOVES it. Shes more patient than I and she says that its awesome for creating her own backtracks for her vlogs. Review updated to 4 stars.