Magix Music Maker 15

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Magix Music Maker 15 is a multitrack sound loops music workstation. For around $50 on eBay it is an absolute bargain, and a great entry level music making package. The software comes with great quality samples of drums, guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion, sound fx, Vocals, as well as a full set of effects processors.

It has a really well set out drag and drop interface, as shown here with 4 of up to 16 tracks of sounds that can be assembled while building a song:




If we want to see the whole song at once, then we can click the Overview tab:




The sounds are grouped into "Soundpools" of various genres, that can then be previewed, and dragged onto the recording timeline. Additional sounds and soundpools can be purchased online, or you can find and import your own .wav sounds into MMM 15 to use as well. There is also facility to record external sound by using a microphone plugged into your computer's sound card.



There are also lots of effects that can be applied to each sound loop that we add onto the timeline. These are just some of the items, there are also guitar distortion, compressor, chorus, and delay pedals.



There is even a Vocoder included, which we used to add some background vocals on a techno song we made.




Here is an Alternative Rock Song that we made at Passy World using MMM 15, and the set of sound loops that came with it: (My 10 year old son actually made most of this song, and I just added some extra guitar into it).

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Here is part of a Techno Song that was made at Passy World using MMM 15:

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(Copy of Image has been purchased by Passy at redbubble site on 1/11/09)

Finally, here is a Reggae Song we made, using some MMM samples that we purchased for around $5 and downloaded from "Catooh":

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If you want to find our more about Magix Music Maker, then check out the Magix website:
http://www.magix.com/us/music-maker/

There is probably the usual free 30 day download trial version available at this site that you can try out for free.

The version we use at Passy World is the standard MM15 shown below:




Magix MM 15 is a great way to learn about the structure of songs, how to assemble instrument parts together, and apply production effects. It is easy to use, and really good fun. Best of all it is quite cheap to buy compared with more sophisticated music software such as Sony Acid and Abelton.

It is also great for making simple drum, bass, and rythm guitar tracks to play along with and practice guitar.

So give it a go and get those big beats blasting out.

Enjoy,
Big Passy Wasabi