Product Description

Music Creator Pro will turn your PC into a multitrack recording studio! Creat, edit and dub video soundtracks and burn the complete production to any CD with Pyro Express CD Maker

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16752 in Software
• Brand: Cakewalk
• Model: 787537351484
• Released on: 2003-07-28
• Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows Me
• Format: CD-ROM
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .75 pounds

Features

• Turn your PC into a powerful multitrack recording studio
• Record unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI
• Mix with real-time audio and MIDI effects
• Perform with DXi software synthesizers
• Record up to 24-bit/96 kHz audio

From the Manufacturer
With Music Creator Pro, you get all the tools you need to turn your PC into a powerful, multitrack recording studio. Now you can record yourself or your whole band in pristine 24-bit/96 kHz, DVD-quality audio. (24-bit/96 kHz recording/playback requires compatible audio hardware.)

Music Creator Pro combines professional recording,, mixing, and audio effects with integrated ACID-format looping tools, software synthesizers, audio CD burning, and more.

Best of all, it's easy to use and you can get started with the PC you already own.

Take the next step and start producing your music today with Music Creator Pro.

Key Features:

• Record unlimited tracks of audio and MIDI
• Mix with real-time audio and MIDI effects
• Perform with DXi software synthesizers
• Create loops fast, includes ACID-format loop library
• Audio CD burning and ripping

• Simultaneously record your whole band with support for multi-channel audio cards
• Record up to 24-bit/96 kHz audio
• Easier soft synth implementation
• Click and drag to paint drum tracks with new pattern brush and Drum Editing Grid
• Pyro Express CD maker and WAV ripper
• Support for all Windows compatible audio hardware through WDM, MME, or ASIO

Customer Reviews

Great features, but partially unusable, with terrible suppor
I bought Music Creator Pro to create sound tracks for the video projects I've been putting together, and it's a very capable set of tools. The MIDI and recorded sound mixing, effects, and automation would be perfect for my application - if they worked. The description of the product on Cakewalk's web site is accurate, and the user interface is not very difficult to understand.

I installed the software on a fast Windows XP machine, and soon discovered that it would crash when the drum pattern paint tool was used. Cakewalk's tech support has been very slow in their responses, taking at least one day and sometimes more than four to respond. I still haven't received any help other than advice to reinstall the product (I did), make sure I have the latest drivers (I do), and delete a couple of configuration files (I did). The drum pattern tool still crashes the application, and in the course of working through the tutorials (the ones I can use) I have also discovered some features that appear to be globally disabled.

Two weeks after installing the product, I'm simultaneously very impressed with the features and capabilities, and very disappointed with the responsiveness of Cakewalk's tech support. If everything worked the way it was supposed to, I would probably rate Music Creator Pro with five stars.

[update]
It's now a month since purchase, and the software still does not work correctly. Cakewalk will not support this product by telephone. If you call their (non-toll-free) support number, you are told that they only support Music Creator Pro by email. They have failed to respond to either of my last two email messages, the first of which was sent two weeks ago.

Thousands and thousands
Thousands and thousands have used Cakewalk products, including MCP24, without any problems whatsoever; even the dissatisfied user below says it's a great product. I've had no such bad luck with support. They've been great, over the phone (not by e-mail)