Magix Music Maker is a commercial

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(DAW) designed by the company Magix for the consumer sector. The program is branched from Samplitude, Magix's professional digital audio workstation. Music Maker was first published in 1994. By 2006 it had sold over a million copies in varying versions Aside from the core Music Maker program, versions have been made for different types of music. The software was also ported to

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Features

Music Maker is an entry-level music production app to make songs in various genres. It has the following features: * Sound pools (these are libraries of samples in different genres, they are usually not royalty-free, but some are now labelled as such) * Sound import (digital music files, real instruments or vocals) * Mixer,

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editor,

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* Sound processing plug-ins ( equalization, dynamic compression,

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, delay,

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flanger Flanging is an audio effect produced by mixing two identical signals together, one signal delayed by a small and (usually) gradually changing period, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds. This produces a swept comb filter effect: peaks and ...

distortion In signal processing, distortion is the alteration of the original shape (or other characteristic) of a signal. In communications and electronics it means the alteration of the waveform of an information-bearing signal, such as an audio signal ...

, limiting,

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) * VST Virtual instruments (high-quality midi guitars, basses, drums, pianos, and more).

Supported file formats and interfaces

Windows system requirements

* Processor with 2

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, or higher * 2 GB

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with 700 MB free space *

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with 1280x768 minimum resolution at 16-bit color * 16-bit

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Recent editions

For 2023, Magix developed three core editions of Music Maker for Windows: * Music Maker 2023 Free: The free edition of the music software and currently download-only. The included features are free sound loops, a Beatbox, 3 instruments, 6 effects, and 8 tracks. * Music Maker 2023 Plus: The plus edition of the music software and currently download-only. The included features are free sound loops, 1 soundpool, and 1 collection, a Beatbox, 5 instruments, 20 effects, and unlimited tracks. * Music Maker 2023 Premium: The premium edition of the music software and currently download-only. The included features are free sound loops, 3 soundpools, and 1 collection, Beatbox Pro 2, Modern EQ, Wizard FX Suite, 7 instruments, 36 effects, unlimited tracks, 64 bit support and AI SongMaker. Others include the 80s Edition, Trap Edition, EDM Edition, and Hip Hop Edition.

References

External links

Official website
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